TV: Emmy nomination predictions

I'm not normally into the psychic thing, but what the heck, everyone else seems to be taking a stab, so here's my guess as to what we're going to hear when nominations are announced tomorrow morning (along with some parenthetical thoughts about who I'd really like to see get in). I should note that omissions from my list of preferences doesn't necessarily mean that I think actor X is untalented or undeserving; it more likely means that the show just isn't one I watch regularly.

COMEDY SERIES

• The Big C
• Hot in Cleveland
• Modern Family
• The Office
• Parks & Recreation
• 30 Rock

(I'd like to see The Big Bang Theory, Community, and Episodes get in; I'd drop The Big C, The Office, and Parks & Rec to make room for them.)

LEAD ACTRESS/COMEDY

• Toni Collette, The United States of Tara
• Courtney Cox, Cougar Town
• Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
• Tina Fey, 30 Rock
• Laura Linney, The Big C
• Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation

(I'd prefer Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory), Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope), and Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) over Collette, Falco, and Linney. Yeah, I know, Plimpton doesn't belong in this category, but that's how weak the field is.)

LEAD ACTOR/COMEDY

• Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
• Steve Carell, The Office
• Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
• Joel McHale, Community
• Matthew Morrison, Glee
• Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

I'd add Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) and Zachary Levi (Chuck); I'd drop Carell and Morrison.

SUPPORTING ACTOR/COMEDY

• Ty Burrell, Modern Family
• Chris Colfer, Glee
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
• Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
• Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
• Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

(I'd only keep three of the Modern Family guys, dropping Ferguson along with Colfer and Harris; to take their slots, I'd add Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope), Donald Glover (Community), Stephen Mangan (Episodes).)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS/COMEDY

• Julie Bowen, Modern Family
• Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
• Jane Lynch, Glee
• Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
• Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
• Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

(Add Tamsin Grieg (Episodes), Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory), and Naya Rivera (Glee); drop Krakowski, Lynch, and Wiig.)

DRAMA SERIES

• Big Love
• Boardwalk Empire
• Dexter
• The Good Wife
• Justified
• Mad Men

(Let's cut Big Love and let's add Game of Thrones.)

LEAD ACTOR/DRAMA

• Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
• Jon Hamm, Mad Men
• Jeremy Irons, The Borgias
• Peter Krause, Parenthood
• Hugh Laurie, House
• Timothy Olyphant, Justified

(Cut Buscemi and Irons; add Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice).)

LEAD ACTRESS/DRAMA

• Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
• Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
• Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
• Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

(I'd add Mireille Enos (despite the serious flaws of The Killing), Sally Field (still doing fine work on Brothers & Sisters), and Anna Torv (Fringe); cut Bates, Britton, and Hargitay.)

SUPPORTING ACTOR/DRAMA

• Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
• Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
• Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
• John Noble, Fringe
• Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire
• John Slattery, Mad Men

(I'd add Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Brent Sexton (The Killing) over Braugher and Pitt.)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS/DRAMA

• Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
• Michelle Forbes, The Killing
• Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
• Margo Martindale, Justified
• Kelly McDonald, Boardwalk Empire
• Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

(I'd add Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), dropping Martindale and McDonald.)