Here’s who should win
and who will win at Sunday night’s 69th Annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
The winners will be named Sunday night when the 69th Emmy Awards are presented at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show will air at 8 p.m. on CBS.
In the meantime, guesses will have to suffice. DRAMA Lynn Elber
Should win: “The Handmaid’s Tale.” A work of art so revelatory of our time should reign.
Will win: “The Crown.” The lavish story of young Queen Elizabeth will win. Frazier Moore
Should win: “This Is Us.” Is this the gutsiest drama on TV?
Will win: “The Handmaid’s Tale.” A classic novel from the past is transformed into a hauntingly up-to-the-minute cautionary tale. COMEDY Elber
Should win: “Atlanta.” A tour de force by creator and star Donald Glover.
Will win: “Veep.” Comedies keep winning streaks going. Moore
Should win: “Master of None.” Year 2 was a festival of inspired short films. Will win: “Veep.” ACTOR, DRAMA Elber
Should win: Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”). First among equals in an excellent cast, with a nuanced vulnerability.
Will win: Brown. His winning turn last year as determined O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden shows his versatility. Moore
Should win: Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”). He’s long overdue after five seasons of high intrigue
and multiple personas in his role as a Russian spy masquerading as a 1980s American suburban dad.
Will win: Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), after three consecutive nominations. ACTRESS, DRAMA Elber
Should win: Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”). The “Mad Men” curse never lifted for Moss as it did for Jon Hamm, but her subtly fierce portrayal of a woman caught in hell shouldn’t be slighted.
Will win: Claire Foy (“The Crown”). Playing British queens on the big screen worked for Judi Dench and Helen Mirren. Moore
Should win: Keri Russell (“The Americans”). She’s long overdue after five seasons of high intrigue and multiple personas in her role as a Russian spy masquerading as a 1980s American suburban mom.
Will win: Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”). Voters realize it’s her turn. ACTOR, COMEDY Elber
Should win: Glover (“Atlanta”). An auteur who has the magnetism of a star.
Will win: Jeffrey Tambor (“Transparent”). He’s brilliant, he’s won twice before and his transgender
role makes a deeply affecting statement. Moore
Should win: Aziz Ansari (“Master of None”).
Will win: Glover (“Atlanta”). A breakout talent with a fresh and deeply felt comic vision — who wouldn’t want to give this star an Emmy salute? ACTRESS, COMEDY Elber
Should win: Tracee Ellis Ross (“Black-ish”). Putting the indomitable Julia Louis-Dreyfus aside for argument’s sake, doesn’t Ross deserve respect for combining the rubber-faced charm of Lucille Ball with a modern woman’s spine of steel?
Will win: Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”). She is undeniably sublime, and it was announced that next season will be the political satire’s last. So, no stinting! Moore
Should win: So many overlooked funny ladies should be here: Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of “Broad City.” Julie Klausner of “Difficult People.” Rashida Jones of “Angie Tribeca.” Sharon Horgan of “Catastrophe.” Sarah Jessica Parker of “Divorce.” Since they aren’t, and Ellie Kemper is, why not reward her for the naif she plays so irresistibly on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”?
Will win: Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”). Why would voters stop with five in a row?