Emmy Awards 2013 nominations, predictions
From left, Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, Tina Fey as Liz Lemon and Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan on "30 Rock." Credit: AP, 2006
Think of Emmy nominations as a game of musical chairs, and when the music stops... only so many seats left. Or another way of putting this: The nominations for the 65th Primetime Emmys are out Thursday morning, and expect most of the nominees from the 64th to repeat.
But there will be surprises -- that's a guarantee -- filling a few of the open chairs. And with that, on to my predictions:
"Modern Family" (ABC); "Girls" (HBO); "Arrested Development" (Netflix); "Louie" (FX); "The Big Bang Theory" (CBS); "30 Rock" (NBC)
Tina Fey ("30 Rock"); Zooey Deschanel ("New Girl"); Lena Dunham ("Girls"); Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Veep"); Amy Poehler ("Parks & Recreation"); Laura Dern ("Enlightened")
Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock"); Don Cheadle ("House of Lies"); Jim Parsons ("Big Bang Theory"); Louis C.K. ("Louie"); Jake Johnson ("New Girl"), Jason Bateman ("Arrested Development")
"Breaking Bad" (AMC); "Game of Thrones" (HBO); "Mad Men" (AMC); "Homeland" (Showtime); "Downton Abbey" (PBS); "House of Cards" (Netflix)
Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad"); Jon Hamm ("Mad Men"); Ving Rhames ("Monday Mornings"); Kevin Spacey ("House of Cards"); Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom"); Jonny Lee Miller ("Elementary")
Kerry Washington ("Scandal"); Claire Danes ("Homeland"); Connie Britton ("Nashville"); Keri Russell ("The Americans"); Robin Wright ("House of Cards"); Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife")
