Buzzmeter Emmys 2015
Emmy season already? Get in the mood with these rankings fresh from the noggins of our TV panelists. Tell us in the comments who you think deserves to win and check back for updates as the awards season progresses. The Emmys are on Sept. 20 at Nokia Theatre in downtown L.A.
Our panel
Robert Bianco, USA Today
Melissa Maerz, Entertainment Weekly
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Tom O'Neil, Gold Derby
Matt Roush, TV Guide
Glenn Whipp, The Envelope
Drama Series
AMC
"Mad Men"
Helen Sloan / HBO
"Game of Thrones"
Ursula Coyote / AMC
"Better Call Saul"
Nick Briggs / Carnival Films
"Downton Abbey"
Chuck Hodes / Fox
"Empire"
David Giesbrecht / Netflix
"House of Cards"
Mitchell Haaseth / ABC
"How to Get Away With Murder"
Prashant Gupta / FX
"Justified"
Michael Desmond / Showtime
"Masters of Sex"
Paul Schiraldi / Netflix
"Orange Is the New Black"
Mark Schafer / Showtime
"The Affair"
Patrick Harbron / FX
"The Americans"
Myles Aronowitz / CBS
"The Good Wife"
Drama Actor
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
John Shearer / Invision for AMC
Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"
Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Clive Owen, "The Knick"
Ian Gavan / Getty Images
Dominic West, "The Affair"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
James Spader, "Blacklist"
Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times
Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
Kyle Chandler, "Bloodline"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Michael Sheen, "Masters of Sex"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Terrence Howard, "Empire"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Timothy Olyphant, "Justified"
Drama Actress
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Viola Davis, "How to Get Away With Murder"
Ed Miller/Sony Pictures
Caitriona Balfe, 'Outlander'
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Claire Danes, "Homeland"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Keri Russell, "The Americans"
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Kerry Washington, "Scandal"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Lizzy Caplan, "Masters of Sex"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times
Ruth Wilson, "The Affair"
Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times
Taraji P. Henson, "Empire"
Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times
Tatiana Maslany, "Orphan Black"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is the New Black"
A&E
Vera Farmiga, 'Bates Motel'
Comedy Series
Beth Dubber / Amazon Studioes
"Transparent"
Lacey Terrell / HBO
"Veep"
Michael Yarish / CBS
"Big Bang Theory"
Adam Taylor / ABC
"black-ish"
Patrick Wymore / The CW
"Jane the Virgin"
KC Bailey / FX
"Louie"
John Fleenor / ABC
"Modern Family"
Chris Haston / NBC
"Parks and Recreation"
Frank Masi / HBO
"Silicon Valley"
Ray Mickshaw / FX
"The Comedians"
Eric Liebowitz / Netflix
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Comedy Actor
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"
Kirk McKoy/ Los Angeles Times
Anthony Anderson, "black-ish"
Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times
Billy Crystal, "The Comedians"
Kirk McKoy/ Los Angeles Times
Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Gael Garcia Bernal, "Mozart in the Jungle"
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"
Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
Louie CK, "Louie"
KC Bailey / FX
Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Will Forte, "Last Man on Earth"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
William H. Macy, "Shameless"
Comedy Actress
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"
Ali Goldstein / Comedy Central
Amy Schumer, 'Inside Amy Schumer'
Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
Constance Wu, "Fresh Off the Boat"
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
Ellie Kemper, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin"
Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times
Jane Fonda, "Grace and Frankie"
Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
Kristen Schaal, "Last Man on Earth"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Lena Dunham, "Girls"
Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
Lily Tomlin, "Grace and Frankie"
Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Lisa Kudrow, "Web Therapy"
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Tracee Ellis Ross, "black-ish"
TV Movie
Frank Masi / HBO
"Bessie"
Acorn
'Agatha Christie's Poirot'
Laurie Sparham / BBC
"A Poet in New York"
Robert Viglasky / Origin Pictures
"Death Comes to Pemberley"
Netflix
"Derek: The Final Chapter"
Acorn TV
"Foyle's War"
Kent Eanes / National Geographic Channels
"Killing Jesus"
Joseph Cultice / HBO
"Nightingale"
Aaron Epstein / Stockholm Pa.
"Stockholm, Pennsylvania"
Jack Zeman / Lifetime
"Whitney"
BBC/Carnival Films
"Worricker: Turks and Caicos"
Limited Series
Jojo Whilden / HBO
"Olive Kitteridge"
Michele K. Short / FX
"American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Van Redin / ABC
"American Crime"
BET
"Book of Negroes"
Prashant Gupta / History
"Texas Rising"
Robert Viglasky / Sundance TV
"The Honourable Woman"
Jules Heath / Starz Entertainment
"The Missing"
Giles Keyte / BBC
"Wolf Hall"
Miniseries/TV Movie Actor
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
David Oyelowo, "Nightingale"
Graham Barclay / For The Times
Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Adrian Brody, "Houdini"
Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
Bill Paxton, "Texas Rising"
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Damian Lewis, "Wolf Hall"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Frances O'Connor, "The Missing"
Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times
James Nesbitt, "The Missing"
Patrick Redmond / Eleventh Hour FIlms/ITV
Michael Kitchen, "Foyle's War"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Richard Jenkins, "Olive Kitteridge"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Ricky Gervais, "Derek: The Final Chapter"
Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times
Timothy Hutton, "American Crime"
Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images
Tom Hollander, "A Poet in New York"
Miniseries/TV Movie Actress
Arthur Mola / Invision for Hollywood Reporter/AP Images
Frances McDormand, "Olive Kitteridge"
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
Queen Latifah, "Bessie"
Tim P. Whitby / Getty Images for BFI
Claire Foy, "Wolf Hall"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Felicity Huffman, "American Crime"
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
Frances O'Connor, "The Missing"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Helena Bonham Carter, "Worricker: Turks and Caicos"
Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Honourable Woman"
Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
Saoirse Ronan, "Stockholm, Pennsylvania"
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