Will the final series of Mad Men starring Elisabeth Moss and Jon Hamm win this year?
Key: Russell Baillie (RB), Joanna Hunkin (JH), Chris Schulz (CS), Lydia Jenkin (LJ), Rachel Bache (RBch), Rebecca Barry-Hill (RBH).
Better Call Saul
(Lightbox)
Downton Abbey (Lightbox, Netflix)
Game of Thrones (Prime/Neon )
Picked by RB, CS: Because fantasy drama is constantly overlooked but you can't keep overlooking the biggest show on TV right now.
Homeland (Netflix)
House of Cards (Series three unavailable in NZ)
Picked by LJ, JH: Kevin Spacey was as despicable as ever in the third season and Robin Wright's Claire Underwood remains one of television's most intriguing characters.
Mad Men (Lightbox)
Picked by RBH: The final hurrah for Don and co.
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Picked by RBch: Because it's broadened its storylines to include more of the prison's intriguing population
Will probably win: Mad Men, it's the last series after all.
Missing: The Americans, best show on television (says RB) And Netflix's Bloodline.
Louie (Lightbox)
Modern Family (Prime)
Parks and Recreation (Lightbox)
Picked by RBch: Deserves consideration for its now finished seven seasons of bureaucratic belly laughs.
Silicon Valley (Unavailable)
Picked by RBH, CS: Even more hand-wringingly awkward than season one, despite the death of one of the show's stars.
Transparent (Lightbox)
Picked by LJ: This unconventional family drama makes an unusual set of characters deeply empathetic and hilarious.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (Neon)
Picked by JH, RB: After a lacklustre previous season, Veep's political satire caught fire again this time round.
Will probably win: Past winner Modern Family is the safe choice.
Missing: So no one likes Girls any more?
American Crime (TVNZ ONDemand)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Lightbox)
Picked by RBch, CS: Because who doesn't like a bunch of freaks?
The Honourable Woman (Neon)
Picked by LJ: Compelling, convincing drama which makes the Palestinian troubles personal also being one of the best spy dramas in years. Gripping stuff.
Olive Kitteridge (Neon)
Picked by RBH, JH: Cheerless, challenging and yet utterly captivating.
Wolf Hall (Lightbox)
Picked by RB: An evocative understated period drama that restored some cred to those much dramatised Tudors.
Will probably win: Olive Kitteridge
Missing: Babylon - the scathing miniseries about media and politics in the London police force.
Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul (Lightbox)
Kyle Chandler - Bloodline (Netflix)
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
LJ: Spacey has made the despicable now-President Frank Underwood one of the strongest characters of modern television.
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
RBH, JH, RB CS: It's been a long rough ride but Jon Hamm deserves to take this one out.
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan
Will probably win: Jon Hamm for his last hurrah as Don Draper.
Missing: Matthew Rhys for The Americans and Timothy Olyphant for Justified which also rode off into the sunset this past year.
Taraji P. Henson - Empire
RBH, JH: One tough Cookie.
Claire Danes - Homeland
Viola Davis - How to Get Away with Murder
Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black
RBch, CS: She plays like 84 characters! And you can't virtually tell them apart.
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
LJ, RB: Because she's made Peggy Olson one of television's great women characters.
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Will probably win: Taraji P. Henson
Missing: Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife and Keri Russell for The Americans.
Anthony Anderson- Black-ish
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes"
Don Cheadle - House of Lies
Will Forte - The Last Man On Earth
Louis C.K. - Louie
LJ, RBch CS: He's going from strength to strength
William H. Macy - Shameless
RBch: Macy is amazing as the appalling father Frank Gallagher.
Jeffrey Tambor -Transparent
RBH, JH, RB: A complex character played with subtlety, pathos and deadpan humour.
Will probably win: Jeffrey Tambor
Missing: Andy Samberg for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, though he is hosting the show.
Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback
Lily Tomlin - Grace And Frankie
Amy Schumer - Inside Amy Schumer
RBH: Fearless, to the point of insanity.
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler - Parks And Recreation
RBch: Poehler has always been able to bring some of the best laughs on P&R.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
JH, LJ, RB, CS: Can you imagine anyone else in this role?
Will probably win: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Missing: Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin)
Timothy Hutton - American Crime
Ricky Gervais - Derek Special
Adrien Brody - Houdini
JH, CS: Because Brody's a little big of magic in this tricky little mini-series,
David Oyelowo - Nightingale
LJ: A mesmerising solo turn as an unhinged soul.
Richard Jenkins - Olive Kitteridge
RBH, RBch: Vulnerable and resilient, he played the perfect foil to the prickly Olive.
Mark Rylance - Wolf Hall
RB: Because his depiction of Thomas Cromwell gives this dry period drama a beating heart.
Will probably win: Richard Jenkins
Missing: James Nesbitt for, er, The Missing.
Felicity Huffman - American Crime
Jessica Lange - American Horror Story
RBch: Lange's striking characters are the heart and soul of American Horror Story.
Queen Latifah - Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honourable Woman
LJ: No stranger to great performances, this was one of Gyllenhaal's best.
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
RBH, JH, RB: Because she made her caustic cantankerous character captivating and endearing.
Emma Thompson - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Will probably win: Frances McDormand
Missing: Brit Marling for Babylon
Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul
RBch, RBH: For making Mike Ehrmantraut the coolest old dude on the box
Ben Mendelsohn - Bloodline
CS, LJ, RB: His performance as the black sheep of the Rayburn family added some real grit to its sometime soapy saga.
Jim Carter - Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage - Game Of Thrones
Alan Cumming - The Good Wife
Michael Kelly - House Of Cards
JH: His performance as a White House fixer gives Spacey's as President Underwood a run for his money.
Will probably win: Peter Dinklage
Missing: Jon Voight for Ray Donovan and Walton Goggins for Justified.
Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey
Lena Headey- Game Of Thrones
RB, CS: Sealed with her walk of shame through the city.
Emilia Clarke - Game Of Thrones
Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
JH, LJ, RBH: After six nominations, surely this is her year?
Uzo Aduba - Orange Is The New Black
RBch: As Suzanne "Crazy Eyes'' Warren, Aduba has really come into her own.
Will probably win: Christina Hendricks for Mad Men.
Missing: Maggie Smith for Downtown Abbey.
Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
CS: So deadpan, he could be a frying pan
Adam Driver - Girls
RBH, JH, LJ: For making the most enthusiastic entrances since Kramer on Seinfeld.
Keegan-Michael Key - Key & Peele
RBch: The man and the show are hilarious.
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Hale - Veep
RB: As Madame President's handbag guy, he's been a hoot in every season.
Will probably win: Ty Burrell for Modern Family.
Missing: Terry Crews, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Just looking at him makes us laugh. And TJ Miller from Silicon Valley, for making Erlich Bachmann so quotable.
Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Niecy Nash - Getting On
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Allison Janney - Mom
Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live
Gaby Hoffmann - Transparent
RBH, JH, LJ CS: CS: One of the most underrated actresses on TV.
Jane Krakowski - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
RBch: Krakowski creates that character you love to hate with some of the best lines on the show.
Anna Chlumsky - Veep
RB: She's so funny when's she angry. She was angry a lot.
Will probably win: Gaby Hoffmann
Missing: Chelsea Perretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and our own Melanie Lynskey for Togetherness.
Richard Cabral - American Crime
Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story: Freak Show
RBch: O'Hare pulls off the trick of being horrifyingly funny
Finn Wittrock - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams - Bessie
Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
RBH, LJ, CS: It's Bill Murray, come on
Damian Lewis - Wolf Hall
JH, RB: Best screen portrayal of Henry VIII, ever.
Will probably win: Bill Murray
Missing: Stephen Rea for The Honourable Woman
Regina King - American Crime
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett - American Horror Story: Freak Show
RBch: Another Freak Show heavy hitter, her portrayal of the three-breasted Desiree Dupree deserves award consideration.
Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Freak Show
JH, CS: It's about time a bearded lady won an Emmy.
Mo'Nique - Bessie
Zoe Kazan - Olive Kitteridge
RBH, LJ, RB: Just one of this excellent show's many memorable oddball performances
Will probably win: Er, someone from American Horror Story: Freak Show?
Missing: Claire Foy for Wolf Hall.
*We can't guarantee the streaming services have the series that received the Emmy nominations just yet.
What: The 67th Emmy Awards
When: From midday Monday New Zealand time.
Where: Vibe at midday and highlights screening 8.30pm
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