Ballots for the 2013 Emmy Awards officially went up on Monday (June 10) evening and, as always, we’ll be previewing the major categories between now and the ballot deadline on June 28.
As always, Sepinwall will be writing up his dream ballot with his six ideal nominees.
And, as always, I’ll be gallery-izing the leading nomination contenders. In each gallery, the first six slides represent my actual predictions for nominations. The next 5-or-so slides represent the top contenders should any of my six should falter or be proven needlessly optimistic. The rest of the slides are me looking at the Emmy chances for people who are increasing longshots but check certain plausible Emmy boxes: They’re from new shows, they’re former nominees, they’re high profile show additions or they’re great actors who had great seasons but probably won’t build Emmy momentum. The first half of the galleries are pseudo-scientific (or at least predictive). The second halves are just trying to be informative or contemplative.
And this first gallery — Supporting Actor in a Drama — may be the biggest. Promise. I started writing entries without the official ballot and so I forgot lots of people and then had to add to what was already a really full category and it suddenly became huge. I’m gonna aim for 20-to-25 as opposed to 25+ for future galleries.
Check out Supporting Actor in a Drama: