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Gold Derby editors clash predicting Emmy winners

By Marcus Dixon

Aug 22 2011 11:13 am

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Besides polling , we also asked Gold Derby's group of editors to lend their opinions for this year's awards show. Curiously, while the experts were in agreement that Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife") would prevail for Best Drama Actress, our editors were in a four-way split between Margulies, Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men"), Kathy Bates ("Harry's Law") and Mireille Enos ("The Killing").

When it comes to Best Reality Series, the editors couldn't disagree more. Each of the nominated shows received at least one editor's vote, except for poor "Antiqures Roadshow" which didn't receive any love.

You predict: Daytime Emmys

Experts polled by Gold Derby are split between "General Hospital" and "All My Children" when predicting what will win the Daytime Emmy for Best Drama Series. Which nominee do YOU think will prevail? Or can "Young and the Restless" or "Days of Our Lives" pull off an upset?

Gold Derby's editors are Chris Beachum, Matthew Cormier, Marcus Dixon, Darrin Dortch, Rob Licuria, Daniel Montgomery, Matt Noble, Tom O'Neil, Andrew Pickett, David Schnelwar and Paul Sheehan.

Below are their predictions. See charts of their rankings here. Compare them with rankings by our experts. And check out charts contrasting both sets of predictions with those made by Gold Derby site users.

BEST DRAMA SERIES
"Boardwalk Empire" -- Schnelwar, Sheehan
"Mad Men" -- Beachum, Cormier, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, Noble, O'Neil, Pickett

BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Steve Buscemi -- Cormier, Schnelwar
Jon Hamm -- Beachum, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, Noble, O'Neil, Pickett, Sheehan

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Kathy Bates -- Dortch
Mireille Enos -- Noble
Julianna Margulies -- Cormier, Dixon, Licuria, O'Neil, Schnelwar, Sheehan
Elisabeth Moss -- Beachum, Montgomery, Pickett

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Charles -- Beachum, Licuria, Noble, O'Neil
Alan Cumming -- Dixon, Sheehan
Peter Dinklage -- Cormier
John Slattery -- Dortch, Montgomery, Pickett, Schnelwar

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Michelle Forbes -- Noble, Pickett
Kelly Macdonald -- Sheehan
Margo Martindale -- Beachum, Cormier, Dixon, Licuria, Montgomery, O'Neil, Schnelwar
Archie Panjabi -- Dortch

BEST COMEDY SERIES
"Modern Family" -- Beachum, Cormier, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, Noble, O'Neil, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan

BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Steve Carell -- Beachum, Cormier, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, Noble, O'Neil, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Laura Linney -- Beachum, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, O'Neil, Pickett, Schnelwar
Melissa McCarthy -- Cormier
Amy Poehler -- Noble, Sheehan

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ty Burrell -- Beachum, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, Noble, O'Neil, Pickett
Chris Colfer -- Schnelwar
Ed O'Neill -- Cormier, Dixon, Sheehan

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julie Bowen -- Dixon
Jane Lynch --  Beachum, Cormier, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery O'Neil, Schnelwar
Betty White --  Noble, Pickett, Sheehan

BEST REALITY-COMPETITION SERIES
"The Amazing Race" -- Beachum, Cormier, Pickett, Schnelwar
"American Idol" -- Sheehan
"Top Chef" -- Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, O'Neil

BEST REALITY SERIES
"Deadliest Catch" -- Beachum, Pickett, Sheehan
"Hoarders" -- Dixon, Dortch, Montgomery, O'Neil
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" -- Schnelwar
"MythBusters" -- Licuria, Moore
"Undercover Boss" -- Cormier

BEST REALITY HOST
Jeff Probst -- Beachum, Cormier, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, O'Neil, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan

BEST VARIETY SERIES
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" -- Beachum, Cormier, Dixon, Dortch, Licuria, Montgomery, O'Neil, Pickett, Schnelwar, Sheehan

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