Emmy Nominees: Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

My predictions: 1/6, picking only McCarthy, though four of my alternates got in!

This was my worst category by far, but the only nominee I really didn’t think had a shot was Margaret Cho (30 Rock). I can’t comprehend why she was more deserving than Mary Steenburgen, but oh well. The complete shut-out of “The Big C” save for a lone casting nomination is a shame since Susan Sarandon was so great this year. This category represents a crucial problem with the rules in this race, since two of the nominees are recurring guest stars who appeared in multiple episodes also nominated last year, Elizabeth Banks (30 Rock) and Dot-Marie Jones (Glee), two one-shot guests, Kathy Bates (Two and a Half Men) and Cho, and two variety hosts from “Saturday Night Live,” Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph. It’s just odd for them to be grouped together when this awards guild has so many different categories. Oh well.

Who should win? I haven’t seen half of these, so no comment just yet.
Who will win? Maybe Bates?