Experts Say There Could Be Comedy Gold for “Orange’s” Kate Mulgrew
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Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Monday night at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, and there’s stiff competition in the comedy categories.
Many experts are predicting Orange Is the New Black will earn some gold trophies, and Kate Mulgrew has a good shot at taking the win in the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category.
Tom O’Neil, the founder of the Hollywood awards prediction website GoldDerby.com, tells ABC News Radio viewers should “watch out” for the former Star Trek: Voyager captain. “She plays the cook with the kind of Russian accent, she’s very funny,” O’Neil says, with the caveat, “I wouldn’t bet against Allison Janney.”
He explains the West Wing veteran-turned-Mom star “has five Emmy wins behind her, she just won at the Creative Arts for Masters of Sex in the guest category. I think she’s got it again,” explaining the Mom episode she submitted to Emmy voters has the actress “dealing with menopause and hot flashes, it’s really over the top.”
Scott Feinberg, the lead awards analyst for The Hollywood Reporter, also tells ABC News Radio that it’s between Mulgrew and Janney. “Many people are picking Allison Janney and she does have a long history of Emmy love and could happen here,” the expert says. “But I think the fact that her show was not widely embraced at all and Kate Mulgrew’s was, and also the fact that Allison Janney’s already been so recognized in her past, whereas Kate Mulgrew was never even nominated before now, I think those things will work in the favor of Orange Is the New Black.”
In the supporting comedy actor category, O’Neil’s betting on Veep’s Tony Hale, explaining the Arrested Development star “pulled off an upset for Veep last year and I think he’s going to do it again…And that combination of physical comedy and great acting and a major plot development…usually translates into Emmys.”
Seth Meyers will serve as host of the ceremony, which will air live on NBC starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time and 5 p.m. Pacific time on Monday.
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