The time has come to reveal my personal rankings and winners for the 2019/2020 TV season. I hope some of my choices make some strides at the Emmys this year as well. You can see my full ballot here: Personal Emmys Ballot 2020: Who Got My Votes?

Let’s get into it!

COMEDY

Images courtesy of: Pop TV/Hulu/FX/Apple TV+

Outstanding Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Schitt’s Creek (Season 6, final) (Pop TV)
2. Insecure (Season 4) (HBO)
3. What We Do in the Shadows (Season 2) (FX)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)
2. Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
3. Kayvan Novak, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
2. Issa Rae, Insecure (HBO)
3. Natasia Demetriou, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
2. Harvey Guillén, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
3. Alex Newell, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
2. Yvonne Orji, Insecure (HBO)
3. Emily Hampshire, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Dev Patel, Modern Love (Prime Video)
2. Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
3. Mark Hamill, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: Alysia Reiner, Better Things (FX)
2. Loretta Devine, Black-ish (ABC)
3. Reba McEntire, Young Sheldon (CBS)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: “I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain” – Patrick Norris, Dickinson (Apple TV+)
2. “Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires” – Kyle Newacheck, What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
3. “Happy Ending” – Andrew Cividino and Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

1. WINNER: “Happy Ending” – Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
2. “You Are Naked in Front of Your Sheikh” – Rob Ulin and Ramy Youssef, Ramy (Hulu)
3. “Lowkey Lost” – Prentice Penny, Insecure (HBO)

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DRAMA

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Outstanding Drama Series

1. WINNER: Pose (Season 2) (FX)
2. Euphoria (Season 1) (HBO)
3. The Crown (Season 3) (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

1. WINNER: Billy Porter, Pose (FX)
2. Dominic West, The Affair (Showtime)
3. Jeremy Strong, Succession (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

1. WINNER: Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
2. Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix)
3. Mj Rodriguez, Pose (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

1. WINNER: Tom Pelphrey, Ozark (Netflix)
2. Josh O’Connor, The Crown (Netflix)
3. Mel Rodriguez, On Becoming a God in Central Florida (Showtime)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

1. WINNER: Angelica Ross, Pose (FX)
2. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
3. Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

1. WINNER: Andrew Scott, Black Mirror (Netflix)
2. Luke Kirby, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (Netflix)
3. Alexander Skarsgård, On Becoming a God in Central Florida (Showtime)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

1. WINNER: Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Affair (Showtime)
2. Jen Richards, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (Netflix)
3. Daniela Vega, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (Netflix)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

1. WINNER: “In My Heels” – Janet Mock, Pose (FX)
2. “And Salt the Earth Behind You” – Sam Levinson, Euphoria (HBO)
3. “Cri de Coeur” – Jessica Hobbs, The Crown (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

1. WINNER: “Never Knew Love Like This Before” – Janet Mock and Ryan Murphy, Pose (FX)
2. “Days of Small Surrenders” – Lauren Morelli, Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (Netflix)
3. “Twyysog Cymru” – James Graham and Peter Morgan, The Crown (Netflix)

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LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

Images courtesy of: HBO/Hulu/Netflix

Outstanding Limited Series

1. WINNER: Watchmen (HBO)
2. Unbelievable (Netflix)
3. Mrs. Fletcher (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series/TV Movie

1. WINNER: Paul Mescal, Normal People (Hulu)
2. Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True (HBO)
3. Hugh Jackman, Bad Education (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie

1. WINNER: Regina King, Watchmen (HBO)
2. Michelle Dockery, Defending Jacob (Apple TV+)
3. Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/TV Movie

1. WINNER: Jovan Adepo, Watchmen (HBO)
2. Joe Mantello, Hollywood (Netflix)
3. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Watchmen (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie

1. WINNER: Toni Collette, Unbelievable (Netflix)
2. Tiffany Boone, Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
3. Sarah Paulson, Mrs. America (FX)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series/TV Movie

1. WINNER: “This Extraordinary Being” – Stephen Williams, Watchmen (HBO)
2. Cory Finley, Bad Education (HBO)
3. “Episode 1” – Lisa Cholodenko, Unbelievable (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series/TV Movie

1. WINNER: “Episode 1” – Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon, and Ayelet Waldman, Unbelievable (Netflix)
2. “A God Walks into Abar” – Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof, Watchmen (HBO)
3. Mike Makowsky, Bad Education (HBO)

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Win Statistics by Show:

Comedy

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Drama

Total	Show	Placement	Category
6	Pose	1st – 5 3rd – 1	Series, Lead Actor, Supporting Actress, Directing, Writing Lead Actress
2	The Affair	1st – 1 2nd – 1	Guest Actress Lead Actor
2	Ozark	1st – 1 2nd – 1	Supporting Actor Lead Actress
1	Black Mirror	1st – 1	Guest Actor
1	How to Get Away with Murder	1st – 1	Lead Actress
4	Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City	2nd – 3 3rd – 1	Guest Actor, Guest Actress, Writing Guest Actress
2	Euphoria	2nd – 2	Series, Directing
5	The Crown	2nd – 1 3rd – 4	Supporting Actor Series, Supporting Actress, Directing, Writing
1	The Morning Show	2nd – 1	Supporting Actress
2	On Becoming a God in Central Florida	3rd – 2	Supporting Actor, Guest Actor
1	Succession	3rd – 1	Lead Actor

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Limited Series/TV Movie

Total	Show	Placement	Category
6	Watchmen	1st – 4 2nd – 1 3rd 1	Series, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Directing Writing Supporting Actor
5	Unbelievable	1st – 2 2nd – 1 3rd – 2	Supporting Actress, Writing Series Lead Actress, Directing
1	Normal People	1st – 1	Lead Actor
3	Bad Education	2nd – 1 3rd – 2	Directing Lead Actor, Writing
1	Defending Jacob	2nd – 1	Lead Actress
1	Hollywood	2nd – 1	Supporting Actor
1	I Know This Much Is True	2nd – 1	Lead Actor
1	Little Fires Everywhere	2nd – 1	Supporting Actress
1	Mrs. America	3rd – 1	Supporting Actress
1	Mrs. Fletcher	3rd – 1	Series

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Win Statistics by Network:

Total	Network	Placement	Show
14	FX	1st – 6 2nd – 2 3rd – 6	Pose (5), Better Things (1) What We Do in the Shadows (2) What We Do in the Shadows (4), Mrs. America (1), Pose (1)
8	Pop TV	1st – 5 2nd – 1 3rd – 2	Schitt’s Creek (5) Schitt’s Creek (1) Schitt’s Creek (2)
18	HBO	1st – 4 2nd – 8 3rd – 6	Watchmen (4) Insecure (3), Euphoria (2), Bad Education (1), I Know This Much Is True (1), Watchmen (1) Bad Education (2), Insecure (1), Mrs. Fletcher (1), Succession (1), Watchmen (1)
18	Netflix	1st – 4 2nd – 7 3rd – 7	Unbelievable (2), Black Mirror (1), Ozark (1) Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (3), The Crown (1), Hollywood (1), Ozark (1), Unbelievable (1) The Crown (4), Unbelievable (2), Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City (1)
4	Hulu	1st – 2 2nd – 2	Normal People (1), Ramy (1) Little Fires Everywhere (1), Ramy (1)
3	Apple TV+	1st – 1 2nd – 2	Dickinson (1) Defending Jacob (1), The Morning Show (1)
4	Showtime	1st – 1 2nd – 1 3rd – 2	The Affair (1) The Affair (1) On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2)
2	ABC	1st – 1 2nd – 1	How to Get Away with Murder (1) Black-ish (1)
2	Prime Video	1st – 1 2nd – 1	Modern Love (1) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (1)
1	CBS	3rd – 1	Young Sheldon (1)
1	NBC	3rd – 1	Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (1)