



The 2015 Emmy nominations ballots were revealed Monday, which means it's now time to decide whose names we'd like to hear called on Thursday, July 16, when the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences announces the shows and actors who are officially in the running to become the winners of the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.

I asked a few of my fellow TV.com colleagues to join me in choosing our dream nominees, and after much deliberation, we've all chosen who we'd like to see nominated. And as you'll see at the bottom of the page, we're even prepared to defend our choices, too!

Each day for the next couple weeks, we'll be bringing you our highly sought-after, well-respected, and 100 percent non-negotiable opinions on which shows and actors we believe should make the cut. We've already hit the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category, so let's move on to their male counterparts...





CORY BARKER

DREAM NOMINEES (clockwise): Jim Rash, Community; Zach Woods, Silicon Valley; Lamorne Morris, New Girl; Jay Duplass, Transparent; Troy Gentile, The Goldbergs; and Hugh Laurie, Veep





NOEL KIRKPATRICK

DREAM NOMINEES: Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin; Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Sam Waterston, Grace and Frankie; Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele; and Ian Chen, Fresh Off the Boat





TIM SURETTE

DREAM NOMINEES: Hannibal Buress, Broad City; Zach Woods, Silicon Valley; Tony Hale, Veep; T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley; Kumail Nanjiani, Silicon Valley; and Martin Starr, Silicon Valley





KAITLIN THOMAS

DREAM NOMINEES: Tony Hale, Veep; Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin; Cameron Monaghan, Shameless; Noel Fisher, Shameless; Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation; and Timothy Simons, Veep





PLEAD YOUR CASE

WHY NOEL FISHER: One of the most underrated series on TV, Shameless straddles the line between comedy and drama, and if the Academy wants to define it as a comedy, then the Academy also has to accept the fact one of the season's best performances was not all that comedic. Fisher doesn't get nearly enough credit for the many different layers he's brought out in Mickey over the years, but in Season 5 he absolutely nailed it as Mickey went all in as Ian's lover, protector, and caretaker, and doing so without also losing what made him Mickey (like his attempt to kill Sammi, which played into the series' categorization as a dark comedy). Co-star Cameron Monaghan may have had the more flashier moments as Ian struggled with his mental illness, but it was Fisher's uncharacteristically quiet performance in those same moments that resulted in a heartbreaking showcase for the actor and one hell of an argument for his first Emmy nomination. — Kaitlin

WHY T.J. MILLER: As you may have noticed on my ballot, I have four actors from Silicon Valley in the same category. That is not a mistake. HBO's tech-takedown has the best comedy cast on TV today, and leading that pack is Miller. Just look at him. You're already laughing. He looks like a humanized plush teddy bear that you win at a carnival. But Miller is more than just a sight gag. His spot-on delivery of Erlich's pompous ranting about compression or yogurt could be done by no one else, and he's transcended that line between character and actor to become Erlich. I mean, the way he glides into a room and wrecks conversation is enough to give him an award. — Tim





Who would YOU nominate for Supporting Actor in a Comedy?





