Finally, Emmy jackpot for Ed O’Neill?

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Poor Ed O’Neill has endured a long streak of snubs before journeying to the Emmys, but now it looks like it could pay off Sunday with the ultimate Hollywood happy ending: an Emmy win.

In 1987, the funnyman starred in Fox network’s ‘Married with Children’ as Al Bundy, a role he played for 11 long years. Not only were O’Neill and his costar Katey Sagal snubbed by Emmy voters every season for playing the rude, crude Bundys, but the sitcom entered the Emmy history books as one of the longest-running series to never win a single award.

After that series ended, O’Neill guest starred on many different shows including ‘The West Wing,’ a series with major Emmy clout. But he still never managed to wrestle up an Emmy nod himself. All of that looked to change last year when his ABC comedy ‘Modern Family’ started attracting Emmy buzz from the moment it premiered. Unfortunately for O’Neill, that award season ended with him being the only adult cast member to be snubbed. Once again, Emmy slapped O’Neill.

When nominations were announced this year, O’Neill fans rejoiced as the actor finally received his first Emmy recognition. Was he nominated because of the Emmy backlash from last year’s snub? Or did Emmy voters simply come to their senses? Whatever the case, he’s up for his first trophy this year, and he even has a great shot at winning.

According to predictions at GoldDerby, O’Neill is in second place to take home the award for comedy supporting actor. Experts, editors and users have ‘Modern Family’ costar Ty Burrell out in first place, with Chris Colfer (‘Glee’) in third, last year’s winner Eric Stonestreet (‘Modern Family’) in fourth, Jesse Tyler Ferguson (‘Modern Family’) in fifth and Jon Cryer (‘Two and a Half Men’) in last place.

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-- Tom O’Neil

Left photo: Ed O’Neill in ‘Married ... with Children.’ Credit: Fox

Right photo: O’Neill in ‘Modern Family.’ Credit: ABC