Emmy (award, 2011)

63th Primetime Emmy Awards
63th Primetime Emmy Awards
	63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
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The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards is the main US television award to award the best prime time television shows of the year. The awarding ceremony took place on September 18, 2011 in Hollywood, and comedian Jane Lynch acted as the host ^[1] .

Content

1 Nominees
- 1.1 Programs
- 1.2 Acting categories
  - 1.2.1 Leading actors
  - 1.2.2 Supporting Actors
  - 1.2.3 Guest categories
- 1.3 Scenarios
- 1.4 Directing
2 Leaders in the number of nominations
3 notes
4 References

Nominees

Programs

Programs
Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
Mad Men ( AMC ) Boardwalk Empire ( HBO ) Dexter ( Showtime ) Friday Night Lights ( The 101 Network / NBC ) Game of Thrones (HBO) Good wife ( CBS )	Modern Family ( ABC ) Studio 30 (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Chorus ( Fox ) Office (NBC) Parks and Recreation Areas (NBC)
The best mini-series or television movie	A variety of shows, or comedy shows
Downton Abbey ( PBS ) Cinema Verite (HBO) Clan Kennedy ( ReelzChannel ) Mildred Pierce (HBO) Pillars of the Earth ( Starz ) Too Big to Fail (HBO)	The Daily Show (Comedy Central) The Colbert Report ( Comedy Central ) Conan ( TBS ) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The best host of a television show or reality show	Best Special Show
Jeff Probst - Survivor (CBS) Phil Coogan - The Amazing Race (CBS) Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Ryan Seacrest - American Idol (Fox) Kat Delay - So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)	The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking (HBO) Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On (HBO) Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO) The Pee-Wee Herman Show On Broadway (HBO)
Best reality show, game show or contest	The best animation program
The Amazing Race (CBS) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Project Runway ( Lifetime ) American Idol (Fox) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Top Chef ( Bravo )	Futurama - “ The Late Philip J. Fry ” (Comedy Central) The Cleveland Show - “ Murray Christmas ” (Fox) Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III ( Cartoon Network ) The Simpsons - “ Angry Dad: The Movie ” (Fox) South Park - Crack Baby Athletic Association (Comedy Central)
Best reality show	The best children's program
Deadliest Catch ( Discovery Channel ) Hoarders ( A&E ) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Undercover Boss (CBS) Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)	A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO) Degrassi - “ My Body Is a Cage , Part 2” ( TeenNick ) Victorious - “Freak the Freak Out” ( Nickelodeon ) iCarly - iGot A Hot Room (Nickelodeon) Wizards of Waverly Place - Wizards vs. Angels ( Disney Channel )

Acting categories

Leading actors

Best Actor in a Drama Series	Best Actress in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler as Eric Taylor - “ Friday Night Lights ” (Episode: “Always”) (NBC / Audience Network) Steve Buscemi as Naki Thompson - “The Underground Empire ” (Episode: “ A Return to Normalicy ”) (HBO) Michael S. Hall as Dexter Morgan - “ Dexter ” (Episode: “Teenage Wasteland”) (Showtime) John Hamm as Don Draper - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “The Suitcase”) (AMC) Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House - “ Dr. House ” (Episode: “After Hours”) (Fox) Timothy Olyphant as Reylan Givens - “ Justice ” (Episode: “Reckoning”) (FX)	Julianne Margulis as Alicia Florrick - “The Good Wife ” (Episode: “In Sickness”) (CBS) Katie Bates as Harriet "Harry" Corn - " Harry 's Law " (Episode: "Innocent Man") (NBC) Connie Britton as Tami Taylor - “ Friday Night Lights ” (Episode: “Always”) (NBC / Audience Network) Mireille Inos as Detective Sarah Linden - “ Murder ” (Episode: “Missing”) (AMC) Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson - Law & Order: Special Corps (Episode: "Rescue") (NBC) Elizabeth Moss as Peggy Olson - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “The Suitcase”) (AMC)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Agreement Dissection”) (CBS) Alec Baldwin as Jack Donagi - “ Studio 30 ” (Episode: “Respawn”) (NBC) Steve Carell as Michael Scott - “ The Office ” (Episode: “Goodbye, Michael”) (NBC) Louis Si Kay as Louis - “ Louis ” (Episode: “Bully”) (FX) Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstedera - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: The Benefactor Factor) (CBS) Matt LeBlanc in the role of himself - " Episodes " (Episode: "The Fight") (Showtime)	Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn - “ Mike and Molly ” (Episode: “First Date”) (CBS) Edie Falco as Jackie Payton - “ Jackie 's Sister ” (Episode: “Rat Falls”) (Showtime) Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - “ Studio 30 ” (Episode: “Double-Edged Sword”) (NBC) Laura Linney as Katie Jamieson - “ This Scary Letter“ P ” ” (Episode: “Pilot”) (Showtime) Martha Plympton as Virginia Chance - “ Raising Hope ” (Episode: “Say Cheese”) (Fox) Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - Parks and Recreation (Episode: Flu Season) (NBC)
Best Actor in a Mini Series or Movie	Best Actress in a Mini Series or Movie
Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy - The Kennedy Clan (ReelzChannel) Idris Elba as John Luther - Luther (BBC One) Lawrence Fishburne as Tergoud Marshall - Tergood (HBO) William Hurt as Henry Paulson - Crash Unacceptable: Saving Wall Street (HBO) Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy - The Kennedy Clan (ReelzChannel) Edgar Ramirez as Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez - Carlos (Sundance Channel)	Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce - Mildred Pierce (HBO) Taraji P. Henson as Tiffany Rubin - “Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story” (Lifetime) Diane Lane as Patricia Pat Laud - True Cinema (HBO) Elizabeth McGovern as Cora, Countess Grantham - Downton Abbey (PBS) Gene Marsh as Rose Buck - Up and Down the Stairs (BBC)

Supporting Actors

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones (Episode: Baelor ) (HBO) Andre Brower as Owen Thoreau Jr. - “ Middle-aged Men ” (Episode: “Let the Sunshine In”) ( TNT ) Josh Charles as Will Gardner - “The Good Wife ” (Episode: “Closing Arguments”) (CBS) Alan Cumming as Eli Gold - “ Good Wife ” (Episode: “Silver Bullet”) (CBS) Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder - “ Justice ” (Episode: “The I of the Storm”) (FX) John Slattery as Roger Sterling Jr. - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “Hands and Knees”) (AMC)	Margot Martindale as Mags Bennett - “ Justice ” (Episode: “Brother's Keeper”) - (FX) Kristin Baransky as Diane Lockhart - “ Good Wife ” (Episode: “Silver Bullet”) (CBS) Michelle Forbes as Mitch Larsen - “ Murder ” (Episode: “Pilot”) (AMC) Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “The Summer Man”) (AMC) Kelly MacDonald as Margaret Schroeder - Underground Empire (Episode: Family Limitation ) (HBO) Archie Punjabi as Kalinda Sharma - “ Good Wife ” (Episode: “Getting Off”) (CBS)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy - “The American Family ” (Episode: “Good Cop Bad Dog”) (ABC) Chris Colfer as Kurt Hammel - “ Chorus ” (Episode: “Grilled Cheesus”) (FOX) John Cryer as Alan Harper - “ Two and a Half Men ” (Episode: “The Immortal Billy Joel”) (CBS) Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett - “ American Family ” (Episode: “Halloween”) (ABC) Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett - “The American Family ” (Episode: “The Kiss”) (ABC) Eric Stonestone as Cameron Tucker - “The American Family ” (Episode: “Mother's Day”) (ABC)	Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy - “The American Family ” (Episode: “Strangers on a Treadmill”) (ABC) Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroni - “ Studio 30 ” (Episode: “Queen of Jordan”) (NBC) Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester - “ Chorus ” (Episode: “Funeral”) (FOX) Sophia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - “The American Family ” (Episode: “Slow Down Your Neighbors”) (ABC) Betty White as Elka Ostrowski - " Beauties in Cleveland " (Episode: "") ( TV Land ) Kristen Wiig in decomp. Cast - “ Saturday Night Live ” (Episode: “Host: Jane Lynch”) (NBC)
Best Supporting Actor in a Mini Series or Movie	Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series or Movie
Guy Pierce as Monty Beragon - Mildred Pierce (HBO) Paul Jamatti as Ben Bernanke - Crash Unacceptable: Saving Wall Street (HBO) Brian F. O'Byrne as Bert Pierce - Mildred Pierce (HBO) Tom Wilkinson as Joseph P. Kennedy - “ The Kennedy Clan ” (ReelzChannel) James Woods as Dick Full - Crash Unacceptable: Saving Wall Street (HBO)	Maggie Smith as Violet, Countess Grantham - Downton Abbey (PBS) Eileen Atkins as Maud, Lady Holland - Up and Down the Stairs (PBS) Melissa Leo as Lucy Gessler - Mildred Pierce (HBO) Evan Rachel Wood as Veda Pierce - Milderd Pierce (HBO) Mayor Winningham as Ida Corwin - Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Guest categories

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Paul McCrane - " Harry 's Law " (NBC) Beau Bridges - Brothers and Sisters (ABC) Jeremy Davis - Justice (FX) Bruce Dern - Big Love (HBO) Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife (CBS) Robert Morse - Mad Men (AMC)	Loretta Devine - Anatomy of Passion (ABC) Kara Buono - Mad Men (AMC) Joan Cusack - Shameless (Showtime) Randy Heller - Mad Men (AMC) Mary McDonnell - The Snoop (TNT) Julia Styles - “ Dexter ” (Showtime) Alfrey Woodard - True Blood (HBO)
Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Will Arnett - Studio 30 (NBC) Matt Damon - Studio 30 (NBC) Idris Elba - “ This Scary Letter“ P ” ” (Showtime) Zach Halifianakis - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Nathan Lane - American Family (ABC)	Gwyneth Paltrow - The Choir (FOX) Elizabeth Banks - Studio 30 (Episode: Double-Edged Sword) (NBC) Christine Chenovet - The Chorus (FOX) Tina Fey - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Dot Jones - The Choir (FOX) Cloris Leachman - Raising Hope (FOX)

Scripting

Comedy series script	Drama series script
“ American Family ” (Episode: “Caught in the Act”) - Stephen Levitan and Jeffrey Richman (ABC) “ Louis ” (Episode: “Poker / Divorce”) - Louis S. K. (FX) “ Episodes ” (Episode: “The Fight”) - David Crane and Jeffrey Claric (Showtime) “ Office ” (Episode: “Goodbye, Michael”) - Greg Daniels (NBC) Studio 30 (Episode: “Reaganing”) - Matt Hubbard (NBC)	Friday Night Lights (Episode: Always) - Jason Katims (NBC / Audience Network) Game of Thrones (Episode: Baelor ) - David Benioff and D. B. Weiss (HBO) Mad Men (Episode: Blowing Smoke) - Andre Jacquetton and Maria Jacquetton (AMC) “ Murder ” (Episode: “Pilot”) - Guilty Court (AMC) Mad Men (Episode: The Suitcase) - Matthew Weiner (AMC)
Variety show script	Scenario miniseries, film or drama program
“ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ” (Comedy Central) Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Conan (TBS) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Saturday Night Live (NBC)	Downton Abbey - Julian Fellows (PBS) “ Too Cool for Failure ” - Peter Gould (HBO) Mildred Pierce - Todd Haines and John Raymond (HBO) “ Sherlock: A Study in Pink ” - Stephen Moffat (PBS) Up and Down the Stairs - Heidi Thomas (PBS)

Directing

Comedy series directing	Drama series directing
American Family (Episode: Halloween) - Michael Spiller (ABC) “ How I Met Your Mother ” (Episode: “Subway Wars”) - Pamela Freeman (CBS) American Family (Episode: “See You Next Fall”) - Stephen Levitan (ABC) American Family (Episode: Slow Down Your Neighbors) - Gail Mancuso (ABC) Studio 30 (Episode: Live Show) - Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC)	The Underground Empire (Episode: Boardwalk Empire ) - Martin Scorsese (HBO) “ Murder ” (Episode: “Pilot”) - Patty Jenkins (AMC) Borgia (Episodes: “The Poisoned Chalice” / “The Assassin”) - Neil Jordan (Showtime) Game of Thrones (Episode: “ Winter is Coming ”) - Tim Van Patten (HBO) The Underground Empire (Episode: Anastasia ) - Jeremy Podvesva (HBO)
Directing Variety show	Directing a mini-series, film or drama program
Saturday Night Live - Don Roy King (NBC) “ Later Show with David Letterman ” - Jerry Fowley (CBS) American Idol - Gregg Gelfand (Fox) Colbert Report - Jim Hoskinson (Comedy Central) “ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ” - Chuck O'Neill (Comedy Central)	Downton Abbey - Brian Percival (PBS) Carlos - Olivier Assayas (Sundance Channel) True Cinema - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulkini (HBO) “ Too Cool for Failure ” - Curtis Hanson (HBO) Mildred Pierce - Todd Haines (HBO)

Leaders in the number of nominations

21: Mildred Pierce (HBO)
19: Mad Men (AMC)
18: Underground Empire (HBO)
17: Modern Family (ABC)
16: Saturday Night Live (NBC)
13: Game of Thrones (HBO), 30 Rock (NBC)
12: Chorus (Fox)
11: Downton Abbey (PBS), Too Big to Fail (HBO)
9: Cinema Verite (HBO), Good Wife (CBS), Clan Kennedy (ReelzChannel)
6: Killing (AMC), Upstairs, Downstairs (BBC)

5: The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Dexter (Showtime), Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO) 4: Friday Night Lights (101 / NBC), Justified (FX), Office (NBC) 3 : Big C (Showtime), The Colbert Report (Comedy Central), The Daily Show (Comedy Central), Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Notes

↑ Jane Lynch To Host 2011 Emmys - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV

Links

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website

[1] Jane Lynch To Host 2011 Emmys - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV