Emmy (award, 2013)

65th Emmy Award Ceremony
65th Emmy Award Ceremony
	65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
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The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards is the United States' premier television prize giving the best television shows of the year to run in prime time from June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013. The presentation of the awards took place on September 22, 2013 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, and the television show was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris ^[1] .

Content

Nominees

Programs

Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
Breaking Bad ( AMC ) Downton Abbey ( PBS ) Game of Thrones ( HBO ) " Homeland " ( Showtime ) House of Cards ( Netflix ) Mad Men (AMC)	American Family ( ABC ) Studio 30 (NBC) The Big Bang Theory ( CBS ) Girls (HBO) Louis (FX) Vice President (HBO)
The best miniseries or movie	Best variety show, music or comedy program
Behind the Candelabra (HBO) American Horror Story: Mental Hospital ( FX ) The Bible ( History Channel ) Phil Spector (HBO) Politicians ( USA ) “ Top of the Lake ” ( Sundance Channel )	The Colbert Report ( Comedy Central ) Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Best Competitive Reality Program	Best special variety show, music or comedy program
The Voice ( NBC ) The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Podium ( Lifetime ) So You Think You Can Dance ( FOX ) Top Chef (Bravo)	Tba
The best children's program	The best host of the competition reality program
Tba	Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn - Project Podium (Lifetime) Ryan Seacrest - American Idol (FOX) Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers (NBC) Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Kat Diyli - So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) Anthony Bourdain - The Taste (ABC)

Acting categories

Leading actors

Best Actress in a Drama Series	Best Actor in a Drama Series
Claire Danes as Carrie Matheson - “ Homeland ” (Episode: “ Q&A ”) (Showtime) Connie Britton as Reina James - “ Nashville ” (Episode: “Pilot”) (ABC) Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crowley - Downton Abbey (Episode: Episode One) (PBS) Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates - “ Bates Motel ” (Episode: “First You Dream, Then You Die”) ( A&E ) Elizabeth Moss as Peggy Olson - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “The Better Half”) (AMC) Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope - “ Scandal ” (Episode: “Happy Birthday, Mr. President”) (ABC) Robin Wright as Claire Underwood - The House of Cards (Episode: Chapter 10) (Netflix)	Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy - “ News ” (Episode: “We Just Decided To”) (HBO) Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham - “ Downton Abbey ” (Episode: “Episode Five”) (PBS) Brian Cranston as Walter White - Breaking Bad (Episode: Say My Name) (AMC) John Hamm as Don Draper - Mad Men (Episode: In Care Of) (AMC) Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody - “ Homeland ” (Episode: “ Q&A ”) (Showtime) Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood - House of Cards (Episode: “Chapter 1”) (Netflix)
Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Mayer - “ Vice President ” (Episode: “Running”) (HBO) Laura Dern as Amy Gellico - Enlightened (Episode: “All I Ever Wanted”) (HBO) Lina Dunham as Hannah Horvath - “ Girls ” (Episode: “Bad Friend”) (HBO) Edie Falco as Jackie Payton - “ Jackie 's Sister ” (Episode: “Luck of the Drawing”) (Showtime) Tina Fey as Liz Lemon - “ Studio 30 ” (Episode: “Hangcock!” / “Last Lunch”) (NBC) Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope - “ Parks and Recreation Areas ” (Episode: “Emergency Response” / “Leslie and Ben”) (NBC)	Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: The Habitation Configuration) (CBS) Alec Baldwin as John Donagi - “ Studio 30 ” (Episode: “A Goon's Deed in a Weary World”) (NBC) Jason Bateman as Michael Blat - “ Slow Motion ” (Episode: “Flight of the Phoenix”) (Netflix) Louis S.K. in the role of Louis - “ Louis ” (Episode: “Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1”) (FX) Don Cheadle as Marty Caan - “ Resident of Lies ” (Episode: “Hostile Takeover”) (Showtime) Matt LeBlanc in the role of himself - " Episodes " (Episode: "Episode Two") (Showtime)
Best Actress in a Mini Series or Movie	Best Actor in a Mini Series or Movie
Laura Linney as Katie Jamieson - “ This Scary Letter“ P ” ” (Showtime) Jessica Lang as Sister Jude Martin / Judy Martin - American Horror Story: Mental Hospital (FX) Helen Mirren as Linda Kenny Baden - Phil Spector (HBO) Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish - Politicians (USA) Elizabeth Moss as Detective Robin Griffin - “ Lake Top ” (Sundance Channel)	Michael Douglas as Liberace - Behind Candelabra (HBO) Matt Damon as Scott Thorson - Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock - The Girl (HBO) Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tijens - End of Parade (HBO) Al Pacino as Phil Spector - Phil Spector (HBO)

Supporting Actors

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Anna Gunn as Skyler White - Breaking Bad (Episode: “Fifty-One”) (AMC) Maggie Smith as Violet, Countess Grantham - “ Downton Abbey ” (Episode: “Episode One”) (PBS) Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen - “ Game of Thrones ” (Episode: “ And Now His Watch Is Ended ”) (HBO) Kristin Baransky as Diane Lockhart - “The Good Wife ” (Episode: “The Seven Day Rule”) (CBS) Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody - “ Homeland ” (Episode: “ State of Independence ”) (Showtime) Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “A Tale of Two Cities”) (AMC)	Bobby Cannavale as Jeep Rosetti - “The Underground Empire ” (Episode: “Sunday Best”) (HBO) Jonathan Banks as Mike Ermantraut - Breaking Bad (Episode: Say My Name) (AMC) Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad (Episode: Buyout) (AMC) Jim Carter as Charles Carson - “ Downton Abbey ” (Episode: “Episode Six”) (PBS) Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister - Game of Thrones (Episode: Second Sons ) (HBO) Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson - “ Homeland ” (Episode: “ The Choice ”) (Showtime)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Merritt Weaver as Zoe Barkow - “ Jackie 's Sister ” (Episode: “Teachable Moments”) (Showtime) Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: “The Fish Guts Displacement”) (CBS) Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester - “ Chorus ” (Episode: “Feud”) (Fox) Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy - “The American Family ” (Episode: “My Hero”) (ABC) Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroni - “ Studio 30 ” (Episodes: “Hangcock!” / “Last Lunch”) (NBC) Anna Klamsky as Amy Buckheimer - “ Vice President ” (Episode: “First Response”) (HBO)	Tony Hale as Gary Walsh - “ Vice President ” (Episode: “Running”) (HBO) Adam Driver as Adam Sackler - “ Girls ” (Episode: “It's Back”) (HBO) Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett - “The American Family ” (Episode: “The Wow Factor”) (ABC) Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett - “The American Family ” (Episode: “Bringing Up Baby”) (ABC) Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy - “The American Family ” (Episode: “Mistery Date”) (ABC) Bill Hader Cast - Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Seth MacFarlane") (NBC)
Best Supporting Actress in a Mini Series or Movie	Best Supporting Actor in a Mini Series or Movie
Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish - Politicians (USA) Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters - American Horror Story: Mental Hospital (FX) Charlotte Rampling as Eva Delektorsky - Troubled ( BBC One ) Alfrey Woodard as Louise Boudreau - Steel Magnolias ( Lifetime ) Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock - The Girl (HBO)	James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Gruper - American Horror Story: Psychiatric Hospital (FX) Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson - American Horror Story: Mental Hospital (FX) Scott Bakula as Bob Black - Behind the Candelabra (HBO) John Benjamin Hickey as Sean Tolk - “ This Scary Letter“ P ” ” (Showtime) Peter Mullan as Matt Mitchem - “ Lake Top ” (Sundance Channel)

Guest categories

Best Guest Actress in a Drama TV Series	Best Guest Actor in a Drama TV Series
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tacioni - “ Good Wife ” (Episode: “Je Nai Says What?”) (CBS) Margot Martindale as Claudia - “The Americans ” (Episode: “The Colonel”) (FX) Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell - Game of Thrones (Episode: “ And Now His Watch Is Ended ”) (HBO) Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “Man With a Plan”) (AMC) Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing - “ News ” (Episode: “The 112th Congress”) (HBO) Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson - “ Shameless ” (Episode: “A Long Way from Home”) (Showtime)	Dan Bukatinsky as James Novak - “ Scandal ” (Episode: “Nobody Likes Babies”) (ABC) Nathan Lane as Clark Hayden - “The Good Wife ” (Episode: “I Fought the Law”) (CBS) Michael J. Fox as Louis Cunning - “The Good Wife ” (Episode: “Boom De Ya Da”) (CBS) Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn - Homeland (Episode: Q&A ) (Showtime) Robert Morse as Bert Cooper - Mad Men (Episode: For Immediate Release) (AMC) Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler - “ Mad Men ” (Episode: “A Tale of Two Cities”) (AMC)
Best Guest Actress in a Comedy TV Series	Best Guest Actor in a Comedy TV Series
Melissa Leo as Laurie - “ Louis ” (Episode: “Telling Jokes / Set Up”) (FX) Molly Shannon as Eileen Foliente - Enlightened (Episode: “The Ghost is Seen”) (HBO) Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beast - “ Chorus ” (Episode: “Shooting Star”) (FOX) Melissa McCarthy Cast - Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Melissa McCarthy”) (NBC) Kristen Wiig in various roles - Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Kristen Wiig”) (NBC) Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donahy - “ Studio 30 ” (Episode: “My Whole Life is Thunder”) (NBC)	Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries / Professor Proton - The Big Bang Theory (Episode: The Proton Resurgence) (CBS) Nathan Lane as Pepper Salzman - “The American Family ” (Episode: “A Slight at the Opera”) (ABC) Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz - “ Jackie 's Sister ” (Episode: “Walk of Shame”) (Showtime) Louis Cay in various roles - Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Louis CK”) (NBC) Justin Timberlake in various roles - Saturday Night Live (Episode: “Host: Justin Timberlake”) (NBC) Will Forte as Paul L'Astnam - Studio 30 (Episode: “My Whole Life is Thunder”) (NBC)

Scripting

Comedy series script	Drama series script
Studio 30 (Episode: Last Lunch) - Tina Fey and Tracy Wigfield (NBC) Studio 30 (Episode: “Hogcock!”) - Jay Burditt and Robert Carlock (NBC) “ Episodes ” (Episode: “Episode Nine”) - David Crane and Jeffrey Claric (Showtime) “ Louis ” (Episode: “Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1”) - Pamela Edlon and Louis S.K. (FX) The Office (Episode: Finale) - Greg Daniels (NBC)	Homeland (Episode: Q&A ) - Henry Bromell (Showtime) Breaking Bad (Episode: Dead Freight) - George Mastras (AMC) Breaking Bad (Episode: “Say My Name”) - Thomas Schnauz (AMC) Downton Abbey (Episode: Episode Four) - Julian Fellows (PBS) Game of Thrones (Episode: “ The Rains of Castamere ”) - David Benioff and D. B. Weiss (HBO)
Variety show script	Scenario miniseries, film or drama program
Colbert Report (Comedy Central) “ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ” (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) Portland (IFC) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)	Hour - Abi Morgan (BBC America) Behind Candelabra - Richard Lagravenese (HBO) The End of the Parade - Tom Stoppard (HBO) Phil Spector - David Mamet (HBO) “ Top of the Lake ” - Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (Sundance Chanel)

Directing

Comedy series directing	Drama series directing
American Family (Episode: Arrested) - Gail Mancuso (ABC) Studio 30 (Episodes: “Hangcock!” / “Last Lunch”) - Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC) The Chorus (Episode: Diva) - Paris Barclay (Fox) “ Girls ” (Episode: “On All Fours”) - Lina Dunham (HBO) “ Louis ” (Episode: “New Year's Eve”) - Louis S.K. (FX)	The House of Cards (Episode: “ Chapter 1 ”) - David Fincher (Netflix) The Underground Empire (Episode: Margate Sands) - Tim Van Patten (HBO) Breaking Bad (Episode: “Gliding Over All”) - Michelle Maclaren (AMC) Homeland (Episode: Q&A ) - Leslie Linka Glatter (Showtime) Downton Abbey (Episode: Episode Four) - Jeremy Webb (PBS)
Directing Variety show	Directing a mini-series, film or drama program
Saturday Night Live - Don Roy King (NBC) Colbert Report - James Hoskinson (Comedy Central) “ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ” - Chuck O'Neill (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live - Andy Fisher (ABC) “ Later Show with David Letterman ” - Jerry Fowley (CBS) Portland - Jonathan Crisell (IFC)	Behind the Candelabra - Stephen Soderbergh (HBO) “ Girl ” - Julian Jarrold (HBO) Phil Spector - David Mamet (HBO) The Ring of Fire - Allison Anders (Lifetime) “ Lake Top ” (Episode: “Part 5”) - Jane Campion and Garth Davis (Sundance Chanel)

Schedule

In early 2013, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the dates of the events ^[2] :

June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013 - the right to apply for nominations for programs broadcast from June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012
March 25, 2013 - Start of preparation
April 26, 2013 - Academicians joining the voting list
May 3, 2013 - Submission of applications for a nomination
June 10, 2013 - Publication of lists on the award site
June 28, 2012 - Processing of ballots by the audit company Ernst & Young
July 18, 2013 - Announcement of a list of live nominees from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theater in Hollywood
August 5, 2013 - Submitting nominated program DVDs at Creative Arts Awards
August 12, 2013 - Submitting nominated program DVDs at Telecast Awards
August 23, 2013 - The last day of processing bulletins by the auditing company Ernst & Young for nominations for Creative Arts Awards
August 30, 2013 - The last day of processing newsletters by the auditing company Ernst & Young for nominations for Telecast Awards
September 15, 2013 - Presentation of the Creative Arts Awards and nominees ball
September 22, 2013 - Presentation of the Prime Time Emmy Award and live broadcast of the show on CBS

Notes

↑ Lesley Goldberg. Neil Patrick Harris to Host Emmys for Second Time (unopened) (link not available) . The Hollywood Reporter (May 29, 2013). Date of treatment June 6, 2013. Archived June 11, 2013.
↑ The Primetime Emmy® Awards (Neopr.) (Link not available) . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Date of treatment June 6, 2013. Archived May 15, 2013.

Links

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website

[1] Lesley Goldberg. Neil Patrick Harris to Host Emmys for Second Time (unopened) (link not available) . The Hollywood Reporter (May 29, 2013). Date of treatment June 6, 2013. Archived June 11, 2013.

[2] The Primetime Emmy® Awards (Neopr.) (Link not available) . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Date of treatment June 6, 2013. Archived May 15, 2013.