| 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
| Location: | Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California |
| Presenter: | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Host: | Neil Patrick Harris |
| Most Nominations: | Breaking Bad (8) |
| Award1 Type: | Outstanding Comedy Series |
| Award1 Winner: | Modern Family |
| Award2 Type: | Outstanding Drama Series |
| Award2 Winner: | Breaking Bad |
| Award3 Type: | Outstanding Miniseries or Movie |
| Award3 Winner: | Behind the Candelabra |
| Award4 Type: | Outstanding Reality-Competition Program |
| Award4 Winner: | The Voice |
| Award5 Type: | Outstanding Variety Series |
| Award5 Winner: | The Colbert Report |
| Network: | CBS |
| Producer: | Ken Ehrlich |
| Director: | Louis J. Horvitz |
| Previous: | 64th |
| Next: | 66th |
The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2012, until May 31, 2013, were held on Sunday, September 22, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. CBS televised the ceremony within the United States. Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Primetime Emmys for the second time. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15.[1]
Breaking Bad won Outstanding Drama Series for the first half of its fifth season, while Modern Family won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fourth consecutive time.
Netflix made history by earning the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original online only streaming television. Three of its web series, Arrested Development, Hemlock Grove, and House of Cards, earned a total of 14 nominations.[2] Netflix also made history with three wins, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot episode, "Chapter 1", of House of Cards, as well as a pair of Creative Arts Emmy Awards, making "Chapter 1" the first Primetime Emmy Award-winning webisode.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
See also: 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[8]
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The Television Academy was alerted to an issue with "hanging episodes" by Starz. The channel has numerous series with multiple "hanging episodes". "Hanging episodes" are episodes broadcast after the Academy's deadline for consideration that are part of a season that began before the deadline. For instance, in 2012, Starz's Magic City and AMC's Mad Men both ended their seasons in June, after the May 31 deadline. These episodes were allowed to be webcast for award consideration prior to their telecast should that telecast air after the submission period has closed. The Academy had prior rules stipulating that eligible episodes be presented on the same platform as the episodes that qualify the series.[9]
| Network | No. of Nominations | |
|---|---|---|
| HBO | 34 | |
| ABC | 15 | |
| NBC | ||
| Showtime | 14 | |
| AMC | 12 | |
| FX | 9 | |
| PBS | 8 | |
| Fox | 7 | |
| CBS | 6 | |
| Netflix | 5 | |
| Sundance Channel | ||
| USA | 3 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breaking Bad | Drama | AMC | 8 |
| 30 Rock | Comedy | NBC | 7 |
| Downton Abbey | Drama | PBS | |
| Homeland | Showtime | ||
| Modern Family | Comedy | ABC | |
| Behind the Candelabra | Miniseries or Movie | HBO | 6 |
| American Horror Story: Asylum | FX | 5 | |
| Phil Spector | HBO | ||
| So You Think You Can Dance | Reality-Competition | Fox | |
| Top of the Lake | Miniseries or Movie | Sundance Channel | |
| Game of Thrones | Drama | HBO | 4 |
| Girls | Comedy | ||
| House of Cards | Drama | Netflix | |
| Louie | Comedy | FX | |
| Mad Men | Drama | AMC | |
| Saturday Night Live | Variety | NBC | |
| Veep | Comedy | HBO | |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | 3 | |
| The Colbert Report | Variety | Comedy Central | |
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | |||
| Dancing with the Stars | Reality-Competition | ABC | |
| The Girl | Miniseries or Movie | HBO | |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Variety | ABC | |
| Political Animals | Miniseries or Movie | USA | |
| The Big C: Hereafter | Showtime | 2 | |
| Boardwalk Empire | Drama | HBO | |
| Episodes | Comedy | Showtime | |
| Glee | Fox | ||
| Nurse Jackie | Showtime | ||
| Parade's End | Miniseries or Movie | HBO | |
| Portlandia | Variety | IFC | |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | HBO |
| Network | No. of Awards |
|---|---|
| HBO | 7 |
| Showtime | 4 |
| ABC | 3 |
| NBC | |
| AMC | 2 |
| Comedy Central |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behind the Candelabra | Miniseries or Movie | HBO | 3 |
| Breaking Bad | Drama | AMC | 2 |
| The Colbert Report | Variety | Comedy Central | |
| Homeland | Drama | Showtime | |
| Modern Family | Comedy | ABC | |
| Veep | HBO |
The awards were presented by the following:[11] [12] [13]
| Name(s) | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | ||
| Presenter of a tribute to Jonathan Winters | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | ||
| Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series winner Melissa Leo | ||
| Presenter of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | ||
| Presenter of a tribute to Jean Stapleton | ||
| Introducers of the performance by Elton John tributing Liberace and presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | ||
| Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | ||
| Presenter of a tribute to Cory Monteith | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | ||
| Introducer of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show 50th anniversary tribute and the performance of "Yesterday" by Carrie Underwood | ||
| Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | ||
| Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series winner Dan Bucatinsky and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winner Carrie Preston | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | ||
| Presenter of a tribute to Gary David Goldberg | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Choreography | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Variety Series | ||
| Presenter of a tribute to James Gandolfini | ||
| Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | ||
| Presenters of the In Memoriam tribute | ||
| Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | ||
| Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie and Outstanding Miniseries or Movie | ||
| Presenter of the awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Drama Series |
| Name(s) | Performed | |
|---|---|---|
| "Home Again" | ||
| "The Number in the Middle of the Show" | ||
| "Yesterday" | ||
| Neil Patrick Harris Outstanding Choreography nominees | "Luck Be a Lady" "A Beautiful Mine" (Mad Men theme) Game of Thrones theme American Horror Story theme "Straight Up and Down" (Boardwalk Empire theme) "Get Lucky" Breaking Bad theme The Big Bang Theory theme |
Prior to the In Memoriam segment:
A video was then presented paying tribute to the TV stars and well known behind-the-scenes workers who had died since the previous Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast, including:
The reviews for the ceremony were mostly negative. Brian Lowry of Variety panned the show, writing: "By the time the show was over, it was hard not to think we could have done with at least one less musical number, or one less memorial tribute, in order to let the winners — including high-profile ones in major categories — actually deliver an acceptance speech without hearing piano music kick in just as they started warming up."[14] Melisa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly also gave the ceremony a negative review, writing: "All of which begged the question: What does the Emmys really offer us, anyway, that we can't get elsewhere? Witty banter? (There was more of that online.) Red-carpet gawking? (Nothing here that you can't see on Instagram.) Exclusive access to the Mani Cam? If you're only tuning in to see which under-appreciated shows to add to your DVR queue, well, Twitter can tell you that better than the Emmys, especially when a mediocre season of Modern Family wins against Louie, Girls, and Veep. The one thing the Emmys is still very good at? Creating consensus. But maybe that's the problem. This year, the consensus was that the Emmys were bad."[15]
The broadcast received 17.63 million viewers, the largest audience in total viewers since 2005.[16]