65th Primetime Emmy Awards

65th Primetime Emmy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
	Promotional poster
Date	September 22, 2013 ; (Ceremony); September 15, 2013 ; (Creative Arts Awards);
Location	Nokia Theatre, ; Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Neil Patrick Harris
Highlights
Most awards	Major: Behind the Candelabra (3); All: Behind the Candelabra (11);
Most nominations	Breaking Bad (8)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Modern Family
Outstanding Drama Series	Breaking Bad
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie	Behind the Candelabra
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	The Voice
Outstanding Variety Series	The Colbert Report
Website	http://www.emmys.org/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Produced by	Ken Ehrlich
Directed by	Louis J. Horvitz

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]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:^[8]

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Choreography

Directing

Writing

Academy's "hanging episodes" rule

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]

Most major nominations

Most major awards

Notes

^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Presenters and performers

The awards were presented by the following:^[10]^[11]^[12]

Presenters

Performers

In Memoriam

Prior to the In Memoriam segment:

Robin Williams presented a tribute to Jonathan Winters
Rob Reiner presented a tribute to Jean Stapleton
Jane Lynch presented a tribute to Cory Monteith
Michael J. Fox presented a tribute to Gary David Goldberg
Edie Falco presented a tribute to James Gandolfini

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:

Reception

Critical

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."^[13] 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."^[14]

Ratings

The broadcast received 17.63 million viewers, the largest audience in total viewers since 2005.^[15]

References

^ a b c d "Key Dates Announced for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
^ Stelter, Brian (July 18, 2013). "Netflix Does Well in 2013 Primetime Emmy Nominations". The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ Cheney, Alexandra; Sharma, Amol (September 23, 2013). "Netflix Makes Some History With Showing at Emmys". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
^ "Netflix Wins Three Emmys, 'House Of Cards' Shut Out Of Major Categories". The Huffington Post. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
^ "Breaking Bad and Modern Family take home top Emmy honours". The Guardian. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
^ "'Breaking Bad,' 'Modern Family' are top shows at Emmys". USA Today. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
^ "Emmy nominations 2013: "House of Cards" makes history, "American Horror Story" leads" (PDF). CBS. July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
^ Emmys.com list of 2013 Nominees & Winners
^ "Additional Rule Changes for Primetime Emmys Announced". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
^ Bibel, Sara (September 19, 2013). "Final Presenters Announced for the '65th Primetime Emmy Awards' Including Connie Britten & Stephen Amell". Zap2it via Academy press release. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
^ Miller, Victoria Leigh (September 5, 2013). "Girl Power! 4 Dynamic Lady Duos Will Present at the Emmys". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
^ Bibel, Sara (September 3, 2013). "Michael Douglas & Matt Damon Announced as Presenters at the '65th Primetime Emmy Awards' September 22 on CBS". Zap2it via Academy press release. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
^ Lowry, Brian (23 September 2013). "TV Review: 65th Primetime Emmy Awards". Retrieved June 20, 2014.
^ Maerz, Melissa. "Emmys 2013 review: What the upsets say about the way we watch TV now". Retrieved June 20, 2014.
^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 23, 2013). "CBS' Broadcast of 'The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards' Delivers Largest Audience Since 2005". Zap2it. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.

External links

Emmys.com list of 2013 Nominees & Winners
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website
65th Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb

[MW_Note-10] "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

[2013emmycalendar-1] "Key Dates Announced for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.

[2] Stelter, Brian (July 18, 2013). "Netflix Does Well in 2013 Primetime Emmy Nominations". The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[3] Cheney, Alexandra; Sharma, Amol (September 23, 2013). "Netflix Makes Some History With Showing at Emmys". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 23, 2013.

[4] "Netflix Wins Three Emmys, 'House Of Cards' Shut Out Of Major Categories". The Huffington Post. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.

[5] "Breaking Bad and Modern Family take home top Emmy honours". The Guardian. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

[6] "'Breaking Bad,' 'Modern Family' are top shows at Emmys". USA Today. September 23, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

[En2HocmhAHSl-7] "Emmy nominations 2013: "House of Cards" makes history, "American Horror Story" leads" (PDF). CBS. July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.

[8] Emmys.com list of 2013 Nominees & Winners

[9] "Additional Rule Changes for Primetime Emmys Announced". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

[Final-11] Bibel, Sara (September 19, 2013). "Final Presenters Announced for the '65th Primetime Emmy Awards' Including Connie Britten & Stephen Amell". Zap2it via Academy press release. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.

[Girl_Power-12] Miller, Victoria Leigh (September 5, 2013). "Girl Power! 4 Dynamic Lady Duos Will Present at the Emmys". Yahoo!. Retrieved September 5, 2013.

[Damon&Douglas-13] Bibel, Sara (September 3, 2013). "Michael Douglas & Matt Damon Announced as Presenters at the '65th Primetime Emmy Awards' September 22 on CBS". Zap2it via Academy press release. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.

[14] Lowry, Brian (23 September 2013). "TV Review: 65th Primetime Emmy Awards". Retrieved June 20, 2014.

[15] Maerz, Melissa. "Emmys 2013 review: What the upsets say about the way we watch TV now". Retrieved June 20, 2014.

[16] Kondolojy, Amanda (September 23, 2013). "CBS' Broadcast of 'The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards' Delivers Largest Audience Since 2005". Zap2it. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.