65th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD WINNERS-The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were hosted by Neil Patrick Harris at the LA Nokia Theatre and broadcast live on CBS. It was a busy night as Breaking Bad won the award for Best Drama Series and Jeff Daniels beat out Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston to the surprise of many as Best Actor.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won the Primetime Lead Actress Emmy for her role as Selena Meyer in the political satire Veep. Last year Louis-Dreyfus became the first actress to win lead or supporting comedy acting for three different shows. Modern Family won their fourth consecutive Outstanding Comedy Award.
Netflix made history with the first ever Emmy Award of online only web television. It had three wins for director David Fincher‘s House of Cards, as well as a pair of Creative Arts Emmy Awards, making “Chapter 1″ the first Primetime Emmy-awarded webisode.
Whilst HBO largely dominated the awards with 37 nominations to the network’s name. Stars in attendance included Michael Douglas, Alexander Skarsgard, Nathan Fillion, Charlize Theron, Ben Foster, Robin Wright, Edie Falco, Johnny Galecki, Kit Harington, Michael J. Fox, Nina Dobrev, Zooey Deschanel, Kevin Spacey and many more.
The list of winners is as follows:
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES:
- Modern Family
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES:
- Breaking Bad
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES:
- The Colbert Report
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
- Behind the Candelabra
OUTSTANDING REALITY:
- The Voice
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
- Jim Parsons – Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Selena Meyer on Veep
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
- Jeff Daniels – Will McAvoy on The Newsroom
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
- Claire Danes – Carrie Mathison on Homeland
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
- Michael Douglas – Liberace on Behind the Candelabra
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
- Laura Linney – Cathy Jamison on The Big C: Hereafter
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES:
- Tony Hale – Gary Walsh on Veep
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES:
- Merritt Wever – Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES:
- Bobby Cannavale – Gyp Rosetti on Boardwalk Empire
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES:
- Anna Gunn – Skyler White on Breaking Bad
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
- James Cromwell – Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Grüper on American Horror Story: Asylum
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE:
- Ellen Burstyn – Margaret Barrish Worthington on Political Animals
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY:
- Derek Hough – Dancing with the Stars (Routines: “Hey Pachuco” / “Para Los Rumberos” / “Walking on Air”)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR COMEDY SERIES:
- Modern Family – Directed by Gail Mancuso
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR DRAMA SERIES:
- House of Cards – Directed by David Fincher
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES:
- Saturday Night Live – Directed by Don Roy King
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINI SERIES OR MOVIE:
- Behind the Candelabra -Directed by Steven Soderbergh
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES:
- 30 Rock – Written by Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:
- Homeland – Written by Henry Bromell
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES:
- The Colbert Report
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINI SERIES OR MOVIE:
- The Hour – Written by Abi Morgan
