65th Primetime Emmy Awards

65th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 22, 2013 (Ceremony) September 15 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Neil Patrick Harris
Website	http://www.emmys.org/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
Produced by	Ken Ehrlich and Neil Patrick Harris

The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2012 until May 31, 2013, will be held on September 22, 2013 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. CBS will televise the ceremony within the United States. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony will be held on September 15.

Netflix made history by earning the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original online only web television. Three of its web series, Arrested Development, Hemlock Grove, and House of Cards, earned nominations.

2013 awards calendar

This is a tentative schedule for the awards in 2013.

Date	Event
June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013	Eligibility period (see the "hanging episodes" rule below)
Week of March 25, 2013	Online entry process begins
April 26, 2013	Deadline to re-instate or apply for membership in the Television Academy and be eligible to vote in the 2013 primetime competition
May 3, 2013	Entry deadline for all entries that were originally presented from June 1, 2012 - May 31, 2013
June 10, 2013	Nominating ballots are posted on the Academy’s website
June 28, 2013	Deadline for returning the nominating ballots to Ernst & Young
July 18, 2013	Nominations are announced live from the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in Hollywood, California
Week of August 5, 2013	At-home judging DVDs for Creative Arts Awards categories are mailed
Week of August 12, 2013	At-home judging DVDs for Telecast Awards categories are mailed
August 23, 2013	Deadline for returning at-home judging ballots for Creative Arts Awards categories to Ernst & Young
August 30, 2013	Deadline for returning at-home judging ballots for Telecast Awards categories to Ernst & Young
September 15, 2013	Creative Arts Awards and Ball
September 22, 2013	CBS Telecast and Governors Ball

Winners and nominees

See also: 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
30 Rock (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Girls (HBO) Louie (FX) Modern Family (ABC) Veep (HBO)	Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)	American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) The Bible (History) Phil Spector (HBO) Political Animals (USA Network) Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Top Chef (Bravo) The Voice (NBC)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock (NBC) Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth on Arrested Development (Netflix) Louis C.K. as Himself on Louie (FX) Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan on House of Lies (Showtime) Matt LeBlanc as Himself on Episodes (Episode: "Episode Two") (Showtime) Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	(Episode: "The Habitation Configuration") Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe on Enlightened (HBO) Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath on Girls (HBO) Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton on Nurse Jackie (Showtime) Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock (NBC) Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer on Veep (HBO) Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham on Downton Abbey (PBS) Bryan Cranston as Walter White on Breaking Bad (AMC) Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy on The Newsroom (HBO) Jon Hamm as Don Draper on Mad Men (AMC) Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody on Homeland (Showtime) Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood on House of Cards (Netflix)	Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes on Nashville (ABC) Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison on Homeland (Showtime) Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey (PBS) Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates on Bates Motel (A&E) Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on Mad Men (AMC) Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope on Scandal (ABC) Robin Wright as Claire Underwood on House of Cards (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens on Parade's End (HBO) Matt Damon as Scott Thorson on Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Michael Douglas as Liberace on Behind the Candelabra (HBO) Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock on The Girl (HBO) Al Pacino as Phil Spector on Phil Spector (HBO)	Jessica Lange as Sister Jude / Judy Martin on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison on The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime) Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney Baden on Phil Spector (HBO) Elisabeth Moss as Det. Robin Griffin on Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond on Political Animals (USA Network)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family (ABC) Adam Driver as Adam Sackler on Girls (HBO) Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family (ABC) Bill Hader as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (NBC) Tony Hale as Gary Walsh on Veep (HBO) Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett on Modern Family (ABC)	Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family (ABC) Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer on Veep (HBO) Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock (NBC) Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on Glee (Fox) Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family (ABC) Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on Breaking Bad (AMC) Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti on Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Jim Carter as Charles Carson on Downton Abbey (PBS) Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones (HBO) Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad (AMC) Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson on Homeland (Showtime)	Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife (CBS) Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody on Homeland (Episode: "State of Independence") (Showtime) Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones (HBO) Anna Gunn as Skyler White on Breaking Bad (AMC) Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris on Mad Men (AMC) Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey (PBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Scott Bakula as Bob Black on Behind the Candelabra (HBO) James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden / Hans Grüper on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) John Benjamin Hickey as Sean Tolke on The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime) Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham on Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)	Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington on Political Animals (USA Network) Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Charlotte Rampling as Eva Delectorskaya (older) on Restless (BBC One) Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock on The Girl (HBO) Alfre Woodard as Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux on Steel Magnolias (Lifetime)

Hosting

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
Tom Bergeron for Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Anthony Bourdain for The Taste (ABC) Cat Deeley for So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn for Project Runway (Lifetime) Ryan Seacrest for American Idol (Fox) Betty White for Betty White's Off Their Rockers (NBC)

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Paris Barclay for Glee (Episode: "Diva") (Fox) Louis C.K. for Louie (Episode: "New Year's Eve") (FX) Lena Dunham for Girls (Episode: "On All Fours") (HBO) Gail Mancuso for Modern Family (Episode: "Arrested") (ABC) Beth McCarthy-Miller for 30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch") (NBC)	David Fincher for House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 1") (Netflix) Lesli Linka Glatter for Homeland (Episode: "Q&A") (Showtime) Michelle MacLaren for Breaking Bad (Episode: "Gliding Over All") (AMC) Tim Van Patten for Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Margate Sands") (HBO) Jeremy Webb for Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode 4") (PBS)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Andy Fisher for Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Jerry Foley for Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) James Hoskinson for The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live (NBC) Jonathan Krisel for Portlandia (IFC) Chuck O'Neil for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)	Allison Anders for Ring of Fire (Lifetime) Jane Campion & Garth Davis for Top of The Lake ("Part 5") (Sundance Channel) Julian Jarrold for The Girl (HBO) David Mamet for Phil Spector (HBO) Steven Soderbergh for Behind the Candelabra (HBO)

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K. for Louie (Episode: "Daddy's Girlfriend Part 1") (FX) Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock for 30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!") (NBC) David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik for Episodes (Episode: "Episode Nine") (Showtime) Greg Daniels for The Office (Episode: "Finale") (NBC) Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield for 30 Rock (Episode: "Last Lunch") (NBC)	David Benioff & D.B. Weiss for Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Rains of Castamere") (HBO) Henry Bromell for Homeland (Episode: "Q&A") (Showtime) Julian Fellowes for Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode 4") (PBS) George Mastras for Breaking Bad (Episode: "Dead Freight") (AMC) Thomas Schnauz for Breaking Bad (Episode: "Say My Name") (AMC)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Portlandia (IFC) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)	Jane Campion & Gerard Lee for Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) Richard LaGravenese for Behind the Candelabra (HBO) David Mamet for Phil Spector (HBO) Abi Morgan for The Hour (BBC America) Tom Stoppard for Parade's End (HBO)

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.

Most major nominations

By network

• HBO – 37
• NBC – 22
• Showtime – 17
• ABC – 16
• AMC – 15
• FX – 11
• CBS – 10
• PBS – 7
• Netflix - 5

By program

• 30 Rock (NBC) – 9
• Breaking Bad (AMC) / Modern Family (ABC) / Saturday Night Live (NBC) – 8
• Downton Abbey (PBS) / Homeland (Showtime) / Mad Men (AMC) – 7
• Behind the Candelabra (HBO) – 6
• American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) / Game of Thrones (HBO) / Louie (FX) / Phil Spector (HBO) / Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) – 5
• Girls (HBO) / House of Cards (Netflix) / The Big Bang Theory (CBS) / The Good Wife (CBS) / Veep (HBO) – 4

External links

• Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website