Emmy Awards 2013

[Henry Gale]

65th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

Outstanding Drama Series

Breaking Bad • AMC

Downton Abbey • PBS

Game Of Thrones • HBO

Homeland • Showtime

House Of Cards • Netflix

Mad Men • AMC

Outstanding Comedy Series

30 Rock • NBC

The Big Bang Theory • CBS

Girls • HBO

Louie • FX Networks

Modern Family • ABC

Veep • HBO

Outstanding Miniseries Or Movie

American Horror Story: Asylum • FX Networks

Behind The Candelabra • HBO

The Bible • HISTORY

Phil Spector • HBO

Political Animals • USA

Top Of The Lake • Sundance Channel

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad • Bryan Cranston as Walter White

Downton Abbey • Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham

Homeland • Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody

House Of Cards • Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood

Mad Men • Jon Hamm as Don Draper

The Newsroom • Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Bates Motel • Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates

Downton Abbey • Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley

Homeland • Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison

House Of Cards • Robin Wright as Claire Underwood

Mad Men • Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson

Nashville • Connie Britton as Rayna James

Scandal • Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

Behind The Candelabra • Michael Douglas as Liberace

Behind The Candelabra • Matt Damon as Scott Thorson

The Girl • Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock

Parade's End • Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens

Phil Spector • Al Pacino as Phil Spector

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

American Horror Story: Asylum • Jessica Lange as Sister Jude Martin

The Big C: Hereafter • Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison

Phil Spector • Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney-Baden

Political Animals • Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond

Top Of The Lake • Elisabeth Moss as Robin

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Arrested Development • Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth

The Big Bang Theory • Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper

Episodes • Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc

House Of Lies • Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan

Louie • Louis C.K. as Louie

30 Rock • Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Enlightened • Laura Dern as Amy

Girls • Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath

Nurse Jackie • Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton

Parks And Recreation • Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope

30 Rock • Tina Fey as Liz Lemon

Veep • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer

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

Outstanding Variety Series

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire • Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti

Breaking Bad • Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut

Breaking Bad • Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman

Downton Abbey • Jim Carter as Mr. Carson

Game Of Thrones • Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister

Homeland • Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Breaking Bad • Anna Gunn as Skyler White

Downton Abbey • Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Game Of Thrones • Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen

The Good Wife • Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart

Homeland • Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody

Mad Men • Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

The Good Wife • Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden

The Good Wife • Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning

Homeland • Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn

Mad Men • Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper

Mad Men • Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler

Scandal • Dan Bucatinsky as James Novack

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

The Americans • Margo Martindale as Claudia

Game Of Thrones • Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell

The Good Wife • Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni

Mad Men • Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen

The Newsroom • Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing

Shameless • Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

Breaking Bad • Dead Freight • AMC
George Mastras, Written by

Breaking Bad • Say My Name • AMC
Thomas Schnauz, Written by

Downton Abbey • Episode 4 • PBS
Julian Fellowes, Written by

Game Of Thrones • The Rains Of Castamere • HBO
David Benioff, Written by
D.B. Weiss, Written by

Homeland • Q&A • Showtime
Henry Bromell, Written by

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Boardwalk Empire • Margate Sands • HBO
Tim Van Patten, Directed by

Breaking Bad • Gliding Over All • AMC
Michelle MacLaren, Directed by

Downton Abbey • Episode 4 • PBS
Jeremy Webb, Directed by

Homeland • Q&A • Showtime
Lesli Linka Glatter, Directed by

House Of Cards • Chapter 1 • Netflix
David Fincher, Directed by

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Girls • Adam Driver as Adam Sackler

Modern Family • Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett

Modern Family • Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett

Modern Family • Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy

Saturday Night Live • Bill Hader as Various characters

Veep • Tony Hale as Gary Walsh

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory • Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler

Glee • Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester

Modern Family • Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett

Modern Family • Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy

Nurse Jackie • Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow

30 Rock • Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney

Veep • Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

The Big Bang Theory • Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton

Modern Family • Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman

Nurse Jackie • Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz

Saturday Night Live • Louis C.K., Host

Saturday Night Live • Justin Timberlake, Host

30 Rock • Will Forte as Paul

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

Enlightened • Molly Shannon as Eileen Foliente

Glee • Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste

Louie • Melissa Leo as Laurie

Saturday Night Live • Melissa McCarthy, Host

Saturday Night Live • Kristen Wiig, Host

30 Rock • Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

Episodes • Episode 209 • Showtime
David Crane, Written by
Jeffrey Klarik, Written by

Louie • Daddy's Girlfriend (Part 1) • FX Networks
Louis C.K., Story & Teleplay by
Pamela Adlon, Story by

The Office • Finale • NBC
Greg Daniels, Written by

30 Rock • Hogcock! • NBC
Jack Burditt, Written by
Robert Carlock, Written by

30 Rock • Last Lunch • NBC
Tina Fey, Written by
Tracey Wigfield, Written by

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Girls • On All Fours • HBO
Productions in association with HBO Entertainment
Lena Dunham, Directed by

Glee • Diva • FOX
Paris Barclay, Directed by

Louie • New Year's Eve • FX Networks
Louis C.K., Directed by

Modern Family • Arrested • ABC
Gail Mancuso, Directed by

30 Rock • Hogcock! / Last Lunch • NBC
Beth McCarthy-Miller, Directed by

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

American Horror Story: Asylum • James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden

American Horror Story: Asylum • Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson

Behind The Candelabra • Scott Bakula as Bob Black

The Big C: Hereafter • John Benjamin Hickey as Sean

Top Of The Lake • Peter Mullan as Matt

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

American Horror Story: Asylum • Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters

The Girl • Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock

Political Animals • Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington

Restless • Charlotte Rampling as Sally Gilmartin

Steel Magnolias • Alfre Woodard as Ouiser

Outstanding Variety Special

The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS

Louis C.K.: Oh My God • HBO

Mel Brooks Strikes Back! With Mel Brooks And Alan Yentob • HBO

Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday (Part One) • NBC

12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series

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

Outstanding Special Class Programs

The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards • NBC

London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony • NBC

The Oscars • ABC

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Live From Lincoln Center) • PBS

66th Annual Tony Awards • CBS

Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs

Between Two Ferns • FunnyOrDie.com

Burning Love • Yahoo.com

Childrens Hospital • Cartoon Network

The Daily Show Correspondents Explain • TheDailyShow.com

Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show Starring Beyoncé • CBS

30 Rock: The Webisodes • NBC.com

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program

American Idol • Ryan Seacrest, Host

Betty White's Off Their Rockers • Betty White, Host

Dancing With The Stars • Tom Bergeron, Host

Project Runway •
Heidi Klum, Host
Tim Gunn, Host

So You Think You Can Dance • Cat Deeley, Host

The Taste • Anthony Bourdain, Host

Outstanding Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow • PBS

Deadliest Catch • Discovery Channel

Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives • Food Network

MythBusters • Discovery Channel

Shark Tank • ABC

Undercover Boss • CBS

Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series

The Abolitionists (American Experience) • PBS

American Masters • PBS

The Men Who Built America • HISTORY

Vice • HBO

Outstanding Informational Series Or Special

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown • CNN

Brain Games • NGC

Inside The Actors Studio • Bravo

Oprah's Master Class • OWN

Stand Up To Cancer

Outstanding Animated Program

Bob's Burgers • O.T.: The Outside Toilet • FOX

Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness: Enter The Dragon • Nickelodeon

Regular Show: The Christmas Special • Cartoon Network

The Simpsons • Treehouse Of Horror XXIII • FOX

South Park • Raising The Bar • Comedy Central

Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program

Adventure Time • Simon & Marcy • Cartoon Network

Clarence • CartoonNetwork.com

Disney Mickey Mouse Croissant de Triomphe • Disney.com

Regular Show • A Bunch Of Full Grown Geese • Cartoon Network

Robot Chicken • Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special • Cartoon Network

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Sorry if this has a few bumps in it. Tried my best to reformat the official press release. Full list here (http://www.emmys.tv/awards/primetime-emmy-awards).

[Mara]

Pleased that Margo Martindale, Jonathan Banks, and Peter Mullan got some recognition.

Surprised (but pleased) that Burning Love and Childrens Hospital got nods.

[Lazlo]

Some solid nominations, to be sure. The winners will likely be less interesting. Why so little love for The Americans, I wonder? I'd have thought Keri Russell would have been there.

[Henry Gale]

Surprised (but pleased) that Burning Love and Childrens Hospital got nods.

That category makes absolutely no sense to me (I see webisodes, a 15-minute Adult Swim series, and the Superbowl Halftime show...) BUT if it means giving recognition and potential gold statues to shows as brilliantly goofy as those two and Between Two Ferns, then I'm cool with whatever criteria allows it.

[Ezee E]

Love ya Aaron Paul, but you took a backseat last season, and this one's all about Jonathan Banks.

[[ETM]]

Yeah, I didn't think so...

[Mara]

That category makes absolutely no sense to me

AKA "Other Stuff We Like."

[Mara]

By the way, all three seasons of "Burning Love" were good, but the Julie season was so hysterical that I would have to pause and laugh for awhile before I could continue.

[Gamblor]

Scott Bakula over Rob Lowe for Behind The Candelabra is... odd.

[Hugh_Grant]

I'll just write what I've been writing all morning: Where the hell is Corey Stoll?

[Lucky]

So The Americans isn't going to hit it off with the Emmy voters. Hmm, I wonder why. Too much love for Downton. Yes to Molly Shannon, Peter Mullan, and Tony Hale. Surprised Arrested didn't get more attention. Also, Laura Dern's character's last name is curiously missing from the list. How do you forget a name like Jellicoe?

[EyesWideOpen]

So The Americans isn't going to hit it off with the Emmy voters. Hmm, I wonder why. Too much love for Downton. Yes to Molly Shannon, Peter Mullan, and Tony Hale. Surprised Arrested didn't get more attention. Also, Laura Dern's character's last name is curiously missing from the list. How do you forget a name like Jellicoe?

I'm surprised Arrested even got one nom, it's been thought of as underwhelming at pretty much every site or person I've talked to except for MC.

[slqrick]

Never heard of Merritt Weaver, but I genuinely lol'd at that.

[Henry Gale]

Halfway point, hit and miss so far. Opening filmed bit was kinda terrible, as were the opening jokes in NPH's monologue, but once he started incorporating the past hosts, Spacey, and Fey & Poehler, things really took off. How I Met Your Mother bit was kinda funny, everything that might've happened in between has already kinda faded. Ending every commercial break with an standout In Memoriam selection has gotten a bit exhausting. And not sure what that Elton John performance was even for, but the hourly TV-PG rating went up during it and all I could think was, "This is the moment everyone switches over to Breaking Bad."

Some nice winners like Tony Hale, but instantly deflated by wins like fucking Jim Parsons again. Just give C.K. something!

[Henry Gale]

Alright, the one-two punch of Bobby Cannavale and JEFF DANIELS?! winning really made me realize that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been the only expected acting win so far.

[Irish]

Alright, the one-two punch of Bobby Cannavale and JEFF DANIELS?! winning really made me realize that Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been the only expected acting win so far.

Yeah, right?

I wasn't that surprised by Cannavale. His was a flashier, bigger role than a lot of the others.

But Daniels? How many people did Aaron Sorkin have to blow to get that trophy for him? I mean, Daniels is great and all (he's the only reason to watch "The Newsroom") but c'mon, Emmy! Over Cranston, Hamm, Bonneville and Spacey? Wth?

[Henry Gale]

At least Breaking Bad won.

After Modern Family somehow took Best Comedy again (over Louie, over Girls, over Veep, over the great final season of 30 Rock, a show they gave the award to three years in a row before the dawn of, you guessed it, Modern Family!), I was ready to give up all hope of something deserved taking Best Drama.

[Irish]

At least Breaking Bad won.

Eh, that was kinda a gimme. The show is going off the air, and everybody knows it's going off the air. A statue this year makes sense as both industry-love-letter and bald advertisement. Plus the competition, I think, was weaker this year than in previous.

Granted, BB was probably overdue a bit .. Nominated three or four times and only won once. This is kinda-sorta similar to the Sopranos, which also won as it was taking a final bow.

Outstanding Drama is a real mixed bag. You go back a half dozen years or so, and they're handing The Practice, of all things, back to back awards.


After Modern Family somehow took Best Comedy again (over Louie, over Girls, over Veep, over the great final season of 30 Rock, a show they gave the award to three years in a row before the dawn of, you guessed it, Modern Family!), I was ready to give up all hope of something deserved taking Best Drama.

Yeah. I don't really 'get' the Emmy way of thinking. Jim Parsons has won three times (back to back?) for comedy actor, and while he's good, he's not that good (and frankly, Sheldon Cooper is way too shallow a role to get him this many accolades).

I think the Modern Family wins have less to do with it and more to do with the perceived weakness of the competition. Louie and Girls are both "New York" shows, 30 Rock went off the air, and I'm not sure where Veep's numbers are.

Louis-Dreyfuss, though, now has as many Emmys as Lucille Ball, which is sort startling.

[Raiders]

Eh, that was kinda a gimme. The show is going off the air, and everybody knows it's going off the air. A statue this year makes sense as both industry-love-letter and bald advertisement. Plus the competition, I think, was weaker this year than in previous.

Granted, BB was probably overdue a bit .. Nominated three or four times and only won once. This is kinda-sorta similar to the Sopranos, which also won as it was taking a final bow.

It is eligible again next year, though, which is why it was surprising. I think everyone was expecting them to hold off this year and give it a LOTR-type showing next year, which could still happen.


Louis-Dreyfuss, though, now has as many Emmys as Lucille Ball, which is sort startling.

Well deserved, too.

[Dukefrukem]

Best part:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRj2xYp7AqU

I didn't watch it, but I chuckled at this on youtube this morning, House of Cards being the only show I've watched this season.

[number8]

It is eligible again next year, though, which is why it was surprising. I think everyone was expecting them to hold off this year and give it a LOTR-type showing next year, which could still happen.

Yep, which is why I was not surprised by Aaron Paul losing to Cannavale, or Cranston losing (I totally thought it was going to be Spacey over Daniels though). I think they're going to sweep next year.

[Lazlo]

Yep, which is why I was not surprised by Aaron Paul losing to Cannavale, or Cranston losing (I totally thought it was going to be Spacey over Daniels though). I think they're going to sweep next year.

I thought Banks might get it. And I guess Daniels counts as a movie actor slumming it, which they love to reward, but I was also surprised it wasn't Spacey. Flashier role.

[Irish]

It is eligible again next year, though, which is why it was surprising. I think everyone was expecting them to hold off this year and give it a LOTR-type showing next year, which could still happen.

The timing was too good this year; the last season playing out while Emmy was voted on and awarded. Next year a few hardcore fans will still be crowing about BB, but I think it'll be a distant memory it terms of awards.

It's like a movie getting released in January and then sweeping the Oscars. Not outside the realm of all possibility but rare, rare.

[Fezzik]

Hearing Tony Hale give a shout out to Young Actor's Theatre here in Tallahassee made a bunch of us squeal in delight. That was such a nice gesture.

[Irish]

Yep, which is why I was not surprised by Aaron Paul losing to Cannavale, or Cranston losing (I totally thought it was going to be Spacey over Daniels though). I think they're going to sweep next year.

Cranston has already won it three times for BB (he was also nominated multiple times for "Malcom").

If you look at the history of the award (either drama or comedy), only a handful of actors have won the statue four times for the same role (Dennis Franz in Drama; Carroll O'Connor, Michael J. Fox, and Kelsey Grammer in Comedy).

They don't like streaks, or near streaks. It's like giving Michael Jordan MVP every year. Everybody already knows who the best player is, but saying so over and over again, back to back, gets boring for the audience watching at home.

[number8]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/2013/09/emmy_party_losers_lounge_a_p.j pg

[Henry Gale]

Tina Fey and Ty Burrell were genuinely not allowed in until they donated to the charity and left their Emmys at the door.

Starts talking about it at 2:31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80I7pmArm3k