65th Primetime Emmy Awards

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, where 26 awards were presented. 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 65th Primetime [Creative Arts Emmy Awards|ceremony] was held on September 15.
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. 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.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:

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.

Most major nominations

Program	Category	Network	No. of Nominations
Breaking Bad	Drama	AMC	8
30 Rock	Comedy	NBC	7
Downton Abbey	Drama	PBS	7
Homeland	Drama	Showtime	7
Modern Family	Comedy	ABC	7
Behind the Candelabra	Miniseries or Movie	HBO	6
American Horror Story: Asylum	Miniseries or Movie	FX	5
Phil Spector	Miniseries or Movie	HBO	5
So You Think You Can Dance	Reality-Competition	Fox	5
Top of the Lake	Miniseries or Movie	Sundance Channel	5
Game of Thrones	Drama	HBO	4
Girls	Comedy	HBO	4
House of Cards	Drama	Netflix	4
Louie	Comedy	FX	4
Mad Men	Drama	AMC	4
Saturday Night Live	Variety	NBC	4
Veep	Comedy	HBO	4
The Big Bang Theory	Comedy	CBS	3
The Colbert Report	Variety	Comedy Central	3
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Variety	Comedy Central	3
Dancing with the Stars	Reality-Competition	ABC	3
The Girl	Miniseries or Movie	HBO	3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Variety	ABC	3
Political Animals	Miniseries or Movie	USA	3
The Big C: Hereafter	Miniseries or Movie	Showtime	2
Boardwalk Empire	Drama	HBO	2
Episodes	Comedy	Showtime	2
Glee	Comedy	Fox	2
Nurse Jackie	Comedy	Showtime	2
Parade's End	Miniseries or Movie	HBO	2
Portlandia	Variety	IFC	2
Real Time with Bill Maher	Variety	HBO	2

Most major awards

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	2
Homeland	Drama	Showtime	2
Modern Family	Comedy	ABC	2
Veep	Comedy	HBO	2

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Presenters and performers

The awards were presented by the following:

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:

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." 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? Red-carpet gawking? 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."

Ratings

The broadcast received 17.63 million viewers, the largest audience in total viewers since 2005.