Almost a complete shut out for typical Emmy inertia in the top categories. Among last year' s winners in the top 6 comedy and drama categories only Modern Family repeated from last year.
Check out how our viewers did in the predictions. Needless to say, my "predicting last year's winners" method, usually pretty reliable, was routed, going just 1 for 6.
via press release:
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the “Television Academy”) tonight (Sunday, September 23, 2012) awarded the 2011-2012 Primetime Emmys® for programs and individual achievements on the “64th Primetime Emmy Awards,” a live telecast on the ABC Television Network from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony and Don Mischer was Executive Producer of the telecast.
In addition to Emmys in 26 categories announced tonight, Emmys in 76 other categories and areas for programs and individual achievements were presented at the Creative Arts Awards on September 15, 2012 from the Nokia Theatre. Additionally, the Governors Award was presented to the “It Gets Better Project™,” an organization devoted to supporting LGBT young people via its website, initiatives and the posting of original videos with messages of empathy, encouragement and hope for a positive future. The awards were tabulated by the independent accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP.
ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES
64th Primetime Emmy Awards
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
ERIC STONESTREET as Cameron Tucker ABC
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
LOUIS C.K., Written By FX NETWORKS
Pregnant
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
JULIE BOWEN as Claire Dunphy ABC
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
STEVEN LEVITAN, Director ABC
Baby On Board
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
JON CRYER as Alan Harper CBS
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS as Selina Meyer HBO
Veep
OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race CBS
Bertram van Munster, Executive Producer
Elise Doganieri, Executive Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer, Executive Producer
Jonathan Littman, Executive Producer
Mark Vertullo, Executive Producer
Dan Coffie, Co-Executive Producer
Giselle Parets, Co-Executive Producer
Phil Keoghan, Co-Executive Producer
Michael Norton, Supervising Producer
Matt Schmidt, Supervising Producer
Patrick Cariaga, Supervising Producer
Michael Miller, Supervising Producer
Darren Bunkley, Senior Producer
Chad Baron, Senior Producer
Neil Jahss, Senior Producer
OUTSTANDING HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
ABC
TOM BERGERON, Host
Dancing with the Stars
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
AMC
AARON PAUL as Jesse Pinkman
Breaking Bad
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
SHOWTIME
ALEX GANSA, Written By
HOWARD GORDON, Written By
GIDEON RAFF, Written By
Homeland
Pilot
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
MAGGIE SMITH as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham PBS
Downton Abbey
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
TIM VAN PATTEN, Director HBO
To The Lost
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
DAMIAN LEWIS as Nicholas Brody SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
CLAIRE DANES as Carrie Mathison SHOWTIME
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
LOUIS C.K., Written By FX NETWORKS
Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Glenn Weiss, Director CBS
65th Annual Tony Awards
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES
THE Daily Show WITH JON STEWART COMEDY CENTRAL
Jon Stewart, Executive Producer/Host
Rory Albanese, Executive Producer
Kahane Cooperman, Co-Executive Producer
Steve Bodow, Co-Executive Producer
Jennifer Flanz, Co-Executive Producer
Adam Lowitt, Co-Executive Producer
Jim Margolis, Co-Executive Producer
Pamela DePace, Supervising Producer
Hillary Kun, Supervising Producer
Timothy Greenberg, Supervising Producer
Stuart Miller, Supervising Producer
Jill Katz, Producer
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
JESSICA LANGE as Constance Langdon FX NETWORKS
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
TOM BERENGER as Jim Vance HISTORY
Hatfields & McCoys
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
DANNY STRONG, Written By HBO
Game Change
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
JULIANNE MOORE as Sarah Palin HBO
Game Change
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
JAY ROACH, Director HBO
Game Change
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
KEVIN COSTNER as ‘Devil’ Anse Hatfield HISTORY
Hatfields & McCoys
OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR MOVIE
GAME CHANGE HBO
Tom Hanks, Executive Producer
Gary Goetzman, Executive Producer
Jay Roach, Executive Producer
Danny Strong, Co-Executive Producer
Steven Shareshian, Co-Executive Producer
Amy Sayres, Produced By
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Homeland SHOWTIME
Alex Gansa, Executive Producer
Howard Gordon, Executive Producer
Michael Cuesta, Executive Producer
Gideon Raff, Executive Producer
Avi Nir, Executive Producer
Ran Telem, Executive Producer
Alexander Cary, Co-Executive Producer
Chip Johannessen, Co-Executive Producer
Henry Bromell, Consulting Producer
Meredith Stiehm, Consulting Producer
Michael Klick, Produced By
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Modern Family ABC
Steven Levitan, Executive Producer
Christopher Lloyd, Executive Producer
Danny Zuker, Executive Producer
Dan O’Shannon, Executive Producer
Bill Wrubel, Executive Producer
Paul Corrigan, Executive Producer
Brad Walsh, Executive Producer
Jeff Morton, Co-Executive Producer
Jeffery Richman, Co-Executive Producer
Abraham Higginbotham, Co-Executive Producer
Cindy Chupack, Co-Executive Producer
Chris Smirnoff, Producer
| PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS | ||||
| Creative Arts | Telecast | |||
| 9/15/12 | 9/23/12 | Total | ||
| Game Of Thrones | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Homeland | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Game Change | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Hatfields & McCoys | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Modern Family | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 65th Annual Tony Awards | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Boardwalk Empire | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Frozen Planet | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Great Expectations (Masterpiece) | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Saturday Night Live | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Downton Abbey | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Two and a Half Men | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| American Horror Story | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dancing with the Stars | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Deadliest Catch | 2 | - | 2 | |
| George Harrison: Living In The Material World | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | 2 | - | 2 | |
| The 54th Annual Grammy Awards | 2 | - | 2 | |
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| The Kennedy Center Honors | 2 | - | 2 | |
1. Seriously? Jon Cryer?
2. Seriously? Amy Poehler didn’t win?
3. Seriously? Bryan Cranston lost? (It’s not that I don’t like Damien Lewis, it’s just that I never thought Heisenberg would ever lose.)
4. Seriously? Modern Family AGAIN?
Julianne Moore winning her first televised award, since 2003!
Jon Cryer may be the first person to win both supporting and leading actor for the same role. And Its funny because Kathy Bates first emmy win in over twenty years of being nominated was for a role that Charlie sheen was nominated for but never won.
Jeez, it’s like it’s a popularity contest or something…..
Terrible show tonight. I tuned out early when it seemed like MF was going to walk with most everything. Coincidence the Emmys were on ABC?
They can throw awards at the show all they want, I still won’t watch it.
Interesting how few went to the broadcast networks, let alone even nominated.
YAY Maggie Smith & Jessica Lange + all Modern Family & Game of Thrones wins
Surprised Amy Poehler didn’t win – she deserved it.
Surprised Jon Cryer won – ummmm ok…
Surprised Modern Family won again – not that the show wasn’t good, but the quality hasn’t been as good as in previous seasons
Definitely a few shockers thrown in there… Not sure everyone who won really deserved their award (especially in the television acting categories…)
The funny thing about tonight’s broadcast was every time they would throw it to commercial the female announcer’s voice would pose a question such as:
-”Can Mad Man win its 5th Best Drama win to beat out past winners……….?”
-”Amy Poehler has been nominated 7 times can she win on her 8th?”
-”Can the Hatfields and McCoys win for best miniseries/movie?”
-”Can Jon Hamm win an Emmy tonight on his 7th try?”
-”Will the Big Bang Theory win for Best Comedy series on its 4th try?”
-”Nobody since Michael J Fox has won the best Comedy Actor 3 times an a row can Jim Parsons be the one?”
-”Will Kristin Wiig win for her final season on SNL?”
All of which were followed by something like we’ll find out when we come back.
The funny thing is all seven times the answer to the question posed was NO!!!!! That lady was a jinx!!!!
Though once she lead out to commercial saying “Claire Danes has been acting since she was 16 can she win the Best Dramatic Actress Emmy tonight?” The answer to that one was yes.
Very surprised and happy with some of the results, in terms of comedy Jon Cryer deserved it. He carried two and a half men this season as far as I’m concerned. Ecstatic that homeland did so well, it is a great series and I think it deserved it for sure.
Modern Family is good. Why is everyone acting like a travesty that it won simply because it won before? Sure it has not been as good as the first two seasons, but compared with that list of nominees, it certainly deserves it.
The Emmys have spoken, if everyone is so upset we can just set up our own award shows and select our favourites to win. The list up there is probably not my picks, but let it be.
Homeland is awesome. Do it TV Addict.
Yay for Julia Louis Dreyfus of Veep! People should watch her show Veep especially the pilot and season finale. You’ll know why she won outstanding lead actress in a comedy series.
I prefer Sofia Vergara winning but Julie Bowen is also good. I hope Sofia takes the Golden Globes.
Best parts of the Emmys were Julia and Amy’s stunt (hilarious!!!) and Tracey Morgan “passing out” on stage prank.
cc who said:
“Terrible show tonight. I tuned out early when it seemed like MF was going to walk with most everything. Coincidence the Emmys were on ABC?”
It would seam you silly little theory about Modern Family winning 4 on air awards on ABC this year is just that silly, since they won 5 last year when it was broadcast on Fox and 3 two years ago when it was on NBC.
But you still don’t have to watch it.
@OMG It’s just that the list of nominees in the comedy series category is garbage. (No Community, Parks, or Louie)
watched the patriots-ravens football game. way more real…
I bet a thousand bucks that Emmy awards are rigged. I stopped taking them seriously, the minute I came to know LOST won an Emmy Award.
@KS
lol. I stopped taking them seriously when they never gave one award to Francis Conroy for her role in 6 Feet Under. That was a real travesty, especially considering the actresses who won it instead of her.
I am actually happy about Jon Cryer winning. I don’t know why he didn’t think more highly of himself and felt he was undeserving. He was really funny this year. The material given to him really showcased his strengths and he kept the show together. People also need to remember it all comes down to the particular episodes that are submitted for the nominees. Voters may have actually laughed out loud watching the wackiness from Jon.
Lastly, I thought the show was boring. Jimmy was just ok. I expected more from him. And the material for the presenters were lame was more. Also when they showed the clips for the leading actress in a drama, I thought the performance from Glenn Close was much stronger than that of Claire Danes.
So happy that Julianne Moore won an Emmy! She is an amazing actress and since she has yet to win an Oscar, I loved her finally being recognized and getting this win.
Modern Family haters you don’t have to watch it, it’s a ratings monster without YOU watching, and it’s time Sofia won, I’m sick of Julie Bowen winning. GO HOMELAND!