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 | |
@Fed totally agree with you
and about that other comment, there’s nothing forcing CBS to produce 22 episodes of The Good Wife each season, they could only do 12 episodes…
LOL Homeland beating Breaking Bad.
And double LOL for Modern Family winning again.
@Anthony Parrello: >>> 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.. <<<
They've been doing this on local TV news shows for decades now.
I am so happy and surprised that Jon Cryer won the Emmy. He is my favorite actor on TV, and always thought he wouldn’t stand a chance. But when he won, I really felt like he has accomplished a wonderful show for 10 years through thick and thin, when no one thought he ever would. Two and a Half Men is a legendary show!
THE GOOD WIFE, REVENGE, 30 ROCK are the best.
Mod Fam needs to submit Burell and Bowen for lead to really dominate.
sad community didn’t win.
sad Fringe still hasn’t been nominated
sad to call this an awards show. hate it when there’s no variation
Ralph Hahn
Posted September 24, 2012 at 11:53 AM
@Anthony Parrello: >>> 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.. <<<
They've been doing this on local TV news shows for decades now.
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Ralph the point wasn't that they were doing this but rather they were doing it in a fashion that was wrong every time.
Sorry, but Jon Cryer shouldn’t have won the Emmy because he didn’t deserve it. There is no way in hell that even one episode of the new TAAHM (with Cryer/Kutcher) was even a tiny fraction as good as Jim Parsons in Big Bang Theory. I truly think it was a “pity vote” for Cryer for past seasons of TAAHM (before ASShton), which really shouldn’t be considered when voting. This is such a sham, and the voters should be ashamed. It’s was supposed to be for Season 9 (which has to be some of the worst episodes in television history) and not the great episodes that starred Charlie Sheen. It’s no wonder Cryer was surprised – even he didn’t think he deserved it.