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 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:Emmys.com list of 2013 Nominees & Winners

Programs

+ Modern Family (ABC) 30 Rock (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) Girls (HBO) Louie (FX) Veep (HBO) Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC) 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) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) The Bible (History) Phil Spector (HBO) Political Animals (USA) Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel) The Voice (NBC) The Amazing Race (CBS) Dancing with the Stars (ABC) Project Runway (Lifetime) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) Top Chef (Bravo)

Acting

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

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

Choreography + Dancing with the Stars: "Hey Pachuco" / "Para Los Rumberos" / "Walking on Air" – Derek Hough (ABC) Dancing with the Stars: "Heart Cry" / "Stars" – Allison Holker and Derek Hough (ABC) Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center) – Warren Carlyle (PBS) So You Think You Can Dance: "Call of the Wild (Circle of Life)" / "Love Cats" / "Beautiful People" – Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance: "Possibly Maybe" / "Turning Page" / "Sail" – Sonya Tayeh (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance: "The Power of Love" / "Wild Horses" – Mandy Moore (Fox) So You Think You Can Dance: "Where the Light Gets In" / "Without You" / "Unchained Melody" – Travis Wall (Fox)

Directing + Modern Family: "Arrested" – Gail Mancuso (ABC) 30 Rock: "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch" – Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC) Glee: "Diva" – Paris Barclay (Fox) Girls: "On All Fours" – Lena Dunham (HBO) Louie: "New Year's Eve" – Louis C.K. (FX) House of Cards: "Chapter 1" – David Fincher (Netflix) Boardwalk Empire: "Margate Sands" – Tim Van Patten (HBO) Breaking Bad: "Gliding Over All" – Michelle MacLaren (AMC) Downton Abbey: "Episode Four" – Jeremy Webb (PBS) Homeland: "Q&A" – Lesli Linka Glatter (Showtime) Saturday Night Live: "Host: Justin Timberlake" – Don Roy King (NBC) The Colbert Report: "Episode 8131" – Jim Hoskinson (Comedy Central) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: "Episode 17153" – Chuck O'Neil (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live!: "Episode 13-1810" – Andy Fisher (ABC) Late Show with David Letterman: "Episode 3749" – Jerry Foley (CBS) Portlandia: "Alexandra" – Jonathan Krisel (IFC) Behind the Candelabra – Steven Soderbergh (HBO) The Girl – Julian Jarrold (HBO) Phil Spector – David Mamet (HBO) Ring of Fire – Allison Anders (Lifetime) Top of the Lake: "Part 5" – Jane Campion and Garth Davis (Sundance Channel)

Writing + 30 Rock: "Last Lunch" – Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield (NBC) 30 Rock: "Hogcock!" – Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock (NBC) Episodes: "Episode Nine" – David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik (Showtime) Louie: "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1" – Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. (FX) The Office: "Finale" – Greg Daniels (NBC) Homeland: "Q&A" – Henry Bromell (Showtime) Breaking Bad: "Dead Freight" – George Mastras (AMC) Breaking Bad: "Say My Name" – Thomas Schnauz (AMC) Downton Abbey: "Episode Four" – Julian Fellowes (PBS) Game of Thrones: "The Rains of Castamere" – David Benioff and D. B. Weiss (HBO) 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) The Hour – Abi Morgan (BBC America) Behind the Candelabra – Richard LaGravenese (HBO) Parade's End – Tom Stoppard (HBO) Phil Spector – David Mamet (HBO) Top of the Lake – Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (Sundance Channel)

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 + Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network No. ofNominations HBO 34 ABC 15 NBC Showtime 14 AMC 12 FX 9 PBS 8 Fox 7 CBS 6 Netflix 5 Sundance Channel USA 3

+ Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network No. ofNominations Breaking Bad Drama AMC 8 30 Rock Comedy NBC7 Downton AbbeyDrama PBS Homeland Showtime Modern Family Comedy ABC Behind the CandelabraMiniseries or Movie HBO 6 American Horror Story: Asylum FX5 Phil Spector HBO So You Think You Can Dance Reality-Competition Fox Top of the Lake Miniseries or Movie Sundance Channel Game of Thrones DramaHBO4 Girls Comedy House of Cards Drama Netflix Louie Comedy FX Mad Men Drama AMC Saturday Night Live Variety NBC VeepComedy HBO The Big Bang Theory CBS3 The Colbert ReportVarietyComedy Central The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Dancing with the Stars Reality-Competition ABC The Girl Miniseries or Movie HBO Jimmy Kimmel Live! Variety ABC Political AnimalsMiniseries or Movie USA The Big C: Hereafter Showtime2 Boardwalk Empire Drama HBO EpisodesComedy Showtime Glee Fox Nurse Jackie Showtime Parade's End Miniseries or Movie HBO PortlandiaVariety IFC Real Time with Bill Maher HBO

Most major awards + Networks with multiple major awards Network No. ofAwards HBO 7 Showtime 4 ABC 3 NBC AMC 2 Comedy Central

+ Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network No. ofAwards Behind the Candelabra Miniseries or Movie HBO 3 Breaking Bad Drama AMC2 The Colbert Report Variety Comedy Central Homeland Drama Showtime Modern FamilyComedy ABC Veep HBO

Notes

Presenters and performers The awards were presented by the following:

Presenters