Tonight is the night. The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards. And we already know some of the winners.
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards have now come and gone.A fairly lackluster show, one of the runaway successes was Showtime’s “Homeland,” which won the network’s first Outstanding Drama Series Emmy. Claire Danes and Damian Lewis won the lead acting categories for the drama as well.
A week before telecast airs on ABC, the television academy announced some of the winners at its Creative Arts Emmys, which recognizes technical achievements, along with giving out some acting prizes.
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” was a big winner on Sept. 15, winning six trophies. For guest acting spots, Kathy Bates won for “Two and a Half Men,” Jimmy Fallon as host of “Saturday Night Live,” Jeremy Davies for “Justified” and Martha Plimpton for “The Good Wife.”
Among the networks, HBO leads the pack with 17 Emmys thus far, followed by CBS with 13 and PBS with 11.
Twenty-six more Emmys (see categories and nominees below) were handed out at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, which aired live coast-to-coast on ABC. Don Mischer Productions produced. The production company is also producing the Oscars’ Governors Awards.
Emmy for the Oscars
Of the eight nominations it received, the 84th Academy Awards ceremony has won one Emmy thus far — for Outstanding Sounds Mixing for a Variety Series or Special. The 65th Tony Awards beat out the Oscars for Outstanding Special Class Programs.
Here are nominees for tonight’s categories, James’ predictions* and some of the winners announced thus far:
Comedy
The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
Girls • HBO
*Modern Family • ABC (Winner 2010-2011)
30 Rock • NBC (Winner 2009, 2008, 2007)
Veep • HBO *(2nd choice)
Drama
Boardwalk Empire • HBO
*Breaking Bad • AMC
Downton Abbey • PBS
Game Of Thrones • HBO
Homeland • Showtime
Mad Men • AMC (Winner 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) * (2nd choice)
Lead Actress, Comedy
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath, Girls • HBO
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn, Mike & Molly • CBS (Winner 2011)
Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day, New Girl • FOX * (2nd choice)
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton, Nurse Jackie • Showtime (Winner 2010)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Parks And Recreation • NBC
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, 30 Rock • NBC (Winner 2008)
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer, Veep • HBO
Lead Actor, Comedy
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory • CBS (Winner 2010, 2011) * (2nd choice)
Larry David as Himself, Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan, House Of Lies • Showtime
*Louis C.K. as Louie, Louie • FX Networks
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock • NBC (Winner 2008, 2009)
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, Two And A Half Men • CBS (Supporting Winner 2009)
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler, The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey, Desperate Housewives • ABC * (2nd choice)
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Modern Family • ABC (Winner 2011)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, Modern Family • ABC
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow, Nurse Jackie • Showtime
*Kristen Wiig as various characters, Saturday Night Live • NBC
Supporting Actor, Comedy
*Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett, Modern Family • ABC
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett, Modern Family • ABC
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Modern Family • ABC (Winner 2011) * (2nd choice)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker, Modern Family • ABC (Winner 2010)
Max Greenfield as Schmidt, New Girl • FOX
Bill Hader as various characters, Saturday Night Live • NBC
Lead Actress, Drama
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes, Damages • DirecTV (Winner 2008, 2009)
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley, Downton Abbey • PBS
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife • CBS (Winner 2011) * (2nd choice)
Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn, Harry's Law • NBC
*Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Homeland • Showtime
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson, Mad Men • AMC
Lead Actor, Drama
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, Boardwalk Empire • HBO
*Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Breaking Bad • AMC (Winner 2008, 2009, 2010)
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, Dexter • Showtime
Hugh Bonneville as Robert, Earl of Grantham, Downton Abbey • PBS
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, Homeland • Showtime
Jon Hamm as Don Draper, Mad Men • AMC * (2nd choice)
Supporting Actress, Drama
Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Breaking Bad • AMC
*Maggie Smith as Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Downton Abbey • PBS
Joanne Froggatt as Anna, Downton Abbey • PBS
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma, The Good Wife • CBS (Winner 2010)
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, The Good Wife • CBS
Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway Harris, Mad Men • AMC * (2nd choice)
Supporting Actor, Drama
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Breaking Bad • AMC (Winner 2010)
*Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo 'Gus' Fring, Breaking Bad • AMC
Brendan Coyle as John Bates, Downton Abbey • PBS
Jim Carter as Mr. Carson, Downton Abbey • PBS
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Game Of Thrones • HBO (Winner 2011) * (2nd choice)
Jared Harris as Lane Pryce, Mad Men • AMC
Guest Actress, Comedy
Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Shannon Beiste, Glee • FOX
Maya Rudolph, Host, Saturday Night Live • NBC
Melissa McCarthy, Host, Saturday Night Live • NBC
Elizabeth Banks as Avery Jessup, 30 Rock • NBC
Margaret Cho as Kim Jong-il, 30 Rock • NBC
Kathy Bates as Charlie Harper, Two And A Half Men • CBS
Guest Actor, Comedy
Michael J. Fox as Himself, Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
Greg Kinnear as Tad, Modern Family • ABC
Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz, Nurse Jackie • Showtime
Jimmy Fallon, Host, Saturday Night Live • NBC
Will Arnett as Devon Banks, 30 Rock • NBC
Jon Hamm as Abner and David Brinkley, 30 Rock • NBC
Directing, Comedy
Robert B. Weide, Director, Curb Your Enthusiasm • Palestinian Chicken • HBO
Lena Dunham, Director, Girls • She Did • HBO * (2nd choice)
*Louis C.K., Director, Louie • Duckling • FX Networks
Jason Winer, Director, Modern Family • Virgin Territory • ABC
Steven Levitan, Director, Modern Family • Baby On Board • ABC
Jake Kasdan, Director, New Girl • Pilot • FOX
Writing, Comedy
Chris McKenna, Community • Remedial Chaos Theory • NBC
*Lena Dunham, Girls • Pilot • HBO
Louis C.K., Louie • Pregnant • FX Networks * (2nd choice)
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation • The Debate • NBC
Michael Schur, Parks And Recreation • Win, Lose, Or Draw • NBC
Guest Actress, Drama
Martha Plimpton as Patti Nyholm, The Good Wife • CBS
Loretta Devine as Adele Webber, Grey's Anatomy • ABC
Jean Smart as D.A. Roseanna Remmick, Harry's Law • NBC
Julia Ormond as Marie Calvet, Mad Men • AMC
Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson, Shameless • Showtime
Uma Thurman as Rebecca Duvall, Smash • NBC
Guest Actor, Drama
Mark Margolis as Tio Salamanca, Breaking Bad • AMC
Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney, The Good Wife • CBS
Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning, The Good Wife • CBS
Jeremy Davies as Dickie Bennett, Justified • FX Networks
Ben Feldman as Michael Ginsberg, Mad Men • AMC
Jason Ritter as Mark Cyr, Parenthood • NBC
Directing, Drama
Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire • To The Lost • HBO * (2nd choice)
Vince Gilligan, Breaking Bad • Face Off • AMC
Brian Percival, Downton Abbey • Episode 7 • PBS
*Michael Cuesta, Homeland • Pilot • Showtime
Phil Abraham, Mad Men • The Other Woman • AMC
Writing, Drama
*Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey • Episode 7 • PBS
Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff, Homeland • Pilot • Showtime * (2nd choice)
Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner, Mad Men • The Other Woman • AMC
Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton, Mad Men • Commissions And Fees • AMC
Erin Levy and Matthew Weiner, Mad Men • Far Away Places • AMC
Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story • FX Networks
*Game Change • HBO
Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY
Hemingway & Gellhorn • HBO
Luther • BBC America
Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • PBS * (2nd choice)
Lead Actress, Miniseries Or A Movie
Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon, American Horror Story • FX Networks
*Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, Game Change • HBO
Nicole Kidman as Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway & Gellhorn • HBO * (2nd choice)
Ashley Judd as Rebecca Winstone, Missing • ABC • ABC Studios
Emma Thompson as She, The Song Of Lunch (Masterpiece) • PBS
Lead Actor, Miniseries Or A Movie
Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt, Game Change • HBO
Kevin Costner as 'Devil' Anse Hatfield, Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY * (2nd choice)
Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy, Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY
Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway & Gellhorn • HBO
Idris Elba as John Luther, Luther • BBC America
*Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • PBS
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or A Movie
Frances Conroy as Moira, American Horror Story • FX Networks
*Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon, American Horror Story • FX Networks
Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace, Game Change • HBO * (2nd choice)
Mare Winningham as Sally McCoy, Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY
Judy Davis as Jill Tankard, Page Eight (Masterpiece) • PBS
Supporting Actor, Miniseries Or A Movie
Denis O'Hare as Larry Harvey, American Horror Story • FX Networks
*Ed Harris as John McCain, Game Change • HBO
Tom Berenger as Jim Vance, Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY
David Strathairn as John Dos Passos, Hemingway & Gellhorn • HBO
Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson, Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • PBS * (2nd choice)
Directing, Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
*Jay Roach,Game Change • HBO
Kevin Reynolds, Hatfields & McCoys • HISTORY * (2nd choice)
Philip Kaufman, Hemingway & Gellhorn • HBO
Sam Miller, Luther • BBC America
Paul McGuigan, Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • PBS
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
*Danny Strong, Game Change • HBO
Ted Mann, Story and Teleplay; Ronald Parker, Teleplay; Bill Kerby, Story; Hatfields & McCoys • Part 2 • HISTORY
Abi Morgan, The Hour • BBC America
Neil Cross, Luther • BBC America
Steven Moffat, Sherlock: A Scandal In Belgravia (Masterpiece) • PBS * (2nd choice)
Variety Series
The Colbert Report • Comedy Central * (2nd choice)
*The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central (Winner 2003-2011)
Jimmy Kimmel Live • ABC
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon • NBC
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO
Saturday Night Live • NBC
Variety Special
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute To America's Golden Girl • NBC
Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker • Bravo
The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS
Mel Brooks And Dick Cavett Together Again • HBO
Tony Bennett: Duets II (Great Performances) • PBS
Special Class Programs
84th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards • NBC
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards • CBS
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel And The LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin (Great Performances) • PBS
Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre • FX Networks
65th Annual Tony Awards • CBS
Directing, Variety Series
James Hoskinson, The Colbert Report • Episode 7121A • Comedy Central
Chuck O'Neil, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Episode 17087 • Comedy Central
Jerry Foley, Late Show With David Letterman • Episode 3602 • CBS
Jonathan Krisel, Portlandia • One Moore Episode • IFC
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live • Host: Mick Jagger • NBC
Directing, Variety Special*
Don Mischer, 84th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences * (2nd choice)
Louis J. Horvitz, The 54th Annual Grammy Awards • CBS
Louis C.K., Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre • FX Networks
Alan Skog, New York City Ballet George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (Live From Lincoln Center) • PBS
*Glenn Weiss, 65th Annual Tony Awards • CBS
Writing, Variety Series
The Colbert Report • Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central
Portlandia • IFC
Real Time With Bill Maher • HBO
Saturday Night Live • NBC
Writing, Variety Special*
84th Annual Academy Awards • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute To America's Golden Girl • NBC
The Kennedy Center Honors • CBS * (2nd choice)
Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre • FX Networks
*65th Annual Tony Awards • CBS
Animated Program
American Dad! • Hot Water • FOX
Bob's Burgers • BurgerBoss • FOX
Futurama • The Tip Of The Zoidberg • Comedy Central
The Penguins Of Madagascar: The Return Of The Revenge Of Dr. Blowhole • Nickelodeon
The Simpsons • Holidays Of Future Passed • FOX
Children’s Program
Degrassi • TeenNick
Good Luck Charlie • Disney Channel
iCarly • Nickelodeon
Victorious • Nickelodeon
Wizards Of Waverly Place • Disney Channel
Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow • PBS
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution • ABC
MythBusters • Discovery Channel
Shark Tank • ABC
Undercover Boss • CBS
Who Do You Think You Are? • NBC
Reality-Competition Program
*The Amazing Race • CBS (Winner 2003-2009, 2011)
Dancing With The Stars • ABC
Project Runway • Lifetime
So You Think You Can Dance • FOX
Top Chef • Bravo (Winner 2010) * (2nd choice)
The Voice • NBC
Host, Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race • CBS * (2nd choice)
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol • FOX
*Betty White, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers • NBC
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars • ABC
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance • FOX
Nonfiction Series
American Masters • PBS
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations • Travel Channel
Frozen Planet • Discovery Channel
Inside The Actors Studio • Bravo
The Weight Of The Nation • HBO
Nonfiction Special
Bobby Fischer Against The World • HBO
George Harrison: Living In The Material World • HBO
Gloria: In Her Own Words • HBO
Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies • A&E
6 Days To Air: The Making Of South Park • Comedy Central
For nominations and winners in all categories, visit Emmys.com.
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