Season 65
Winners
Outstanding Comedy Series
30 Rock (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
Veep (HBO)
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)
Outstanding Variety Series
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)
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
The Bible (History)
Phil Spector (HBO)
Political Animals (USA Network)
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock
Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth on Arrested Development
Louis C.K. as Louie on Louie
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan on House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc as Himself on Episodes
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe on Enlightened
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath on Girls
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton on Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer on Veep
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham on Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston as Walter White on Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy on The Newsroom
Jon Hamm as Don Draper on Mad Men
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody on Homeland
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood on House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Connie Britton as Rayna Jaymes on Nashville
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison on Homeland
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga as Norma Louise Bates on Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson on Mad Men
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope on Scandal
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood on House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens on Parade's End (HBO)
Matt Damon as Scott Thorson on Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Michael Douglas as Liberace on Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock on The Girl (HBO)
Al Pacino as Phil Spector on Phil Spector (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jessica Lange as Sister Jude/Judy Martin on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Laura Linney as Cathy Jamison on The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime)
Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney Baden on Phil Spector (HBO)
Elisabeth Moss as Det. Robin Griffin on Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish Hammond on Political Animals (USA Network)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy on Modern Family
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler on Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family
Bill Hader as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh on Veep
Ed O'Neill as Jay Pritchett on Modern Family
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer on Veep
Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney on 30 Rock
Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on Glee
Sofía Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on Modern Family
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow on Nurse Jackie
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut on Breaking Bad
Bobby Cannavale as Gyp Rosetti on Boardwalk Empire
Jim Carter as Charles Carson on Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson on Homeland
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Morena Baccarin as Jessica Brody on Homeland
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones
Anna Gunn as Skyler White on Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris on Mad Men
Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham on Downton Abbey
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Scott Bakula as Bob Black on Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
James Cromwell as Dr. Arthur Arden/Hans Grüper on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
John Benjamin Hickey as Sean Tolke on The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime)
Peter Mullan as Matt Mitcham on Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Ellen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington on Political Animals (USA Network)
Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters on American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Charlotte Rampling as Eva Delectorskaya (older) on Restless (BBC One/Sundance Channel)
Imelda Staunton as Alma Hitchcock on The Girl (HBO)
Alfre Woodard as Louisa "Ouiser" Boudreaux on Steel Magnolias (Lifetime)
Outstanding Choreography
Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Heart Cry" / "Stars")
Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Hey Pachuco" / "Para Los Rumberos" / "Walking on Air")
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Live From Lincoln Center)
So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Possibly Maybe" / "Turning Page" / "Sail")
So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "The Power of Love" / "Wild Horses")
So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Call of the Wild (Circle of Life)" / "Love Cats" / "Beautiful People")
So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Where the Light Gets In" / "Without You" / "Unchained Melody")
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
30 Rock (Episodes: "Hogcock!" / "Last Lunch"), Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC)
Glee (Episode: "Diva"), Directed by Paris Barclay (Fox)
Girls (Episode: "On All Fours"), Directed by Lena Dunham (HBO)
Louie (Episode: "New Year's Eve"), Directed by Louis C.K. (FX)
Modern Family (Episode: "Arrested"), Directed by Gail Mancuso (ABC)
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Margate Sands"), Directed by Tim Van Patten (HBO)
Breaking Bad (Episode: "Gliding Over All"), Directed by Michelle MacLaren (AMC)
Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Four"), Directed by Jeremy Webb (PBS)
Homeland (Episode: "Q&A"), Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Showtime)
House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 1"), Directed by David Fincher (Netflix)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
The Colbert Report, Directed by James Hoskinson (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Directed by Chuck O'Neil (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Directed by Andy Fisher (ABC)
Late Show with David Letterman, Directed by Jerry Foley (CBS)
Portlandia, Directed by Jonathan Krisel (IFC)
Saturday Night Live, Directed by Don Roy King (NBC)
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Behind the Candelabra, Directed by Steven Soderbergh (HBO)
The Girl, Directed by Julian Jarrold (HBO)
Phil Spector, Directed by David Mamet (HBO)
Ring of Fire, Directed by Allison Anders (Lifetime)
Top of The Lake (Episode: "Part 5"), Directed by Jane Campion & Garth Davis (Sundance Channel)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
30 Rock (Episode: "Hogcock!"), Written by Jack Burditt & Robert Carlock (NBC)
30 Rock (Episode: "Last Lunch"), Written by Tina Fey & Tracey Wigfield (NBC)
Episodes (Episode: "Episode Nine"), Written by David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik (Showtime)
Louie (Episode: "Daddy's Girlfriend, Part 1"), Written by Pamela Adlon & Louis C.K. (FX)
The Office (Episode: "Finale"), Written by Greg Daniels (NBC)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Breaking Bad (Episode: "Dead Freight"), Written by George Mastras (AMC)
Breaking Bad (Episode: "Say My Name"), Written by Thomas Schnauz (AMC)
Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Four"), Written by Julian Fellowes (PBS)
Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Rains of Castamere"), Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss (HBO)
Homeland (Episode: "Q&A"), Written by Henry Bromell (Showtime)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
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)
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Behind the Candelabra, Written by Richard LaGravenese (HBO)
The Hour, Written by Abi Morgan (BBC America)
Parade's End, Written by Tom Stoppard (HBO)
Phil Spector, Written by David Mamet (HBO)
Top of the Lake, Written by Jane Campion & Gerard Lee (Sundance Channel)
About the Awards
The Emmy Awards are administered by three sister organisations; the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The Awards recognise excellence within various areas of the television industry, and are a symbol of peer recognition from over 12,000 members of the Academy, where each member casts a ballot for the category of competition in their field of expertise.
The Awards are divided into three categories - The Primetime Awards, The Daytime Awards and the L.A. Area Awards.
Only the Primetime Awards are screened in South Africa, which celebrate excellence in national prime-time programming, awarding top honours during the creative arts awards and the prime-time telecast.
The first Emmy Awards were presented on January 25, 1949 at the Hollywood Athletic Club. The name "Emmy" was a feminisation of "immy", a nickname used for the image orthicon tubes that were commonplace in early television cameras.
The Emmy Awards trophies are currently made by a private company with a manufacturing site at the maximum security El Dorado Correctional Facility, in El Dorado, Kansas.
The statuette of a winged woman holding an atom has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television.
The wings represent the muse of art, and the atom represents the electron of science. It was created by television engineer Louis McManus, using his wife as a model.