| 64th Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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Promotional poster
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(Creative Arts Awards) | |||
| Location | Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | |||
| Hosted by | Jimmy Kimmel | |||
| Highlights | ||||
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| Most nominations |
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| Outstanding Comedy Series | Modern Family | |||
| Outstanding Drama Series | Homeland | |||
| Outstanding Miniseries or Movie | Game Change | |||
| Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | The Amazing Race | |||
| Outstanding Variety Series | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | |||
| Website | http://www.emmys.com/  | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | ABC | |||
| Produced by | Don Mischer | |||
| Directed by | Glenn Weiss | |||
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The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2011 until May 31, 2012, were held on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at the Nokia TheatreinDowntown Los Angeles, California. ABC televised the ceremony in the United States. Comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmys for the first time.[1] Kimmel and Kerry Washington announced the nominations on July 19, 2012. Nick Offerman was originally scheduled to co-announce the nominations, but had to cancel due to travel delays.[2] The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15 and was televised on September 22, 2012 on ReelzChannel.[3]
The award for Outstanding Drama Series went to Showtime crime drama Homeland, the first for that network, and which broke Mad Men's four-year hold on the award; while the Outstanding Comedy Series award went for the third year in a row to ABC's Modern Family. This was the first ceremony that none of the four major American broadcasting TV networks were nominated in the categories of Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.[4] For Britain, the ceremony was noted for the successes of actors Damian LewisofHomeland and Maggie SmithofDownton Abbey.[5][6][7]
Of the latter, Dame Maggie not only was PBS' first win in her category, she had won the previous year, for the same role in another category. Hers was also the first win in a major acting category for a Drama Series for PBS since 1975.
Mad Men set a new record for the largest "shutout" in Emmy history, receiving nominations for 17 awards and winning none. This broke the previous record of 16 nominations without a win, set by Northern Exposurein1993 and The Larry Sanders Showin1997. This record was broken by The Handmaid's Talein2021, which did not win any of its 21 nominations that year.[8]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[9]
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Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
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Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
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Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
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Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
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| Network | No. of Nominations |
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| HBO | 27 |
| PBS | 17 |
| ABC | 16 |
| AMC | 15 |
| NBC | |
| CBS | 14 |
| Showtime | 9 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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| Downton Abbey | Drama | PBS | 9 |
| Modern Family | Comedy | ABC | |
| Mad Men | Drama | AMC | |
| Game Change | Movie | HBO | 7 |
| Hatfields & McCoys | Miniseries | History | |
| Breaking Bad | Drama | AMC | 6 |
| Homeland | Showtime | 5 | |
| American Horror Story | Miniseries | FX | |
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | Movie | HBO | |
| Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia | PBS | 5 | |
| Girls | Comedy | HBO | 4 |
| Luther | Miniseries | BBC America | |
| 30 Rock | Comedy | NBC | 3 |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | ||
| Boardwalk Empire | Drama | HBO | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | Comedy | ||
| The Good Wife | Drama | CBS | |
| Louie | Comedy | FX | |
| New Girl | Fox | ||
| Parks and Recreation | NBC | ||
| Saturday Night Live | Variety | ||
| 65th Tony Awards | CBS | 2 | |
| 84th Academy Awards | ABC | ||
| The Amazing Race | Competition | CBS | |
| Dancing with the Stars | ABC | ||
| Game of Thrones | Drama | HBO | |
| Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater | Variety | FX | |
| Nurse Jackie | Comedy | Showtime | |
| So You Think You Can Dance | Competition | Fox | |
| Veep | Comedy | HBO |
| Network | No. of Awards |
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| HBO | 6 |
| ABC | 5 |
| Showtime | 4 |
| CBS | 3 |
| FX | |
| History | 2 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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| Game Change | Movie | HBO | 4 |
| Homeland | Drama | Showtime | |
| Modern Family | Comedy | ABC | |
| Hatfields & McCoys | Miniseries | History | 2 |
The awards were presented by the following:[10][11][12][13]
Before the recorded segment, Ron Howard presented a tribute to Andy Griffith.
The people tributed in the segment included:
The ceremony, which was televised by ABC on September 23, 2012, was watched by 13.26 million viewers. The event's red carpet proceedings were watched by 5.63 million.[14]
