67th Primetime Emmy Awards
{{Short description|Primetime Emmy Award annual ceremony}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
| image = The 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| date = {{unbulleted list
| September 20, 2015
{{small|(Ceremony)}}
| September 12, 2015
{{small|(Creative Arts Awards)}}
}}
| location = Microsoft Theater,
Los Angeles, California
| presenter = Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
| host = Andy Samberg
| most_awards = {{unbulleted list
| Major: Olive Kitteridge (6)
| All: Game of Thrones (12)}}
| most_nominations = American Horror Story: Freak Show (8)
| award1_type = Outstanding Comedy Series
| award1_winner = Veep
| award2_type = Outstanding Drama Series
| award2_winner = Game of Thrones
| award3_type = Outstanding Limited Series
| award3_winner = Olive Kitteridge
| award4_type = Outstanding Competition Program
| award4_winner = The Voice
| award5_type = Outstanding Variety Talk Series
| award5_winner = The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
| network = Fox
| producer = Don Mischer
| director = Louis J. Horvitz
| previous = 66th
| main = {{nowrap|Primetime Emmy Awards}}
| next = 68th
}}
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2014, until May 31, 2015, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the U.S. by Fox.{{cite web|url =https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/emmy-awards-sunday-sept-20-fox-1201423558/|title=Emmys Returning to Sunday Night in 2015|date=February 4, 2015|work=Variety|access-date=February 4, 2015}} Andy Samberg hosted the show for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/andy-samberg-emmy-awards-host-2015-fox-1201391693/|title=Andy Samberg To Host 2015 Emmy Awards For Fox|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=March 12, 2015}} The nominations were announced on July 16, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/07/16/2015-emmy-nominees/30203481/|title= List: 2015 Primetime Emmy nominees|date=July 16, 2015|work=USA Today|access-date=July 17, 2015}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jul/16/game-of-thrones-emmy-nominations-mad-men-transparent|title= Game of Thrones set to dominate Emmys after netting 24 nominations|date=July 16, 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=July 17, 2015}}
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12 and was broadcast by FXX on September 19.{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/67th-emmy-awards-fox | title=67th Primetime Emmy Awards to Air Sept. 20 on FOX; Creative Arts Emmy Awards to Air on FXX | publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | date=February 4, 2015 | access-date=February 5, 2015}}
The Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards ceremony was held on October 28, 2015, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.
The ceremony became notable for breaking two major milestones: Game of Thrones set a new record by winning 12 awards, the most for any show in a single year, up to this date (it was also the second HBO show, after The Sopranos, to win the Outstanding Drama Series award), while Viola Davis became the first African-American woman in Emmy history to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/live/2015/sep/20/emmys-2015-live|title=Emmys 2015: winners and performances – as it happened|date=September 20, 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 21, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Watch: Viola Davis makes history with Emmy win|website=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/09/21/viola-davis-emmy-awards-speech/72547578/|access-date=September 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/21/viola-davis-emmys-history-speech-hollywood-women|title=Viola Davis made Emmys history and spoke truth to power in her speech|date=September 21, 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 22, 2015}}
This year also saw for the first time, two Streaming service networks win four Acting awards: Netflix, with Uzo Aduba in Orange Is the New Black and Reg E. Cathey in House of Cards;Cathey won the weekend earlier at the Creative Arts Emmys for guest performance and Amazon Studios, with Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent and Bradley WhitfordWhitford won the weekend earlier at the Creative Arts Emmys for guest performance for the same show.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series went to the HBO political satire Veep, which not only broke Modern Family{{'}}s five-year hold on the award{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/veep-wins-emmy-best-comedy-series-1201538813/|title=Emmys: 'Veep' Wins Best Comedy Series, Ending 'Modern Family' Streak|last=A. Lincoln|first=Ross|date=September 20, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2015}} but became the second time a premium channel won Outstanding Comedy Series (the first was for HBO's romantic comedy Sex and the City in 2001).{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmys-veep-big-bang-theory-565792/|title=Emmys: Tim Goodman Breaks Down the Comedy Show Contenders|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=June 13, 2013|access-date=September 18, 2017}}
Rule changes
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced new rule changes for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. These new rules are:
- All voters eligible for a category's nominations are now eligible to vote in that category, providing that they have seen the submitted material and attest to no specific conflicts of interest.
- The number of nominees in the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories will expand from six nominees to seven, due to the increase in series production.
- To clarify the difference between a Comedy series and a Drama series, any show where episodes average a length of 30 minutes is eligible to enter as a comedy and series with episodes that average a length of 1 hour is eligible as a drama. There may be exceptions to the rules, however: producers may formally petition to a new Academy panel to have the show be considered for the alternative category. This panel, consisting of five industry leaders appointed by the Academy chairman and four appointees from the Board of Governors, will vote on a decision. A two-thirds vote was required for the show to be considered for the alternative category. So far, three petitions have been successful: Glee, Jane the Virgin, and Shameless were voted as eligible for "Outstanding Comedy Series".
- The Outstanding Miniseries was renamed as "Outstanding Limited Series". A "Limited Series" is defined as a program consisting of two or more episodes totaling 150 minutes as a whole, tell a complete, non-recurring story, and do not have an ongoing storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons.
- A "Guest Actor" is now defined as a performer appearing in less than 50% of the program's episodes. Only performers that fit this criterion are allowed to submit.
- The Outstanding Variety Series category has been split into two separate categories: "Outstanding Variety Talk" and "Outstanding Variety Sketch".
Winners and nominees
{{see also|67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards}}
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).{{cite web|url= https://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/20/entertainment/emmy-awards-2015-winners-list-feat/|title=Emmy Awards 2015: The complete winners list|date=September 21, 2015|work=CNN|access-date=September 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/live/emmys-2015/|title=Emmys 2015|date=September 21, 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11738752/Emmy-Awards-2015-Game-of-Thrones-makes-history.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030922/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11738752/Emmy-Awards-2015-Game-of-Thrones-makes-history.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 24, 2015|title=Emmy Awards 2015: Game of Thrones makes history|date=September 21, 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=September 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/emmy-winners-2015-complete-results-825450/item/lead-actor-a-drama-series-825568|title= Emmy Awards: The Complete Winners List|date=September 20, 2015|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=September 23, 2015}}{{efn|The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different from the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program.}} For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards, as well as nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, have been omitted.
File:Jeffrey Tambor June 2015.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Julia Louis-Dreyfus VF 2012 Shankbone 3.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Jon Hamm at PaleyFest 2014.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Viola Davis by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner]]
File:RichardJenkins2AAFeb09.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner]]
File:Frances McDormand 2015 (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie winner]]
File:Tony Hale at the 2010 Streamy Awards (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Allison-Janney in 2014.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Peter Dinklage by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Uzo Aduba 2014 (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Bill Murray by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie winner]]
File:Regina King 2010.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie winner]]
=Programs=
| class="wikitable"
|+ {{sronly|Programs}} |
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Comedy Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Drama Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Variety Talk Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Variety Sketch Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Limited Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Reality-Competition Program}}
|
=Acting=
==Lead performances==
| class="wikitable"
|+ {{sronly|Lead performances}} |
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie}}
|
==Supporting performances==
| class="wikitable"
|+ {{sronly|Supporting performances}} |
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie}}
|
=Directing=
=Writing=
| class="wikitable"
|+ {{sronly|Writing}} |
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series}}
|
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special}}
|
Most major nominations
| class="wikitable"
|+ Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. |
| Network
! No. of |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"
| HBO | 37 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Comedy Central | 14 |
| style="text-align:center"
| ABC | rowspan="3"| 13 |
| style="text-align:center"
| FX |
| style="text-align:center"
| Netflix |
| style="text-align:center"
| AMC | 10 |
| style="text-align:center"
| PBS | rowspan="2"| 9 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Showtime |
| style="text-align:center"
| CBS | rowspan="2"| 7 |
| style="text-align:center"
| NBC |
| style="text-align:center"
| Fox | 6 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Amazon | 5 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Sundance TV | 4 |
| style="text-align:center"
| History | 2 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Programs with multiple major nominations |
| Program
! Category ! Network ! No. of |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"
| American Horror Story: Freak Show | Limited | FX | 8 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Game of Thrones | Drama | rowspan="2"|HBO | rowspan="2"|7 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Olive Kitteridge | rowspan="2"|Limited |
| style="text-align:center"
| American Crime | ABC | rowspan="3"|6 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Mad Men | Drama | AMC |
| style="text-align:center"
| Veep | Comedy | rowspan="2"|HBO |
| style="text-align:center"
| Bessie | Movie | rowspan="3"|5 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Transparent | Comedy | Amazon |
| style="text-align:center"
| Wolf Hall | Limited | PBS |
| style="text-align:center"
| Better Call Saul | Drama | AMC | rowspan="5"|4 |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Honorable Woman | Limited | Sundance TV |
| style="text-align:center"
| House of Cards | Drama | Netflix |
| style="text-align:center"
| Inside Amy Schumer | Variety Sketch | Comedy Central |
| style="text-align:center"
| Louie | Comedy | FX |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Colbert Report | rowspan="2"|Variety Talk | rowspan="2"|Comedy Central | rowspan="9"|3 |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
| style="text-align:center"
| Downton Abbey | rowspan="2"|Drama | PBS |
| style="text-align:center"
| Homeland | Showtime |
| style="text-align:center"
| Key & Peele | Variety Sketch | Comedy Central |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Last Man on Earth | rowspan="4"|Comedy | Fox |
| style="text-align:center"
| Modern Family | ABC |
| style="text-align:center"
| Silicon Valley | HBO |
| style="text-align:center"
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | rowspan="2"|Netflix |
| style="text-align:center"
| Bloodline | Drama | rowspan="10"|2 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Episodes | Comedy | Showtime |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Good Wife | Drama | CBS |
| style="text-align:center"
| Houdini | Limited | History |
| style="text-align:center"
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | rowspan="2"|Variety Talk | HBO |
| style="text-align:center"
| Late Show with David Letterman | CBS |
| style="text-align:center"
| Orange Is the New Black | Drama | Netflix |
| style="text-align:center"
| Parks and Recreation | Comedy | rowspan="3"|NBC |
| style="text-align:center"
| Saturday Night Live | Variety Sketch |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Variety Talk |
Most major awards
| class="wikitable" |
| Network
! No. of |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"
| HBO | 14 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Comedy Central | 4 |
| style="text-align:center"
| ABC | rowspan="2"| 2 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Amazon |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Programs with multiple major awards |
| Program
! Category ! Network ! No. of |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"
| Olive Kitteridge | Limited | rowspan="3"|HBO | 6 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Game of Thrones | Drama | rowspan="2"|4 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Veep | Comedy |
| style="text-align:center"
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Variety Talk | Comedy Central | 3 |
| style="text-align:center"
| Transparent | Comedy | Amazon | 2 |
;Notes
{{reflist|group="note"}}
Presenters and performers
The awards were presented by the following:{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/final-presenters-announced-67th-emmys|title= Final Presenters Announced for 67th Emmys|date=September 20, 2015|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=September 23, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Emmys: Viola Davis, Zachary Levi Among Final Group Of Presenters|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/emmys-viola-davis-zachary-levi-presenters-awards-1201534310/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=September 18, 2015}}
=Presenters=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Name(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| {{sortname|Amy|Poehler}} {{sortname|Amy|Schumer}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Anthony|Anderson}} {{sortname|Tracee Ellis|Ross}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Ricky|Gervais}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Gina|Rodriguez}} {{sortname|John|Stamos}} | Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series winner Bradley Whitford and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series winner Joan Cusack |
| {{sortname|Joan|Cusack}} {{sortname|Bradley|Whitford}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Jimmy|Kimmel}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Seth|Meyers}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Keegan-Michael|Key}} {{sortname|Jordan|Peele}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program |
| {{sortname|James|Corden}} | Presenter of the accountants from Ernst & Young |
| {{sortname|Taraji P.|Henson}} {{sortname|Terrence|Howard}} | Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie |
| {{sortname|John|Oliver}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special |
| {{sortname|Maggie|Gyllenhaal}} {{sortname|Liev|Schreiber}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
| {{sortname|Rob|Lowe}} {{sortname|Kerry|Washington}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie |
| {{sortname|Lady|Gaga}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
| {{sortname|Fred|Savage}} | Presenter of a special presentation paying tribute to series ending in the 2014–15 TV season |
| {{sortname|Marcia Gay|Harden}} {{sortname|Lena|Headey}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Limited Series |
| {{sortname|Mindy|Kaling}} {{sortname|Zachary|Levi}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series |
| {{sortname|Jane|Lynch}} {{sortname|Eric|Stonestreet}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series |
| {{sortname|Will|Forte}} {{sortname|Colin|Hanks}} | Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series |
| {{sortname|LL|Cool J}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series |
| {{sortname|Jaimie|Alexander}} {{sortname|Ben|McKenzie}} | Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series winner Reg E. Cathey |
| {{sortname|Reg E.|Cathey}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
| {{sortname|Jamie Lee|Curtis}} {{sortname|Emma|Roberts}} | Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
| {{sortname|Viola|Davis}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| {{sortname|Tina|Fey}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| {{sortname|Adrien|Brody}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
| {{sortname|Mel|Brooks}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series |
| {{sortname|Tracy|Morgan}} | Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series |
= Performers =
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Name(s)
!Performed | |
|---|---|
| Andy Samberg Will Forte | "I Watched Every Show!" |
| Eva Cassidy | "Over the Rainbow" |
''In Memoriam''
The In Memoriam segment featured the song "Over the Rainbow" by Eva Cassidy:{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/video/67th-emmy-awards-memoriam|title=67th Emmy Awards: In Memoriam
|date=September 20, 2015|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=July 15, 2016}}
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
- Mike Nichols
- Polly Bergen
- Jerry Weintraub
- B. B. King
- Wes Craven
- Gary Owens
- Clark Terry
- Anne Meara
- Taylor Negron
- Jack Rollins
- Martin Milner
- Bud Yorkin
- Stuart Scott
- Brandon Stoddard
- Merv Adelson
- Bob Simon
- Patrick Macnee
- Harris Wittels
- Glen A. Larson
- Stan Freberg
- James Best
- Jenna McMahon
- Harve Bennett
- Ed Sabol
- Ann Marcus
- Joan Rivers
- Ernest Kinoy
- Marty Pasetta
- Gilbert Lewis
- Albert Maysles
- Sam Simon
- Jack Carter
- Dick Van Patten
- Ian Fraser
- Jan Hooks
- Elizabeth Peña
- Howard Lipstone
- Frank Gifford
- Judy Carne
- Ray Charles
- Rod Taylor
- Donna Douglas
- Richard Dysart
- Joseph Sargent
- Edward Herrmann
- Jayne Meadows
- Alex Rocco
- Dean Jones
- Leonard Nimoy
{{div col end}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015 Emmys.com list of 2015 Nominees & Winners]
- [http://www.emmys.com Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website]
- {{IMDb event|0000223/2015}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150623040829/http://www.emmys.com/ballots/2015 2015 Emmy Nominating Ballots]
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