67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The 67th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The event was broadcast in the U.S. by FXX on September 19, 2015.[1] The ceremony was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of creative, technical, visual, and other similar achievements in American television programming, including voice-over and guest acting roles.[2]
For the first time, online voting was used to determine the winners. Online voting was also used to determine the nominees, which were announced on July 16, 2015.[3] Juried award winners for animation, costumes for a variety series, motion design, and interactive awards were announced on September 10, 2015.[4][5][6]
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Governor's Award
Programs
Acting
Animation
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (Juried) [4] |
- Adventure Time – Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Walnuts & Rain") (Cartoon Network)
- Gravity Falls – Alonso Ramirez Ramos (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Not What He Seems") (Disney XD)
- King Star King – JJ Villard (character design) (Episode: "Fat Frank's Fantasy Lounge") (Adult Swim)
- Over the Garden Wall – Nick Cross (production design) (Cartoon Network)
- Robot Chicken – Bradley Schaffer (character animation) (Episode: "Robot Chicken's Bitch Pudding Special") (Adult Swim)
- Tome of the Unknown – Nick Cross (background painter) (CartoonNetwork.com)
- Tome of the Unknown – Chris Tsirgiotis (background layout designer) (CartoonNetwork.com)
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Casting
Choreography
Cinematography
Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series |
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series |
- Mike & Molly – Gary Baum (Episode: "Checkpoint Joyce") (CBS)
- 2 Broke Girls – Christian La Fountaine (Episode: "And the Old Bike Yarn") (CBS)
- The Big Bang Theory – Steven V. Silver (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS)
- The Millers – Gary Baum (Episode: "Con-Troversy") (CBS)
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- Boardwalk Empire – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO)
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Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie |
Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming |
- Bessie – Jeffrey Jur (HBO)
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- Virunga – Franklin Dow (Netflix)
- Citizenfour – Laura Poitras (HBO)
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Sam Painter (HBO)
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Marc Smerling (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
- Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – James Whitaker (HBO)
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Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming |
- Deadliest Catch (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel)
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Commercial
Costumes
Directing
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming |
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special |
- Alex Gibney for Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
- Dave Grohl for Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Washington D.C.") (HBO)
- Andrew Jarecki for The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
- Brett Morgen for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
- Laura Poitras for Citizenfour (HBO)
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- Don Roy King for The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
- Hamish Hamilton for 87th Academy Awards (ABC)
- Louis J. Horvitz for The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
- Natalie Johns for Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert (PBS)
- Glenn Weiss for 68th Tony Awards (CBS)
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Hairstyling
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series |
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special |
- Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Six") (PBS)
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- Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Martin Freeman") (NBC)
- Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1907") (ABC)
- Key & Peele (Episode: "Aerobics Meltdown") (Comedy Central)
- So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1115") (Fox)
- The Voice (Episode: "Episode 818B") (NBC)
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Outstanding Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie |
- American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
- Bessie (HBO)
- Grace of Monaco (Lifetime)
- Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)
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Hosting
Interactive Media
Outstanding Multiplatform Storytelling (Juried)[4] |
Outstanding Original Interactive Program (Juried)[4] |
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Outstanding Social TV Experience (Juried)[4] |
Outstanding User Experience and Visual Design (Juried)[4] |
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
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Lighting Design / Direction
Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series |
Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special |
- The Voice (Episode: "Episode 818A") (NBC)
- American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
- Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1911A") (ABC)
- Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4190") (CBS)
- Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Amy Adams") (NBC)
- So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
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- Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry (NBC)
- 57th Grammy Awards (CBS)
- 87th Academy Awards (ABC)
- Dancing with the Stars: 10th Anniversary Special (ABC)
- The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
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Main Title Design
Make-up
Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) |
Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) |
- Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy") (HBO)
- Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "What Jesus Said") (HBO)
- The Knick (Episode: "Method and Madness") (Cinemax)
- Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC)
- Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "Faith and Despondency") (FX)
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- The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
- Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "1907") (ABC)
- Key & Peele (Episode: "Episode 406") (Comedy Central)
- RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "ShakesQueer") (Logo)
- So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1108") (Fox)
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Outstanding Make-up for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) |
Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
- American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
- Bessie (HBO)
- Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
- Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
- The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)
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- American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
- Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "The Good Listener") (HBO)
- Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO)
- The Knick (Episode: "Crutchfield") (Cinemax)
- Penny Dreadful (Episode: "Grand Guignol") (Showtime)
- The Walking Dead (Episode: "Strangers") (AMC)
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Motion Design
Outstanding Motion Design (Juried)[4] |
- How We Got to Now – Luke Best, Miles Presland Donovan, Peter Mellor, and Chris Sayer (PBS)
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Music
Picture Editing
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series |
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series |
- Game of Thrones – Katie Weiland (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO)
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- Silicon Valley – Brian Merken (Episode: "Two Days of the Condor") (HBO)
- Inside Amy Schumer – Jesse Gordon, Nick Paley, Billy Song, and Laura Weinberg (Episode: "Last Fuckable Day") (Comedy Central)
- The Last Man on Earth – Stacey Schroeder (Episode: "Alive in Tucson") (Fox)
- Silicon Valley – Tim Roche (Episode: "Sand Hill Shuffle") (HBO)
- Transparent – Catherine Haight (Episode: "Pilot") (Amazon)
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Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie |
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series |
- Olive Kitteridge – Jeffrey M. Werner (Episode: "Security") (HBO)
- 24: Live Another Day – Scott Powell (Episode: "10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.") (Fox)
- American Crime – Luyen Vu (Episode: "Episode One") (ABC)
- Houdini – David Beatty and Sabrina Plisco (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
- Wolf Hall – David Blackmore (Episode: "Entirely Beloved") (PBS)
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- The Big Bang Theory – Peter Chakos (Episode: "The Comic Book Store Regeneration") (CBS)
- 2 Broke Girls – Darryl Bates and Ben Bosse (Episode: "And the Move-In Meltdown") (CBS)
- Hot in Cleveland – Ronald A. Volk (Episode: "I Hate Goodbyes") (TV Land)
- Mike & Molly – Stephen Prime (Episode: "Fight to the Finish") (CBS)
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Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming |
Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming |
- The Colbert Report – Jason Baker (Segment: "Farewell Colbert") (Comedy Central)
- Conan – Robert James Ashe, Dave Grecu, and Christopher P. Heller (Segment: "Conan in Cuba") (TBS)
- Key & Peele – Phil Davis, Christian Hoffman, and Rich LaBrie (Segment: "Scariest Movie Ever") (Comedy Central)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Ryan Barger (Segment: "N.S.A. Edward Snowden") (HBO)
- Late Show with David Letterman – Andrew Evangelista and Mark Spada (Segment: "Finale Montage") (CBS)
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- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Caitlyn Green, Richard Hankin, Shelby Siegel, and Zac Stuart-Pontier (Episode: "Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay") (HBO)
- The Case Against 8 – Kate Amend (HBO)
- Citizenfour – Mathilde Bonnefoy (HBO)
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Andy Grieve (HBO)
- Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen (HBO)
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Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming |
- Deadliest Catch – Alex Durham, Josh Earl, and Alexander Rubinow (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel)
- The Amazing Race – Andy Castor, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Ryan Leamy, Jennifer Nelson, Paul C. Nielsen, and Jacob Parsons (Episode: "Morocc' and Roll") (CBS)
- Project Runway – Andrea Bailey, Jim Bedford, Julie Cohen, Ed Greene, and Jensen Rufe (Episode: "Finale", Part 2) (Lifetime)
- Project Runway – Mary DeChambres and Carlos David Rivera (Episode: "Something Wicked This Way Comes") (Lifetime)
- Shark Tank – David R. Finkelstein, Terri Maloney, Ed Martinez, Matt McCartie, Matt Stevenson, Andrew Oliver, Nick Staller, and Joel Watson (Episode: "Episode 608") (ABC)
- Survivor – David Armstrong, Tim Atzinger, Bill Bowden, Frederick Hawthorne, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi, and Plowden Schumacher (Episode: "Survivor Warfare (Worlds Apart)") (CBS)
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Production Design
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) |
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) |
- Game of Thrones (Episodes: "High Sparrow"; "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"; "Hardhome") (HBO)
- Constantine (Episodes: "The Darkness Beneath"; "Feast of Friends"; "The Saint of Last Resorts", Part 1) (NBC)
- Gotham (Episode: "Pilot") (Fox)
- House of Cards (Episodes: "Chapter 29"; "Chapter 36") (Netflix)
- True Blood (Episodes: "Jesus Gonna Be Here"; "I Found You"; "Fire in the Hole") (HBO)
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- Boardwalk Empire (Episodes: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"; "Friendless Child"; "Eldorado") (HBO)
- The Knick (Episodes: "Method and Madness"; "Mr. Paris Shoes"; "Get the Rope") (Cinemax)
- Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS)
- Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC)
- Masters of Sex (Episodes: "Blackbird"; "Below the Belt"; "One for the Money, Two for the Show") (Showtime)
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Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) |
Outstanding Production Design for Variety, Nonfiction, Reality, or Reality-Competition Programming |
- Silicon Valley (Episodes: "Sand Hill Shuffle"; "Homicide"; "Adult Content") (HBO)
- 2 Broke Girls (Episodes: "And the Zero Tolerance"; "And the Fun Factory"; "And a Loan for Christmas") (CBS)
- The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The First Pitch Insufficiency"; "The Clean Room Infilltration"; "The Skywalker Incursion") (CBS)
- Hot in Cleveland (Episodes: "Vegas, Baby"; "I Hate Goodbyes"; "All About Elka") (TV Land)
- Transparent (Episode: "The Letting Go") (Amazon)
- Veep (Episodes: "Joint Session"; "Tehran"; "Convention") (HBO)
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- Portlandia (Episodes: "Dead Pets"; "Call Me Al"; "Fashion") (IFC)
- 57th Grammy Awards (CBS)
- 87th Academy Awards (ABC)
- Peter Pan Live! (NBC)
- The Voice (Episodes: "Episode 701"; "Episode 806"; "Episode 815A") (NBC)
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Sound
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series |
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
- Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO)
- Black Sails (Episode: "XVIII.") (Starz)
- Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "The Good Listener") (HBO)
- Gotham (Episode: "All Happy Families are Alike") (Fox)
- Marvel's Daredevil (Episode: "Speak of the Devil") (Netflix)
- The Walking Dead (Episode: "Conquer") (AMC)
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- Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
- 24: Live Another Day (Episode: "7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.") (Fox)
- American Crime (Episode: "Episode One") (ABC)
- American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Curtain Call") (FX)
- Texas Rising (Episode: "Vengeance is Mine") (History)
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Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) |
- Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Seattle") (HBO)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Madagascar") (CNN)
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
- Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
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- Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO)
- Better Call Saul (Episode: "Marco") (AMC)
- Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS)
- Homeland (Episode: "Redux") (Showtime)
- House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 27") (Netflix)
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Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation |
- Bessie (HBO)
- American Crime (Episode: "Episode Eleven") (ABC)
- American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Magical Thinking") (FX)
- Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
- Texas Rising (Episode: "Vengeance is Mine") (History)
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- Modern Family (Episode: "Connection Lost") (ABC)
- Parks and Recreation (Episode: "One Last Ride") (NBC)
- Silicon Valley (Episode: "Server Space") (HBO)
- The Simpsons (Episode: "Simpsorama") (Fox)
- Veep (Episode: "Mommy Meyer") (HBO)
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Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming |
- The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
- 57th Grammy Awards (CBS)
- 87th Academy Awards (ABC)
- Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4214") (CBS)
- The Voice (Episode: "Finale Results") (NBC)
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- Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Seattle") (HBO)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Jamaica") (CNN)
- Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Lost at Sea") (Discovery Channel)
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
- The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
- Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
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Special Visual Effects
Stunt Coordination
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program |
Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie |
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- Game of Thrones (HBO)
- The Blacklist (NBC)
- Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
- Sons of Anarchy (FX)
- The Walking Dead (AMC)
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Technical Direction
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series |
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
- Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Taraji P. Henson") (NBC)
- The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS)
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Episode: "Show 20015") (Comedy Central)
- Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 2009") (ABC)
- Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4214") (CBS)
- The Voice (Episode: "Episode 718B") (NBC)
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- 87th Academy Awards (ABC)
- 68th Tony Awards (CBS)
- The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
- Peter Pan Live! (NBC)
- The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
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Writing
Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special |
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
- American Experience (Episode: "Last Days in Vietnam") (PBS)
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Iran") (CNN)
- Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
- The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Episode: "Episode 5: The Rising Road (1933–1939)") (PBS)
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- Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, Written by Louis C.K. (LouisCK.net)
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Wins by network
Network | Program | Individual | Total |
HBO | 6 | 23 | 29 |
NBC | 2 | 9 | 11 |
FX | 2 | 6 | 8 |
ABC | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Cartoon Network | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Comedy Central | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Fox | 1 | 3 | 4 |
PBS | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Amazon | 0 | 3 | 3 |
CBS | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Discovery Channel | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Netflix | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Adult Swim | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Cartoon Network | 0 | 2 | 2 |
americanexpress.com/unstagedapp | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bravo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cinemax | 0 | 1 | 1 |
CNN | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Disney XD | 0 | 1 | 1 |
funnyordie.com | 1 | 0 | 1 |
History | 0 | 1 | 1 |
IFC | 0 | 1 | 1 |
LouisCK.net | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pemberley Digital | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Showtime | 0 | 1 | 1 |
WGN America | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Youtube | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Programs with multiple awards
Program | Awards |
Game of Thrones | 8 |
American Horror Story: Freak Show | 5 |
Bessie | 4 |
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | 4 |
Deadliest Catch | 3 |
Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief | 3 |
Transparent | 3 |
Adventure Time | 2 |
Boardwalk Empire | 2 |
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways | 2 |
House of Cards | 2 |
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | 2 |
Olive Kitteridge | 2 |
Over the Garden Wall | 2 |
Saturday Night Live | 2 |
Silicon Valley | 2 |
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry | 2 |
Tome of the Unknown | 2 |
References
- ↑ "Creative Arts Emmys Show". Television Academy. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Emmy Nominees: 'Game of Thrones' And 'Mad Men' Lead The Chase". Inquisitr. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Emmys to Introduce Online Voting in 2014". Television Academy. November 14, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Friedlander, Whitney (September 10, 2015). "Taylor Swift, Jimmy Fallon Among Juried Emmy Award Winners". Variety. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Emmy Award nominations" (PDF). Television Academy. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Television Academy. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ↑ "A+E Networks To Receive Television Academy's 2015 Governors Award". Deadline. September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
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