TV News: HBO Emmy® Wins at 65th Annual Primetime Emmys®

If you were like us and millions of others last night, you were glued to your television, eagerly anticipating who would win an Emmy®. Below are the wins for HBO®. And who didn’t laugh at that quirky, slightly awkward comment Emmy® winner Michael Douglas said to his co-star Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra) – You really deserve half of this (Emmy® trophy). So, do you want the bottom or the top?”

In a press release:

HBO RECEIVES 27 PRIMETIME EMMY^® AWARDS,

THE MOST OF ANY NETWORK THIS YEAR;

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA LEADS ALL PROGRAMMING WITH 11 EMMYS^®

            LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2013 – HBO received 27 Primetime Emmy^® Awards, the most of any network for the 12th year in a row, in the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy^® Awards competition. “Behind the Candelabra” received 11 awards, the most of any program, while “Boardwalk Empire” received 5 awards, the second-most of any program.

HBO’s Emmy^® wins this year include:

*           11 Emmys^® for “Behind the Candelabra,” including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Michael Douglas); Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Steven Soderbergh); Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie; Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie; and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie.

*           5 Emmys^® for “Boardwalk Empire,” including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Bobby Cannavale); Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour); and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.

*           3 Emmys^®for “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” including Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking; Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming; and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming (Alex Gibney).

*           2 Emmys^® for “Game of Thrones,” including Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic); and Outstanding Special Visual Effects.

*           2 Emmys^® for “Veep,” including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Julia Louis-Dreyfus); and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Tony Hale).

*           1 Emmy^®for “An Apology to Elephants”: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance (Lily Tomlin).

*           1 Emmy^®for “Louis C.K.: Oh My God”: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special (Louis C.K.).

*           1 Emmy^®for “Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden”: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.

*           1 Emmy^®for “The Newsroom”: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Jeff Daniels).

The CINEMAX series “Banshee” also received an Emmy^®, for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role.