The 65th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15, 2013, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming, including guest acting roles. The ceremony was highlighted by eight Emmy wins for the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, as well as Bob Newhart's win for a guest appearance on The Big Bang Theory, his first Emmy win in a TV career spanning six decades."Bob Newhart Finally Gets His Emmy Award," from AP/TVNewsCheck, September 16, 2013 The ceremony was taped to air on Saturday, September 21, 2013, on FXX, one night before the live 65th Primetime Emmy Awards telecast on CBS.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Governor's Award June ForayJune Foray to be Honored with Governors Award
Programs + Undercover Boss (CBS) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Shark Tank (ABC) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (Syndicated) Louis C.K.: Oh My God (HBO) Mel Brooks Strikes Back: With Mel Brooks and Alan Yentob (HBO) Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (Part One) (NBC) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | American Masters (PBS) American Experience (Episode: "The Abolitionists") (PBS) The Men Who Built America (History) Through the Wormhole (Science) Vice (HBO) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden (HBO) All the President's Men Revisited (Discovery Channel) American Experience (Episode: "Death and the Civil War") (PBS) Crossfire Hurricane (HBO) Ethel (HBO) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | South Park (Episode: "Raising the Bar") (Comedy Central) Bob's Burgers (Episode: "O.T.: The Outside Toilet") (Fox) Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (Episode: "Enter the Dragon") (Nickelodeon) Regular Show (Episode: "The Christmas Special") (Cartoon Network) The Simpsons (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIII") (Fox) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Mickey Mouse (Episode: "Croissant de Triomphe") (Disney Channel) Adventure Time (Episode: "Simon & Marcy") (Cartoon Network) Clarence (Cartoon Network) Regular Show (Episode: "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese") (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken (Episode: "Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special") (Cartoon Network) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Forgotten But Not Gone: Kids, HIV & AIDS (Nickelodeon) Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel) iCarly (Nickelodeon) The Weight of the Nation for Kids: Quiz Ed! (HBO) A YoungArts Masterclass (HBO) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) Brain Games (Nat Geo) Oprah's Master Class (OWN) Stand Up to Cancer (Syndicated) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | 66th Tony Awards (CBS) 70th Golden Globe Awards (NBC) 85th Academy Awards (ABC) 2012 Summer Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC) Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center) (PBS) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Childrens Hospital (Cartoon Network) 30 Rock: The Webisodes (nbc.com) Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (Funny or Die) Burning Love (yahoo.com) The Daily Show Correspondents Explain (thedailyshow.com) Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show starring Beyoncé (CBS) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Remembering 9/11 (history.com) 30 Rock: The Final Season (nbc.com) Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle) Jay Leno's Garage (jaylenosgarage.com) The Office: The Farewells (nbc.com) Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen (bravotv.com) | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs (comedycentral.com) Bravo's Top Chef Interactive Experience (bravotv.com) Game of Thrones: Season Three Enhanced Digital Experience (hbo.com) The Homeland SHO Sync Experience (sho.com) Killing Lincoln (natgeotv.com) The Team Coco Sync Multi-Screen Experience (teamcoco.com) The Walking Dead Story Sync (amctv.com) |- | style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" colspan="2" | Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (HBO)
Acting + Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries / Professor Proton on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Proton Resurgence") (CBS) Louis C.K. as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Louis C.K.") (NBC) Bobby Cannavale as Dr. Mike Cruz on Nurse Jackie (Episode: "Walk of Shame") (Showtime) Will Forte as Paul L'Astnamé on 30 Rock (Episode: "My Whole Life Is Thunder") (NBC) Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman on Modern Family (Episode: "A Slight at the Opera") (ABC) Justin Timberlake as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake") (NBC) Melissa Leo as Laurie on Louie (Episode: "Telling Jokes/Set Up") (FX) Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste on Glee (Episode: "Shooting Star") (Fox) Melissa McCarthy as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Melissa McCarthy") (NBC) Molly Shannon as Eileen Foliente on Enlightened (Episode: "The Ghost Is Seen") (HBO) Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy on 30 Rock (Episode: "My Whole Life Is Thunder") (NBC) Kristen Wiig as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Kristen Wiig") (NBC) Dan Bucatinsky as James Novack on Scandal (Episode: "Nobody Likes Babies") (ABC) Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning on The Good Wife (Episode: "Boom De Ya Da") (CBS) Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn on Homeland (Episode: "Q&A") (Showtime) Harry Hamlin as Jim Cutler on Mad Men (Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities") (AMC) Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden on The Good Wife (Episode: "I Fought the Law") (CBS) Robert Morse as Bert Cooper on Mad Men (Episode: "For Immediate Release") (AMC) Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni on The Good Wife (Episode: "Je Nai Says What?") (CBS) Linda Cardellini as Sylvia Rosen on Mad Men (Episode: "Man With a Plan") (AMC) Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson on Shameless (Episode: "A Long Way From Home") (Showtime) Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing on The Newsroom (Episode: "The 112th Congress") (HBO) Margo Martindale as Claudia on The Americans (Episode: "The Colonel") (FX) Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones (Episode: "And Now His Watch Is Ended") (HBO) Lily Tomlin as Narrator on An Apology to Elephants (HBO) Bob Bergen as Porky Pig on The Looney Tunes Show (Episode: "We're in Big Truffle") (Cartoon Network) Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin and Tricia Takanawa on Family Guy (Episode: "Lois Comes Out of Her Shell") (Fox) Sam Elliott as Narrator on Robot Chicken (Episode: "Hurled from a Helicopter into a Speeding Train") (Adult Swim) Seth Green as Various Characters on Robot Chicken DC Comics Special (Adult Swim) Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, and Brian Griffin on Family Guy (Episode: "Brian's Play") (Fox)
Art Direction + Masterchef (Episode: "Episode 3-20") (Fox) 2 Broke Girls (Episodes: "And the Bear Truth"; "And Not So Sweet Charity"; "And the Silent Partner") (CBS) The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The Date Night Variable"; "The Bakersfield Expedition"; "The Love Spell Potential") (CBS) How I Met Your Mother (Episodes: "Farhampton"; "P.S. I Love You"; "The Final Page: Part Two") (CBS) Two and a Half Men (Episodes: "Avoid the Chinese Mustard"; "Grab a Feather and Get in Line"; "My Bodacious Vidalia") (CBS) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Sunday Best", "Two Impostors" and Margate Sands") (HBO) The Borgias (Episode: "Siblings") (Showtime) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Seven") (PBS) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Valar Dohaeris") (HBO) True Blood (Episode: 'Whatever I Am, You Made Me") (HBO) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) Phil Spector (HBO) Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (NGC) 2012 Summer Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC) Saturday Night Live (Episodes: "Host: Justin Timberlake", "Host: Martin Short" and "Host: Ben Affleck) (NBC) 85th Academy Awards (ABC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1608A") (ABC) The Voice (Episodes: "Battle Rounds (Part 1)"; "The Live Shows"; "Semi-Finals, The Blind Auditions: Part 1") (NBC)
Casting + 30 Rock - Jennifer McNamara-Shroff, Katja Blichfeld, and Jessica Daniels (NBC) Girls - Jennifer Euston (HBO) Modern Family - Jeff Greenberg(ABC) Nurse Jackie - Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson (Showtime) Veep - Allison Jones, Pat Moran, and Meredith Tucker (HBO) House of Cards - Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert (Netflix) Downton Abbey - Jill Trevellick (PBS) Game of Thrones - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (HBO) The Good Wife - Mark Saks (CBS) Homeland - Judy Henderson, Craig Fincannon and Lisa Mae Fincannon (Showtime) Behind the Candelabra - Carmen Cuba (HBO) American Horror Story: Asylum - Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson (FX) The Hour - Jill Trevellick (BBC America) Political Animals - David Rubin and Diane Heery (USA) Top of the Lake - Kirsty McGregor and Tina Cleary (Sundance Channel)
Cinematography + How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "The Final Page: Part Two") (CBS) 2 Broke Girls (Episode: "And the Psychic Shakedown") (CBS) The Exes (Episode: "Pirates of the Care of Eden") (TV Land) Mike & Molly (Episode: "Molly's Birthday") (CBS) Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Grab a Feather and Get in Line") (CBS) House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 1") (Netflix) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Margate Sands") (HBO) Breaking Bad (Episode: "Gliding Over All") (AMC) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mhysa") (HBO) Homeland (Episode: "Beirut Is Back") (Showtime) Mad Men (Episode: "The Doorway") (AMC) Top of the Lake (Episode: "Part 1") (Sundance Channel) American Horror Story: Asylum (Episode: "I Am Anne Frank: Part 2") (FX) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) The Girl (HBO) Parade's End (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Myanmar") (CNN) Ethel (HBO) Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden (HBO) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (HBO) The Men Who Built America (Episode: "A New War Begins") (History) Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Mutiny on the Bering Sea") (Discovery Channel) The Amazing Race (Episode: "Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow") (CBS) Project Runway (Episode: "A Times Square Anniversary Party") (Lifetime) Survivor (Episode: "Create a Little Chaos") (CBS) Top Chef (Episode: "Glacial Gourmand") (Bravo)
Commercial + "Inspired" (Canon) "The Chase" (Grey Poupon) "Jess Time" (Google Chrome) "Jogger" (Nike)
Costuming + The Borgias (Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot") (Showtime) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Resolution") (HBO) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Four") (PBS) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Walk of Punishment") (HBO) Once Upon a Time (Episode: "Queen of Hearts") (ABC) Behind the Candelabra (HBO) American Horror Story: Asylum (Episode: "Madness Ends") (FX) The Girl (HBO) Killing Lincoln (Nat Geo) Parade's End (Episode: "Part Three") (HBO) Phil Spector (HBO)
Directing + Robert Trachtenberg for American Masters (Episode: "Mel Brooks: Make a Noise") (PBS) Alex Gibney for Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (HBO) Rory Kennedy for Ethel (HBO) Michael Simon for Survivor (Episode: "Live Finale and Reunion (Philippines)") (CBS) Glenn Weiss for Survivor (Episode: "Live Finale and Reunion (Caramoan: Fans vs. Favorites)") (CBS) Louis J. Horvitz for The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Louis C.K. for Louis C.K.: Oh My God (HBO) Michael Dempsy for 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (Syndicated) Bucky Gunts and Hamish Hamilton for 2012 Summer Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC) Don Mischer for 85th Academy Awards (ABC)
Hairstyling +