The 66th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on August 16, 2014, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. The ceremony is 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 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that it will implement online voting for its members to select the nominees. Winners for this year were voted on via paper ballots; online voting to determine the winners will not be used until 2015.
The nominees were announced on July 10, 2014. The Governor's Award and juried award winners in Animation and Costumes for a Variety Series were announced on July 31, 2014. Six Interactive Media juried awards were announced on August 13, 2014.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
Governor's Award Marion Dougherty (posthumous)
Programs + Shark Tank (ABC) Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) MythBusters (Discovery Channel) Undercover Boss (CBS) Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC) Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel) Alaska: The Last Frontier (Discovery Channel) Flipping Out (Bravo) Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo) Wahlburgers (A&E) Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan (BBC America) AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks (TNT) The Beatles: The Night That Changed America (CBS) Best of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Primetime Special (NBC) Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays (HBO) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles (HBO) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN) Vice (HBO) Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) Through the Wormhole (Science) The Writers' Room (SundanceTV) American Masters (PBS) Years of Living Dangerously (Showtime) Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Fox / Nat Geo) Pioneers of Television (PBS) The World Wars (History) American Experience (Episode: "JFK") (PBS) Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert (HBO) Running from Crazy (OWN) The Sixties: The Assassination of President Kennedy (CNN) The Square (Netflix) Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (HBO) Bob's Burgers (Episode: "Mazel-Tina") (Fox) Archer (Episode: "Archer Vice: The Rules of Extraction") (FX) Futurama (Episode: "Meanwhile") (Comedy Central) South Park (Episode: "Black Friday") (Comedy Central) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Episode: "The Manhattan Project") (Nickelodeon) Mickey Mouse (Episode: "O Sole Minnie") (Disney Channel) Adventure Time (Episode: "Be More") (Cartoon Network) Phineas and Ferb (Episode: "Thanks But No Thanks") (Disney Channel) Regular Show (Episode: "The Last Laserdisc Player") (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken (Episode: "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special") (Cartoon Network) One Last Hug: Three Days at Grief Camp (HBO) Degrassi (Nickelodeon) Dog with a Blog (Disney Channel) Good Luck Charlie (Disney Channel) Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Family Secrets: When Violence Hits Home (Nickelodeon) Wynton Marsalis – A YoungArts Masterclass (HBO) 67th Tony Awards (CBS) 71st Golden Globe Awards (NBC) 86th Academy Awards (ABC) 2014 Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC) The Sound of Music Live! (NBC) Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (funnyordie.com) Childrens Hospital (Cartoon Network) Parks and Rec in Europe (nbc.com) The Soup: True Detective (E!) Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show starring Bruno Mars (Fox) 30 for 30 Shorts (ESPN) Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle) Cosmos: A National Geographic Deeper Dive (nationalgeographic.com) I Was There: Boston Marathon Bombings (History.com) Jay Leno's Garage (jaylenosgarage.com) Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (AOL) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience (NBC) @midnight (Comedy Central) Game of Thrones: Premiere – Facebook Live and Instagram (HBO) The Voice (NBC)
Acting + Jimmy Fallon as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jimmy Fallon") (NBC) Steve Buscemi as Marty on Portlandia (Episode: "Celery") (IFC) Louis C.K. as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Louis C.K.") (NBC) Gary Cole as Kent Davison on Veep (Episode: "Crate") (HBO) Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman on Modern Family (Episode: "The Wedding, Part 2") (ABC) Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries / Professor Proton on The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Proton Transmogrification") (CBS) Uzo Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied") (Netflix) Laverne Cox as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "Lesbian Request Denied") (Netflix) Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson on Shameless (Episode: "Liver, I Hardly Know Her") (Showtime) Tina Fey as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey") (NBC) Natasha Lyonne as Nicole "Nicky" Nichols on Orange Is the New Black (Episode: "WAC Pack") (Netflix) Melissa McCarthy as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Melissa McCarthy") (NBC) Joe Morton as Rowan Pope on Scandal (Episode: "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner") (ABC) Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney on The Good Wife (Episode: "Tying the Knot") (CBS) Beau Bridges as Barton Scully on Masters of Sex (Episode: "Manhigh") (Showtime) Reg E. Cathey as Freddy Hayes on House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 22") (Netflix) Paul Giamatti as Harold Levinson on Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight") (PBS) Robert Morse as Bert Cooper on Mad Men (Episode: "Waterloo") (AMC) Allison Janney as Margaret Scully on Masters of Sex (Episode: "Brave New World") (Showtime) Kate Burton as Vice President Sally Langston on Scandal (Episode: "A Door Marked Exit") (ABC) Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing on The Newsroom (Episode: "Red Team III") (HBO) Kate Mara as Zoe Barnes on House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 14") (Netflix) Margo Martindale as Claudia on The Americans (Episode: "Behind the Red Door") (FX) Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose") (HBO) Harry Shearer as Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns, and Smithers on The Simpsons (Episode: "Four Regrettings and a Funeral") (Fox) Chris Diamantopoulos as Mickey Mouse on Mickey Mouse (Episode: "The Adorable Couple") (Disney Channel) Stephen Full as Stan on Dog with a Blog (Episode: "My Parents Posted What?!") (Disney Channel) Seth Green as Various Characters on Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise (Cartoon Network) Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire on Family Guy (Episode: "Into Harmony's Way") (Fox) Maurice LaMarche as Calculon and Morbo on Futurama (Episode: "Calculon 2.0") (Comedy Central) Jeremy Irons on Game of Lions (Nat Geo) Daniel Craig on One Life (Nat Geo) Whoopi Goldberg on Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (HBO) Jane Lynch on Penguins: Waddle All The Way (Discovery Channel) Henry Strozier on Too Cute! (Animal Planet)
Animation + Adventure Time – Nick Jennings (Episode: "Wizards Only, Fools") (Cartoon Network) ''Gravity Falls – Ian Worrel (Episode: "Dreamscaperers") (Disney Channel) Long Live the Royals – Sean Szeles (CartoonNetwork.com) Mickey Mouse – Narina Sokolova (Episode: "‘O Sole Minnie") (Disney Channel) Mickey Mouse – Valerio Ventura (Episode: "The Adorable Couple") (Disney Channel) The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed – Jasmin Lai (Cartoon Network) Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise – Cameron Baity (Adult Swim) The Simpsons – Dmitry Malanitchev (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIV") (Fox) The Simpsons – Charles Ragins (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIV") (Fox) Uncle Grandpa'' – Nick Edwards (Episode: "Afraid of the Dark") (Cartoon Network)
Art Direction + House of Lies (Episodes: "Wreckage"; "Middlegame"; "Zhang") (Showtime) The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The Hofstadter Insufficiency"; "The Locomotive Manipulation"; "The Proton Transmogrification") (CBS) Modern Family (Episode: "Las Vegas") (ABC) Silicon Valley (Episodes: "Articles of Incorporation"; "Signaling Risk"; "Optimal Tip-to-Tip Efficiency") (HBO) Veep (Episodes: "Clovis"; "Detroit"; "Special Relationship") (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episodes: "The Laws of Gods and Men"; "The Mountain and the Viper") (HBO) House of Cards (Episodes: "Chapter 18"; "Chapter 24") (Netflix) Justified (Episode: "The Toll") (FX) True Blood (Episodes: "At Last"; "Fuck the Pain Away"; "In the Evening") (HBO) True Detective (Episodes: "Form and Void"; "The Locked Room"; "Seeing Things") (HBO) Boardwalk Empire (Episodes: "Erlkönig"; "The Old Ship of Zion"; "Farewell Daddy Blues") (HBO) American Horror Story: Coven (FX) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Eight") (PBS) Mad Men (Episode: "Time Zones") (AMC) Masters of Sex (Episode: "Pilot") (Showtime) 86th Academy Awards (ABC) 2014 Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony (NBC) Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (Episodes: "Hiding in the Light"; "The Lost Worlds of Planet Earth"; "Unafraid of the Dark") (Fox / Nat Geo) Portlandia (Episodes: "Celery"; "Sharing Finances"; "3D Printer") (IFC) The Voice (Episodes: "Episode 601"; "Episode 516A"; "Episode 607") (NBC)
Casting + Orange Is the New Black - Jennifer Euston (Netflix) Louie - Gayle Keller (FX) Modern Family - Jeff Greenberg (ABC) Nurse Jackie - Julie Tucker and Ross Meyerson (Showtime) Veep - Allison Jones, Pat Moran, and Meredith Tucker (HBO) True Detective - Alexa L. Fogel, Christine Kromer and Meagan Lewis (HBO) Breaking Bad - Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas and Kiira Arai (AMC) Game of Thrones - Nina Gold and Robert Sterne(HBO) The Good Wife - Mark Saks (CBS) House of Cards - Laray Mayfield and Julie Schubert (Netflix) Fargo - Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind, and Stephanie Gorin (FX) American Horror Story: Coven - Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, and Meagan Lewis (FX) The Normal Heart - Amanda Mackey and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond (HBO) Sherlock ("His Last Vow") --Julia Duff and Kate Rhodes James (PBS) Treme - Alexa L. Fogel and Meagan Lewis (HBO)
Choreography + Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Routines: Puttin' on the Ritz / Gold Rush / Run the World") (Fox) Derek Hough for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Human / Ameksa / Too Darn Hot") (ABC) Mandy Moore for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Edge of Glory / Feelin' Good / I Can't Make You Love Me") (Fox) Christopher Scott for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Trigger / Sand / The Gravel Road") (Fox) Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Hanging by a Thread / Wicked Game / Medicine") (Fox)
Cinematography + How I Met Your Mother – Christian La Fountaine (Episode: "Daisy") (CBS) 2 Broke Girls – Christian La Fountaine (Episode: "And the Near Death Experience") (CBS) The Exes – George Mooradian (Episode: "When Haskell Met Sammy") (TV Land) Last Man Standing – Donald A. Morgan (Episode: "Eve's Boyfriend") (ABC) Mike & Molly – Gary Baum (Episode: "Weekend at Peggy's") (CBS) True Detective – Adam Arkapaw (Episode: "Who Goes There") (HBO) Breaking Bad – Michael Slovis (Episode: "Granite State") (AMC) Game of Thrones – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Two Swords") (HBO) Game of Thrones – Anette Haellmigk (Episode: "The Lion and the Rose") (HBO) Homeland – David Klein (Episode: "The Star") (Showtime) House of Cards – Igor Martinovic (Episode: "Chapter 18") (Netflix) Sherlock ("His Last Vow") – Neville Kidd (PBS) Fargo – Dana Gonzales (Episode: "Buridan's Ass") (FX) Fargo – Matt Lloyd (Episode: "The Crocodile's Dilemma") (FX) Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond – Ed Wild (BBC America) Killing Kennedy – Stephen St. John (Nat Geo) The Normal Heart – Danny Moder (HBO) The Square (Netflix) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Morgan Fallon (CNN) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown – Todd Liebler and Zach Zamboni (CNN) Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Bill Pope (Fox / Nat Geo)