It may be Monday in August, but it's time for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. Here's everything you need to know for the big show tonight on NBC.
It may be Monday in August, but it's time for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Here's everything you need to know for the big show tonight on NBC:
The Ballot
The Gold Knight team has compiled the top nominees. Find all of them here in our handy Emmys Ballot. Feel free to download the ballot, print it out and pass out at your workplace or during your party (go here to download the PDF). It's in glorious color.
The Nominees
The television academy announced its nominations on July 10 — for all 103 categories! "Game of Thrones" was the most nominated with 19 nominations. Miniseries "Fargo" and "American Horror Story: Coven" received 18 and 17 nominations, respectively.
Another big winner again this year was Netflix with 31 nominations, topping its 14 nominations and three wins from last year. CBS was the most nominated non-cable broadcaster with 47 nominations, down from last year's 53. HBO received 99 nominations, down from 108 last year.
Carson Daly from NBC’s "Today Show" and "The Voice" and Mindy Kaling from FOX’s "The Mindy Project" announced the nominations, along with Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum.
Find the full list of nominations here.
The Creative Arts Emmys
On Aug. 16, nine days before tonight's telecast airs on NBC, the television academy announced winners in 77 out of 103 categories at its Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which recognizes technical achievements, along with giving out some acting prizes.
A recent tradition, guest acting awards were given out at this ceremony. Jimmy Fallon won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting "Saturday Night Live." Uzo Aduba won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Netflix's "Orange Is The New Black." In the drama categories, Joe Morton and Allison Janney won the Emmys for guest acting in "Scandal" and "Masters of Sex," respectively.
Outstanding Variety Special went to "AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Mel Brooks" on TNT. "The Colbert Report" won the writing Emmy for variety series and the Tony Awards continued its domination of the Special Class Program category — for the fourth year in a row.
Find all of the entire list of winners here.
A Monday in August?
The annual ceremony is typically held on a Sunday in late September as telecast rights are rotated between the big four networks — ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.
The two most recent Primetime Emmy Awards to be held in August were in 2010 and 2006, both broadcast on NBC and held early to avoid the network's "Sunday Night Football" programming.
This year, programming the Emmys for NBC was even trickier since its go-to date — Aug. 24 — was already earmarked for MTV's Video Music Awards (VMAs). Plus, the possibility of a preseason NFL game broadcast pushed NBC and the Television Academy to move the ceremony to Monday for the first time since 1976. (It was 28th Primetime Emmy Awards, staged Monday, May 17, 1976).
The Presenters
Here are all of the presenters to expect tonight:
Late-night hosts:
The Tribute to Robin Williams
Emmys telecast Executive Producer Don Mischer announced Aug. 20 that Billy Crystal will pay tribute to his longtime friend Robin Williams during the In Memoriam segment of the show.
"Billy Crystal will be speaking about the impact the Robin has had on all of us," Mischer said.
Williams is one of the many from the television community who will be honored during the segment, which will also feature a musical performance by Sara Bareilles.
How Emmys are won
The Television Academy shared a fun infographic about how Primetime Emmys are won. Take a look:
View the entire graphic here.
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will air live coast-to-coast on NBC on Monday, Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. Seth Meyers will host. Don Mischer is set to executive produce. The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will take place on Saturday, Aug. 16. Stay tuned to The Gold Knight for full coverage.
Here's everything you need to know for the big show tonight on NBC:
The Ballot
The Gold Knight team has compiled the top nominees. Find all of them here in our handy Emmys Ballot. Feel free to download the ballot, print it out and pass out at your workplace or during your party (go here to download the PDF). It's in glorious color.
The Nominees
The television academy announced its nominations on July 10 — for all 103 categories! "Game of Thrones" was the most nominated with 19 nominations. Miniseries "Fargo" and "American Horror Story: Coven" received 18 and 17 nominations, respectively.
Another big winner again this year was Netflix with 31 nominations, topping its 14 nominations and three wins from last year. CBS was the most nominated non-cable broadcaster with 47 nominations, down from last year's 53. HBO received 99 nominations, down from 108 last year.
Carson Daly from NBC’s "Today Show" and "The Voice" and Mindy Kaling from FOX’s "The Mindy Project" announced the nominations, along with Television Academy Chairman and CEO Bruce Rosenblum.
Find the full list of nominations here.
The Creative Arts Emmys
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| The final 26 categories will be announced Aug. 25 on NBC. |
A recent tradition, guest acting awards were given out at this ceremony. Jimmy Fallon won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting "Saturday Night Live." Uzo Aduba won Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for playing Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Netflix's "Orange Is The New Black." In the drama categories, Joe Morton and Allison Janney won the Emmys for guest acting in "Scandal" and "Masters of Sex," respectively.
Outstanding Variety Special went to "AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Mel Brooks" on TNT. "The Colbert Report" won the writing Emmy for variety series and the Tony Awards continued its domination of the Special Class Program category — for the fourth year in a row.
Find all of the entire list of winners here.
A Monday in August?
The annual ceremony is typically held on a Sunday in late September as telecast rights are rotated between the big four networks — ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.
The two most recent Primetime Emmy Awards to be held in August were in 2010 and 2006, both broadcast on NBC and held early to avoid the network's "Sunday Night Football" programming.
This year, programming the Emmys for NBC was even trickier since its go-to date — Aug. 24 — was already earmarked for MTV's Video Music Awards (VMAs). Plus, the possibility of a preseason NFL game broadcast pushed NBC and the Television Academy to move the ceremony to Monday for the first time since 1976. (It was 28th Primetime Emmy Awards, staged Monday, May 17, 1976).
The Presenters
Here are all of the presenters to expect tonight:
Late-night hosts:
- Stephen Colbert
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Uzo Aduba – "Orange is the New Black" guest actress winner
- Scott Bakula – Upcoming CBS series "NCIS: New Orleans"
- Halle Berry – "Extant"
- Bryan Cranston – Nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series ("Breaking Bad")
- Viola Davis – Upcoming ABC series "How to Get Away with Murder"
- Zooey Deschanel – "New Girl"
- Ricky Gervais – "Derek"
- Chris Hardwick – Host of Comedy Central series "@midnight"
- Lena Headey – "Game of Thrones"
- Katherine Heigl – Upcoming NBC series "State of Affairs"
- Allison Janney – Four-time Emmy winner and two-time nominee this year for her roles on CBS’ "Mom" and Showtime’s "Masters of Sex"
- Mindy Kaling – "The Mindy Project"
- Keegan-Michael Key – Emmy-nominated writer and performer from Comedy Central’s "Key and Peele"
- Adam Levine – "The Voice"
- Lucy Liu – "Elementary"
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Nominated for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (HBO’s "Veep")
- Julianna Margulies – Nominated for Lead Actress in a Drama Series (CBS’ "The Good Wife")
- Matthew McConaughey – Nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series (HBO’s "True Detective")
- Debra Messing – Emmy-winning actress and star of the upcoming NBC series "The Mysteries of Laura"
- Joe Morton – "Scandal" guest actor winner
- John Mulaney – Upcoming FOX series "Mulaney"
- Hayden Panettiere – "Nashville"
- Jim Parsons – Nominated for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (CBS’ "The Big Bang Theory")
- Jordan Peele – Emmy-nominated writer and performer from Comedy Central’s "Key and Peele"
- Amy Poehler – Nominated for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (NBC’s "Parks and Recreation")
- Julia Roberts – Nominated for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (HBO’s "The Normal Heart")
- Andy Samberg – "Brooklyn 99"
- Liev Schreiber – "Ray Donovan"
- Octavia Spencer – Upcoming Fox series "Red Band Society"
- Gwen Stefani – Newest coach, "The Voice"
- Sofia Vergara – "Modern Family"
- Kate Walsh – Upcoming NBC series "Bad Judge"
- Kerry Washington – Nominated for Lead Actress in a Drama Series (ABC’s "Scandal")
- Allison Williams – Star of the HBO series Girls
The Tribute to Robin Williams
Emmys telecast Executive Producer Don Mischer announced Aug. 20 that Billy Crystal will pay tribute to his longtime friend Robin Williams during the In Memoriam segment of the show.
"Billy Crystal will be speaking about the impact the Robin has had on all of us," Mischer said.
Williams is one of the many from the television community who will be honored during the segment, which will also feature a musical performance by Sara Bareilles.
How Emmys are won
The Television Academy shared a fun infographic about how Primetime Emmys are won. Take a look:
View the entire graphic here.
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will air live coast-to-coast on NBC on Monday, Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE. Seth Meyers will host. Don Mischer is set to executive produce. The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will take place on Saturday, Aug. 16. Stay tuned to The Gold Knight for full coverage.
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