| 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Date |
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| Location | Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Hosted by | Andy Samberg |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards |
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| Most nominations | American Horror Story: Freak Show (8) |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Veep |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Game of Thrones |
| Outstanding Limited Series | Olive Kitteridge |
| Outstanding Competition Program | The Voice |
| Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
| Website | http://www.emmys.com/  |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fox[1] |
| Produced by | Don Mischer |
| Directed by | Louis J. Horvitz |
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in US prime time television programming from June 1, 2014, until May 31, 2015, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was broadcast in the U.S. by Fox.[1] Andy Samberg hosted the show for the first time.[2] The nominations were announced on July 16, 2015.[3][4]
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12 and was broadcast by FXX on September 19.[5]
The Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards ceremony was held on October 28, 2015, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel.
The ceremony became notable for breaking two major milestones: Game of Thrones set a new record by winning 12 awards, the most for any show in a single year, up to this date (it was also the second HBO show, after The Sopranos, to win the Outstanding Drama Series award), while Viola Davis became the first African-American woman in Emmy history to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder.[6][7][8]
This year also saw for the first time, two Streaming service networks win four Acting awards: Netflix, with Uzo Aduba in Orange Is the New Black and Reg E. Cathey in House of Cards;[9] and Amazon Studios, with Jeffrey Tambor for Transparent and Bradley Whitford[10] for the same show.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series went to the HBO political satire Veep, which not only broke Modern Family's five-year hold on the award[11] but became the second time a premium channel won Outstanding Comedy Series (the first was for HBO's romantic comedy Sex and the City in 2001).[12]
- ^ a b c d "Emmys Returning to Sunday Night in 2015". Variety. February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 4, 2015). "Andy Samberg To Host 2015 Emmy Awards For Fox". Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ "List: 2015 Primetime Emmy nominees". USA Today. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ "Game of Thrones set to dominate Emmys after netting 24 nominations". The Guardian. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^ "67th Primetime Emmy Awards to Air Sept. 20 on FOX; Creative Arts Emmy Awards to Air on FXX". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Emmys 2015: winners and performances – as it happened". The Guardian. September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "Watch: Viola Davis makes history with Emmy win". USA Today. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Viola Davis made Emmys history and spoke truth to power in her speech". The Guardian. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ Cathey won the weekend earlier at the Creative Arts Emmys for guest performance
- ^ Whitford won the weekend earlier at the Creative Arts Emmys for guest performance
- ^ A. Lincoln, Ross (September 20, 2015). "Emmys: 'Veep' Wins Best Comedy Series, Ending 'Modern Family' Streak". Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ^ "Emmys: Tim Goodman Breaks Down the Comedy Show Contenders". The Hollywood Reporter. June 13, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2017.