| 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Date |
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| Location | |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Hosted by | Jane Lynch[2] |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards |
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| Most nominations | Modern Family (11) |
| Comedy Series | Modern Family |
| Drama Series | Mad Men |
| Miniseries or Movie | Downton Abbey |
| Reality-Competition Program | The Amazing Race |
| Variety, Music or Comedy Series | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fox |
| Produced by |
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| Directed by | Joe DeMaio[4] |
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in prime time television programming from June 1, 2010, until May 31, 2011, were held on Sunday, September 18, 2011, at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California.[5] Fox televised the ceremony within the United States. Jane Lynch hosted the Emmys for the first time.[2] The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10.[1]
The nominations were announced live on Thursday, July 14, 2011, at 5:40 a.m. PDT (12:40 UTC) at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. The nominations were announced by Melissa McCarthy of Mike & Molly and Joshua Jackson of Fringe.
The biggest winner of the night was ABC's Modern Family. The series ended the event with five wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series for the second consecutive year. For the fourth time in history, the Outstanding Drama Series category was won for a fourth time, by AMC's Mad Men. It is also the third series to win four times consecutively in that category. Downton Abbey walked away with the award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, with four wins overall.
This year's ceremony was watched by 12.4 million people, down 8% from last year's show.[6] The ceremony received mixed reviews from critics, with many praising the performance of Lynch as the host but criticizing the overall quality of the production, particularly the presenters and the orchestra.[7][8]
Beginning this year, the Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Television Movie categories were merged. This was due to the continuing decline in the number of miniseries being produced; the previous two ceremonies only had two miniseries nominated. The merge was short-lived however when the separate categories returned, beginning in 2014.
- ^ a b "Official 2011 Primetime Creative Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). ATAS. September 10, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ^ a b "Jane Lynch to host 2011 Emmys". MTV. June 2, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ Pond, Steve (July 28, 2011). "Mark Burnett Picks MTV, People's Choice Vets for Emmy Production Team". Reuters. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ Wallenstein, Andrew (September 18, 2011). "63rd Primetime Emmy Awards". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "2011 Primetime Emmy Awards Calendar" (PDF). ATAS. January 26, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
- ^ Emmy telecast down in overall ratings but up in key demos. Goldderby.com (2011-09-19). Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
- ^ Critics give mixed reviews to the Emmy telecast. Goldderby.com (2011-09-19). Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
- ^ "Emmy Awards show felt like a rerun". MSNBC. September 18, 2011. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.