The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in U.S.

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television programming from June 1, 2014 until May 31, 2015, as chosen by the

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. The ceremony was held on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the

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, and was broadcast in the U.S. by Fox.

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hosted the show for the first time. The nominations were announced on July 16, 2015. The

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was held on September 12 and was broadcast by

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on September 19. The

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ceremony was held on October 28, 2015 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. The ceremony became notable for breaking two major milestones: ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', to win the Outstanding Drama Series award), while

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became the first

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woman in Emmy history to win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as

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''. This year also saw for the first time, two Streaming service networks win four Acting awards:

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, with Uzo Aduba in ''

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'' and Reg E. Cathey in '' House of Cards''; and

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, with

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for '' Transparent'' and

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for the same show. The

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went to the HBO

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'', which not only broke ''

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''s five-year hold on the award but became the second time a premium channel won Outstanding Comedy Series (the first was for HBO's

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'' in

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Rule changes

The

announced new rule changes for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards. These new rules are: * All voters eligible for a category's nominations are now eligible to vote in that category, providing that they have seen the submitted material and attest to no specific conflicts of interest. * The number of nominees in the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories will expand from six nominees to seven, due to the increase in series production. * To clarify the difference between a Comedy series and a Drama series, any show where episodes average a length of 30 minutes is eligible to enter as a comedy and series with episodes that average a length of 1 hour is eligible as a drama. There may be exceptions to the rules, however: producers may formally petition to a new Academy panel to have the show be considered for the alternative category. This panel, consisting of five industry leaders appointed by the Academy Chairman and four appointees from the Board of Governors, will vote on a decision. A two-thirds vote was required for the show to be considered for the alternative category. So far, three petitions have been successful: '' Glee'', ''

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'', and '' Shameless'' were voted as eligible for "Outstanding Comedy Series". * The Outstanding Miniseries was renamed as "Outstanding Limited Series". A "Limited Series" is defined as a program consisting of two or more episodes totaling 150 minutes as a whole, tell a complete, non-recurring story, and do not have an ongoing storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons. * A "Guest Actor" is now defined as a performer appearing in less than 50% of the program's episodes. Only performers that fit this criteria are allowed to submit. * The Outstanding Variety Series category has been split into two separate categories: "Outstanding Variety Talk" and "Outstanding Variety Sketch".

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold: Jeffrey Tambor June 2015

Tony Hale at the 2010 Streamy Awards (cropped)

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

;By network"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * HBO – 37 * Comedy Central – 14 * ABC / FX / Netflix – 13 * AMC – 10 * PBS / Showtime – 9 * CBS / NBC – 7 * Fox – 6 * Amazon – 5 * Sundance TV – 4 * History – 2 ;By program * ''American Horror Story: Freak Show'' (FX) – 8 * ''Game of Thrones'' (HBO) / ''Olive Kitteridge'' (HBO) – 7 * ''American Crime'' (ABC) / ''Bessie'' (HBO) / ''Mad Men'' (AMC) / ''Veep'' (HBO) – 6

Most major awards

;By network * HBO – 14 * Comedy Central – 4 * ABC / Amazon – 2 ;By program * ''Olive Kitteridge'' (HBO) – 6 * ''Game of Thrones'' (HBO) / ''Veep'' (HBO) – 4 * ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (Comedy Central) – 3 * ''Transparent'' (Amazon) – 2 ;Notes

Presenters and performers

The awards were presented by the following:

Presenters

Performers

''In Memoriam''

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* Jack Carter *

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* Ian Fraser *

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* Howard Lipstone *

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* Judy Carne *

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References

External links

Emmys.com list of 2015 Nominees & Winners

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences website
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