63rd Primetime Emmy Awards

63rd Primetime Emmy Awards

Promotional poster.
Date
  • September 18, 2011 (Ceremony)
  • September 10[1] (Creative Arts Awards)
Location Nokia Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Host Jane Lynch[2]
Television/Radio coverage
Network Fox
Producer Mark Burnett

The 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2010 until May 31, 2011,[3] was held on September 18, 2011,[4] at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. Fox televised the ceremony within the United States. Actress Jane Lynch hosted the Emmys for the first time.[2] The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10.[1]

The nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced live on Thursday July 14, 2011, at 5:40 am PDT (12:40 UTC) at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, California. The nominees 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 for 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 and four wins overall.

This year's ceremony was watched by 12.4 million people, down 8% from last year's show.[5] 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.[6][7]

The Miniseries and Television Movie program categories were merged beginning this year. This was due to the continuing decline in the number of miniseries being produced, the previous two ceremonies only had two miniseries nominated.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Jim Parsons, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Melissa McCarthy, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Kyle Chandler, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
Julianna Margulies, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Ty Burrell, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Julie Bowen, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Peter Dinklage, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
    • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
    • Conan (TBS)
    • Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
    • Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Most major nominations

By network [note 1]
By program

Most major awards

By network [note 1]
By program
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Presenters

In Memoriam

A clip tribute to TV personalities was show along with The Canadian Tenors playing the song Hallelujah:

Memorable moments

Opening number

The show opened with Jane Lynch performing a pre-taped opening number which showed the TV world as being contained inside of a large building, parodying Rear Window. Lynch walked through the building and entered the universe of shows including The Big Bang Theory, Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, Mythbusters and Glee (the show of which Lynch is a cast member) among others. Lynch's lyrics satirized elements of each show and television in general. The ceremony culminated with Lynch entering the theatre and performing a short dance number, which ended with a fireworks show. The opening number received a standing ovation.

Emmytones

Throughout the night, the "Emmytones" introduced each genre in the form of a short jingle. They consisted of Zachary Levi ("Chuck"), Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother"), Kate Flannery ("The Office"), Wilmer Valderrama ("Royal Pains"), Joel McHale ("Community") and nominee Taraji P. Henson ("Person of Interest"). The Emmytones received mixed to negative reviews, with many critics citing them as unimportant and others calling them "time fillers."[12]

Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

For the presentation of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, each of the nominees went up to the stage in the style of a beauty pageant. The orchestra played music similar to that of a pageant as the nominees went to the stage. The winner ended up being Melissa McCarthy, who mentioned that this was "her first and best pageant ever." Both the producers and the nominees in the category gave nominee Amy Poehler credit for conceiving the idea. Nominee Martha Plimpton was also credited.

The presentation was well received critically with many critics regarding it to be the best part of the night. Once all the nominees reached the stage, they received a standing ovation.[13] The pairing of Rob Lowe and Sofía Vergara, who presented the category, was also praised critically.

Criticism about the orchestra

For the 2011 ceremony, the producers enlisted Hype Music to provide the orchestrations.[14] These orchestrations were universally hated by reviewers. The band played music from the Hype Music roster of artists as the winners walked to the stage, breaking the tradition of their respective program's theme song being played as they accepted their awards. The decision to do this received an overwhelmingly negative response from critics and enraged Emmy Award enthusiasts, many of whom felt as though a tradition observed since the 1st Primetime Emmy Awards had been broken.[15] One reviewer even called this decision "one of the biggest mistakes in the ceremony's history."[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Official 2011 Primetime Creative Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). ATAS. September 10, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Jane Lynch to host 2011 Emmys". MTV. June 2, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2011 Primetime Emmy Awards Calendar" (PDF). ATAS. January 26, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ "63rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on September 18, 2011! Meet the Nominees!". BeautyMania.biz. September 10, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ Emmy telecast down in overall ratings but up in key demos. Goldderby.com (2011-09-19). Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
  6. ↑ Critics give mixed reviews to the Emmy telecast. Goldderby.com (2011-09-19). Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
  7. ↑ "Emmy Awards show felt like a rerun". MSNBC. September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kutcher, Vergara, Arnett among Emmy presenters". USA Today. Associated Press. September 6, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "More Presenters for 63rd Primetime Emmys Announced – Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Many More". Emmys. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Scott Caan, Bryan Cranston, Jon Cryer, Claire Danes, Jason O'Mara, and Kerry Washington to Present at 63rd Primetime Emmys". Emmys. September 13, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Emmy presenters: Lea Michele, Ian Somerhalder, Kaley Cuoco in second wave". Entertainment Weekly. September 12, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  12. ↑ Labrecque, Jeff (October 11, 2011). "Emmys 2011: 14 Memorable Moments". Entertainment Weekly.
  13. ↑ Stanley, T.L. (September 19, 2011). "Emmys 2011: Comedy actress nominees group hug". Los Angeles Times.
  14. ↑ 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Enlists Hype Music to Bring an Adventurous New... – LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/. Prnewswire.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
  15. ↑ Weaver, Joshua R.. (2011-09-19) Emmy Awards 2011 Recap: No Surprises. Theroot.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
  16. ↑ 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards: Winners and Reactions. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.

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