The 65th Primetime Emmy Award Winners are here!

Written By: DeAlan Wilson
 The 65th Primetime Emmy Award Winners were announced live coast to coast on Sunday, September 22nd on the CBS Television Network from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Some of the big winners from last nights show were, of course, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS and her HBO show VEEP.  She won for OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES.  Meanwhile,
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES went to JIM PARSONS as Sheldon Cooper  on CBS's The Big Bang Theory . The EMMY for OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES went to SHOWTIME actress CLAIRE DANES in HOMELAND.

In all, HBO was a big winner this year with 27 Primetime Emmys for 2013.  They captured many of the top awards including:  OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES for BOBBY CANNAVALE as Gyp Rosetti on HBO's Boardwalk Empire as well as an award for  OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES for JEFF DANIELS as Will McAvoy on HBO's The Newsroom.  

Another big HBO win went to MICHAEL DOUGLAS for his role as as Liberace  in HBO's Behind The Candelabra.  This original HBO production garnered him the EMMY for OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE Candelabra also won for OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR MOVIE.

The SHOWTIME  NETWORK did very well this year with wins for OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE for LAURA LINNEY as Cathy Jamison  on The Big C: Hereafter.  And they also won for OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES as MERRITT WEVER walked away with  her EMMY for her role as  Zoey Barkow  Nurse Jackie.


For a full list of all the winners visit www.ComedyE.com.









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