2012–2013 Primetime Emmy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on September 22, 2013, in Los Angeles, Calif.

• Drama Series: Breaking Bad (AMC)
• Actor: Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
• Actress: Claire Danes, Homeland
• Supporting Actor: Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
• Supporting Actress: Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
• Guest Actor: Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal
• Guest Actress: Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
• Directing: David Fincher, House of Cards
• Writing: Henry Bromell, Homeland
• Comedy Series: Modern Family (ABC)
• Actor: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
• Actress: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
• Supporting Actor: Tony Hale, Veep
• Supporting Actress: Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
• Guest Actor: Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
• Guest Actress: Melissa Leo, Louie
• Directing: Gail Mancuso, Modern Family
• Writing: Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield, 30 Rock
• Variety, Music, or Comedy Series: The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
• Outstanding Miniseries or Movie: Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
• Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
• Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter
• Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum
• Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
• Reality/Competition Program: The Voice (CBS)
• Host, Reality/Competition Program: Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway (ABC)

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