2015 American television programming awards
The 67th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 12, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles . The event was broadcast in the U.S. by FXX on September 19, 2015.[ 1] The ceremony was in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of creative, technical, visual, and other similar achievements in American television programming, including voice-over and guest acting roles.[ 2]
For the first time, online voting was used to determine the winners. Online voting was also used to determine the nominees, which were announced on July 16, 2015.[ 3] Juried award winners for animation, costumes for a variety series, motion design, and interactive awards were announced on September 10, 2015.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold :
Programs
A Tribute to Mel Brooks (FX Networks)
Acting
Peter Coyote on The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Episode: "Episode 1: Get Action (1858–1901)") (PBS)
Animation
Adventure Time – Tom Herpich (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Walnuts & Rain") (Cartoon Network)
Gravity Falls – Alonso Ramirez Ramos (storyboard artist) (Episode: "Not What He Seems") (Disney XD)
King Star King – J.J. Villard (character design) (Episode: "Fat Frank's Fantasy Lounge") (Adult Swim)
Over the Garden Wall – Nick Cross (production design) (Cartoon Network)
Robot Chicken – Bradley Schaffer (character animation) (Episode: "Robot Chicken's Bitch Pudding Special") (Adult Swim)
Tome of the Unknown – Nick Cross (background painter) (CartoonNetwork.com)
Tome of the Unknown – Chris Tsirgiotis (background layout designer) (CartoonNetwork.com)
Choreography
Derek Hough , Julianne Hough , and Tessandra Chavez for Dancing with the Stars (Routine: "Elastic Heart") (ABC)
Travis Wall for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Wave" / "When I Go" / "Wind Beneath My Wings") (Fox)
Witney Carson for Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "369" / "It's Not Unusual" / "Sing with a Swing-Apache") (ABC)
Spencer Liff for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Hernando's Hideaway" / "World on a String" / "Maybe This Time") (Fox)
Sonya Tayeh for So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Vow" / "So Broken" / "Europe, After the Rain") (Fox)
Cinematography
Mike & Molly – Gary Baum (Episode: "Checkpoint Joyce") (CBS)
2 Broke Girls – Christian La Fountaine (Episode: "And the Old Bike Yarn") (CBS)
The Big Bang Theory – Steven V. Silver (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS)
The Millers – Gary Baum (Episode: "Con-Troversy") (CBS)
Boardwalk Empire – Jonathan Freeman (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO)
Bessie – Jeffrey Jur (HBO)
Virunga – Franklin Dow (Netflix)
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras (HBO)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Sam Painter (HBO)
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Marc Smerling (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – James Whitaker (HBO)
Deadliest Catch (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel)
Costumes
Transparent (Episode: "Symbolic Exemplar") (Amazon)
Empire (Episode: "The Lyon's Roar") (Fox)
Empire (Episode: "Pilot ") (Fox)
Gotham (Episode: "Under The Knife") (Fox)
The Mindy Project (Episode: "San Francisco Bae") (Fox)
Olive Kitteridge (Episode: "Incoming Tide") (HBO)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Monsters Among Us") (FX)
Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls") (HBO)
Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS)
Game of Thrones (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO)
Wolf Hall (Episode: "Anna Regina") (PBS)
Drunk History (Episode: "Hollywood") (Comedy Central)
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry (NBC)
Directing
Alex Gibney for Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
Dave Grohl for Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Washington D.C.") (HBO)
Andrew Jarecki for The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
Brett Morgen for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
Laura Poitras for Citizenfour (HBO)
Don Roy King for The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Hairstyling
Downton Abbey (Episode: "Episode Six") (PBS)
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Martin Freeman") (NBC)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1907") (ABC)
Key & Peele (Episode: "Aerobics Meltdown") (Comedy Central)
So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1115") (Fox)
The Voice (Episode: "Episode 818B") (NBC)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
Bessie (HBO)
Grace of Monaco (Lifetime)
Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)
Interactive Media
Outstanding Multiplatform Storytelling (Juried)[ 4]
Outstanding Original Interactive Program (Juried)[ 4]
Outstanding Social TV Experience (Juried)[ 4]
@midnight with Chris Hardwick (Comedy Central)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Outstanding User Experience and Visual Design (Juried)[ 4]
Lighting Design / Direction[ edit ]
Lighting Design / Direction
The Voice (Episode: "Episode 818A") (NBC)
American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1911A") (ABC)
Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4190") (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Amy Adams") (NBC)
So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Finale") (Fox)
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry (NBC)
57th Grammy Awards (CBS)
87th Academy Awards (ABC)
Dancing with the Stars: 10th Anniversary Special (ABC)
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Make-up
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Mother's Mercy") (HBO)
Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "What Jesus Said") (HBO)
The Knick (Episode: "Method and Madness") (Cinemax)
Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC)
Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "Faith and Despondency") (FX)
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "1907") (ABC)
Key & Peele (Episode: "Episode 406") (Comedy Central)
RuPaul's Drag Race (Episode: "ShakesQueer") (Logo)
So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Episode 1108") (Fox)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
Bessie (HBO)
Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (Lifetime)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX)
Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "The Good Listener") (HBO)
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO)
The Knick (Episode: "Crutchfield") (Cinemax)
Penny Dreadful (Episode: "Grand Guignol") (Showtime)
The Walking Dead (Episode: "Strangers ") (AMC)
Motion Design
How We Got to Now – Luke Best, Miles Presland Donovan, Peter Mellor, and Chris Sayer (PBS)
Music
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star GRAMMY Salute (CBS)
87th Academy Awards (ABC)
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (NBC)
The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Live from Lincoln Center – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert with the New York Philharmonic (PBS)
Peter Pan Live! (NBC)
Inside Amy Schumer (Episode: "Cool With It") (Song: "Girl You Don't Need Make Up") (Comedy Central)
87th Academy Awards (Song: "Moving Pictures") (ABC)
The Comedians (Episode: "Celebrity Guest") (Song: "Kiss an Old Man") (FX)
Glee (Episode: "Dreams Come True ") (Song: "This Time") (Fox)
How Murray Saved Christmas (Song: "You Gotta Believe") (NBC)
Sons of Anarchy (Episode: "Papa's Goods") (Song: "Come Join the Murder") (FX)
Picture Editing
Game of Thrones – Katie Weiland (Episode: "The Dance of Dragons") (HBO)
Silicon Valley – Brian Merken (Episode: "Two Days of the Condor") (HBO)
Inside Amy Schumer – Jesse Gordon, Nick Paley, Billy Song, and Laura Weinberg (Episode: "Last Fuckable Day") (Comedy Central)
The Last Man on Earth – Stacey Schroeder (Episode: "Alive in Tucson") (Fox)
Silicon Valley – Tim Roche (Episode: "Sand Hill Shuffle") (HBO)
Transparent – Catherine Haight (Episode: "Pilot") (Amazon)
Olive Kitteridge – Jeffrey M. Werner (Episode: "Security") (HBO)
24: Live Another Day – Scott Powell (Episode: "10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.") (Fox)
American Crime – Luyen Vu (Episode: "Episode One") (ABC)
Houdini – David Beatty and Sabrina Plisco (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
Wolf Hall – David Blackmore (Episode: "Entirely Beloved") (PBS)
The Big Bang Theory – Peter Chakos (Episode: "The Comic Book Store Regeneration") (CBS)
2 Broke Girls – Darryl Bates and Ben Bosse (Episode: "And the Move-In Meltdown") (CBS)
Hot in Cleveland – Ronald A. Volk (Episode: "I Hate Goodbyes") (TV Land )
Mike & Molly – Stephen Prime (Episode: "Fight to the Finish") (CBS)
The Colbert Report – Jason Baker (Segment: "Farewell Colbert") (Comedy Central)
Conan – Robert James Ashe, Dave Grecu, and Christopher P. Heller (Segment: "Conan in Cuba") (TBS)
Key & Peele – Phil Davis, Christian Hoffman, and Rich LaBrie (Segment: "Scariest Movie Ever") (Comedy Central)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver – Ryan Barger (Segment: "N.S.A. Edward Snowden") (HBO)
Late Show with David Letterman – Andrew Evangelista and Mark Spada (Segment: "Finale Montage") (CBS)
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst – Caitlyn Green, Richard Hankin, Shelby Siegel, and Zac Stuart-Pontier (Episode: "Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay") (HBO)
The Case Against 8 – Kate Amend (HBO)
Citizenfour – Mathilde Bonnefoy (HBO)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief – Andy Grieve (HBO)
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – Joe Beshenkovsky and Brett Morgen (HBO)
Deadliest Catch – Alex Durham, Josh Earl, and Alexander Rubinow (Episode: "A Brotherhood Tested") (Discovery Channel)
The Amazing Race – Andy Castor, Julian Gomez, Andrew Kozar, Ryan Leamy, Jennifer Nelson, Paul C. Nielsen, and Jacob Parsons (Episode: "Morocc' and Roll") (CBS)
Project Runway – Andrea Bailey, Jim Bedford, Julie Cohen, Ed Greene, and Jensen Rufe (Episode: "Finale", Part 2) (Lifetime)
Project Runway – Mary DeChambres and Carlos David Rivera (Episode: "Something Wicked This Way Comes") (Lifetime)
Shark Tank – David R. Finkelstein, Terri Maloney, Ed Martinez, Matt McCartie, Matt Stevenson, Andrew Oliver, Nick Staller, and Joel Watson (Episode: "Episode 608") (ABC)
Survivor – David Armstrong, Tim Atzinger, Bill Bowden, Frederick Hawthorne, Evan Mediuch, Joubin Mortazavi, and Plowden Schumacher (Episode: "Survivor Warfare (Worlds Apart)") (CBS)
Production Design
Game of Thrones (Episodes: "High Sparrow "; "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken"; "Hardhome") (HBO)
Constantine (Episodes: "The Darkness Beneath"; "Feast of Friends"; "The Saint of Last Resorts", Part 1) (NBC)
Gotham (Episode: "Pilot") (Fox)
House of Cards (Episodes: "Chapter 29"; "Chapter 36") (Netflix)
True Blood (Episodes: "Jesus Gonna Be Here"; "I Found You"; "Fire in the Hole") (HBO)
Boardwalk Empire (Episodes: "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"; "Friendless Child"; "Eldorado") (HBO)
The Knick (Episodes: "Method and Madness"; "Mr. Paris Shoes"; "Get the Rope") (Cinemax)
Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS)
Mad Men (Episode: "Person to Person") (AMC)
Masters of Sex (Episodes: "Blackbird"; "Below the Belt"; "One for the Money, Two for the Show") (Showtime)
Silicon Valley (Episodes: "Sand Hill Shuffle"; "Homicide"; "Adult Content") (HBO)
2 Broke Girls (Episodes: "And the Zero Tolerance"; "And the Fun Factory"; "And a Loan for Christmas") (CBS)
The Big Bang Theory (Episodes: "The First Pitch Insufficiency"; "The Clean Room Infilltration"; "The Skywalker Incursion") (CBS)
Hot in Cleveland (Episodes: "Vegas, Baby"; "I Hate Goodbyes"; "All About Elka") (TV Land)
Transparent (Episode: "The Letting Go") (Amazon)
Veep (Episodes: "Joint Session"; "Tehran"; "Convention") (HBO)
Portlandia (Episodes: "Dead Pets"; "Call Me Al"; "Fashion") (IFC )
57th Grammy Awards (CBS)
87th Academy Awards (ABC)
Peter Pan Live! (NBC)
The Voice (Episodes: "Episode 701"; "Episode 806"; "Episode 815A") (NBC)
Sound
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome ") (HBO)
Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
24: Live Another Day (Episode: "7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.") (Fox)
American Crime (Episode: "Episode One") (ABC)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Curtain Call ") (FX)
Texas Rising (Episode: "Vengeance is Mine") (History)
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Seattle") (HBO)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Madagascar") (CNN)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
Game of Thrones (Episode: "Hardhome") (HBO)
Better Call Saul (Episode: "Marco") (AMC)
Downton Abbey (Episode: "A Moorland Holiday") (PBS)
Homeland (Episode: "Redux ") (Showtime)
House of Cards (Episode: "Chapter 27") (Netflix)
Bessie (HBO)
American Crime (Episode: "Episode Eleven") (ABC)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Episode: "Magical Thinking ") (FX)
Houdini (Episode: "Part 1") (History)
Texas Rising (Episode: "Vengeance is Mine") (History)
Modern Family (Episode: "Connection Lost ") (ABC)
Parks and Recreation (Episode: "One Last Ride ") (NBC)
Silicon Valley (Episode: "Server Space") (HBO)
The Simpsons (Episode: "Simpsorama ") (Fox)
Veep (Episode: "Mommy Meyer") (HBO)
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
57th Grammy Awards (CBS)
87th Academy Awards (ABC)
Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4214") (CBS)
The Voice (Episode: "Finale Results") (NBC)
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways (Episode: "Seattle") (HBO)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Jamaica") (CNN)
Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Lost at Sea") (Discovery Channel)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (Episode: "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy") (HBO)
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
Special Visual Effects [ edit ]
Stunt Coordination
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Blacklist (NBC)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Sons of Anarchy (FX)
The Walking Dead (AMC)
Technical Direction [ edit ]
Technical Direction
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Taraji P. Henson") (NBC)
The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Expedition Approximation") (CBS)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Episode: "Show 20015") (Comedy Central)
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 2009") (ABC)
Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: "Show 4214") (CBS)
The Voice (Episode: "Episode 718B") (NBC)
87th Academy Awards (ABC)
68th Tony Awards (CBS)
The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Peter Pan Live! (NBC)
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (NBC)
Writing
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO)
American Experience (Episode: "Last Days in Vietnam ") (PBS)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Episode: "Iran") (CNN)
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (HBO)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Episode: "Episode 5: The Rising Road (1933–1939)") (PBS)
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store , Written by Louis C.K. (LouisCK.net)
Network
Program
Individual
Total
HBO
6
23
29
NBC
2
9
11
FX
2
6
8
ABC
1
3
4
Cartoon Network
2
2
4
Comedy Central
1
3
4
Fox
1
3
4
PBS
1
3
4
Amazon
0
3
3
CBS
0
3
3
Discovery Channel
1
2
3
Netflix
0
3
3
Adult Swim
0
2
2
Cartoon Network
0
2
2
americanexpress.com/unstagedapp
1
0
1
Bravo
1
0
1
Cinemax
0
1
1
CNN
1
0
1
Disney XD
0
1
1
funnyordie.com
1
0
1
History
0
1
1
IFC
0
1
1
LouisCK.net
0
1
1
Pemberley Digital
1
0
1
Showtime
0
1
1
WGN America
0
1
1
YouTube
1
0
1
Programs with multiple awards [ edit ]
Program
Awards
Game of Thrones
8
American Horror Story: Freak Show
5
Bessie
4
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
4
Deadliest Catch
3
Going Clear: Scientology and The Prison of Belief
3
Transparent
3
Adventure Time
2
Boardwalk Empire
2
Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
2
House of Cards
2
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
2
Olive Kitteridge
2
Over the Garden Wall
2
Saturday Night Live
2
Silicon Valley
2
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show starring Katy Perry
2
Tome of the Unknown
2
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