65th Primetime Emmy Awards: Viewers Guide

On Monday morning (Nigerian time) the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

They will air Live on M-Net from 2am WAT with a primetime replay.

Harris is tipped to appear in at least one musical number, with rumours of a “binge viewing” moment as he gets up to speed on all the nominees. Executive producer Ken Ehrlich wouldn’t discuss the opening, saying only that “the show will open in a way that is definitely not expected.”

Presenters:
Malin Akerman, Stephen Amell, Will Arnett, Alec Baldwin, Andre Braugher, Connie Britton, Dan Bucatinsky, Diahann Carroll, Don Cheadle, Emilia Clarke, Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Emily Deschanel, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Douglas, Edie Falco, Jimmy Fallon, Anna Faris, Tina Fey, Michael J. Fox, Tim Gunn, Jon Hamm, Alyson Hannigan, Mark Harmon, Allison Janney, Mindy Kaling, Jimmy Kimmel, Heidi Klum, Melissa Leo, LL Cool J, Jane Lynch, Julianna Margulies, Margo Martindale, Dylan McDermott, Bob Newhart, Dean Norris, Jim Parsons, Amy Poehler, Carrie Preston, Rob Reiner, Cobie Smulders, Blair Underwood, Sofia Vergara, Kerry Washington, Robin Williams.

Performers:
Elton John tribute to Liberace
Carrie Underwood, tribute to the 1960s: Don Cheadle introduces coverage of the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy / Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show

African Broadcast:
Sunday, September 22 (all times WAT)
10pm E! Countdown to the Red Carpet
11pm Live from the Red Carpet Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic, Ross Mathews and Kelly Osbourne

Monday, September 23 (all times WAT)
2am M-Net 65th Primetime Emmy Awards Live
10:30pm M-Net 65th Primetime Emmy Awards repeat

Wednesday, September 25
8pm Fashion Police: The 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards

Eligibility period (US):
June 2 2012 – May 31 2013

Hashtag #emmys

DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (DirecTV)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)

DRAMA ACTOR
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Jeff Daniels (Newsroom)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)
Damien Lewis (Homeland)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

DRAMA ACTRESS
Claire Danes(Homeland)
Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel) Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)
Connie Britton (Nashville)
Kerry Washington (Scandal)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA
George Mastras (Breaking Bad)
Thomas Schnauz (Breaking Bad)
Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey)
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones)
Henry Bromell (Homeland)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA
Tim Van Patten (Boardwalk Empire)
Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad)
Jeremy Webb (Downton Abbey)
Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland)
David Fincher (House of Cards)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire)
Jonathan Banks(Breaking Bad)
Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)
Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Many Patinkin (Homeland)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad)
Maggie Smith (Downtown Abbey)
Emilia Clark (Game of Thrones)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Morena Baccarin (Homeland)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)

COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Louie (FX)
Modern Family (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Veep (HBO)

COMEDY ACTOR
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
Louie C.K (Louie)
Don Cheadle (House of Lies)

COMEDY ACTRESS
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Lena Dunham (Girls)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik (Episodes)
Louis C.K. and Pamela Adlon (Louie)
Greg Daniels (The Office)
Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock (30 Rock)
Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock)

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY
Lena Dunham (Girls)
Paris Barclay (Glee)
Louis C.K. (Louie)
Gail Mancuso (Modern Family)
Beth McCarthy-Miller (30 Rock)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Adam Driver (Girls)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Ed O’Neill (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Bill Hader (SNL)
Tony Hale (Veep)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory)
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

MINISERIES OR MOVIE
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
The Bible (History)
Phil Spector (HBO)
Political Animals (USA)
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra)
Matt Damon (Behind the Candelabra)
Toby Jones (The Girl)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Parade’s End)
Al Pacino (Phil Spector)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jessica Lang (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Laura Linney (The Big C: Hereafter)
Helen Mirren (Phil Spector)
Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals)
Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake)

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Richard LaGravenese (Behind the Candelara)
Abi Morgan (The Hour)
Tom Stoppard (Parade’s End)
David Mamet (Phil Spector)
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (Top of the Lake)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelara)
Julian Jarrold (The Girl)
David Mamet (Phil Spector)
Allison Anders (Ring of Fire)
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee (Top of the Lake)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
James Cromwell (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Zachary Quinto (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Scott Bakula (Behind the Candelara)
John Benjamin (The Big C: Hereafter)
Peter Mullan (Top of the Lake)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Imelda Staunton (The Girl)
Ellen Burstyn (Political Animals)
Charlotte Rampling (Restless)
Alfre Woodard (Steel Magnolias)

REALITY COMPETITION
The Amazing Race (CBS)
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)

REALITY COMPETITION HOST
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol)
Betty White (Betty White’s Off Their Rockers)
Tom Bergeron (Dancing With The Stars)
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn (Project Runway)
Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance)
Anthony Bourdain (The Taste)