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HBO Takes Home 27 Awards At The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

HBO has taken home over 27 Primetime Emmy Awards from this year's 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Behind the Candelabra took home 11 awards, Boardwalk Empire received 5, and Game of Thrones took home 2 Emmy Awards. Read on to learn more.


From the Press Release
HBO received 27 Primetime Emmy Awards, the most of any network for the 12th year in a row, in the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards competition. “Behind the Candelabra” received 11 awards, the most of any program, while “Boardwalk Empire” received 5 awards, the second-most of any program.

HBO’s Emmy wins this year include:

  • 11 Emmys® for “Behind the Candelabra,” including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Michael Douglas); Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Steven Soderbergh); Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie; Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie; and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie.
  • 5 Emmys® for “Boardwalk Empire,” including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Bobby Cannavale); Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour); and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series.
  • 3 Emmys® for “Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” including Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking; Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming; and Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming (Alex Gibney).
  • 2 Emmys® for “Game of Thrones,” including Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic); and Outstanding Special Visual Effects.
  • 2 Emmys® for “Veep,” including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Julia Louis-Dreyfus); and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Tony Hale).
  • 1 Emmy® for “An Apology to Elephants”: Outstanding Voice-Over Performance (Lily Tomlin).
  • 1 Emmy® for “Louis C.K.: Oh My God”: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special (Louis C.K.).
  • 1 Emmy® for “Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden”: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
  • 1 Emmy® for “The Newsroom”: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Jeff Daniels).

The CINEMAX series “Banshee” also received an Emmy®, for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role.

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