67th Primetime Emmy Awards

Rule changes

• All voters eligible for a category's nominations are now eligible to vote in that category, providing that they have seen the submitted material and attest to no specific conflicts of interest.
• The number of nominees in the Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series categories will expand from six nominees to seven, due to the increase in series production.
• To clarify the difference between a Comedy series and a Drama series, any show where episodes average a length of 30 minutes is eligible to enter as a comedy and series with episodes that average a length of 1 hour is eligible as a drama. There may be exceptions to the rules, however: producers may formally petition to a new Academy panel to have the show be considered for the alternative category. This panel, consisting of five industry leaders appointed by the Academy Chairman and four appointees from the Board of Governors, will vote on a decision. A two-thirds vote was required for the show to be considered for the alternative category. So far, three petitions have been successful: Glee, Jane the Virgin, and Shameless were voted as eligible for "Outstanding Comedy Series".
• The Outstanding Miniseries was renamed as "Outstanding Limited Series". A "Limited Series" is defined as a program consisting of two or more episodes totaling 150 minutes as a whole, tell a complete, non-recurring story, and do not have an ongoing storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons.
• A "Guest Actor" is now defined as a performer appearing in less than 50% of the program's episodes. Only performers that fit this criteria are allowed to submit.
• The Outstanding Variety Series category has been split into two separate categories: "Outstanding Variety Talk" and "Outstanding Variety Sketch".

  Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

• HBO – 37
• Comedy Central – 14
• ABC / FX / Netflix – 13
• AMC – 10
• PBS / Showtime – 9
• CBS / NBC – 7
• Fox – 6
• Amazon – 5
• Sundance TV – 4
• History – 2

• American Horror Story: Freak Show – 8
• Game of Thrones / Olive Kitteridge – 7
• American Crime / Bessie / Mad Men / Veep – 6

  Most major awards

• HBO – 14
• Comedy Central – 4
• ABC / Amazon – 2

• Olive Kitteridge – 6
• Game of Thrones / Veep – 4
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – 3
• Transparent – 2

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Performers

''In Memoriam''

• Mike Nichols
• Polly Bergen
• Jerry Weintraub
• B. B. King
• Wes Craven
• Gary Owens
• Clark Terry
• Anne Meara
• Taylor Negron
• Jack Rollins
• Martin Milner
• Bud Yorkin
• Stuart Scott
• Brandon Stoddard
• Merv Adelson
• Bob Simon
• Patrick Macnee
• Harris Wittels
• Glen A. Larson
• Stan Freberg
• James Best
• Jenna McMahon
• Harve Bennett
• Ed Sabol
• Ann Marcus
• Joan Rivers
• Ernest Kinoy
• Marty Pasetta
• Gilbert Lewis
• Albert Maysles
• Sam Simon
• Jack Carter
• Dick Van Patten
• Ian Fraser
• Jan Hooks
• Elizabeth Peña
• Howard Lipstone
• Frank Gifford
• Judy Carne
• Ray Charles
• Rod Taylor
• Donna Douglas
• Richard Dysart
• Joseph Sargent
• Edward Herrmann
• Jayne Meadows
• Alex Rocco
• Dean Jones
• Leonard Nimoy