Various Celebs - 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 23, 2012

The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in primetime television programming from June 1, 2011 until May 31, 2012, were held on September 23, 2012 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The awards program began at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. Comedian and late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Emmys for the first time. Kimmel and actress Kerry Washington announced the nominees on July 19, 2012. Nick Offerman was scheduled to co-announce the nominations, but had to cancel due to travel delays. ABC televised the ceremony in the United States. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 15 and was televised September 22, 2012 on ReelzChannel.

The award for Outstanding Drama Series went to Showtime's thriller series Homeland, which broke the series Mad Men's 4-year hold on the award; while the Outstanding Comedy Series award went for the third year in a row to ABC's Modern Family. This was the first ceremony that none of the four major American broadcasting TV networks were nominated in the categories of Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. The 64th Emmys were noted for the British successes of actors Damian Lewis of Homeland and Maggie Smith of Downton Abbey.