2011 American television programming awards
The 63rd Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held on September 10, 2011 at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles .[ 1] [ 2] This is in conjunction with the annual Primetime Emmy Awards and is presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold :
Programs A Child's Garden of Poetry (HBO)
Art Direction Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series
Hot in Cleveland (Episodes: "Sisterhood of the Traveling SPANX", "I Love Lucci: Part Two", "LeBron Is Le Gone") (TV Land ) Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming
Programs Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Scars", "Fallin", "Outta Your Mind") (Fox) (TIE) Mia Michaels – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Alice in Mia-Land 'Every Little Thing She Does is Magic'", "When We Dance", "This Bitter Earth – On the Nature of Daylight") (Fox) (TIE) Mark Ballas – Dancing with the Stars (Routines: "Jive I Write Sins Not Tragedies", "Viennese Waltz 'Hedwigs Theme (Theme from Harry Potter)'", "Slow Waltz 'My Love'") (ABC) Stacey Tookey – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Mad World", "Sundrenched World", "Heaven is a Place on Earth") (Fox) Travis Wall – So You Think You Can Dance (Routines: "Collide", "How it Ends", "Fix You") (Fox)
Cinematography Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers") (CBS) How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Hopeless ") (CBS) Pair of Kings (Episode: "Return of the Kings") (Disney Channel) Retired at 35 (Episode: "Rocket Man") (TV Land) Rules of Engagement (Episode: "Uh Oh, It's Magic") (CBS) Wizards of Waverly Place (Episode: "Dancing with Angels") (Disney Channel) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Home ") (HBO) Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS) The Kennedys (Episode: "Life Sentences") (ReelzChannel) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) The Pillars of the Earth (Episode: "Legacy") (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO) Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel) Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming
Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel)
Commercial Outstanding Commercial
Costuming The Borgias (Episode: "Lucrezia's Wedding") (Showtime) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO) Upstairs Downstairs (PBS) Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Music Program, or Special
Gettysburg (History) (TIE) Portlandia (Episode: "Farm") (IFC ) (TIE)
Directing Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming
Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
Hairstyling Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special
Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1106") (ABC) America's Got Talent (Episode: "Episode 529") (NBC) iCarly (Episode; "iStart a Fan War") (Nickelodeon) The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Anne Hathaway") (NBC) Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Movie
The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO) The Pillars of the Earth (Starz )
Interactive Media Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media
Oscar Digital Experience (ABC)
Lighting Design / Direction[ edit ] Lighting Design / Direction Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series
So You Think You Can Dance (Episode: "Season 7 Finale: Part 2") (Fox) American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) Conan (Episode: "Love Gets Liposuctioned") (TBS) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1204A") (ABC) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Episode: "Michel Gondry Directs") (ABC) Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)
Makeup Outstanding Make-up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) Outstanding Make-up for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Jon Hamm") (NBC) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1205") (ABC) How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Bad News") (CBS) iCarly (Episode: "iStart a Fan War") (Nickelodeon) The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (HBO) Outstanding Make-up for a Miniseries or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Two") (HBO) The Pillars of the Earth (Starz) Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or Special
The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye ") (AMC) The Cape (Episode: "Razer") (NBC) Game of Thrones (Episode: "A Golden Crown") (HBO) Glee (Episode: "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle") (Fox) Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Superfreak") (ABC)
Music American Masters (Episode: "John Muir in the New World") (PBS) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) Outstanding Music Direction
Harry Connick Jr.: In Concert on Broadway (PBS) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Fuse ) An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Chaka Khan (NBC) Hitman Returns: David Foster and Friends (PBS) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake", Song: "Justin Timberlake Monologue") (NBC) Family Guy (Episode: "Road to the North Pole", Song: "Christmastime is Killing Us") (Fox) Robert Klein: Unfair & Unbalanced (Song: "An American Prayer - Hymn II?") (HBO) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Tina Fey", Song: "Jack Sparrow") (NBC) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake", Song: "3-Way (The Golden Rule)") (NBC) The Borgias (Showtime) Any Human Heart (PBS) Camelot (Starz) Episodes (Showtime) The Kennedys (ReelzChannel) Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Picture Editing Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) Dexter (Episode: "Take It!") (Showtime) The Killing (Episode: "Pilot ") (AMC) Mad Men (Episode: "Blowing Smoke") (AMC) Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase ") (AMC) How I Met Your Mother (Episode: "Subway Wars") (CBS) 30 Rock (Episode: "100") (NBC) The Big Bang Theory (Episode: "The Agreement Dissection") (CBS) Modern Family (Episode: "Halloween") (ABC) Modern Family (Episode: "Slow Down Your Neighbors ") (ABC) Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie
Cinema Verite (HBO) Downton Abbey (Episode: "Part One") (PBS) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Four") (HBO) Sherlock ("A Study in Pink") Too Big to Fail (HBO) Outstanding Picture Editing for Reality Programming
Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel) The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS) Project Runway (Episode: "There is an 'I' in Team") (Lifetime ) Survivor (Episode: "Don't You Work for Me?") (CBS) Top Chef (Episode: "Give Me Your Huddled Masses") (Bravo) Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming
Freedom Riders (PBS) American Masters ("LENNONYC ") (PBS) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel) Becoming Chaz (OWN) If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (HBO)
Sound Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) Game of Thrones (Episode: "A Golden Crown") (HBO) Nikita (Episode: "Pandora") (The CW ) True Blood (Episode: "Hitting The Ground") (HBO) The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye") (AMC) Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
The Pillars of the Earth (Starz) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO) Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)
Gettysburg (History) The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS) American Idol (Episode: "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans") (Fox) American Masters (Episode: "Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides") (PBS) Baseball: The Tenth Inning (Episode: "Top of the Tenth") (PBS) Whale Wars (Episode: "To the Ends of the Earth") (Animal Planet) Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
House (Episode: "Bombshells ") (Fox) Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) Burn Notice (Episode: "Last Stand") (USA) Dexter (Episode: "Take It!") (Showtime) Glee (Episode: "The Substitute") (Fox) Mad Men (Episode: "The Suitcase") (AMC) Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie
The Kennedys (Episode: "Lancer and Lace") (ReelzChannel) Cinema Verite (HBO) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) Too Big to Fail (HBO) Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Family Guy (Episode: "Road to the North Pole") (Fox) Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) Outstanding Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming
Deadliest Catch (Episode: "Redemption Day") (Discovery Channel) The Amazing Race (Episode: "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win") (CBS) American Idol (Episode: "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans") (Fox) American Masters ("LENNONYC") (PBS) Gettysburg (History)
Special Visual Effects [ edit ] Special Visual Effects Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") (HBO) The Borgias (Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice" / "The Assassin") (Showtime) Game of Thrones (Episode: "Fire and Blood ") (HBO) Stargate Universe (Episode: "Awakening") (Syfy ) The Walking Dead (Episode: "Days Gone Bye") (AMC) Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries or Movie
Gettysburg (History) Mildred Pierce (Episode: "Part Five") (HBO) The Pillars of the Earth (Episode: "Witchcraft") (Starz) Sherlock ("A Study in Pink") (PBS)
Stunt Coordination Outstanding Stunt Coordination
Technical Direction [ edit ] Technical Direction Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series
American Idol (Episode: "Finale") (Fox) 30 Rock (Episode: "Live Show (West Coast") (NBC) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Episode: "Episode 15135") (Comedy Central) Dancing with the Stars (Episode: "Episode 1104A") (ABC) Saturday Night Live (Episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake") (NBC) Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
Great Performances : Don Pasquale (PBS) 53rd Grammy Awards (CBS) 83rd Academy Awards (ABC) The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (HBO)
Writing Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming
Freedom Riders (PBS) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (Episode: "Haiti") (Travel Channel) Gasland (HBO) Gettysburg (History) Moguls and Movie Stars (Episode: "The Birth of Hollywood") (TCM) Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
64th Tony Awards (CBS) Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (HBO) Louis C.K.: Hilarious (Epix ) Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education (Comedy Central) The Real Women of SNL (NBC)
Programs with multiple awards [ edit ] By network [ note 1] HBO – 15 PBS – 10 Fox – 9 CBS – 7 NBC – 5 Discovery Channel / History – 4 ABC / Cartoon Network / ReelzChannel – 3 By program Boardwalk Empire – 7 Deadliest Catch / Gettysburg – 4 Note ^ Only includes categories above