HBO programs won 19 Emmys at the 63rd Primetime Emmy® Awards in 2011, the most Emmy wins for any network for the tenth year in a row. The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards aired on Fox TV on September 18, 2011.
The Prohibition Era drama “Boardwalk Empire” led all programming with eight awards. The Depression Era miniseries “Mildred Pierce” received five awards. Game of Thrones received two awards. Winning one award each were A Child's Garden Party, Cinema Verite, Gasland and Lady Gaga presents Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden.
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire, the Prohibition Era Drama, entered the Emmys with 19 nominations and garnered a total of eight wins. The big win for the series was for Outstanding Director, which went to Martin Scorsese.
Series star Steven Buscemi, who portrays Atlantic City treasurer Nucky Thompson, was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Emmy, but the award in the category went to Kyle Chandler for Friday Night Lights. Kelly Macdonald, who portrays Nucky Thompson's mistress, was nominated for the Supporting Actress Emmy,.
Boardwalk Empire wins included outstanding casting, outstanding makeup, outstanding art direction, outstanding picture editing, outstanding special visual effects, outstanding editing and outstanding cinematography.
HBO is debuting the second season of Boardwalk Empire on Sunday, September 25, 2011. The drama is about Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) based on the real life Prohibition Era personality Nucky Johnson. The series is based in Atlantic City and recreates the era of prohibition and gangsters.
Boardwalk Empire returns with Prohibition Era drama in Atlantiic City
Mildred Pierce
The Depression era miniseries Mildred Pierce won the awards for Outstanding Lead Actress for Kate Winslet and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Guy Pearce. The miniseries also won for outstanding casting, outstanding music composition and outstanding art direction. Evan Rachel Wood, who portrayed Mildred Pierce's (Kate Winslet) daughter, was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress. Downton Abbey and Mildred Pierce win Emmys for Miniseries or Movie catogories
Game of Thrones
The sci-fi fantasy series Game of Thrones won two awards, including Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Peter Dinklage and outstanding main title design. Game of Thrones, based on the novels by George R.R. Martin, enjoyed a successful first season and is slated to return to HBO for a second season in the spring of 2012. The series, set in the Middle Ages, has a large ensemble cast. The Borgias and Game of Thrones historic era dramas
HBO Emmy Wins
In addition to the wins for Boardwalk Empire, Mildred Pierce and Game of Thrones, HBO won Emmys for A Child's Garden of Poetry (Outstanding Children's Program), Cinema Verite (Oustanding Children's Picture Editing), Gasland (Outstanding Direction for Nonfiction Programming Josh Fox) and Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden (Outstanding Picture Editing).
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