LOS ANGELES — Netflix ended Emmys season with three awards — one historic win during Sunday's 65th Primetime Emmys and two more last week at the Creative Arts Emmys. Netflix's political thriller House of Cards on Sunday won Outstanding Directing for a Drama, becoming the first web-only series to win an award at any Primetime Emmys.
Though House of Cards went home empty-handed in the drama categories for best series, lead actor (Kevin Spacey, pictured) and lead actress categories, the show and Netflix earned high praise from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, whose show won best drama.
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"It's indeed a golden age of television," Gilligan told Mashable backstage. "Television has changed a lot in six years ... a big part of what has changed is streaming video on demand, specifically with operations like Netflix and iTunes and Amazon."
Gilligan also noted Breaking Bad may have met its demise after season 2 had it not been for streaming video on demand, as it ushered in new viewers and encouraged time-starved people to keep watching at their own pace. "I think Netflix kept us on the air," Gilligan emphasized.
Netflix had 14 nods for House of Cards, Arrested Development and Hemlock Grove. For the Outstanding Directing in a Drama, House of Cards director David Fincher beat out show heads from Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Downton Abbey and Homeland. The series' two Creative Arts Emmys victories on Sept. 15 came for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series and Outstanding Cinematography for a Single Camera Series.
Sunday night, however, HBO's Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra took home the most golden-winged statuettes with three in the best miniseries or movie categories.
Flip through the gallery, below, for Mashable's photos of Sunday's winners.
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Drama: Breaking Bad
Comedy: Modern Family
Miniseries or Movie: Behind the Candelabra
Lead Actress, Drama: Claire Danes, Homeland
Lead Actor, Drama: Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Supporting Actor, Drama: Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
Supporting Actress, Drama: Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Lead Actor, Comedy: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Lead Actress, Comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Supporting Actor, Comedy: Tony Hale, Veep
Supporting Actress, Comedy: Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
Lead Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter
Lead Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum
Directing, Drama: David Fincher, House of Cards
Directing, Comedy: Gail Mancuso, Modern Family
Directing, Miniseries or Movie: Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra
Directing, Variety Series: Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live
Director, Miniseries or Movie: Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra
Writing, Comedy: Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield, 30 Rock
Writing, Drama: Henry Bromell, Homeland
Writing, Variety Series: The Colbert Report
Writing, Miniseries or Movie: Abi Morgan, The Hour
Choreography: Derek Hough, Dancing With the Stars
Reality-Competition Program: The Voice
Variety Series: The Colbert Report
Images: Mashable's Nina Frazier