66th Primetime Emmy Awards

The ceremony was held on a night other than Sunday for the first time since 1976 (the 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were also staged on a Monday that year, May 17). NBC's ideal date on the 2014 calendar for the ceremony (Sunday, August 24) led to the other scheduling factor — MTV's Video Music Awards, which were set for that night more than a year in advance (and would be staged in the L.A. area as well, at The Forum in Inglewood). On January 28, 2014, rather than go head-to-head with the VMA's, NBC announced that the ceremony would take place on Monday, August 25. ==Changes in categories and balloting==

On November 14, 2013, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that it would implement online voting for its members to select the nominees. However, online voting to determine the winners would not be used until 2015, and winners for this year were voted on via paper ballots. The Academy had also announced changes to several awards and categories that affect both the Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Changes for the Primetime Emmy Awards involved separating the Outstanding Miniseries or Movie category into two entities again—Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Television Movie. The two were combined in 2011, due to a downtrend in the genres. This separation is only for the program category with all other awards in the category remaining combined between the two formats. There was also an increase in the number of longform nominees in writing, directing and performing categories for miniseries/movie (from five to six nominees) as well as a change in their final voting procedures. ==Winners and nominees==

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold: , Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner , Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner , Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner , Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner , Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner , Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner , Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner , Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner , Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner , Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner , Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner , Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner Programs Acting Lead Supporting Directing Writing ==Most major nominations==

;Notes ==Presenters and performers==

The awards were presented by the following: Presenters Performers ==In Memoriam==

Sara Bareilles performed the song "Smile" during the "In Memoriam" segment of the awards ceremony: • Ralph Waite • Paul Walker • Maximilian Schell • Casey Kasem • Abby Singer • Meshach Taylor • Robert Halmi Sr. • Juanita Moore • Sandy Frank • Russell Johnson • James Avery • Daniel Blatt • Sandi Fullerton • Hank Rieger • Paul Mazursky • Ann B. Davis • Eli Wallach • Lucy Hood • Hal Cooper • Michael Filerman • Alan Landsburg • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Peter O'Toole • Mitzie Welch • Don Pardo • David Brenner • Shirley Temple • Efrem Zimbalist Jr. • Carmen Zapata • Hal Needham • Sandy Grossman • Ruby Dee • Sheila MacRae • Mickey Rooney • Marcia Wallace • Sid Caesar • Harold Ramis • Elaine Stritch • Lauren Bacall • James Garner • Joan Fontaine • Maya Angelou • Bob Hoskins After the last picture was shown, a special tribute to Robin Williams, who died on August 11, 2014, was presented by Billy Crystal. ==Ratings==

Despite its departure from its normal telecast schedule, the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards received 15.59 million viewers, the second-largest viewership in eight years. ==Footnotes==