On July 18 , 2013 , Netflix earned the first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for original online-only web television programs at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards . Three of its web series , '' Arrested Development '' , '' Hemlock Grove '' and '' House of Cards '' , earned a combined 14 nominations ( nine for '' House of Cards '' , three for '' Arrested Development '' and two for '' Hemlock Grove '' ) . The '' House of Cards '' episode " Chapter 1 " received four nominations for both the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards and 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards , becoming the first webisode of a television series to receive a major Primetime Emmy Award nomination : David Fincher was nominated in the category of Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series . " Chapter 1 " joined '' Arrested Development '' " Flight of the Phoenix " and '' Hemlock Grove '' " Children of the Night " as the first webisodes to earn Creative Arts Emmy Award nomination , and with its win for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series , " Chapter 1 " became the first webisode to be awarded an Emmy . Fincher 's win for Directing for a Drama Series made the episode the first Primetime Emmy-awarded webisode
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
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