page_title: 55th Primetime Emmy Awards
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: 55th Primetime Emmy Awards / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Tyne Daly at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Poliwood. Photographer's blog post about the event at which this portrait was taken.
context_page_description: The 55th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 21, 2003. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox. The Sci Fi channel received its first major nomination this year for Outstanding Miniseries for Taken, for which it won.
  With the win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Debra Messing, Will & Grace became only the third television show to have all credited actors winning a Primetime Emmy Award for their respective role, following All in the Family and The Golden Girls. For its seventh season, Everybody Loves Raymond won its first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. It led all comedies with four major wins and ten major nominations. The West Wing won Outstanding Drama Series for the fourth consecutive year, tying the record set by Hill Street Blues.
  Despite failing to win Outstanding Drama Series, The Sopranos continued to rake in the awards, leading all dramas with four major wins, including James Gandolfini and Edie Falco winning their third and final trophy for their respective category. Also Joe Pantoliano's win for Supporting Actor in a Drama marked the first time HBO had won in this category.
context_section_description: Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
caption: Tyne Daly, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
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