59th Primetime Emmy Awards

**The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards** were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2007 and were live on television on Fox at 8:00 p.m. EDT (00:00 UTC) for the first time in high definition (on tape delay three hours later on the West Coast of the United States at 8:00 p.m. PDT/3:00 UTC). The ceremonies were hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

## Nominations and winners

|Network|Nominations|Awards|
| --- | --- | --- |
|ABC|70|10|
|CBS|44|10|
|FOX|28|7|
|HBO|86|21|
|NBC|69|19|
|PBS|24|9|
|Other|135|34|

### Primetime Telecast Winners

- Winners are listed first, in **bold**. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.

|width="50%"|Outstanding Drama Series|width="50%"|Outstanding Comedy Series|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|* ***The Sopranos*** ** _Boston Legal_ ** _Grey's Anatomy_ ** _Heroes_ ** _House_|valign="top"|* ***30 Rock*** ** _Entourage_ ** _The Office_ ** _Two and a Half Men_ ** _Ugly Betty_|
|valign="top"|* ***Broken Trail*** ** _Prime Suspect: The Final Act_ ** _The Starter Wife_|valign="top"|* ***Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee*** ** _9/11: The Twin Towers_ ** _Longford_ ** _The Ron Clark Story_ ** _Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy_|
|valign="top"|* ***The Daily Show with Jon Stewart*** ** _Late Night with Conan O'Brien_ ** _Late Show with David Letterman_ ** _Real Time with Bill Maher_ ** _The Colbert Report_|valign="top"|* ***The Amazing Race*** ** _American Idol_ ** _Dancing With the Stars_ ** _Project Runway_ ** _Top Chef_|
|valign="top"|* **James Spader for playing Alan Shore on _Boston Legal**_ ** James Gandolfini for playing Tony Soprano on _The Sopranos_ ** Hugh Laurie for playing Gregory House on _House_ ** Denis Leary for playing Tommy Gavin on _Rescue Me_ ** Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on _24_|valign="top"|* **Ricky Gervais for playing Andy Millman on _Extras**_ ** Steve Carell for playing Michael Scott on _The Office_ ** Alec Baldwin for playing Jack Donaghy on _30 Rock_ ** Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on _Monk_ ** Charlie Sheen for playing Charlie Harper on _Two and a Half Men_|
|valign="top"|* **Sally Field for playing Nora Walker on _Brothers & Sisters**_ ** Patricia Arquette for playing Alison Dubois on _Medium_ ** Minnie Driver for playing Dahlia Malloy on _The Riches_ ** Edie Falco for playing Carmela Soprano on _The Sopranos_ ** Mariska Hargitay for playing Olivia Benson on _Law & Order: Special Victims Unit_ ** Kyra Sedgwick for playing Brenda Leigh Johnson on _The Closer_|valign="top"|* **America Ferrera for playing Betty Suarez on _Ugly Betty**_ ** Tina Fey for playing Liz Lemon on _30 Rock_ ** Felicity Huffman for playing Lynette Scavo on _Desperate Housewives_ ** Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Christine Campbell on _The New Adventures of Old Christine_ ** Mary-Louise Parker for playing Nancy Botwin on _Weeds_|
|valign="top"|* **Robert Duvall for playing Prentice 'Print' Ritter in  _Broken Trail**_ ** Jim Broadbent for playing Lord Longford in _Longford_ ** William H. Macy for playing Clyde Umney & Sam Landry in _Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King_ ** Matthew Perry for playing Ron Clark in _The Ron Clark Story_ ** Tom Selleck for playing Jesse Stone in _Jesse Stone: Sea Change_|valign="top"|* **Helen Mirren for playing Jane Tennison in _Prime Suspect: The Final Act_ (_Masterpiece Theatre_)** ** Queen Latifah for playing Ana in _Life Support_ ** Debra Messing for playing Molly Kagan in _The Starter Wife_ ** Mary-Louise Parker for playing Zenia Arden in _The Robber Bride_ ** Gena Rowlands for playing Melissa Eisenbloom in _What If God Were The Sun_|
|valign="top"|* **Terry O'Quinn for playing John Locke on _Lost**_ ** Michael Emerson for playing Benjamin Linus on _Lost_ ** Michael Imperioli for playing Christopher Moltisanti on _The Sopranos_ ** T.R. Knight for playing George O'Malley on _Grey's Anatomy_ ** Masi Oka for playing Hiro Nakamura on _Heroes_ ** William Shatner for playing Denny Crane on _Boston Legal_|valign="top"|* **Jeremy Piven for playing Ari Gold on _Entourage**_ ** Jon Cryer for playing Alan Harper on _Two and a Half Men_ ** Kevin Dillon for playing Johnny "Drama" Chase on _Entourage_ ** Neil Patrick Harris for playing Barney Stinson on _How I Met Your Mother_ ** Rainn Wilson for playing Dwight Schrute on _The Office_|
|valign="top"|* **Katherine Heigl for playing Dr. Izzie Stevens on _Grey's Anatomy**_ ** Lorraine Bracco for playing Dr. Jennifer Melfi on _The Sopranos_ ** Rachel Griffiths for playing Sarah Whedon on _Brothers & Sisters_ ** Sandra Oh for playing Dr.Cristina Yang on _Grey's Anatomy_ ** Aida Turturro for playing Janice Soprano on _The Sopranos_ ** Chandra Wilson for playing Dr.Miranda Bailey on _Grey's Anatomy_|valign="top"|* **Jaime Pressly for playing Joy Turner on _My Name Is Earl**_ ** Conchata Ferrell for playing Berta on _Two and a Half Men_ ** Jenna Fischer for playing Pam Beesly on _The Office_ ** Elizabeth Perkins for playing Celia Hodes on _Weeds_ ** Holland Taylor for playing Evelyn Harper on _Two and a Half Men_ ** Vanessa Williams for playing Wilhelmina Slater on _Ugly Betty_|
|valign="top"|* **Thomas Haden Church for playing Tom Harte in _Broken Trail**_ ** Edward Asner for playing Luke Spelman in _The Christmas Card_ ** Joe Mantegna for playing Lou Manahan in _The Starter Wife_ ** Aidan Quinn for playing Senator Dawes in _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee_ ** August Schellenberg for playing Sitting Bull in _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee_|valign="top"|* **Judy Davis for playing Joan McAllister in _The Starter Wife**_ ** Toni Collette for playing Kathy Graham in _Tsunami: The Aftermath_ ** Samantha Morton for playing Myra Hindley in _Longford_ ** Anna Paquin for playing Elaine Goodale in _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee_ ** Greta Scacchi for playing Nola Johns in _Broken Trail_|
|valign="top"|* ***Tony Bennett: An American Classic*** ** _A Tribute to James Taylor (Great Performances)_ ** _Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed_ ** _The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner_ ** _The Kennedy Center Honors: A National Celebration of the Performing Arts_ ** _Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired_|valign="top"|* **Tony Bennett for _Tony Bennett: An American Classic**_ ** Stephen Colbert for _The Colbert Report_ ** Ellen DeGeneres for _79th Academy Awards_ ** David Letterman for_ Late Show with David Letterman_ ** Jon Stewart for _The Daily Show with Jon Stewart_|
|valign="top"|* **Alan Taylor for _The Sopranos_ (episode: "Kennedy and Heidi")** ** Félix Enríquez Alcalá for _Battlestar Galactica_ (episode: "Exodus, Part II") ** Bill D'Elia for _Boston Legal_ (episode: "Son of the Defender") ** Peter Berg for_ Friday Night Lights_ (episode: "Pilot") ** David Semel for_ Heroes_ (episode: "Genesis") ** Jack Bender for _Lost_ (episode: "Through the Looking Glass") ** Thomas Schlamme for_ Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ (episode: "Pilot")|valign="top"|* **Richard Shepard for _Ugly Betty_ (episode: "Pilot")** ** Scott Ellis for _30 Rock_ (episode: "The Break Up") ** Julian Farino for _Entourage_ (episode: "One Day in the Valley") ** Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant for _Extras_ (episode: "Orlando Bloom") ** Will Mackenzie for _Scrubs_ (episode: "My Musical") ** Ken Kwapis for _The Office_ (episode: "Gay Witch Hunt")|
|valign="top"|* **David Chase for _The Sopranos_ (episode: "Made in America")** ** David Chase and Matthew Weiner for _The Sopranos_ (episode: "Kennedy and Heidi") ** Ronald D. Moore for _Battlestar Galactica_ (episode: "Occupation/Precipice") ** Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for _Lost_ (episode: "Through the Looking Glass") ** Terence Winter for _The Sopranos_ (episode: "The Second Coming")|valign="top"|* **Greg Daniels for _The Office_ (episode: "Gay Witch Hunt"**) ** Robert Carlock for _30 Rock_ (episode: "Jack-tor") ** Tina Fey for _30 Rock_ (episode: "Tracy Does Conan") ** Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for _Extras_ (episode: "Daniel Radcliffe") ** Michael Schur for _The Office_ (episode: "The Negotiation")|
|valign="top"|* **Philip Martin for _Prime Suspect: The Final Act**_ ** Walter Hill for _Broken Trail_ ** Yves Simoneau for _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee_ ** Susanna White for _Jane Eyre_ (_Masterpiece Theatre_) ** Bharat Nalluri for _Tsunami: The Aftermath_|valign="top"|* **Frank Deasy for _Prime Suspect: The Final Act_ (_Masterpiece Theatre_)** ** Alan Geoffrion for _Broken Trail_ ** Daniel Giat for _Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee_ ** Sandy Welch for _Jane Eyre_ (_Masterpiece Theatre_) ** Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott for _The Starter Wife_|
|valign="top"|* **Rob Marshall for _Tony Bennett: An American Classic**_ ** Bruce Gowers for _American Idol — The Finale_ ** Don Roy for _Saturday Night Live — Host: Alec Baldwin_ ** Jim Hoskinson for _The Colbert Report — Show #2161_ ** Chuck O'Neil for _The Daily Show with Jon Stewart — Show #12061_|valign="top"|* ***Late Night with Conan O'Brien*** ** _Late Show with David Letterman_ ** _Real Time with Bill Maher_ ** _The Colbert Report_ ** _The Daily Show with Jon Stewart_|

### Creative Arts winners

Creative Arts Awards winners who were recognized at the Primetime telecast.

|width="50%"|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|width="50%"|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|* **John Goodman for playing Robert Bebe on _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip**_ ** Christian Clemenson for playing Jerry Espenson on _Boston Legal_ ** Tim Daly for playing J.T. Dolan on _The Sopranos_ ** David Morse for playing Michael Tritter on _House_ ** Eli Wallach for playing Eli Weintraub on _Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_ ** Forest Whitaker for playing Curtis Ames on _ER_|valign="top"|* **Stanley Tucci for playing David Ruskin on _Monk**_ ** Beau Bridges for playing Carl Hickey on _My Name Is Earl_ ** Martin Landau for playing Bob Ryan on _Entourage_ ** Ian McKellen for playing himself on _Extras_ ** Giovanni Ribisi for playing Ralph Mariano on _My Name Is Earl_|
|valign="top"|* **Leslie Caron for playing Lorraine Chalmers on _Law & Order: Special Victims Unit**_ ** Kate Burton for playing Ellis Grey on _Grey's Anatomy_ ** Marcia Gay Harden for playing Star Morrison on _Law & Order: Special Victims Unit_ ** Elizabeth Reaser for playing Jane Doe on _Grey's Anatomy_ ** Jean Smart for playing Martha Logan on _24_|valign="top"|* **Elaine Stritch for playing Colleen Donaghy on _30 Rock**_ ** Dixie Carter for playing Gloria Hodge on _Desperate Housewives_ ** Salma Hayek for playing Sofia Reyes on _Ugly Betty_ ** Judith Light for playing Claire Meade on _Ugly Betty_ ** Laurie Metcalf for playing Carolyn Bigsby on_ Desperate Housewives_|

## Related pages

- Emmy Awards

## Other websites

- Primetime Emmy Awards
- emmys.org — Advanced Primetime Awards Search
- Emmy Awards coverage