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.News from Yahoo.com - The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards  

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. 

 Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Comedy Series The Sopranos
 Boston Legal
 Grey's Anatomy
 Heroes
 House 30 Rock
 Entourage
 The Office
 Two and a Half Men
 Ugly Betty Outstanding Miniseries Outstanding Made for Television Movie Broken Trail
 Prime Suspect: The Final Act  
 The Starter Wife Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
 9/11: The Twin Towers
 Longford
 The Ron Clark Story
 Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Outstanding Reality-Competition Program 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 The Amazing Race
 American Idol
 Dancing With the Stars
 Project Runway
 Top Chef Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series  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 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 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series 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 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 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie  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 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 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 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 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 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 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 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 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie 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 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 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Special 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 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 Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series 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") 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") Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series 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") 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")Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or SpecialOutstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special 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 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 WifeOutstanding Directing for a Variety or Music ProgramOutstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program 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 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.

 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 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 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 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series 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 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

References

Other websites
 Primetime Emmy Awards 
 emmys.org — Advanced Primetime Awards Search 
 Emmy Awards coverage

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