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.

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 Special	Outstanding 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 Wife
Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program	Outstanding 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

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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

Other websites

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

Related pages

• Emmy Awards