The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC at 8:00pm ET (00:00 UTC) with Conan O'Brien hosting the show. The ceremony attracted 16.2 million viewers, 2½ million fewer than the previous year's ceremony, but still the ratings winner for the week.^[1]

This awards show was the first in 14 years to be held in August because of NBC's request; because of NBC Sunday Night Football, the show moved to accommodate NFL Kickoff Weekend.

Nominations and winners[link]

HBO received the most nominations and the most awards; its co-production Elizabeth I won nine Emmys, including Best Miniseries.

A new voting system determined nominees in particular categories (mostly lead acting and outstanding series categories) by a "blue ribbon" panel of judges, which resulted in the exclusion of popular shows such as Desperate Housewives and Lost, and actors like Hugh Laurie from House. Lost's exclusion was mocked during the opening sequence (see below), when O'Brien, accompanied by Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, heads down a hatch to get to the Emmys. O'Brien asked Reyes if he wanted to come; Reyes says coyly, "Well, we weren't exactly invited", to which O'Brien replies "But you won last year!"

Ellen Burstyn was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for her role in Mrs. Harris, even though she was onscreen for only 14 seconds.

The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold.

Outstanding Drama Series[link]

• 24
• Grey's Anatomy
• House
• The Sopranos
• The West Wing

Outstanding Comedy Series[link]

• Arrested Development
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• The Office
• Scrubs
• Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Miniseries[link]

• Bleak House
• Elizabeth I
• Into the West
• Sleeper Cell

Outstanding Made for Television Movie[link]

• Flight 93
• The Flight That Fought Back
• The Girl in the Café
• Mrs. Harris
• Yesterday

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program[link]

• The Amazing Race
• American Idol
• Dancing with the Stars
• Project Runway
• Survivor

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series[link]

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Late Show with David Letterman
• Real Time with Bill Maher

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series[link]

• Peter Krause for playing Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Denis Leary for playing Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me
• Christopher Meloni for playing Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Martin Sheen for playing Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing
• Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on 24

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series[link]

• Steve Carell for playing Michael Scott on The Office
• Larry David for playing himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Kevin James for playing Doug Heffernan on The King of Queens
• Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on Monk
• Charlie Sheen for playing Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[link]

• Andre Braugher for playing Nick Atwater in Thief
• Charles Dance for playing Mr. Tulkinghorn in Bleak House
• Ben Kingsley for playing Herman Tarnower in Mrs. Harris
• Donald Sutherland for playing Bill Meehan in Human Trafficking
• Jon Voight for playing Pope John Paul II in Pope John Paul II

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series[link]

• Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Geena Davis for playing Mackenzie Allen on Commander in Chief
• Mariska Hargitay for playing Olivia Benson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Allison Janney for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing
• Kyra Sedgwick for playing Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series[link]

• Stockard Channing for playing Lydia Barnes on Out of Practice
• Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois on Malcolm in the Middle
• Lisa Kudrow for playing Valerie Cherish on The Comeback
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Christine Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Debra Messing for playing Grace Adler on Will & Grace

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie[link]

• Gillian Anderson for playing Lady Dedlock in Bleak House
• Kathy Bates for playing Jane Stern in Ambulance Girl
• Annette Bening for playing Jean Harris in Mrs. Harris
• Judy Davis for playing Sante Kimes in A Little Thing Called Murder
• Helen Mirren for playing Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series[link]

• Alan Alda for playing Arnold Vinick on The West Wing
• Michael Imperioli for playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos
• Gregory Itzin for playing Charles Logan on 24
• Oliver Platt for playing Russell Tupper on Huff
• William Shatner for playing Denny Crane on Boston Legal

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series[link]

• Will Arnett for playing George "G.O.B." Bluth, Jr. on Arrested Development
• Bryan Cranston for playing Hal Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle
• Jon Cryer for playing Dr. Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men
• Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
• Jeremy Piven for playing Ariel "Ari" Gold on Entourage

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie[link]

• Robert Carlyle for playing Sergei Karpovich in Human Trafficking
• Clifton Collins, Jr. for playing Jack Hill in Thief
• Hugh Dancy for playing Earl of Essex in Elizabeth I
• Jeremy Irons for playing Earl of Leicester in Elizabeth I
• Denis Lawson for playing John Jarndyce in Bleak House

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series[link]

• Candice Bergen for playing Shirley Schmidt on Boston Legal
• Blythe Danner for playing Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt on Huff
• Sandra Oh for playing Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy
• Jean Smart for playing Martha Logan on 24
• Chandra Wilson for playing Dr. Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series[link]

• Cheryl Hines for playing Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on Will & Grace
• Elizabeth Perkins for playing Celia Hodes on Weeds
• Jaime Pressly for playing Joy Turner on My Name Is Earl
• Alfre Woodard for playing Betty Applewhite on Desperate Housewives

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie[link]

• Ellen Burstyn for playing Former Tarnower Steady in Mrs. Harris
• Shirley Jones for playing Aunt Batty in Hidden Places
• Cloris Leachman for playing Pearl Schwartz in Mrs. Harris
• Kelly Macdonald for playing Gina in The Girl in the Café
• Alfre Woodard for playing Mrs. Brown in The Water is Wide

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series[link]

• Michael J. Fox for Boston Legal
• Christian Clemenson for Boston Legal
• James Woods for ER
• Kyle Chandler for Grey's Anatomy
• Henry Ian Cusick for Lost

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series[link]

• Patrick Stewart for Extras
• Ben Stiller for Extras
• Martin Sheen for Two and a Half Men
• Alec Baldwin for Will & Grace
• Leslie Jordan for Will & Grace

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series[link]

• Kate Burton for Grey's Anatomy
• Christina Ricci for Grey's Anatomy
• Swoosie Kurtz for Huff
• Patricia Clarkson for Six Feet Under
• Joanna Cassidy for Six Feet Under

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series[link]

• Shirley Knight for Desperate Housewives
• Kate Winslet for Extras
• Cloris Leachman for Malcolm in the Middle
• Laurie Metcalf for Monk
• Blythe Danner for Will & Grace

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program[link]

• Barry Manilow for Barry Manilow: Music and Passion
• Stephen Colbert for playing Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report
• Craig Ferguson for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• David Letterman for The Late Show with David Letterman
• Hugh Jackman for The 59th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series[link]

• Rodrigo García for Big Love (Episode: Pilot)
• Jack Bender for Lost (Episode: Live Together, Die Alone)
• Alan Ball for Six Feet Under (Episode: Everyone's Waiting)
• Tim Van Patten for The Sopranos (Episode: Members Only)
• David Nutter for The Sopranos (Episode: Join the Club)
• Jon Cassar for 24 (Episode: Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.)
• Mimi Leder for The West Wing (Episode: Election Day Part I)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series[link]

• Michael Patrick King for The Comeback (Episode: Valerie Does Another Classic Leno)
• Robert B. Weide for Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: The Christ Nail)
• Dan Attias for Entourage (Episode: Oh, Mandy)
• Julian Farino for Entourage (Episode: The Sundance Kids)
• Marc Buckland for My Name Is Earl (Episode: Pilot)
• Craig Zisk for Weeds (Episode: Good Shit Lollipop)

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special[link]

• Justin Chadwick for Bleak House
• Tom Hooper for Elizabeth I
• Peter Markle for Flight 93
• David Yates for The Girl in the Café
• Kenny Ortega for High School Musical
• Phyllis Nagy for Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program[link]

• Louis J. Horvitz for 78th Academy Awards
• Bruce Gowers for American Idol
• Jim Hoskinson for The Colbert Report
• Beth McCarthy-Miller for Saturday Night Live
• Chuck O'Neill for The Daily Show

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series[link]

• Shonda Rhimes for Grey's Anatomy (Episodes: It's the End of the World & (As We Know It))
• Krista Vernoff for Grey's Anatomy (Episode: Into You Like a Train)
• Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for Lost (Episode: The 23rd Psalm)
• Alan Ball for Six Feet Under (Episode: Everyone's Waiting)
• Terence Winter for The Sopranos (Episode: Members Only)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series[link]

• Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day and Mitchell Hurwitz for Arrested Development (Episode: Development Arrested, aka Harboring Resentment)
• Doug Ellin for Entourage (Episode: Exodus)
• Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for Extras (Episode: Kate Winslet)
• Greg Garcia for My Name Is Earl (Episode: Pilot)
• Michael Schur for The Office (Episode: Christmas Party)

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special[link]

• Andrew Davies for Bleak House
• Nigel Williams for Elizabeth I
• Nevin Schreiner for Flight 93
• Richard Curtis for The Girl in the Café
• Phyllis Nagy for Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program[link]

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• The Late Show with David Letterman
• Real Time with Bill Maher

Opening sequence and subsequent controversy[link]

[edit] The plane crash Lost parody

The opening sequence of the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards show depicted the host, Conan O'Brien, wearing a tuxedo, sitting in luxury on a plane, sipping champagne and mentioning to the flight attendant that this would be the second Emmy's broadcast that he would be hosting. O'Brien then rhetorically asked the flight attendant, "What could possibly go wrong?" Immediately after that, the plane began to experience turbulence and then was portrayed as having crashed on (or near) an island. O'Brien is then seen walking ashore on the beach and onto the island still wearing his (now drenched) tuxedo (the video of this opening sequence is here [1]). Hurley appears and then follows O'Brien to a hatch. When O'Brien asks if he wants to come along, Hurley says that they "weren't exactly invited". O'Brien enters the hatch and arrives on the set of The Office.

The intention of this opening sequence was to parody the premise of the ABC television series Lost; however, the sequence reportedly disturbed some viewers because of the Comair Flight 5191 aircraft disaster that had occurred earlier in the day.^[2]

Entertainment industry critics, such as LA Weekly columnist Nikki Finke, lambasted NBC's decision to not pull the plane crash portion of the opening sequence, in light of the aforementioned crash earlier that day. Finke stated that she believes NBC could have – with relative ease – instructed their writers to come up with a different sketch at the last minute, which could have been used as a substitute [2].

Other parodies[link]

The skit also parodied shows such as The Office, 24, House, South Park, and Dateline NBC (specifically, the "To Catch a Predator" segments). An animated Tom Cruise from the South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet" appears in a skit where an animated O'Brien hides in Stan Marsh's closet, only to run away when he discovers Cruise has already occupied the closet.

Tributes[link]

The show featured tributes to two TV legends : Dick Clark ("America's Oldest Teenager"), and Aaron Spelling, producer of such classic TV shows as Dynasty and Beverly Hills, 90210. The former tribute was presented by Simon Cowell, American Idol judge, with a performance by Barry Manilow, who won an Emmy later that evening. Joan Collins, Heather Locklear, and Stephen Collins, along with the original three Charlie's Angels, gave the tribute for Spelling.

In Memoriam[link]

The awards remember the actors and producers who died between last half of 2005 and first half of 2006: Dennis Weaver, Barnard Hughes, Philo T. Farnsworth, Don Adams, producer Dan Curtis, Lew Anderson, Ralph Edwards, sportscaster Curt Gowdy, Robert Sterling, writer Michael Piller, Red Buttons, Mike Douglas, producer Scott Brazil, Anthony Franciosa, casting director Phyllis Huffman, Darren McGavin, executive producer Gloria Monty, Jan Murray, Pat Morita, Al Lewis, Maureen Stapleton, singer and actor Buck Owens, Jack Warden, Don Knotts, producer Robert Wise, John Spencer, Louis Nye, Shelley Winters and Richard Pryor.

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-et-tvratingstext30aug30,0,7856317.htmlstory
2. ^ Homepage | www.kentucky.com

External links[link]

• Official list of all nominees
• Nikki Finke Asks: "What Was NBC/Conan Thinking?"
• Video of the Plane Crash Sequence from the 58th Primetime Emmy Broadcast

Primetime Emmy Award
63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in primetime television
Presented by	ATAS
Country	United States
First awarded	1949
Official website	http://www.emmys.com/
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The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "primetime" was added to distinguish between the two.

The Primetime Emmys generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season. They are currently seen in rotation among the four major networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox). Because of NBC's coverage of Sunday Night NFL Football beginning in September, when NBC has had the rotation in 2006 and again in 2010, the Emmys move to late August for those years only.

Emmys are considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music), and Tony Awards (for stage), and Annie Awards for Animation.^[1][2]

Rules[link]

Among the Primetime Emmy rules, a show must originally air on American television during the eligibility period between June 1 and May 31. In order to be considered a national primetime show, the program must air between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m., and to at least 50 percent of the country.^[3] A show that enters into the Primetime Emmys cannot also be entered into the Daytime Emmy Awards or any other national Emmy competition. For shows in syndication, whose air times vary between media markets, they can either be entered in the Daytime or Primetime Emmys (provided they still reach the 50 percent national reach), but not in both.^[3] For game shows that reach the 50 percent threshold, they can be entered into the Daytime Emmys if they normally air before 8 p.m (including the former "access hour" from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.); otherwise, they are only eligible for the Primetime Emmys.^[4]

Entries must be submitted by the end of April, even if a show is not scheduled to originally air until the following month when the eligibility period ends in May. Most award categories also require entries to include DVDs or tape masters of the show. For most series categories, any six episodes that originally aired during the eligibility period must be submitted (programs that were cancelled before airing their sixth episode are thus ineligible). For most individual achievement categories, only one episode is required to be submitted; if an episode is a two-parter, both parts may be included on the submitted DVD.^[3]

Ballots to select the nominations are sent to Academy members in June. For most categories, members from each of the branches vote to determine the nominees only in their respective categories. All members can however vote for nominations in the best program categories. The final voting to determine the winners is held in August, and is done by judging panels. In June, the Academy solicits volunteers among its active members to serve on these panels. All active members may serve on the program panels; otherwise they are restricted to those categories within their own branch.^[3]

Award categories[link]

Primetime Emmys are currently awarded in the following categories:

Creative Arts Primetime Emmys[link]

The Creative Arts Emmy Award are awarded in the following categories (some of which separately recognize work based on whether a single-camera and multi-camera setup was used):

Retired awards[link]

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

A number of awards have been retired throughout the years, including some that have been replaced by similar award categories in the Daytime Emmys, Sports Emmys, and other areas of recognition.

• Actor of the Year
• Actress of the Year
• Best Kinescope Show
• Best Live Show
• Best New Program
• Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality
• Most Outstanding Live Personality
• Outstanding Live Sports Special †
• Outstanding Sports Personality †
• Outstanding Program Achievement by Individuals in Daytime Drama ‡
• Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama ‡
• Program of the Year
• Best Sports Coverage†
• Best Western Series (1958-1959 only)
• Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
• Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)

_{† Replaced by a similar category in the Sports Emmy Awards}

^{‡ Replaced by a similar category in the Daytime Emmy Awards}

Leading nominees[link]

Most Emmy nominations for a television program

• Saturday Night Live: 142 nominations
• ER: 124 nominations
• Cheers: 117 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for a comedy series in a single year

• 30 Rock (2009): 22 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for a drama series in a single year

• NYPD Blue (1994): 27 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for an animated series in a single year

• The Simpsons (1992): 7 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for a miniseries

• Roots (1977): 37 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for a television movie

• Eleanor and Franklin (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007); and Grey Gardens (2009): 17 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for a variety series in a single year

• Saturday Night Live (2011): 16 nominations

Most Emmy nominations for an individual without a win

• Angela Lansbury (1983–2005): 18 nominations

Leading winners[link]

Most Emmy wins by an individual

• Sheila Nevins: 22

Most Emmy wins for a television program

• Frasier: 37

Most Emmy wins for a comedy series

• Frasier: 37

Most Emmy wins for a drama series

• The West Wing: 26^[5]
• Hill Street Blues: 26^[5]

Most Emmy wins for a series in its first season

• The West Wing: 9

Most Emmy wins for a series in a single season

• The West Wing: 9

Most Emmy wins in the comedy series category

• Frasier: 5

Most Emmy wins in the drama series category

• Hill Street Blues: 4^[5]
• L.A. Law: 4^[5]
• Mad Men: 4^[6]
• The West Wing: 4^[5]

Most Emmy wins for an animated series

• The Simpsons: 27

Most Emmy wins for a miniseries

• John Adams (2008): 13

Most Emmy wins for a television movie

• Eleanor and Franklin (1976): 11

Most Emmy wins in a single year for a network

• CBS (1974): 44

Most performing Emmys wins

• Cloris Leachman: 8
• Ed Asner: 7
• Mary Tyler Moore: 7

Most Emmy wins for the same character in the same series

• Don Knotts of The Andy Griffith Show: 5
• Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown: 5

Most Emmy wins for the same character in different series

• Ed Asner of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant: 5

Performers with the most Primetime Emmys[link]

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• Carl Reiner won a total of nine Primetime Emmy Awards, five of which were for his work on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Outstanding Comedy Series, Program Achievement, Writing in a Comedy series and Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series). He also won the award for Outstanding Guest Actor for his performance on Mad About You, and two Emmys for his performance on Caesar's Hour. In 1967, he won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy/Variety/Music series, for The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special.
• Cloris Leachman's eighth Emmy made her the "winningest" female performer in Emmy history. Previously, she had been tied with Mary Tyler Moore and Tracey Ullman (although not all of Ullman's Emmys are for performance categories).
• Edward Asner won five Emmys for the same character (Lou Grant) but in two different series and genres. Asner won three in the Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and two more in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category for Lou Grant. Asner also has two additional Emmys, making him the most awarded male performer in Emmy history with 7 wins.
• Tyne Daly has won six performing Emmy Awards; four Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey in 1983–1985 and 1988. Also, two wins in the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for Christy in 1996 and Judging Amy in 2003.
• Don Knotts and Candice Bergen share the distinction of being the only actors to have won five Emmy Awards for their respective performances on their respective series. Knotts won for his role as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show (1961–1963, 1966–1967). Bergen won for her portrayal of Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown (1989–1990, 1992, 1994–1995).
• Kelsey Grammer has won five Emmy Awards: four for his portrayal of Frasier Crane on Frasier (1994–1995, 1998, 2004) and one for voicing the character Sideshow Bob on the series The Simpsons (2006). He has several other nominations as Frasier on that series as well as on Cheers and Wings (for a 1992 guest appearance). This makes him the only actor to earn Emmy nominations for portraying the same character on three different programs.
• John Larroquette also won five Emmy Awards; four (in a row) for his portrayal of Dan Fielding on Night Court and one for his guest role on The Practice.
• Peter Falk won five Primetime Emmy Awards, including four for his iconic work on Columbo - 3 as Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series (1972, 1976, 1990) and 1 as Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series (1975). Fifth win was chronologically the first for his performance on The Dick Powell Show.
• Carroll O'Connor of All in the Family, Nancy Marchand of Lou Grant, Rhea Perlman of Cheers, Dennis Franz of NYPD Blue, Helen Hunt of Mad About You, David Hyde Pierce of Frasier, Allison Janney of The West Wing, and Doris Roberts of Everybody Loves Raymond have all won four Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows. Valerie Harper also has four Emmys for the same character, Rhoda, but on two different shows. Harper has three Emmys for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and one for Rhoda.
• Kathy Baker of Picket Fences, Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, James Gandolfini of The Sopranos, Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond, John Lithgow of 3rd Rock from the Sun, Jeremy Piven of Entourage, Michael Richards of Seinfeld, Tony Shalhoub of Monk, James Spader of The Practice and Boston Legal, and Patricia Wettig of thirtysomething have all won three Emmys for playing their respective characters on their respective TV shows.
• Carroll O'Connor and Edie Falco are the only actors to have won the lead category in both the comedy and drama series category. O'Connor has four Emmys for his comedic turn in All in the Family and one dramatic Emmy for In the Heat of the Night. Falco has three Emmys for her dramatic turn in The Sopranos and one comedic Emmy for Nurse Jackie. Others have won in a variety of both the comedy and drama categories including lead, supporting, and guest performances such as Alan Alda for M*A*S*H and The West Wing, Bruce Willis for Moonlighting and Friends, John Lithgow for Amazing Stories, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Dexter, Doris Roberts for St. Elsewhere and Everybody Loves Raymond, Ed Asner for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant, John Larroquette for Night Court and The Practice, Christopher Lloyd for Taxi and Avonlea, Cynthia Nixon for Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Elaine Stritch for 30 Rock and Law & Order, and Cloris Leachman for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Promised Land and Malcolm in the Middle.
• Alan Alda is the only person to have won Emmys in the comedy series categories for writing, directing, and acting in the same series, M*A*S*H. Alda has a total of six wins including his most recent Emmy for supporting actor in a drama series for The West Wing.
• Michael J. Fox has won five Emmy awards: four for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his shows Family Ties (1986–1988) and Spin City (2000), and one for Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on Rescue Me (2009).
• Betty White is the only female to have an Emmy in all female performing comedic categories including two in Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Life with Elizabeth and The Golden Girls, two in Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and two for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for The John Larroquette Show and Saturday Night Live. White also holds the record for longest gap between performing Emmy nominations - her first was in 1951 and her most recent was in 2011, a gap of 60 years. White also holds the record for the oldest recipient of a competitive, non-honorary performing Primetime Emmy, winning in 2010 at the age of 88 - and used to hold the record for the oldest nominee, nominated in 2011 at the age of 89. She has since been surpassed by June Foray, who in 2012 was nominated in the category of Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program at the age of 94.

See also[link]

• Emmy Award
• Daytime Emmy Award
• List of Primetime Emmy Award winners
• List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies
• Golden Globe Awards
• Screen Actors Guild Awards
• Directors Guild of America Awards
• Writers Guild of America Award
• TCA Awards
• British Academy Television Awards
• Gemini Award—television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.
• Logie Award—television broadcasting industry awards in Australia.

Notes[link]