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 |
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| 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 |
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- 30 Rock
- Entourage
- The Office
- Two and a Half Men
- Ugly Betty
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| Outstanding Miniseries |
Outstanding Made for Television Movie |
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- Broken Trail
- Prime Suspect: The Final Act
- The Starter Wife
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- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- 9/11: The Twin Towers
- Longford
- The Ron Clark Story
- Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
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| Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series |
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program |
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
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| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- 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
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie |
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- 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
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- Helen Mirren for playing Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect: The Final Act (Masterpiece Theatre)
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
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- 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
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- 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
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| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- 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
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie |
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- Judy Davis for playing Joan McAllister in The Starter Wife
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| Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special |
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Special |
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| Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
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- 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")
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- 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")
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| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
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- 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")
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- 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")
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| Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special |
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special |
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- 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
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- 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
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| Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program |
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- 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
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- 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
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Creative Arts winners
Main page: 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (Creative Arts)
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 |
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- 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
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- 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
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| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Leslie Caron for playing Lorraine Chalmers on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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