59th Primetime Emmy Awards facts for kids

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The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were a big event that celebrated the best TV shows and performances. They took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2007. The show was broadcast live on Fox and was the first time the Emmys were shown in high definition. Ryan Seacrest was the host for the evening.

Who Got the Most Nominations and Awards?
Big Winners from the Live Show
Creative Arts Winners
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Who Got the Most Nominations and Awards?

Different TV networks received many nominations and won awards. Here's how they stacked up:

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

Big Winners from the Live Show

These are the winners from the main Emmy Awards show that was broadcast live on TV. The winners are listed first and in bold. Other shows or people who were nominated are listed in alphabetical order.

Best Drama Series	Best Comedy Series
The Sopranos Boston Legal Grey's Anatomy Heroes House	30 Rock Entourage The Office Two and a Half Men Ugly Betty
Best Miniseries	Best TV 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
Best Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Best 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
Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Best 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
Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Best 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
Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Best 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
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Best 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
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Best 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
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Best 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
Best Directing for a Drama Series	Best 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")
Best Writing for a Drama Series	Best 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")
Best Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special	Best 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
Best Directing for a Variety or Music Program	Best 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

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards honor achievements in technical and artistic fields, as well as specific performances like guest roles. Some of these winners were also mentioned during the main Emmy telecast.

Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Best 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
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Best 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

Emmy Awards

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Ricky Gervais, who won for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
America Ferrera, who won for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She was the first Latin woman to win this award.
James Spader, who won for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Sally Field, who won for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Robert Duvall, who won for Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Helen Mirren, who won for Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
Jeremy Piven, who won for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Jaime Pressly, who won for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Terry O'Quinn, who won for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Katherine Heigl, who won for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
Thomas Haden Church, who won for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
Judy Davis, who won for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
Tony Bennett, who won for Best Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.

59th Primetime Emmy Awards facts for kids

Contents

Who Got the Most Nominations and Awards?

Big Winners from the Live Show

Creative Arts Winners

Related pages

Images for kids

See also