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{{Short description|2007 American television programming awards}}
{{Current|date=September 2007}}
{{Infobox Emmy Awards
{{Infobox award
| name = 59th
| name = 59th Primetime Emmy Awards
| image = 59th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards_Poster.jpg
| type = P
| caption = Promotional poster
| image =
| imagesize =
| date = {{unbulleted list
| September 16, 2007 <br /> {{small|(Ceremony)}}
| caption =
| September 8, 2007 <br /> {{small|([[59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Creative Arts Awards]])}}
| date = [[September 16]], [[2007]]
| site = [[Shrine Auditorium]], [[Los Angeles, California]]
| creative_arts = [[September 8]], [[2007]]
| host = [[Ryan Seacrest]]
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]], [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
| producer = [[Ken Ehrlich]]
}}
}}
| location = [[Shrine Auditorium]], <br /> [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]

| presenter = [[Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]
'''The 59th Annual [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s''' will be held at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] on Sunday, [[September 16]], [[2007]] and will be televised on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] and [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] at 8:00 p.m. [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] (00:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) in [[high-definition television|high definition]]. The ceremonies were supposed to be produced by [[Nigel Lythgoe]] and [[Ken Warwick]], executive producers of ''[[American Idol]]'' but because of their heavy work load with ''Idol'', [[Ken Ehrlich]], last year's producer, will resume the role for the fourth time.<ref>{{cite web | title=American Idol's Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick Named Executive Producers For 59th Primetime Emmy Awards | url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-idolproducersexitemmys,0,4765044.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines}}</ref>
| host = [[Ryan Seacrest]]

| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
Nominations<ref>http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php Retrieved 2007-09-16</ref> were announced Thursday, [[July 19]] at 5:40 a.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]] (12:40 UTC) by nominees [[Jon Cryer]] and [[Kyra Sedgwick]]. [[Ryan Seacrest]] will be the host.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys_seacrest</ref>
| producer = [[Kenneth Ehrlich|Ken Ehrlich]]

| director = [[Bruce Gowers]]
Meanwhile, the [[Creative Arts Emmy Award]]s, hosted by comedian-actor [[Carlos Mencia]], were presented eight days earlier on [[September 8]].<ref name="creative_arts">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/crtvarts_wrap.php | title=HBO Tops 59th Creative Arts Emmys, NBC Leads Nets | accessdate=2007-09-15}}</ref>
| most_awards = {{unbulleted list

| Major:
==Nominations and winners==
:Winners are in '''bold'''.

{| class="wikitable"
! Network !! Nominations !! Awards
|-
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|| 70 ||4
|-
| [[CBS]]|| 44 ||9
|-
| [[The CW Television Network|CW]]|| 1 ||0
|-
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]|| 28 ||7
|-
| [[HBO]] || 86 ||15 <ref name="creative_arts"/>
|-
| [[NBC]] || 69 ||12 <ref name="creative_arts"/>
|-
| [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] || 24 ||6
|-
| Other || 134 ||28
|}

===Outstanding Drama Series===
* ''[[Boston Legal]]''
* ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos]]''

===Outstanding Comedy Series===
* ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]''
* ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''
* ''[[30 Rock]]''
* ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
* ''[[Ugly Betty]]''

===Outstanding Miniseries===
*''[[Broken Trail]]''
*''[[Broken Trail]]''
*''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]''
* ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]''
*''[[The Starter Wife]]''
* ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'' (3)
| All: ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'' (7)
}}
| most_nominations = ''The Sopranos'' (10)
| award1_type = [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]]
| award1_winner = ''[[30 Rock]]''
| award2_type = [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| award2_winner = ''The Sopranos''
| award3_type = [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series|Outstanding Miniseries]]
| award3_winner = ''Broken Trail''
| award4_type = [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Competition Program|Outstanding Reality-Competition Program]]
| award4_winner = ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]''
| award5_type = [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series]]
| award5_winner = ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
| previous = [[58th Primetime Emmy Awards|58th]]
| main = {{nowrap|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]s}}
| next = [[60th Primetime Emmy Awards|60th]]
}}


The '''59th Primetime Emmy Awards''' were held on Sunday, September 16, 2007, honoring the best in [[United States|U.S.]] [[prime time]] television programming at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. The ceremony was televised live on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] for the first time in [[high-definition television|high definition]] (on [[Broadcast delay|tape delay]] three hours later on the [[West Coast of the United States]] at 8:00&nbsp;p.m.). It was also the most recent Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony to be held at the Shrine Auditorium, as it was then relocated to the [[Peacock Theater|Nokia Theatre]] from the [[58th Primetime Emmy Awards|following year]] ([[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]/3:00 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]). The ceremony was hosted by [[Ryan Seacrest]].<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070820/ap_en_tv/tv_emmys_seacrest] {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref>
===Outstanding Made for Television Movie===
* ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee]]''
* ''[[Inside The Twin Towers]]''
* ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]''
* ''[[The Ron Clark Story]]''
* ''[[Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy]]''


The ceremonies were supposed to be produced by [[Nigel Lythgoe]] and [[Ken Warwick]], executive producers of ''[[American Idol]]'', but because of their heavy work load with ''Idol'', [[Kenneth Ehrlich|Ken Ehrlich]], last year's producer, resumed the producer's role for the fourth time.<ref>{{cite web | title=American Idol's Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick Named Executive Producers For 59th Primetime Emmy Awards | website=[[Zap2it]] | url=http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-idolproducersexitemmys,0,4765044.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines | access-date=2007-05-08 | archive-date=2007-05-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509030257/http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-idolproducersexitemmys,0,4765044.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines | url-status=live }}</ref> Ratings plunged further down to a near an all-time low as an estimate 12.87 million, 19% lower than the past year,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1627690620070917 | title=Emmy "Sopranos" send-off ranks as ratings dud | date=September 17, 2007 | work=Reuters | access-date=June 30, 2017 | archive-date=September 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915171827/https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1627690620070917 | url-status=live }}</ref> making it the second smallest television audience in Emmy history, behind the [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1990 telecast]].
===Outstanding Reality-Competition Program===
* ''[[The Amazing Race (US TV series)|The Amazing Race]]''
* ''[[American Idol]]''
* ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing With the Stars]]''
* ''[[Project Runway]]''
* ''[[Top Chef]]''


The nominations were announced on July 19 at 5:40&nbsp;a.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]] (12:40 UTC) by [[Jon Cryer]] and [[Kyra Sedgwick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php |title=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |access-date=2008-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307022226/http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/59thnominations.php |archive-date=2009-03-07 }} Retrieved 2007-09-16</ref>
===Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series===
* ''[[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 ]]''


Meanwhile, the [[Creative Arts Emmy Award]]s [[59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|ceremony]], hosted by comedian-actor [[Carlos Mencia]], were presented eight days earlier on September 9.<ref name="creative_arts">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/2007pt/crtvarts_wrap.php | title=HBO Tops 59th Creative Arts Emmys, NBC Leads Nets | access-date=September 15, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014232525/http://emmys.org/awards/2007pt/crtvarts_wrap.php| archive-date=October 14, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
===Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special===
*''[[Great Performances|A Tribute to James Taylor (Great Performances)]]''
*''[[Lewis Black|Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed]]''
*''[[William Shatner|The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner]]''
*''[[Kennedy Center Honors|The Kennedy Center Honors: A National Celebration of the Performing Arts]]''
*''[[Tony Bennett|Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]''
*''[[Wanda Sykes|Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired]]''


Freshman series ''[[30 Rock]]'' defeated defending champion ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' to claim [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]]; this was the only major award for ''30 Rock''.
===Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series===
*[[James Gandolfini]] for playing [[Tony Soprano]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
*[[Hugh Laurie]] for playing [[Gregory House]] on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
*[[Denis Leary]] for playing [[Tommy Gavin]] on ''[[Rescue Me (TV series)|Rescue Me]]''
*[[James Spader]] for playing [[Alan Shore]] on ''[[Boston Legal]]''
*[[Kiefer Sutherland]] for playing [[Jack Bauer]] on ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''


Going into its final ceremony, ''[[The Sopranos]]'' needed just three major awards to tie the drama series record of 18 major wins set by ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''. It was nominated in ten major categories coming in and ended the night with three wins, including its second win for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]. This tied the record and gave both shows identical résumés—18 major wins and 74 major nominations. This win for ''The Sopranos'' was also the first time any show's sixth season had won for the Outstanding Drama award, later achieved by ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' as well, another [[HBO]] drama.
===Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series===
*[[Alec Baldwin]] for playing [[Jack Donaghy]] on ''[[30 Rock]]''
*[[Steve Carell]] for playing [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]] on ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''
*[[Ricky Gervais]] for playing [[Andy Millman]] on ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''
*[[Tony Shalhoub]] for playing [[Adrian Monk]] on ''[[Monk (TV Series)|Monk]]''
*[[Charlie Sheen]] for playing [[Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)|Charlie Harper]] on ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''


[[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]], a smaller cable network, won big with ''[[Broken Trail]]'' winning three Emmys. It won [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series|Outstanding Miniseries]] and the network's first Acting wins, for the series' stars, [[Thomas Haden Church]] and [[Robert Duvall]].
===Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie===
*[[Jim Broadbent]] for playing [[Lord Longford]] in ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]''
*[[Robert Duvall]] for playing [[Prentice 'Print' Ritter]] in ''[[Broken Trail]]''
*[[William H. Macy]] for playing [[Clyde Umney]] & [[Sam Landry]] in ''[[Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King]]''
*[[Matthew Perry (actor)|Matthew Perry]] for playing [[Ron Clark]] in ''[[The Ron Clark Story]]''
*[[Tom Selleck]] for playing [[Jesse Stone novels|Jesse Stone]] in ''[[Jesse Stone: Sea Change]]''


==Winners and nominees==
===Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series===
{{see also|59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards}}
*[[Patricia Arquette]] for playing [[Alison Dubois]] on ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''
*[[Minnie Driver]] for playing [[List of characters in The Riches|Dahlia Malloy]] on ''[[The Riches]]''
*[[Edie Falco]] for playing [[Carmela Soprano]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
*[[Sally Field]] for playing [[Nora Walker]] on ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]''
*[[Mariska Hargitay]] for playing [[Olivia Benson]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
*[[Kyra Sedgwick]] for playing [[Brenda Leigh Johnson]] on ''[[The Closer]]''


Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold''':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007|title=Nominees/Winners|website=emmys.com|access-date=2014-11-29|archive-date=2013-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921065406/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series===
*[[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 (TV series)|Weeds]]''


===Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie===
[[File:Ricky Gervais 2010.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Ricky Gervais]], Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
[[File:America Ferrara Cannes 2014.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[America Ferrera]], Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner, first Latin woman to do so]]
*[[Queen Latifah]] for playing Ana in ''[[Life Support (film)|Life Support]]''
[[File:The Blacklist - James Spader (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[James Spader]], Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
*[[Debra Messing]] for playing [[Molly Kagan]] in ''[[The Starter Wife]]''
[[File:Sally Field - 1981.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Sally Field]], Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner]]
*[[Helen Mirren]] for playing [[Jane Tennison]] in ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
[[File:Robert Duvall 2 by David Shankbone.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Robert Duvall]], Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
*[[Mary-Louise Parker]] for playing [[Zenia Arden]] in ''[[The Robber Bride]]''
[[File:Helen Mirren 2014.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Helen Mirren]], Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
*[[Gena Rowlands]] for playing [[Melissa Eisenbloom]] in ''[[What If God Were The Sun]]''
[[File:JeremyPivenFeb09.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Jeremy Piven]], Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
[[File:Jaime Pressly LF.JPG|right|thumb|150px|[[Jaime Pressly]], Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner]]
[[File:Terry O'Quinn (2).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Terry O'Quinn]], Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
[[File:Katherine Heigl LF adjust.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Katherine Heigl]], Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner]]
[[File:Thomas Haden Church at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Thomas Haden Church]], Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
[[File:Judy Davis - Eye of The Storm.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Judy Davis]], Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
[[File:TonyBennett210-1000.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Tony Bennett]], Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner]]


===Programs===
===Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series===
*[[Michael Emerson]] for playing [[Benjamin Linus]] on ''[[Lost (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Heroes]]''
*'''[[Terry O'Quinn]] for playing [[John Locke (Lost)|John Locke]] on ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'''''
*[[William Shatner]] for playing [[Denny Crane]] on ''[[Boston Legal]]''


{| class="wikitable"
===Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series===
|+ {{sronly|Programs}}
*[[Jon Cryer]] for playing [[Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)|Alan Harper]] on ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
|-
*[[Kevin Dillon]] for playing [[Johnny Drama]] on ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]]}}
*[[Neil Patrick Harris]] for playing [[Barney Stinson]] on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
* '''''[[30 Rock]]'' ([[NBC]])'''
*'''[[Jeremy Piven]] for playing [[Ari Gold (Entourage)|Ari Gold]] on ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'''''
*[[Rainn Wilson]] for playing [[Dwight Schrute]] on ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''
** ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'' ([[HBO]])
** ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' (NBC)
** ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' ([[CBS]])
** ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]])
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]}}
* '''''[[The Sopranos]]'' (HBO)'''
** ''[[Boston Legal]]'' (ABC)
** ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (ABC)
** ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'' (NBC)
** ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]])
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series]]}}
* '''''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' ([[Comedy Central]])'''
** ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' (Comedy Central)
** ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' (NBC)
** ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' (CBS)
** ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' (HBO)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special]]}}
* '''''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'' (NBC)'''
** ''[[Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner]]'' (Comedy Central)
** ''[[Great Performances]]'' (Episode: "Tribute to James Taylor") ([[PBS]])
** ''[[Kennedy Center Honors|The Kennedy Center Honors]]'' (CBS)
** ''Lewis Black: Red, White, and Screwed'' (HBO)
** ''Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired'' (HBO)
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Made for Television Movie]]}}
* '''''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' (HBO)'''
** ''[[9/11: The Twin Towers]]'' ([[Discovery Channel]])
** ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]'' (HBO)
** ''[[The Ron Clark Story]]'' ([[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]])
** ''[[Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy]]'' ([[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]])
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries|Outstanding Miniseries]]}}
* '''''[[Broken Trail]]'' ([[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]])'''
** ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]'' (PBS)
** ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]'' ([[USA Network|USA]])
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" colspan="2" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program|Outstanding Reality-Competition Program]]}}
* '''''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' (CBS)'''
** ''[[American Idol]]'' (Fox)
** ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' (ABC)
** ''[[Project Runway]]'' ([[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]])
** ''[[Top Chef]]'' (Bravo)
|}


===Acting===
===Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie===
*[[Edward Asner]] for playing [[Luke Spelman]] in ''[[The Christmas Card]]''
*'''[[Thomas Haden Church]] for playing [[Tom Harte]] in ''[[Broken Trail]]'''''
*[[Joe Mantegna]] for playing [[Lou Manahan]] in ''[[The Starter Wife]]''
*[[Aidan Quinn]] for playing [[Henry L. Dawes|Senator Dawes]] in ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*[[August Schellenberg]] for playing [[Sitting Bull]] in ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''


====Lead performances====
===Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Lorraine Bracco]] for playing [[Dr. Jennifer Melfi]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
|+ {{sronly|Lead performances}}
*[[Rachel Griffiths]] for playing [[Sarah Whedon]] on ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]''
|-
*'''[[Katherine Heigl]] for playing [[Izzie Stevens]] on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'''''
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]]}}
*[[Sandra Oh]] for playing [[Cristina Yang]] on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
* '''[[Ricky Gervais]] – ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'' as Andy Milman (HBO)'''
*[[Aida Turturro]] for playing [[Janice Soprano]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
*[[Chandra Wilson]] for playing [[Miranda Bailey]] on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
** [[Alec Baldwin]] – ''[[30 Rock]]'' as [[Jack Donaghy]] (NBC)
** [[Steve Carell]] – ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' as [[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]] (NBC)
** [[Tony Shalhoub]] – ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'' as [[Adrian Monk]] (USA)
** [[Charlie Sheen]] – ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' as [[Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)|Charlie Harper]] (CBS)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]}}
* '''[[America Ferrera]] – ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' as [[Betty Suarez]] (ABC)'''
** [[Tina Fey]] – ''[[30 Rock]]'' as [[Liz Lemon]] (NBC)
** [[Felicity Huffman]] – ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' as [[Lynette Scavo]] (ABC)
** [[Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] – ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]'' as [[Christine Campbell (character)|Christine Campbell]] (CBS)
** [[Mary-Louise Parker]] – ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'' as Nancy Botwin ([[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]])
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]}}
* '''[[James Spader]] – ''[[Boston Legal]]'' as Alan Shore (ABC)'''
** [[James Gandolfini]] – ''[[The Sopranos]]'' as [[Tony Soprano]] (HBO)
** [[Hugh Laurie]] – ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' as [[Gregory House]] (Fox)
** [[Denis Leary]] – ''[[Rescue Me (American TV series)|Rescue Me]]'' as [[Tommy Gavin]] ([[FX (TV channel)|FX]])
** [[Kiefer Sutherland]] – ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' as [[Jack Bauer]] (Fox)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]}}
* '''[[Sally Field]] – ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' as [[Nora Walker]] (ABC)'''
** [[Patricia Arquette]] – ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' as [[Allison DuBois]] (NBC)
** [[Minnie Driver]] – ''[[The Riches]]'' as [[Dahlia Malloy]] (FX)
** [[Edie Falco]] – ''[[The Sopranos]]'' as [[Carmela Soprano]] (HBO)
** [[Mariska Hargitay]] – ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as [[Olivia Benson]] (NBC)
** [[Kyra Sedgwick]] – ''[[The Closer]]'' as [[Brenda Leigh Johnson]] (TNT)
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]]}}
* '''[[Robert Duvall]] – ''[[Broken Trail]]'' as Prentice "Print" Ritter (AMC)'''
** [[Jim Broadbent]] – ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]'' as [[Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford|Lord Longford]] (HBO)
** [[William H. Macy]] – ''[[Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King]]'' as Clyde Umney / Sam Landry (TNT)
** [[Matthew Perry]] – ''[[The Ron Clark Story]]'' as [[Ron Clark (teacher)|Ron Clark]] (TNT)
** [[Tom Selleck]] – ''[[Jesse Stone: Sea Change]]'' as [[Jesse Stone (character)|Jesse Stone]] (CBS)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]}}
* '''[[Helen Mirren]] – ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]'' as DCI Jane Tennison (PBS)'''
** [[Queen Latifah]] – ''[[Life Support (film)|Life Support]]'' as Ana Wallace (HBO)
** [[Debra Messing]] – ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]'' as Molly Kagan (USA)
** [[Mary-Louise Parker]] – ''The Robber Bride'' as Zenia Arden ([[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]])
** [[Gena Rowlands]] – ''[[What If God Were the Sun?]]'' as Melissa Eisenbloom (Lifetime)
|}


===Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series===
====Supporting performances====
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Conchata Ferrell]] for playing [[Two and a Half Men#Cast and characters|Berta]] on ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
|+ {{sronly|Supporting performances}}
*[[Jenna Fischer]] for playing [[Pam Beesly]] on ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''
|-
*[[Elizabeth Perkins]] for playing [[Celia Hodes]] on ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]}}
*'''[[Jaime Pressly]] for playing [[Joy Turner]] on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'''''
* '''[[Jeremy Piven]] – ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'' as [[Ari Gold (Entourage)|Ari Gold]] (HBO)'''
*[[Holland Taylor]] for playing [[Two and a Half Men#Cast and characters|Evelyn Harper]] on ''[[Two and a Half Men]]''
** [[Jon Cryer]] – ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' as [[Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)|Dr. Alan Harper]] (CBS)
*[[Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] for playing [[Wilhelmina Slater]] on ''[[Ugly Betty]]''
** [[Kevin Dillon]] – ''Entourage'' as [[Johnny "Drama" Chase]] (HBO)
** [[Neil Patrick Harris]] – ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' as [[Barney Stinson]] (CBS)
** [[Rainn Wilson]] – ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' as [[Dwight Schrute]] (NBC)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]}}
* '''[[Jaime Pressly]] – ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'' as [[Joy Turner]] (NBC)'''
** [[Conchata Ferrell]] – ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' as Berta (CBS)
** [[Jenna Fischer]] – ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' as [[Pam Beesly]] (NBC)
** [[Elizabeth Perkins]] – ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'' as Celia Hodes (Showtime)
** [[Holland Taylor]] – ''Two and a Half Men'' as Evelyn Harper (CBS)
** [[Vanessa Williams]] – ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' as [[Wilhelmina Slater]] (ABC)
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]}}
* '''[[Terry O'Quinn]] – ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' as [[John Locke (Lost)|John Locke]] (ABC)'''
** [[Michael Emerson]] – ''Lost'' as [[Ben Linus]] (ABC)
** [[Michael Imperioli]] – ''[[The Sopranos]]'' as [[Christopher Moltisanti]] (HBO)
** [[T. R. Knight]] – ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' as [[George O'Malley|Dr. George O'Malley]] (ABC)
** [[Masi Oka]] – ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'' as [[Hiro Nakamura]] (NBC)
** [[William Shatner]] – ''[[Boston Legal]]'' as Denny Crane (ABC)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]}}
* '''[[Katherine Heigl]] – ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' as [[Izzie Stevens|Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens]] (ABC)'''
** [[Lorraine Bracco]] – ''[[The Sopranos]]'' as [[Jennifer Melfi|Dr. Jennifer Melfi]] (HBO)
** [[Rachel Griffiths]] – ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' as [[Sarah Walker (Brothers & Sisters)|Sarah Whedon]] (ABC)
** [[Sandra Oh]] – ''Grey's Anatomy'' as [[Cristina Yang|Dr. Cristina Yang]] (ABC)
** [[Aida Turturro]] – ''The Sopranos'' as [[Janice Soprano]] (HBO)
** [[Chandra Wilson]] – ''Grey's Anatomy'' as [[Miranda Bailey|Dr. Miranda Bailey]] (ABC)
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]]}}
* '''[[Thomas Haden Church]] – ''[[Broken Trail]]'' as Tom Harte (AMC)'''
** [[Edward Asner]] – ''[[The Christmas Card]]'' as Luke Spelman ([[Hallmark Channel]])
** [[Joe Mantegna]] – ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]'' as Lou Manahan (USA)
** [[Aidan Quinn]] – ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' as [[Henry L. Dawes]] (HBO)
** [[August Schellenberg]] – ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'' as [[Sitting Bull]] (HBO)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]}}
* '''[[Judy Davis]] – ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]'' as Joan McAllister (USA)'''
** [[Toni Collette]] – ''[[Tsunami: The Aftermath]]'' as Kathy Graham (HBO)
** [[Samantha Morton]] – ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]'' as [[Myra Hindley]] (HBO)
** [[Anna Paquin]] – ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' as [[Goodale Sisters|Elaine Goodale]] (HBO)
** [[Greta Scacchi]] – ''[[Broken Trail]]'' as Nola Johns (AMC)
|}


====Individual performances====
===Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Toni Collette]] for playing [[Kathy Graham]] in ''[[Tsunami: The Aftermath]]''
|+ {{sronly|Individual performances}}
*[[Judy Davis]] for playing [[Joan McAllister]] in ''[[The Starter Wife]]''
|-
*[[Samantha Morton]] for playing [[Myra Hindley]] in ''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]]}}
*[[Anna Paquin]] for playing [[Elaine Goodale]] in ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
* '''[[Tony Bennett]] – ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'' (NBC)'''
*[[Greta Scacchi]] for playing [[Nola Johns]] in ''[[Broken Trail]]''
** [[Stephen Colbert]] –''[[The Colbert Report]]'' (Comedy Central)
** [[Ellen DeGeneres]] – ''[[79th Academy Awards|The 79th Annual Academy Awards]]'' (ABC)
** [[David Letterman]] – ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' (CBS)
** [[Jon Stewart]] – ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' (Comedy Central)
|}


===Directing===
===Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Christian Clemenson]] for playing [[Jerry Espenson]] on ''[[Boston Legal]]''
|+ {{sronly|Directing}}
*[[Tim Daly]] for playing [[J.T. Dolan]] on ''[[The Sopranos]]''
|-
*[[John Goodman]] for playing [[Robert Bebe]] on ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series|Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series]]}}
*[[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]] for playing [[Michael Tritter]] on ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
* '''''[[Ugly Betty]]'': "[[Pilot (Ugly Betty)|Pilot]]" – [[Richard Shepard]] (ABC)'''
*[[Eli Wallach]] for playing [[Eli Weintraub]] on ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''
** ''[[30 Rock]]'': "[[The Break-Up (30 Rock)|The Break-Up]]" – [[Scott Ellis]] (NBC)
*[[Forest Whitaker]] for playing [[Curtis Ames]] on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
** ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'': "One Day in the Valley" – [[Julian Farino]] (HBO)
** ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'': "Orlando Bloom" – [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] (HBO)
** ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'': "[[Gay Witch Hunt]]" – [[Ken Kwapis]] (NBC)
** ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'': "[[My Musical]]" – [[Will Mackenzie]] (NBC)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]}}
* '''''[[The Sopranos]]'': "[[Kennedy and Heidi]]" – [[Alan Taylor (director)|Alan Taylor]] (HBO)'''
** ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'': "[[Exodus (Battlestar Galactica)|Exodus, Part 2]]" – [[Félix Enríquez Alcalá]] ([[Syfy|Sci Fi]])
** ''[[Boston Legal]]'': "Son of the Defender" – [[Bill D'Elia]] (ABC)
** ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'': "[[Pilot (Friday Night Lights)|Pilot]]" – [[Peter Berg]] (NBC)
** ''[[Heroes (American TV series)|Heroes]]'': "[[Genesis (Heroes)|Genesis]]" – [[David Semel]] (NBC)
** ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'': "[[Through the Looking Glass (Lost)|Through the Looking Glass]]" – [[Jack Bender]] (ABC)
** ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'': "[[Pilot (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip)|Pilot]]" – [[Thomas Schlamme]] (NBC)
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series|Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program]]}}
* '''[[Rob Marshall]] for ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic'' (NBC)'''
** ''[[American Idol]]'' – [[Bruce Gowers]] (Fox)
** ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' – [[Jim Hoskinson]] (Comedy Central)
** ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' – Chuck O'Neil (Comedy Central)
** ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' – [[Don Roy King]] (NBC)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special|Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]]}}
* '''''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]'' – [[Philip Martin (director)|Philip Martin]] (PBS)'''
** ''[[Broken Trail]]'' – [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]] (AMC)
** ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' – [[Yves Simoneau]] (HBO)
** ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV series)|Jane Eyre]]'' – [[Susanna White]] (PBS)
** ''[[Tsunami: The Aftermath]]'' – [[Bharat Nalluri]] (HBO)
|}


===Writing===
===Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Beau Bridges]] for playing [[List of minor characters on My Name Is Earl|Carl Hickey]] on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''
|+ {{sronly|Writing}}
*[[Martin Landau]] for playing [[Bob Ryan (Entourage)|Bob Ryan]] on ''[[Entourage (TV Series)|Entourage]]''
|-
*[[Ian McKellen]] for playing himself on ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]''
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]]}}
*[[Giovanni Ribisi]] for playing [[List of minor characters on My Name Is Earl|Ralph Mariano]] on ''[[My Name Is Earl]]''
* '''''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'': "[[Gay Witch Hunt]]" – [[Greg Daniels]] (NBC)'''
*'''[[Stanley Tucci]] for playing [[David Ruskin]] on ''[[Monk (TV Series)|Monk]]'''''
** ''[[30 Rock]]'': "[[Jack-Tor]]" – [[Robert Carlock]] (NBC)
** ''30 Rock'': "[[Tracy Does Conan]]" – [[Tina Fey]] (NBC)
** ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'': "Daniel Radcliffe" – [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] (HBO)
** ''The Office'': "[[The Negotiation]]" – [[Michael Schur]] (NBC)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]}}
* '''''[[The Sopranos]]'': "[[Made in America (The Sopranos)|Made in America]]" – [[David Chase]] (HBO)'''
** ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'': "[[Occupation (Battlestar Galactica)|Occupation]]" / "[[Precipice (Battlestar Galactica)|Precipice]]" – [[Ronald D. Moore]] (Sci Fi)
** ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'': "[[Through the Looking Glass (Lost)|Through the Looking Glass]]" – [[Carlton Cuse]] and [[Damon Lindelof]] (ABC)
** ''The Sopranos'': "[[Kennedy and Heidi]]" – David Chase and [[Matthew Weiner]] (HBO)
** ''The Sopranos'': "[[The Second Coming (The Sopranos)|The Second Coming]]" – [[Terence Winter]] (HBO)
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series|Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program]]}}
* '''''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' (NBC)'''
** ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' (Comedy Central)
** ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' (Comedy Central)
** ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' (CBS)
** ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' (HBO)
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special|Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]]}}
* '''''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]'' – [[Frank Deasy]] (PBS)'''
** ''[[Broken Trail]]'' – Alan Geoffrion (AMC)
** ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' – Daniel Giat (HBO)
** ''[[The Starter Wife (miniseries)|The Starter Wife]]'' – [[Josann McGibbon]] and [[Sara Parriott]] (USA)
** ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV series)|Jane Eyre]]'' – [[Sandy Welch]] (PBS)
|}


==Most major nominations==
===Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Kate Burton (actress)|Kate Burton]] for playing [[Ellis Grey]] on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
|+ Networks with multiple major nominations<ref group="note" name="MW Note">"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the [[Creative Arts Emmy Award|technical categories.]]</ref>
*'''[[Leslie Caron]] for playing [[Lorraine Chalmers]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'''''
|-
*[[Marcia Gay Harden]] for playing [[Star Morrison]] on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
! Network
*[[Elizabeth Reaser]] for playing [[Jane Doe]] on ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
! No. of<br>Nominations
*[[Jean Smart]] for playing [[Martha Logan]] on ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
|-style="text-align:center"
| HBO
| 33
|-style="text-align:center"
| NBC
| 28
|-style="text-align:center"
| ABC
| 21
|-style="text-align:center"
| CBS
| 11
|}


{| class="wikitable"
===Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series===
|+ Programs with multiple major nominations
*[[Dixie Carter]] for playing [[Gloria Hodge]] on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
|-
*[[Salma Hayek]] for playing [[Sofia Reyes]] on ''[[Ugly Betty]]''
! Program
*[[Judith Light]] for playing [[Claire Meade]] on ''[[Ugly Betty]]''
! Category
*[[Laurie Metcalf]] for playing [[Carolyn Bigsby]] on'' [[Desperate Housewives]]''
! Network
*'''[[Elaine Stritch]] for playing [[Jack Donaghy#Family|Colleen Donaghy]] on ''[[30 Rock]]'''''
! No. of<br>Nominations
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Sopranos''
| Drama
| HBO
| 10
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Office''
| rowspan="2"|Comedy
| rowspan="2"|NBC
| 7
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''30 Rock''
| rowspan="3"|6
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Broken Trail''
| Miniseries
| AMC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee''
| Movie
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Grey's Anatomy''
| Drama
| ABC
| rowspan="3"|5
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Starter Wife''
| Miniseries
| USA
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Two and a Half Men''
| Comedy
| CBS
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Boston Legal''
| Drama
| ABC
| rowspan="7"|4
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Colbert Report''
| rowspan="2"|Variety
| rowspan="2"|Comedy Central
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Entourage''
| Comedy
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Lost''
| Drama
| ABC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Prime Suspect: The Final Act''
| Miniseries
| PBS
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Ugly Betty''
| rowspan="2"|Comedy
| ABC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Extras''
| HBO
| rowspan="5"|3
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Heroes''
| Drama
| NBC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Late Show with David Letterman''
| Variety
| CBS
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Longford''
| Movie
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic''
| Variety
| NBC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''American Idol''
| Competition
| Fox
| rowspan="10"|2
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Battlestar Galactica''
| rowspan="3"|Drama
| Sci Fi
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Brothers & Sisters''
| ABC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''House''
| Fox
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Jane Eyre''
| Miniseries
| PBS
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''
| rowspan="2"|Variety
| NBC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Real Time with Bill Maher''
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Ron Clark Story''
| Movie
| TNT
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Tsunami: The Aftermath''
| Miniseries
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Weeds''
| Comedy
| Showtime
|}


==Most major awards==
===Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Tony Bennett]] for ''[[Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]''
|+ Networks with multiple major awards<ref group="note" name="MW Note"/>
*[[Stephen Colbert]] for ''[[The Colbert Report]]''
|-
*[[Ellen DeGeneres]] for ''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
! Network
*[[David Letterman]] for'' [[Late Show With David Letterman]]''
! No. of<br>Awards
*[[Jon Stewart]] for ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''
|-style="text-align:center"
| NBC
| 7
|-style="text-align:center"
| ABC
| rowspan="2"|6
|-style="text-align:center"
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| AMC
| rowspan="2"|3
|-style="text-align:center"
| PBS
|}


{| class="wikitable"
===Outstanding Children's Program===
|+ Programs with multiple major awards
*''[[Hannah Montana]]''
|-
*'''''[[Nick News with Linda Ellerbee|Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Private Worlds: Kids and Autism]]'''''
! Program
*''[[That's So Raven]]''
! Category
*''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]''
! Network
*''[[When Parents are Deployed]]''
! No. of<br>Awards
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Broken Trail''
| rowspan="2"|Miniseries
| AMC
| rowspan="4"|3
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Prime Suspect: The Final Act''
| PBS
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''The Sopranos''
| Drama
| HBO
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic''
| Variety
| NBC
|-style="text-align:center"
| ''Ugly Betty''
| Comedy
| ABC
| 2
|}


;Notes
===Outstanding Non-Fiction Special===
{{reflist|group="note"}}
*''[[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers|AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies]]''
*''[[Blood Diamonds (TV series)|Blood Diamonds]]''
*''[[Brando]]''
*'''''[[Ghosts of Abu Ghraib]]'''''
*''[[Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed]]''


==Presenters==
===Outstanding Non-Fiction Series===
The awards were presented by the following:
*''[[American Masters]]''
*''[[Biography (TV series)|Biography]]''
*''[[Deadliest Catch]]''
*''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]''
*'''''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]]'''''


{| class="wikitable sortable"
===Outstanding Reality Program===
|-
*''[[Antiques Roadshow]]''
! Name(s) !! Role
*''[[Dog Whisperer|Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan]]''
|-
*''[[Extreme Makeover Home Edition]]''
| {{sortname|Ray|Romano}} || Presenter of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]]
*'''''[[Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List]]'''''
|-
*''[[Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]]''
| {{sortname|America|Ferrera}}<br/>{{sortname|Vanessa|Williams}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|-
| {{sortname|Tina|Fey}}<br/>{{sortname|Julia|Louis-Dreyfus}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series]]
|-
| {{sortname|Kyle|Chandler}}<br/>{{sortname|Katherine|Heigl}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|-
| {{sortname|Kevin|Connelly}}<br/>{{sortname|Kevin|Dillon}}<br/>{{sortname|Jerry|Ferrara}}<br/>{{sortname|Adrien|Grenier}}<br/>{{sortname|Eva|Longoria}}<br/>{{sortname|Jeremy|Piven}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|-
| {{sortname|Jon|Cryer}}<br/>{{sortname|Jennifer Love|Hewitt}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series|Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program]]
|-
| {{sortname|Alec|Baldwin}} || Presenter of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series|Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program]]
|-
| {{sortname|Ali|Larter}}<br/>{{sortname|Kiefer|Sutherland}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|-
| {{sortname|Queen|Latifah}} || Presenter for a special presentation celebrating the 30th anniversary of ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]''
|-
| {{sortname|John|Amos}}<br/>{{sortname|Ed|Asner}}<br/>{{sortname|LeVar|Burton}}<br/>{{sortname|Lou|Gossett Jr.}}<br/>{{sortname|Cicely|Tyson}}<br/>{{sortname|Leslie|Uggams}}<br/>{{sortname|Ben|Vereen}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series|Outstanding Miniseries]]
|-
| {{sortname|Neil Patrick|Harris}}<br/>{{sortname|Hayden|Panettiere}} || Introducers of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] winner [[Leslie Caron]]
|-
|{{sortname|Leslie|Caron}} || Presenter of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
|-
| {{sortname|Neil Patrick|Harris}}<br/>{{sortname|Hayden|Panettiere}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series]]
|-
| {{sortname|Steve|Carell}} || Presenter of the awards for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series]]<br/>and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special]]
|-
| {{sortname|Marcia|Cross}}<br/>{{sortname|Mark|Harmon}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|-
| {{sortname|Dick|Askin|nolink=1}} || Presenter of a special presentation dedicated to the Television Academy's charitable causes
|-
| {{sortname|Glenn|Close}}<br/>{{sortname|Mary-Louise|Parker}}<br/>{{sortname|Kyra|Sedgwick}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Television Movie]]
|-
| {{sortname|Joe|Mantegna}} || Presenter of a special presentation to ''[[The Sopranos]]''
|-
| {{sortname|Patrick|Dempsey}}<br/>{{sortname|Sally|Field}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie]]
|-
| {{sortname|Kathryn|Morris}}<br/>{{sortname|Danny|Pino}} || Presenters of the awards for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]]<br/>and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]]
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| {{sortname|Tom|Anderson}}<br/>{{sortname|Masi|Oka}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program|Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television]]
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| {{sortname|Joely|Fisher}}<br/>{{sortname|Brad|Garrett}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]]
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| {{sortname|Anthony|Anderson}}<br/>{{sortname|Teri|Hatcher}} || Introducers of [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series]] winner [[Stanley Tucci]]<br/>[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series]] winner [[Elaine Stritch]]
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| {{sortname|Elaine|Stritch}}<br/>{{sortname|Stanley|Tucci}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series|Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series]]
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| {{sortname|Anthony|Anderson}}<br/>{{sortname|Teri|Hatcher}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]]
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| {{sortname|Wayne|Brady}} || Introducer of "[[Don't Forget the Lyrics!]]" mock-contest
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| {{sortname|Kanye|West}}<br/>{{sortname|Rainn|Wilson}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program|Outstanding Reality-Competition Program]]
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| {{sortname|Stephen|Colbert}}<br/>{{sortname|Jon|Stewart}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]]
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| {{sortname|Felicity|Huffman}}<br/>{{sortname|Hugh|Laurie}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
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| {{sortname|Debra|Messing}}<br/>{{sortname|William|Shatner}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]
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| {{sortname|Jimmy|Smits}}<br/>{{sortname|Kate|Walsh|dab=actress}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
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| {{sortname|Kelsey|Grammer}}<br/>{{sortname|Patricia|Heaton}} || Presenters of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]]
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| {{sortname|Helen|Mirren}} || Presenter of the award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
|}


==Interactive TV==
===Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour)===
[[Al Gore]]'s [[Current TV]] was presented with the Interactive TV Emmy by [[Masi Oka]] of ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'' with the help of [[MySpace]]'s president [[Tom Anderson (entrepreneur)|Tom Anderson]]. This was the first year the Emmy was presented during the Primetime awards ceremony.<ref name="VR1117971953">[https://www.variety.com/VR1117971953.html Al Gore joins Emmy parade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105224732/http://www.variety.com/VR1117971953.html |date=2009-01-05 }}, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Sep. 13, 2007, 4:56pm PT</ref>
*''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': [[City of Walls and Secrets]]
*''[[Robot Chicken]]'': [[Lust for Puppets]]
*'''''[[South Park]]'': [[Make Love, Not Warcraft]]'''''
*''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': [[List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes|Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck]]
*''[[The Simpsons]]'': [[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]


==In Memoriam==
===Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or more)===
{{div col}}
*''[[Good Wilt Hunting]] ([[Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends]])''
*''[[Hellboy: Sword of Storms|Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms]]''
*''[[Secrets of the Deep]]''
*'''''[[Where's Lazlo?]]'' ([[Camp Lazlo]])'''''


* [[Jane Wyatt]]
===Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series===
* [[Tige Andrews]]
*'''''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'''''
* [[Joseph Barbera]]
*''[[The Class]]'' - [[The Class Reunites|Pilot]]
* [[Roscoe Lee Browne]]
* [[Edward Albert|Edward Albert Jr.]]
* [[Yvonne De Carlo]]
* [[Mike Evans (actor)|Mike Evans]]
* [[Sidney Sheldon]]
* [[Calvert DeForest]]
* [[Glenn Ford]]
* [[Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)|Arthur Hill]]
* [[Bob Carroll Jr.]]
* [[Beverly Sills]]
* [[Ed Friendly]]
* [[Melville Shavelson|Mel Shavelson]]
* [[James Glennon]]
* [[Don Herbert]]
* [[Stan Daniels]]
* [[Barbara McNair]]
* [[Stuart Rosenberg]]
* [[Tommy Newsom]]
* [[Steve Irwin]]
* [[Joel Siegel]]
* [[Peter Boyle]]
* [[Charles Nelson Reilly]]
* [[Jack Palance]]
* [[Jane Wyman]]
* [[Tom Poston]]
* [[Tom Snyder]]
* [[Ed Bradley]]
* [[Luciano Pavarotti]]
* [[Merv Griffin]]


{{div col end}}
===Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series===
*''[[Deadwood]]''
*''[[Heroes (TV Series)|Heroes]]'' - [[Genesis (Heroes)|Genesis]]
*'''''[[Rome (TV Series)|Rome]]'''''
*''[[Shark (TV Series)|Shark]]'' - [[List of Shark episodes|Teacher's Pet]]
*''[[The Tudors]]'' - [[List of The Tudors episodes|Episode 101]]
*''[[Ugly Betty]]'' - [[The Box and the Bunny]]


==Memorable moments==
===Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
The stage design for the ceremony was created with seating surrounding platform creating a [[theatre in the round]] with a "[[runway (fashion)|catwalk]]" style walkway for winners and presenters to exit the stage to. A trap door was placed in the center of the main stage. Some TV critics viewed this as a reference to Fox's ''[[American Idol]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/arts/television/17emmy.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Parting Gift: 'Sopranos' Wins Emmy for Drama | first=Edward | last=Wyatt | date=September 17, 2007 | access-date=April 23, 2010 | archive-date=November 14, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114003519/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/arts/television/17emmy.html | url-status=live }}</ref> During his acceptance speech, [[James Spader]] made a comment about the seating design, stating that "I've been to thousands and thousands of concerts in my life and I can tell you these are the worst seats I've ever had."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-17-et-review17-story.html | title=Go ahead and pick a host, any host | work=Los Angeles Times | date=September 17, 2007 | access-date=October 30, 2013 | author=McNamara, Mary | archive-date=November 5, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105065401/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/17/entertainment/et-review17 | url-status=live }}</ref>
*''[[Broken Trail]]''
*''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*'''''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')'''''
*''[[Return to Halloweentown]]''
*''[[The Starter Wife]]''


===Opening number===
===Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program===
As part of the opening number of the ceremony, [[Brian Griffin|Brian]] and [[Stewie Griffin]], two characters of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[animated series]] ''[[Family Guy]]'' and both voiced by [[Seth MacFarlane]], sang a song: recapping memorable moments of the past television season while noting the variety of programming that will come to the future in the song "You Can Find It on TV", a television-themed version of the song "The FCC Song" from the show's Emmy-nominated episode "[[PTV (Family Guy)|PTV]]".
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.


===The ''Don't Forget the Lyrics'' mock-contest===
*'''''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]'''''
Another segment occurred during the presentation of the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program award. There was a competition between singer [[Kanye West]] (who attended the ceremony in retaliation for his loss at [[MTV]]'s [[2007 MTV Video Music Awards|Video Music Awards]] earlier that month) and ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' actor [[Rainn Wilson]] similar to ''[[Don't Forget the Lyrics!]]'' (which, like the 2007 Emmys, airs on Fox) with host [[Wayne Brady]] presiding. West sang the last line of the chorus in the song "[[Stronger (Kanye West song)|Stronger]]" as "That how long I've been on you" which was supposed to be "That how long I've been on ya", losing to Wilson. West jokingly retorted "I never win", poking fun at his losses at award ceremonies and presented the award alongside Wilson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/kanye-west-and-rainn-wilsons-emmy-rap-201927/|title=Kanye West and Rainn Wilson's Emmy Rap - Celebrity-gossip.net|work=celebrity-gossip.net|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314154830/http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/kanye-west-and-rainn-wilsons-emmy-rap-201927|archive-date=14 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''[[Corteo|Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo]]''
*''[[Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of The Mayflower]]''
*''[[Engineering an Empire]]'' - Egypt
*''[[Hell's Kitchen (US TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]'' - [[Hell's Kitchen episodes (U.S. - Season 2)|Episode 210]]
*''[[MADtv]]'' - [[MADtv: Season Twelve (2006-2007)|Episode 1209]]
*'''''[[Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]'''''


===Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series===
===Steppin' Out With My Baby===
Tony Bennett and [[Christina Aguilera]] sang "Steppin' Out With My Baby" from Bennett's award-winning special.
*''[[30 Rock]]''
*''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
*''[[Entourage (TV Series)|Entourage]]''
*'''''[[Ugly Betty]]'''''
*''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]''


===Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series===
===Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series===
*''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]''
*'''''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'''''
*''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
*''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''
*''[[The Tudors]]''


[[Jon Stewart]] and [[Stephen Colbert]] presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The award went to [[Ricky Gervais]] for [[Extras (TV series)|''Extras'']], but after reading his name, Jon Stewart was informed that Gervais was not at the ceremony. Stewart immediately announced, "Ricky Gervais couldn't be here tonight, so instead we're going to give this to our friend [[Steve Carell]]" (who had been nominated for his role on ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]''). Carell ran onto the stage and hugged Stewart and Colbert as they all screamed in mock celebration, then ran off together with the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jepvThXCtVs|title=Stewart & Colbert Presenting at Emmys 2007 (Full)|last=paperserenade|date=17 September 2007|access-date=13 March 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510060827/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jepvThXCtVs|url-status=live}}</ref> As a joke, in 2008, at the [[60th Primetime Emmy Awards]], Ricky Gervais showed a video of the moment, commenting, "Look at [Carell's] stupid face," accusing Carell of "stealing" his award, and demanding it back. He approached Carell, who was sitting straight-faced in the front row, and repeated, "Give me my Emmy," over and over, even going so far as to [[tickling|tickle]] Carell, until Carell produced the statue from under his seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZp6cR4bxbY|title=Ricky Gervais takes his Emmy back|last=room312b|date=21 September 2008|access-date=13 March 2017|via=YouTube|archive-date=28 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428190247/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZp6cR4bxbY|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
*'''''[[Broken Trail]]'''''
*''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
*''[[The Path to 9/11]]''
*''[[The Ron Clark Story]]''
*''[[The Starter Wife]]''


===Outstanding Choreography===
===Censorship controversy===
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A first-place tie was recorded in this category.
[[File:Emmyball.jpg|130x97px|thumb|The LED display ball that Fox cut away to during moments of "[[vulgarity]]".]]


During the Fox telecast, some presenters and award winners were censored while making statements. When [[Ray Romano]] delivered a comic [[monologue]] about the change of television in the years since he left [[Everybody Loves Raymond|his own show]], he mentioned that "for one, from what I hear, [[Back to You (TV series)|Frasier is screwing my wife]]?". On Fox, all that was heard was "for one, from what I hear, Frasier is" before Fox cut the audio and replaced the feed with pre-recorded material of an LED display ball with text scrolling around it. When viewers saw the ball through a high camera angle, it is revealed that the ball covered the entire stage. This lasted approximately 10 seconds before Fox returned to Romano. The reason for the censorship of this comment has been debated between vulgar language or revealing an important plot line to the show.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
*[[Louis Van Amstel]] for ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing With the Stars]]'' - [[Dancing with the Stars (US season 3)|Episode Number: 303A]]
*'''[[Wade Robson]] for ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (US)|So You Think You Can Dance]]'' - [[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2)|Ramalama (Bang Bang)]]'''
*'''[[Mia Michaels]] for ''- [[So You Think You Can Dance (US)|So You Think You Can Dance]]'' - [[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2)|Calling You]]'''
*'''[[John DeLuca]] & [[Rob Marshall]] for ''[[Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]'''''


When Katherine Heigl accepted her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, she accidentally used profanity in her speech, causing Fox to cut the audio and once again replaced its feed with the pre-recorded shot of the display ball, only to return a moment later.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
===Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series===
*''[[According to Jim]]'' - Hoosier Daddy
*''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]'' - Jeff's Wooby
*'''''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' - Release the Dogs'''


The biggest censorship controversy was when actress Sally Field accepted her Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. After giving an acceptance speech which included anti-war statements, partially as a tribute to her ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' character [[Nora Walker]], the audience applauded before she was finished and Field, finding herself lost for words, couldn't remember what she was going to say. When she regained her words, she concluded her speech with "If mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place." Fox had cut to the display ball as she began to say "goddamn". This remark, and Fox's censorship of the remark, caused controversy in the days following the ceremony, leading critics to wonder if Fox had censored "Goddamn" or "Goddamn wars".{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Field's remarks caused Fox to implement a [[Broadcast delay|four-second delay]] for the remainder of the telecast. All of these comments were left uncensored on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in [[Canada]], and other international simulcasts.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
===Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series===
*''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
*''[[Deadwood]]''
*'''''[[Rome (TV Series)|Rome]]'''''
*''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''
*''[[The Sopranos]]''


Also, at the Creative Arts Awards ceremony eight days earlier, [[Kathy Griffin]], who won for ''[[Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List]]'' caused controversy in her acceptance speech after she denounced celebrities who thank [[Jesus]] for their awards. She later concluded her speech with an [[Off-color humor|off-color joke]] that included "Suck it, Jesus! This award is my God now!" The [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]] condemned her comments and successfully convinced [[E!]] to censor her speech during the telecast the following Saturday.
===Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie===
*''[[Broken Trail]]''
*'''''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'''''
*''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
*''[[The Path to 9/11]]''
*''[[The Valley of Light]]''


==References==
===Outstanding Cinematography for Non-Fiction Programming===
{{reflist}}
*''[[Deadliest Catch]]''
*''[[Meerkat Manor]]''
*'''''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]]'''''
*''[[This American Life]]''
*''[[When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts]]''

===Outstanding Commercial===
*'''Animals - [[American Express]]'''
*Battle - [[Cingular]]
*Happiness Factory - [[Coca-Cola]]
*Jar - [[General Electric]]
*Pinball - [[Pepsi]]
*Singing Cowboy - [[TheTruth.com]]
*Snowball - [[Travelers Companies]]

===Outstanding Costumes for a Series===
*''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]] - Amateur Night''
*''[[Desperate Housewives]] - Getting Married Today''
*''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]] - De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)''
*'''''[[The Tudors]] - Episode 103'''''
*''[[Ugly Betty]] - [[I'm Coming Out (Ugly Betty episode)|I'm Coming Out]]''

===Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, movie or a Special===
*''[[Broken Trail]] Part 2''
*''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*'''''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')'''
*''[[Longford (film)|Longford]]''
*''[[The Starter Wife]] Part 1''

===Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series===
*[[Scott Ellis]] for ''[[30 Rock]]'' (episode: "[[The Break Up (30 Rock episode)|The Break Up]]")
*[[Julian Farino]] for ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'' (episode: "[[One Day in the Valley]]")
*[[Ricky Gervais]] & [[Stephen Merchant]] for ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'' (episode: "[[Extras (TV series)#Series two|Orlando Bloom]]")
*[[Will Mackenzie]] for ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' (episode: "[[My Musical]]")
*[[Ken Kwapis]] for ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'' (episode: "[[Gay Witch Hunt]]")
*[[Richard Shepard]] for ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' (episode: "[[Pilot (Ugly Betty episode)|Pilot]]")

===Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series===
*[[Félix Enríquez Alcalá]] for ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (episode: "[[Exodus (Battlestar Galactica)#Part II|Exodus, Part II]]")
*[[Bill D'Elia]] for ''[[Boston Legal]]'' (episode: "[[List of Boston Legal episodes#Season 3: 2006-2007|Son of the Defender]]")
*[[Peter Berg]] for'' [[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' (episode: "[[List of Friday Night Lights episodes|Pilot]]")
*[[David Semel]] for'' [[Heroes (TV Series)|Heroes]]'' (episode: "[[Genesis (Heroes)|Genesis]]")
*[[Jack Bender]] for ''[[Lost (TV Series)|Lost]]'' (episode: "[[Through the Looking Glass (Lost)|Through the Looking Glass]]")
*[[Thomas Schlamme]] for'' [[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (episode: "[[List of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip episodes|Pilot]]")
*[[Alan Taylor]] for ''[[The Sopranos]]'' (episode: "[[Kennedy and Heidi]]")

===Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program===
*[[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''
*'''[[Rob Marshall]] for ''[[Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]'''''

===Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
*[[Walter Hill]] for ''[[Broken Trail]]''
*[[Yves Simoneau]] for ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*[[Susanna White]] for ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
*[[Philip Martin]] for ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]''
*[[Bharat Nalluri]] for'' [[Tsunami: The Aftermath]]
''

===Outstanding Directing for Non-Fiction Programming===
*[[Rory Kennedy]] for ''[[Ghosts of Abu Ghraib]]''
*[[Kevin Burns]] for ''[[Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed]]''
*[[Lauren Greenfield]] for ''[[Thin (film)|Thin]]''
*[[Christopher Wicha]] for ''[[This American Life]] #104 God's Closeup''
*'''[[Spike Lee]] for ''[[When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts]]'''''

===Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series===
*'''''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]] - Dexter'''''
*''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] - Genesis''
*''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]] - Through the Looking Glass''
*''[[The Sopranos]] - Soprano Home Movies''
*''[[The Sopranos]] - The Second Coming''

===Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series===
*''[[My Name is Earl]] - Guess Who's Coming Out of Joy?''
*''[[My Name is Earl]] - The Trial''
*'''''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]] - The Job'''''
*''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]] - Crush Girl Love Panic''
*''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]] - Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood''

===Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.

*''[[Broken Trail]] - Part 2''
*'''''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'''''
*''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
*''[[Life Support (film)|Life Support]]''
*'''''[[The Path to 9/11]] - Night 2'''''
*''[[The Starter Wife]] - Part 3''

===Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series===
*''[[American Idol]] - Idol Gives Back''
*''[[Dancing With the Stars]] - Episode 304''
*''[[How I Met Your Mother]] - Robin Sparkles''
*''[[The Daily Show With Jon Stewart]] - #12043''
*'''''[[Two and a Half Men]] - Release the Dogs'''''

===Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)===
*''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
*''[[A Tribute to James Taylor]]''
*'''''[[Cirque Du Soleil]]: Corteo'''''
*''[[Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed]]''
*''[[Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]''

===Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-fiction Programming===
*''[[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers|AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies]]''
*''[[Deadliest Catch]] - The Unforgiving Sea''
*''[[Ghosts of Abu Ghraib]]''
*''[[Meerkat Manor]] - Family Affair''
*''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]] - Mountains''
*'''''[[When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts]]'''''

===Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series===
*''[[Dancing with the Stars]] - Episode #303''
*''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]] - A Constant Throb''
*''[[Desperate Housewives]] - [[It Takes Two (Desperate Housewives episode)|It Takes Two]]''
*'''''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]] - De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)'''''
*''[[Ugly Betty]] - [[I'm Coming Out (Ugly Betty episode)|I'm Coming Out]]''

===Outstanding Hairstyling for a miniseries, movie or special===
*''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
*''[[Broken Trail]]''
*''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*'''''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')'''

===Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming===
*'''''[[49th Annual Grammy Awards]]'''''
*''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
*''[[American Idol]] - Finale''
*''[[Dancing With the Stars]] - Episode 308''
*''[[Late Night With Conan O'Brien]] - #2408''

===Outstanding Main Title Design===
*'''''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'''''
*''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]''
*''[[Standoff (TV series)|Standoff]]''
*''[[The Lost Room]]''
*''[[The Path to 9/11]]''
*''[[Ugly Betty]]''

===Outstanding Makeup for a Series (non-prosthetic)===
*''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] - [[Fannysmackin']] ''
*''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]] - Episode Number 303''
*'''''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]] - I Am Not The Man You Take Me For'''''
*''[[MADtv]] - Episode 1210''
*''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]] - [[De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)]]''

===Outstanding Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or Special (Prosthetic)===
*''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] - [[Living Legend (CSI episode) | Living Legend]]''
*''[[Grey's Anatomy]] - [[Grey's Anatomy episodes (Season 3) #My Favorite Mistake | My Favorite Mistake]]''
*'''''[[House (TV series)|House]] - [[Que Sera Sera (House episode) | Que Sera Sera]]'''''
*''[[MADtv]] - Episode 1203''
*''[[Nip/Tuck]] - Conor McNamara, 2026''

===Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Non-prosthetic)===
*''[[Broken Trail]]''
*'''''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'''''
*''[[Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of The Mayflower]]''
*''[[Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King]]''
*''[[The Starter Wife]]''

===Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)===
*[[Sean Callery]] for ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
*[[John Keane]] for ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] - [[Law of Gravity]]''
*[[Mark Snow]] for ''[[Ghost Whisperer]] - Love Never Dies''
*[[W. G. Walden|W. G. Snuffy Walden]] for ''[[Kidnapped (TV series)|Kidnapped]] - Pilot''
*'''[[George Fenton]] for ''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]] - [[Planet Earth (TV series)#1._.22From_Pole_to_Pole.22 | From Pole to Pole]]'''''
*[[Jeff Beal]] for ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]] - [[Philippi (Rome) | Philippi]]''

===Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special (Dramatic Underscore)===
*[[Todd Boekelheide]] for ''[[Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters]]''
*[[Van Dyke]] & [[David Mansfield]] for ''[[Broken Trail]]''
*[[George S.]] for ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*[[Rob Lane]] for ''[[Longford (film) | Longford]]''
*'''[[Jeff Beal]] for ''[[Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King]]'' -''[[Battleground (short story) | Battleground]]'''''
*[[Joseph LeDuca]] for ''[[The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines]]''
*[[John Cameron]] for ''[[The Path to 9/11]]''

===Outstanding Music Direction===
*'''''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]'' - [[William Ross (composer)|William Ross]], Music Director'''
*''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]] - Episode Number: 310'' - [[Harold Wheeler]], Musical Director
*''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]] - [[My Musical]]'' - Music by [[Jan Stevens]]
*''[[60th Tony Awards|The 60th Annual Tony Awards]]'' - [[Elliot Lawrence]] - Music Director

===Outstanding Music & Lyrics===
*''[[Family Guy]] - [[Peter's Two Dads]]'' - Song Title: "My Drunken Irish Dad"
*''[[MADtv]] - Episode 1209'' - Song Title: "Merry Ex-Mas"
*'''''[[Saturday Night Live]] - Host: [[Justin Timberlake]]'' - Song Title: "[[Dick in a Box]]"'''
*''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]] - [[My Musical]]'' - Song Title: "Everything Comes Down To Poo"
*''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]] - [[My Musical]]'' - Song Title: "Guy Love"

===Outstanding Main Title Theme Music===
*''[[30 Rock]] - Hard Ball''
*''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''
*''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]'' - 401
*''[[On the Lot]] - 102A''
*'''''[[The Tudors]] - Episode 5'''''

===Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series===
*''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]] - Exodus, Part 2''
*''[[CSI: Miami]] - No Man's Land''
*''[[ER (TV series)|ER]] - Bloodline''
*''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]] - [[A Tale of Two Cities (Lost)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
*''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]] - Zod
''

===Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
*''[[Broken Trail]] - Night 2''
*'''''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'''''
*''[[The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines]]''
*''[[The Path to 9/11]] - Night 1''
*''[[Tsunami: The Aftermath]] - Part 1''

===Outstanding Sound Editing for Non-fiction Programming (single or multi-camera) ===
*''[[American Masters]] [[Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built]]''
*''[[Ghosts of Abu Ghraib]]''
*'''''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]] - Pole To Pole'''''
*''[[The Amazing Race]] - I Know Phil,Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing''
*''[[When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts]]''

===Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series===
*''[[24 (TV series)|24]] - 11:00 PM''
*''[[Boston Legal]] - Lincoln''
*'''''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] - [[Living Doll (CSI episode)|Living Doll]]'''''
*''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]] - A Two-Headed Beast''
*''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] - [[Genesis (Heroes)|Genesis]]''
*''[[The Sopranos]] - [[Stage 5 (The Sopranos episode)|Stage 5]]''

===Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie===
*''[[Broken Trail]] - Night 2''
*'''''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'''''
*''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'') ''- Part 1''
*''[[Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction]]''
*''[[The Lost Room]] - The Key and The Clock (Night 1)''

===Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special===
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.

*''[[30 Rock]] - [[Corporate Crush (30 Rock episode)|Corporate Crush]]''
*'''''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]] - [[One Day in the Valley]]'''''
*''[[My Name Is Earl]] - [[Our "Cops" Is On|Our Cops Is On!]]''
*'''''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]] - [[My Musical]]'''''
*''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]] - [[The Coup (The Office episode)|The Coup]]''

===Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special===
*''[[49th Annual Grammy Awards]]''
*''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
*''[[The Daily Show With Jon Stewart]] - Episode #12061''
*''[[The Magic Flute]] ([[Great Performances At The Met]])''
*'''''[[Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]'''''

===Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Non-Fiction Program===
*'''''[[American Masters]] - Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built'''''
*''[[Deadliest Catch]] - The Unforgiving Sea''
*''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]] - Pole To Pole''
*''[[The Amazing Race]] - I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing''
*''[[When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts]]''

===Outstanding Stunt Coordination===
*''[[24 (TV Series)|24]]''
*'''''[[CSI: Miami]]'''''
*''[[CSI: NY]]''
*''[[ER (TV Series)|ER]]''
*''[[Heroes (TV Series)|Heroes]]
''

===Outstanding Visual Effects for a Series===
*'''''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]] - [[Exodus (Battlestar Galactica) | Exodus, Part 2]]'''''
*''[[Eureka]] - [[Pilot (Eureka) | Pilot]]''
*''[[Grey's Anatomy]] - Walk on Water''
*''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] - [[Five Years Gone]]''
*''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]] - [[Philippi (Rome) | Philippi]]''

===Outstanding Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
*''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*''[[Drive (TV series)|Drive]] -The Starting Line''
*''[[Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King]] - The End of the Whole Mess''
*'''''[[Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King]] - Battleground'''''
*''[[Secrets Of The Deep]]''
*''[[The Path to 9/11]]''

===Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series===
*''[[American Idol]] - [[American Idol (season 6)|Bon Jovi]]''
*''[[Dancing With the Stars]] - [[Dancing with the Stars (US season 3)|Episode 310]]''
*''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]] - Jay Z Show''
*''[[Late Night With Conan O'Brien]] - #2424''
*'''''[[Saturday Night Live]] - [[List of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests#Season 32|Host Alec Baldwin and Musical Guest Christina Aguilera]]''
'''

===Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or Special===
*''[[49th Annual Grammy Awards]]''
*''[[79th Annual Academy Awards]]''
*'''''[[American Idol]] - [[Idol Gives Back]]'''''
*''[[Comic Relief#In the United States|Comic Relief 2006]]''
*''[[Dane Cook: Vicious Circle]]''
*''[[Super Bowl halftime shows#Prince (XLI)|Prince Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show]]''
*''[[Tony Bennett|Tony Bennett: An American Classic]]''

===Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series===
*[[Robert Carlock]] for ''[[30 Rock]]'' (episode: "[[Jack-tor]]")
*[[Tina Fey]] for ''[[30 Rock]]'' (episode: "[[Tracy Does Conan]]")
*[[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] for ''[[Extras (TV series)|Extras]]'' (episode: "[[Extras (TV series)#Series two|Daniel Radcliffe]]")
*[[Greg Daniels]] for ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'' (episode: "[[Gay Witch Hunt]]")
*[[Michael Schur]] for ''[[The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'' (episode: "[[The Negotiation]]")

===Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series===
*[[Ronald D. Moore]] for ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (episode: "[[Occupation (Battlestar Galactica)|Occupation]]/[[Precipice (Battlestar Galactica)|Precipice]]")
*[[Carlton Cuse]] and [[Damon Lindelof]] for ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' (episode: "[[Through the Looking Glass (Lost)|Through the Looking Glass]]")
*[[David Chase]] and [[Matthew Weiner]] for ''[[The Sopranos]]'' (episode: "[[Kennedy and Heidi]]")
*[[Terence Winter]] for ''[[The Sopranos]]'' (episode: "[[The Second Coming (The Sopranos episode)|The Second Coming]]")
*[[David Chase]] for ''[[The Sopranos]]'' (episode: "[[Made in America]]")

===Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program===
*'''[[Late Night With Conan O'Brien]]''' (winner)
*''[[Late Show With David Letterman]]''
*''[[Real Time With Bill Maher]]''
*''[[The Colbert Report]]''
*''[[The Daily Show With Jon Stewart]]''

===Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie===
*[[Alan Geoffrion]] for ''[[Broken Trail]]''
*[[Daniel Giat]] for ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
*[[Sandy Welch]] for ''[[Jane Eyre (2006 TV serial)|Jane Eyre]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
*[[Frank Deasy]] for ''[[Prime Suspect|Prime Suspect: The Final Act]]'' (''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'')
*[[Josann McGibbon]] & [[Sara Parriott]] for ''[[The Starter Wife]]''

===Exceptional Merit in Non-Fiction Award===
A first-place tie was recorded in this category.

*''[[Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple]]''
*'''''[[Lion in The House]]'''''
*'''''[[When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts]]'''''


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.emmys.org Primetime Emmy Awards]
* [http://www.emmys.org Primetime Emmy Awards]
* [http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php emmys.org - Advanced Primetime Awards Search]
* [http://www.digitalhit.com/emmy/ Emmy Awards coverage] on DigitalHit.com
* [http://www.digitalhit.com/emmy/ Emmy Awards coverage] on DigitalHit.com
* [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007 Emmys.com list of 2007 Nominees & Winners]
* {{IMDb event|0000223/2007}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071214144033/http://www.emigrestudio.com/836/family-guy-opening-at-2007-emmys/ "You Can Find It on TV" opening number with partial lyrics]


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59th Primetime Emmy Awards
Promotional poster
Date
LocationShrine Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byRyan Seacrest
Highlights
Most awards
Most nominationsThe Sopranos (10)
Outstanding Comedy Series30 Rock
Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Sopranos
Outstanding MiniseriesBroken Trail
Outstanding Reality-Competition ProgramThe Amazing Race
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Websitehttp://www.emmys.com/ Edit this on Wikidata
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFox
Produced byKen Ehrlich
Directed byBruce Gowers
← 58th · Primetime Emmy Awards · 60th →

The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 16, 2007, honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was televised live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. EDT 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.). It was also the most recent Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony to be held at the Shrine Auditorium, as it was then relocated to the Nokia Theatre from the following year (PDT/3:00 UTC). The ceremony was hosted by Ryan Seacrest.[1]

The ceremonies were supposed to be produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, executive producers of American Idol, but because of their heavy work load with Idol, Ken Ehrlich, last year's producer, resumed the producer's role for the fourth time.[2] Ratings plunged further down to a near an all-time low as an estimate 12.87 million, 19% lower than the past year,[3] making it the second smallest television audience in Emmy history, behind the 1990 telecast.

The nominations were announced on July 19 at 5:40 a.m. PDT (12:40 UTC) by Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick.[4]

Meanwhile, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by comedian-actor Carlos Mencia, were presented eight days earlier on September 9.[5]

Freshman series 30 Rock defeated defending champion The Office to claim Outstanding Comedy Series; this was the only major award for 30 Rock.

Going into its final ceremony, The Sopranos needed just three major awards to tie the drama series record of 18 major wins set by Hill Street Blues. It was nominated in ten major categories coming in and ended the night with three wins, including its second win for Outstanding Drama Series. This tied the record and gave both shows identical résumés—18 major wins and 74 major nominations. This win for The Sopranos was also the first time any show's sixth season had won for the Outstanding Drama award, later achieved by Game of Thrones as well, another HBO drama.

AMC, a smaller cable network, won big with Broken Trail winning three Emmys. It won Outstanding Miniseries and the network's first Acting wins, for the series' stars, Thomas Haden Church and Robert Duvall.

Winners and nominees

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See also: 59th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[6]

Ricky Gervais, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
America Ferrera, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner, first Latin woman to do so
James Spader, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
Sally Field, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Robert Duvall, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Helen Mirren, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Jeremy Piven, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Jaime Pressly, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Terry O'Quinn, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
Katherine Heigl, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
Thomas Haden Church, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Judy Davis, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Tony Bennett, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner

Programs

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Programs

Acting

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Lead performances

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Lead performances

Supporting performances

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Supporting performances

Individual performances

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Individual performances

Directing

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Directing

Writing

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Writing

Most major nominations

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Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
Network No. of
Nominations
HBO 33
NBC 28
ABC 21
CBS 11
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network No. of
Nominations
The Sopranos Drama HBO 10
The Office Comedy NBC 7
30 Rock 6
Broken Trail Miniseries AMC
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Movie HBO
Grey's Anatomy Drama ABC 5
The Starter Wife Miniseries USA
Two and a Half Men Comedy CBS
Boston Legal Drama ABC 4
The Colbert Report Variety Comedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Entourage Comedy HBO
Lost Drama ABC
Prime Suspect: The Final Act Miniseries PBS
Ugly Betty Comedy ABC
Extras HBO 3
Heroes Drama NBC
Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS
Longford Movie HBO
Tony Bennett: An American Classic Variety NBC
American Idol Competition Fox 2
Battlestar Galactica Drama Sci Fi
Brothers & Sisters ABC
House Fox
Jane Eyre Miniseries PBS
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Variety NBC
Real Time with Bill Maher HBO
The Ron Clark Story Movie TNT
Tsunami: The Aftermath Miniseries HBO
Weeds Comedy Showtime

Most major awards

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Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
Network No. of
Awards
NBC 7
ABC 6
HBO
AMC 3
PBS
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network No. of
Awards
Broken Trail Miniseries AMC 3
Prime Suspect: The Final Act PBS
The Sopranos Drama HBO
Tony Bennett: An American Classic Variety NBC
Ugly Betty Comedy ABC 2
Notes
  1. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Presenters

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The awards were presented by the following:

Name(s) Role
Ray Romano Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
America Ferrera
Vanessa Williams		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Tina Fey
Julia Louis-Dreyfus		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kyle Chandler
Katherine Heigl		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kevin Connelly
Kevin Dillon
Jerry Ferrara
Adrien Grenier
Eva Longoria
Jeremy Piven		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jon Cryer
Jennifer Love Hewitt		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Alec Baldwin Presenter of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Ali Larter
Kiefer Sutherland		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Queen Latifah Presenter for a special presentation celebrating the 30th anniversary of Roots
John Amos
Ed Asner
LeVar Burton
Lou Gossett Jr.
Cicely Tyson
Leslie Uggams
Ben Vereen		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Miniseries
Neil Patrick Harris
Hayden Panettiere		 Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series winner Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron Presenter of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Neil Patrick Harris
Hayden Panettiere		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Steve Carell Presenter of the awards for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Marcia Cross
Mark Harmon		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Dick Askin Presenter of a special presentation dedicated to the Television Academy's charitable causes
Glenn Close
Mary-Louise Parker
Kyra Sedgwick		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Television Movie
Joe Mantegna Presenter of a special presentation to The Sopranos
Patrick Dempsey
Sally Field		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Kathryn Morris
Danny Pino		 Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Tom Anderson
Masi Oka		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television
Joely Fisher
Brad Garrett		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Anthony Anderson
Teri Hatcher		 Introducers of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series winner Stanley Tucci
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series winner Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch
Stanley Tucci		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson
Teri Hatcher		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Wayne Brady Introducer of "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" mock-contest
Kanye West
Rainn Wilson		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
Stephen Colbert
Jon Stewart		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Felicity Huffman
Hugh Laurie		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Debra Messing
William Shatner		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Jimmy Smits
Kate Walsh		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kelsey Grammer
Patricia Heaton		 Presenters of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Helen Mirren Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series

Interactive TV

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Al Gore's Current TV was presented with the Interactive TV Emmy by Masi Oka of Heroes with the help of MySpace's president Tom Anderson. This was the first year the Emmy was presented during the Primetime awards ceremony.[7]

In Memoriam

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Memorable moments

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The stage design for the ceremony was created with seating surrounding platform creating a theatre in the round with a "catwalk" style walkway for winners and presenters to exit the stage to. A trap door was placed in the center of the main stage. Some TV critics viewed this as a reference to Fox's American Idol.[8] During his acceptance speech, James Spader made a comment about the seating design, stating that "I've been to thousands and thousands of concerts in my life and I can tell you these are the worst seats I've ever had."[9]

Opening number

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As part of the opening number of the ceremony, Brian and Stewie Griffin, two characters of the Fox animated series Family Guy and both voiced by Seth MacFarlane, sang a song: recapping memorable moments of the past television season while noting the variety of programming that will come to the future in the song "You Can Find It on TV", a television-themed version of the song "The FCC Song" from the show's Emmy-nominated episode "PTV".

The Don't Forget the Lyrics mock-contest

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Another segment occurred during the presentation of the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program award. There was a competition between singer Kanye West (who attended the ceremony in retaliation for his loss at MTV's Video Music Awards earlier that month) and The Office actor Rainn Wilson similar to Don't Forget the Lyrics! (which, like the 2007 Emmys, airs on Fox) with host Wayne Brady presiding. West sang the last line of the chorus in the song "Stronger" as "That how long I've been on you" which was supposed to be "That how long I've been on ya", losing to Wilson. West jokingly retorted "I never win", poking fun at his losses at award ceremonies and presented the award alongside Wilson.[10]

Steppin' Out With My Baby

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Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera sang "Steppin' Out With My Baby" from Bennett's award-winning special.

Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The award went to Ricky Gervais for Extras, but after reading his name, Jon Stewart was informed that Gervais was not at the ceremony. Stewart immediately announced, "Ricky Gervais couldn't be here tonight, so instead we're going to give this to our friend Steve Carell" (who had been nominated for his role on The Office). Carell ran onto the stage and hugged Stewart and Colbert as they all screamed in mock celebration, then ran off together with the award.[11] As a joke, in 2008, at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, Ricky Gervais showed a video of the moment, commenting, "Look at [Carell's] stupid face," accusing Carell of "stealing" his award, and demanding it back. He approached Carell, who was sitting straight-faced in the front row, and repeated, "Give me my Emmy," over and over, even going so far as to tickle Carell, until Carell produced the statue from under his seat.[12]

Censorship controversy

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The LED display ball that Fox cut away to during moments of "vulgarity".

During the Fox telecast, some presenters and award winners were censored while making statements. When Ray Romano delivered a comic monologue about the change of television in the years since he left his own show, he mentioned that "for one, from what I hear, Frasier is screwing my wife?". On Fox, all that was heard was "for one, from what I hear, Frasier is" before Fox cut the audio and replaced the feed with pre-recorded material of an LED display ball with text scrolling around it. When viewers saw the ball through a high camera angle, it is revealed that the ball covered the entire stage. This lasted approximately 10 seconds before Fox returned to Romano. The reason for the censorship of this comment has been debated between vulgar language or revealing an important plot line to the show.[citation needed]

When Katherine Heigl accepted her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, she accidentally used profanity in her speech, causing Fox to cut the audio and once again replaced its feed with the pre-recorded shot of the display ball, only to return a moment later.[citation needed]

The biggest censorship controversy was when actress Sally Field accepted her Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. After giving an acceptance speech which included anti-war statements, partially as a tribute to her Brothers & Sisters character Nora Walker, the audience applauded before she was finished and Field, finding herself lost for words, couldn't remember what she was going to say. When she regained her words, she concluded her speech with "If mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place." Fox had cut to the display ball as she began to say "goddamn". This remark, and Fox's censorship of the remark, caused controversy in the days following the ceremony, leading critics to wonder if Fox had censored "Goddamn" or "Goddamn wars".[citation needed] Field's remarks caused Fox to implement a four-second delay for the remainder of the telecast. All of these comments were left uncensored on CTV in Canada, and other international simulcasts.[citation needed]

Also, at the Creative Arts Awards ceremony eight days earlier, Kathy Griffin, who won for Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List caused controversy in her acceptance speech after she denounced celebrities who thank Jesus for their awards. She later concluded her speech with an off-color joke that included "Suck it, Jesus! This award is my God now!" The Catholic League condemned her comments and successfully convinced E! to censor her speech during the telecast the following Saturday.

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  5. ^ "HBO Tops 59th Creative Arts Emmys, NBC Leads Nets". Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2007.
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  7. ^ Al Gore joins Emmy parade Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine, Variety, Sep. 13, 2007, 4:56pm PT
  8. ^ Wyatt, Edward (September 17, 2007). "Parting Gift: 'Sopranos' Wins Emmy for Drama". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  9. ^ McNamara, Mary (September 17, 2007). "Go ahead and pick a host, any host". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
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