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Date September 10, 2000 (Ceremony) August 26, 2000 (Creative Arts Awards) Location Shrine Auditorium , Los Angeles , California Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hosted by Garry Shandling Most awards The West Wing Most nominations The Sopranos Outstanding Comedy Series Will & Grace Outstanding Drama Series The West Wing Outstanding Miniseries The Corner Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Late Show with David Letterman Network ABC
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The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC . Two networks, Bravo and The WB , received their first major nominations. This remains the only year in which a show from The WB or its descendants received a major nomination.
For its second season , Will & Grace Outstanding Comedy Series . Ally McBeal Get Smart 1970 .
The drama field was dominated by first year series The West Wing Outstanding Drama Series , the series won five major awards total, leading all shows. Overall, when adding The West Wing ' s technical categories , it won nine awards in a single year, a record that stood until Game of Thrones fifth season in 2015 . In addition, James Gandolfini became the first HBO actor to win the Lead Actor, Drama Emmy, for The Sopranos
Winners and nominees [ ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold :[1]
Michael J. Fox , Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Patricia Heaton , Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
James Gandolfini , Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
Sela Ward , Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Jack Lemmon , Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Halle Berry , Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Sean Hayes , Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Megan Mullally , Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
Richard Schiff , Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
Allison Janney , Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
Hank Azaria , Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Vanessa Redgrave , Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Eddie Izzard , Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner
Programs [ ]
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Drama Series
Will & Grace NBC )Everybody Loves Raymond CBS )Frasier Friends Sex and the City HBO )
The West Wing ER Law & Order The Practice ABC )The Sopranos
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
Late Show with David Letterman The Chris Rock Show Dennis Miller Live Politically Incorrect The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Outstanding Miniseries
Tuesdays with Morrie Annie If These Walls Could Talk 2 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge RKO 281
The Corner Arabian Nights The Beach Boys: An American Family Jesus P.T. Barnum , (A&E )
Acting [ ] Lead performances [ ]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty on Spin City Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane on Frasier (Episode: "Radio Wars"), (NBC)John Lithgow as Dr. Dick Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun Eric McCormack as Will Truman on Will & Grace (Episode: "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad"), (NBC)Ray Romano as Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"), (CBS)
Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"), (CBS)Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery on Dharma & Greg Jane Kaczmarek as Lois on Malcolm in the Middle Fox )Debra Messing as Grace Adler on Will & Grace (Episode: "Das Boob"), (NBC)Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City (Episode: "Ex and the City"), (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano on The Sopranos (Episode: "The Happy Wanderer "), (HBO)Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order (Episode: "Marathon"), (NBC)Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlet on The West Wing (Episode: "Take This Sabbath Day"), (NBC)Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy on Law & Order (Episode: "Killerz"), (NBC)
Sela Ward as Lily Manning on Once and Again Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos (Episode: "Big Girls Don't Cry "), (HBO)Amy Brenneman as Amy Gray on Judging Amy Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos (Episode: "Full Leather Jacket "), (HBO)Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway on ER (Episode: "Great Expectations"), (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jack Lemmon as Morrie Schwartz on Tuesdays with Morrie Beau Bridges as P. T. Barnum on P. T. Barnum Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman on Death of a Salesman Showtime )William H. Macy as Terry Thorpe on A Slight Case of Murder TNT )Liev Schreiber as Orson Welles on RKO 281
Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge on Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Judy Davis as Paula on A Cooler Climate Sally Field as Iris on A Cooler Climate Holly Hunter as Ruby Kincaid on Harlan County War Gena Rowlands as Georgia Porter on The Color of Love: Jacey's Story , (CBS)
Supporting performances [ ]
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland on Will & Grace (Episodes: "Homo for the Holidays" + "Acting Out"), (NBC)Peter Boyle as Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (Episodes: "Prodigal Son" + "Debra Makes Something Good"), (CBS)Brad Garrett as Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (Episodes: "Someone's Cranky" + "Confronting the Attacker"), (CBS)Peter MacNicol as John Cage on Ally McBeal David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier (Episodes: "Rivals" + "A Tsar Is Born"), (NBC)
Megan Mullally as Karen Walker on Will & Grace (Episodes: "To Serve and Disinfect" + "Polk Defeats Truman"), (NBC)Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green on Friends (Episodes: "The One with Rachel's Sister" + "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry"), (NBC)Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones on Sex and the City (Episodes: "The Awful Truth" + "The Freak Show"), (HBO)Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay on Friends (Episodes: "The One That Could Have Been"), (NBC)Doris Roberts as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (Episodes: "Sex Talk" + "Robert's Divorce"), (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing (Episodes: "Five Votes Down " + "In Excelsis Deo "), (NBC)Michael Badalucco as Jimmy Berluti on The Practice , (ABC)Dominic Chianese as Junior Soprano on The Sopranos , (HBO)Steve Harris as Eugene Young on The Practice , (ABC)John Spencer as Leo McGarry on The West Wing (Episodes: "Five Votes Down " + "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet "), (NBC)
Allison Janney as C. J. Cregg on The West Wing (Episodes: "Celestial Navigation" + "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"), (NBC)Stockard Channing as First Lady Abbey Bartlet on The West Wing (Episodes: "The State Dinner" + "He Shall, from Time to Time... "), (NBC)Tyne Daly as Maxine Gray on Judging Amy (Episodes: "Shaken, Not Stirred" + "Gray vs. Gray"), (CBS)Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano on The Sopranos (Episodes: "Do Not Resuscitate " + "Funhouse "), (HBO)Holland Taylor as Roberta Kittleson on The Practice (Episodes: "Legacy" + "Oz"), (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Hank Azaria as Mitch Albom on Tuesdays with Morrie , (ABC)Klaus Maria Brandauer as Otto Preminger on Introducing Dorothy Dandridge , (HBO)James Cromwell as William Randolph Hearst on RKO 281 , (HBO)Danny Glover as Will Walker on Freedom Song , (TNT)John Malkovich as Herman J. Mankiewicz on RKO 281 , (HBO)
Vanessa Redgrave as Edith Tree on If These Walls Could Talk 2 , (HBO)Kathy Bates as Miss Hannigan on Annie , (ABC)Elizabeth Franz as Linda Loman on Death of a Salesman , (Showtime)Melanie Griffith as Marion Davies on RKO 281 , (HBO)Maggie Smith as Betsey Trotwood on David Copperfield PBS )
Guest performances [ ]
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Bruce Willis as Paul Stevens on Friends (Episode: "The One with the Ring"), (NBC)Anthony LaPaglia as Simon Moon on Frasier (Episode: "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue "), (NBC)William H. Macy as Sam Donovan on Sports Night
Tom Selleck as Dr. Richard Burke on Friends (Episode: "The One with the Proposal "), (NBC)Carl Reiner as Sid Barry on Beggars and Choosers
Jean Smart as Lorna Lynley on Frasier (Episode: "Big Crane on Campus"), (NBC)Bea Arthur as Mrs. White on Malcolm in the Middle (Episode: "Water Park"), (Fox)Cheri Oteri as Cindy on Just Shoot Me! Debbie Reynolds as Bobbie Adler on Will & Grace (Episode: "Whose Mom Is It Anyway?"), (NBC)Holland Taylor as Letitia Devine on The Lot AMC )
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
James Whitmore as Raymond Oz on The Practice (Episode: "Oz"), (ABC)Alan Alda as Dr. Gabriel Lawrence on ER (Episode: "Truth & Consequences"), (NBC)Paul Dooley as Judge Philip Swackheim on The Practice (Episode: "Day in Court"), (ABC)Kirk Douglas as Ros on Touched by an Angel Henry Winkler as Henry Olson on The Practice (Episode: "Boston Confidential"), (ABC)
Beah Richards as Gertrude Turner on The Practice (Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part"), (ABC)Jane Alexander as Regina Mulroney on Law & Order , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kathy Baker as Ellen Sawyer on Touched by an Angel (Episode: "Buy Me a Rose"), (CBS)Marlee Matlin as Sally Berg on The Practice (Episode: "Life Sentence"), (ABC)Tracy Pollan as Harper Anderson on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Closure"), (NBC)
Directing [ ]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Todd Holland for Malcolm in the Middle (Episode: "Pilot "), (Fox)James Burrows for Will & Grace (Episode: "Homo for the Holidays"), (NBC)Bill D'Elia for Ally McBeal (Episode: "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost"), (Fox)Michael Lembeck for Friends (Episode: "The One That Could Have Been"), (NBC)Will Mackenzie for Everybody Loves Raymond (Episode: "The Christmas Picture"), (CBS)Thomas Schlamme for Sports Night (Episode: "Quo Vadimus"), (ABC)
Thomas Schlamme for The West Wing (Episode: "Pilot "), (NBC)
Allen Coulter for The Sopranos (Episode: "The Knight in White Satin Armor "), (HBO)Jonathan Kaplan for ER (Episode: "All in the Family"), (NBC)John Patterson for The Sopranos (Episode: "Funhouse"), (HBO)John Wells for ER (Episode: "Such Sweet Sorrow"), (NBC)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie
Louis J. Horvitz for The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
Ellen Brown for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , (NBC)
Matthew Diamond for Great Performances Jerry Foley for Late Show with David Letterman , (CBS)Beth McCarthy-Miller for Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special , (NBC)Keith Truesdell for Chris Rock: Bigger and Blacker , (HBO)
Charles S. Dutton for The Corner , (HBO)Martha Coolidge for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge , (HBO)Rob Marshall for Annie , (ABC)Martin Pasetta , Stephen Frears for Fail Safe Benjamin Ross for RKO 281 , (HBO)
Writing [ ]
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Linwood Boomer for Malcolm in the Middle (Episode: "Pilot "), (Fox)Cindy Chupack for Sex and the City (Episode: "Evolution"), (HBO)Paul Feig for Freaks and Geeks Michael Patrick King for Sex and the City (Episode: "Ex in the City"), (HBO)Christopher Lloyd , Joe Keenan for Frasier (Episode: "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue "), (NBC)Ray Romano , Philip Rosenthal for Everybody Loves Raymond (Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"), (CBS)
Aaron Sorkin , Rick Cleveland for The West Wing (Episode: "In Excelsis Deo "), (NBC)David Chase , Todd A. Kessler for The Sopranos (Episode: "Funhouse"), (HBO)Robin Green , Mitchell Burgess for The Sopranos (Episode: "The Knight in White Satin Armor"), (HBO)Aaron Sorkin for The West Wing (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC)
Joss Whedon for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Hush "), (The WB )
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill , (HBO)
David Simon , David Mills for The Corner , (HBO)Jane Anderson for If These Walls Could Talk 2 , (HBO)John Logan for RKO 281 , (HBO)Eric Overmyer , James Yoshimura , Tom Fontana for Homicide: The Movie John Stockwell for Cheaters
Most major nominations [ ] By network [note 1] NBC – 47
HBO – 41
ABC – 26
CBS – 18 By program The Sopranos (HBO) – 10The Practice (ABC) / The West Wing (NBC) – 9Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) – 8RKO 281 (HBO) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 7Frasier (NBC) / Friends (NBC) – 6Most major awards [ ] By network [note 1] NBC – 11
HBO – 8
ABC – 7
CBS – 2
Fox – 2 By program The West Wing (NBC) – 5The Corner (HBO) / Tuesdays with Morrie (ABC) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 3Notes
^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
In Memoriam [ ]
Loretta Young Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Madeline Kahn John Gielgud George C. Scott Larry Linville Meredith MacRae Gene Rayburn Durward Kirby Shirley Hemphill Hoyt Axton Nancy Marchand Leonard Goldenson Clayton Moore Doug Henning Craig Stevens Mary Jane Croft Mabel King Charles M. Schulz Alec Guinness Walter Matthau
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