57th Primetime Emmy Awards


The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 18, 2005 and was hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS. BBC America received its first major nomination this year.
The ceremony, which aired three weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit, featured a mini-telethon for Habitat for Humanity and gave DeGeneres more opportunity to use the ceremony to somberly remember the victims of the Gulf Coast. Opening the ceremony was the famous 1970's band Earth, Wind & Fire with a comedic version of "September", in collaboration with The Black Eyed Peas. The ceremony featured tributes to ABC-TV anchor Peter Jennings presented by rival anchors Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, and to talk show host Johnny Carson by close friend and Late Show host David Letterman. Also, the show featured Emmy Idol, five segments in which famous TV stars performed popular TV theme songs in a format like American Idol.
Everybody Loves Raymond became the first comedy to have its final season win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series since Barney Miller in 1982. The CBS comedy series also tied for the lead in major nominations and wins with ten and three, respectively. Freshman series Desperate Housewives became just the second series to earn three nominations in a lead acting category, joining The Golden Girls which had three nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for four separate years. In the drama field, new series Lost won Outstanding Drama Series.
Actress Angela Lansbury received her eighteenth and most recent nomination. However, she failed to win causing her record losing streak to be extended.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:
, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner

Programs

Outstanding Comedy SeriesOutstanding Drama Series

  • Everybody Loves Raymond,
  • * Arrested Development,
  • * Desperate Housewives,
  • * Scrubs,
  • * Will & Grace,
  • Lost,
  • * Deadwood,
  • * Six Feet Under,
  • * 24,
  • * The West Wing,
    • Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy SeriesOutstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
  • * Da Ali G Show,
  • * Late Night with Conan O'Brien,
  • * Late Show with David Letterman,
  • * Real Time with Bill Maher,
  • The 58th Annual Tony Awards,
  • * Games of the XXVIII Olympiad,
  • * The 77th Annual Academy Awards,
  • * Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth,
  • * Everybody Loves Raymond: The Last Laugh,
    • Outstanding Made for Television MovieOutstanding Miniseries
  • Warm Springs,
  • *Lackawanna Blues,
  • * The Life and Death of Peter Sellers,
  • * The Office,
  • * The Wool Cap,
  • The Lost Prince,
  • * The 4400,
  • * Elvis,
  • * Empire Falls,
    • Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
  • The Amazing Race,
  • * American Idol,
  • * The Apprentice,
  • * Project Runway,
  • * Survivor,

    • Acting

    Lead performances

    Supporting performances

    Directing

    Writing

    Most major nominations

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    In Memoriam