52nd Primetime Emmy Awards

52nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 10, 2000 (Ceremony) August 26, 2000 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Host	Garry Shandling
Television/Radio coverage
Network	ABC
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The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 10, 2000. The awards show was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC. Nominees are listed below; winners are in bold. 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 won Outstanding Comedy Series and led all comedy series with three major wins overall. Ally McBeal became the first defending champion, that wasn't cancelled or ended, that failed to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series since Get Smart in 1970.

The drama field was dominated by first year series The West Wing. In addition to winning Outstanding Drama Series it won five major awards total, leading all shows. When adding The West Wing 's technical categories it won nine awards, a record that still stands.

Winners and Nominees

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Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Will & Grace, (NBC) Everybody Loves Raymond, (CBS) Frasier, (NBC) Friends, (NBC) Sex and the City, (HBO)	The West Wing, (NBC) ER, (NBC) Law & Order, (NBC) The Practice, (ABC) The Sopranos, (HBO)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS) The Chris Rock Show, (HBO) Dennis Miller Live, (HBO) Politically Incorrect, (ABC) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)	Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special, (NBC) The 72nd Annual Academy Awards, (ABC) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker, (HBO) Cirque du Soleil: Quidam, (Bravo) Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill, (HBO)
Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Outstanding Miniseries
Tuesdays with Morrie, (ABC) Annie, (ABC) If These Walls Could Talk 2, (HBO) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, (HBO) RKO 281, (HBO)	The Corner, (HBO) Arabian Nights, (ABC) The Beach Boys: An American Family, (ABC) Jesus, (CBS) 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, (Episode: "Goodbye"), (ABC) Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane on Frasier, (Episode: "Radio Wars"), (NBC) John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun, (Episode: "Frankie Goes to Rutherford"), (NBC) 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, (Episode: "Lawyers, Beer and Money"), (ABC) Jane Kaczmarek as Lois on Malcolm in the Middle, (Episode: "Red Dress"), (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 Det. Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue, (Episode: "The Last Round Up"), (ABC) 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 & Again, (Episode: "Pilot"), (ABC) Lorraine Bracco as Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos, (Episode: "Big Girls Don't Cry"), (HBO) Amy Brenneman as Amy Gray on Judging Amy, (Episode: "The Wee Hours"), (CBS) Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos, (Episode: "Full Leather Jacket"), (HBO) Julianna Margulies as Nurse Carol Hathaway on ER, (Episode: "Great Expectations"), (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Jack Lemmon as Morrie Schwartz on Tuesdays with Morrie, (ABC) Beau Bridges as P. T. Barnum on P. T. Barnum, (A&E) 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, (HBO)	Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge on Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, (HBO) Judy Davis as Paula on A Cooler Climate, (Showtime) Sally Field as Iris on A Cooler Climate, (Showtime) Holly Hunter as Ruby Kincaid on Harlan County War, (Showtime) 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, (Fox) 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 (Parts 1 & 2)"), (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 a Movie	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a 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, (Episode: "The Sweet Smell of Air"), (ABC) Tom Selleck as Dr. Richard Burke on Friends, (Episode: "The One with the Proposal"), (NBC) Carl Reiner as Sid Barry on Beggars and Choosers, (Episode: "Always Leave 'Em Laughing"), (Showtime)	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!, (Episode: "First Date"), (NBC) Debbie Reynolds as Bobbie Adler on Will & Grace, (Episode: "The Unsinkable Mommy Adler"), (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, (Episode: "Bar Mitzvah"), (CBS) 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, (Episode: "Entitled"), (NBC) 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 a Movie
Louis J. Horvitz for The 72nd Annual Tony Awards, (ABC) Ellen Brown for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC) Matthew Diamond for Great Performances, (Episode: "Crazy for You"), (PBS) 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, (CBS) 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, (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC) 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, (Episode: "Hush"), (The WB)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill, (HBO) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker, (HBO) The Chris Rock Show, (HBO) Late Night with Conan O'Brien, (NBC) Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)	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, (NBC) John Stockwell for Cheaters, (HBO)

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

• NBC – 47
• HBO – 41
• ABC – 26
• CBS – 18

By program

• The Sopranos (HBO) – 10
• The Practice (ABC) / The West Wing (NBC) – 9
• Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) – 8
• RKO 281 (HBO) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 7
• Frasier (NBC) / Friends (NBC) – 6

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

• NBC – 11
• HBO – 8
• ABC – 7
• CBS – 2
• Fox – 2

By program

• The West Wing (NBC) – 5
• The Corner (HBO) / Tuesdays with Morrie (ABC) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 3

Notes

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

References

External links

• Emmys.com list of 2000 Nominees & Winners
• 2000 Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database

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