59th Primetime Emmy Awards
59th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | |
Hosted by | Ryan Seacrest |
Highlights | |
Most awards |
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Most nominations | The Sopranos (10) |
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | |
Website | http://www.emmys.com/ |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Fox |
Produced by | Ken Ehrlich |
Directed by | Bruce Gowers |
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 16, 2007, honoring the best in
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
Freshman series
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.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[6]
Programs
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Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
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Outstanding Miniseries | |
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
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Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Individual performances
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Directing
Writing
Most major nominations
Network | No. of Nominations |
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HBO | 33 |
NBC | 28 |
ABC | 21 |
CBS | 11 |
Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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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
Network | No. of Awards |
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ABC | 6 |
HBO | |
NBC | |
AMC | 3 |
PBS |
Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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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
- ^ technical categories.
Presenters
The awards were presented by the following:
Interactive TV
In Memoriam
- Jane Wyatt
- Tige Andrews
- Joseph Barbera
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Edward Albert Jr.
- Yvonne De Carlo
- Mike Evans
- Sidney Sheldon
- Calvert DeForest
- Glenn Ford
- Arthur Hill
- Bob Carroll Jr.
- Beverly Sills
- Ed Friendly
- 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
Memorable moments
The stage design for the ceremony was created with seating surrounding platform creating a
Opening number
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
Another segment occurred during the presentation of the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program award. There was a competition between singer
Steppin' Out With My Baby
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
Censorship controversy
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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