57th Primetime Emmy Awards
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| Date (Primetime Telecast) | September 18, 2005 |
| Date (Creative Arts Awards) | September 11, 2005 |
| Venue | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California |
| Network | CBS |
| Host | Ellen DeGeneres |
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards show was broadcast on CBS.
The show, which aired three weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit, featured a mini-telethon for Habitat for Humanity and gave DeGeneres more opportunity to use the show to somberly remember the victims of the gulf Coast. The show featured tributes to the late ABC-TV anchor Peter Jennings presented by rival anchors Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw and to the late chat-show host Johnny Carson (who died January 2005). Also, the show featured Emmy Idol, five segments in which famous TV stars performed popular TV theme songs in a format like American Idol.
The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Arrested Development, FOX
- Desperate Housewives, ABC
- Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS
- Scrubs, NBC
- Will & Grace, NBC
Outstanding Drama Series
- Deadwood, HBO
- Lost, ABC
- Six Feet Under, HBO
- 24, FOX
- The West Wing, NBC
Outstanding Mini-Series
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
- The Office, BBC
- Lackawanna Blues, HBO
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, HBO
- Warm Springs, HBO
- The Woool Cap, TNT
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
- The Amazing Race 6, CBS
- American Idol, FOX
- The Apprentice, NBC
- Project Runway, Bravo
- Survivor: Palau, CBS
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
- Da Ali G Show, HBO
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC
- The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
- Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Hank Azaria for playing Craig Huffstodt on Huff
- Hugh Laurie for playing Gregory House on House, M.D.
- Ian McShane for playing Al Swearengen on Deadwood
- James Spader for playing Alan Shore on Boston Legal
- Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on 24
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Jason Bateman for playing Michael Bluth on Arrested Development
- Zach Braff for playing Dr. John "J.D." Dorian on Scrubs
- Eric McCormack for playing Will Truman on Will & Grace
- Ray Romano for playing Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on Monk
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
- Jonathan Rhys-Meyers for playing Elvis Presley in Elvis
- Ed Harris for playing Miles Roby in Empire Falls
- Geoffrey Rush for playing Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Kenneth Branagh for playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs
- William H. Macy for playing Gigot in The Wool Cap
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Patricia Arquette for playing Allison DuBois on Medium
- Glenn Close for playing Monica Rawling on The Shield
- Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
- Jennifer Garner for playing Sydney Bristow on Alias
- Mariska Hargitay for playing Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Marcia Cross for playing Bree Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives
- Teri Hatcher for playing Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives
- Patricia Heaton for playing Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Felicity Huffman for playing Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives
- Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Blythe Danner for playing Rebecca Holmes Davitch in Back When We Were Grownups
- Debra Winger for playing Dawn Anna Townsend in Dawn Anna
- S. Epatha Merkerson for playing Rachel Crosby in Lackawanna Blues
- Halle Berry for playing Janie Starks in Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Cynthia Nixon for playing Eleanor Roosevelt in Warm Springs
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Alan Alda for playing Arnold Vinick on The West Wing
- Naveen Andrews for playing Sayid Jarrah on Lost
- Terry O'Quinn for playing John Locke on Lost
- Oliver Platt for playing Russell Tupper on Huff
- William Shatner for playing Denny Crane on Boston Legal
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Peter Boyle for playing Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Brad Garrett for playing Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
- Jeremy Piven for playing Ari Gold on Entourage
- Jeffrey Tambor for playing George Bluth Sr. on Arrested Development
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
- Randy Quaid for playing Tom Parker in Elvis
- Philip Seymour Hoffman for playing Charlie Mayne in Empire Falls
- Paul Newman for playing Max Roby in Empire Falls
- Brian Dennehy for playing Father Dominic Spagnolia in Our Fathers
- Christopher Plummer for playing Cardinal Bernard Law in Our Fathers
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Stockard Channing for playing Abbey Bartlet on The West Wing
- Tyne Daly for playing Maxine Gray on Judging Amy
- Blythe Danner for playing Isabelle Huffstodt on Huff
- Sandra Oh for playing Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy
- CCH Pounder for playing Claudette Wyms on The Shield
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Conchata Ferrell for playing Berta on Two and a Half Men
- Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on Will & Grace
- Doris Roberts for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Holland Taylor for playing Evelyn Harper on Two and a Half Men
- Jessica Walter for playing Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
- Camryn Manheim for playing Gladys Presley in Elvis
- Joanne Woodward for playing Francine Whiting in Empire Falls
- Charlize Theron for playing Britt Ekland in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Jane Alexander for playing Sara Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs
- Kathy Bates for playing Helena Mahoney in Warm Springs
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Red Buttons for playing Mr. Rubadoux on ER
- Ray Liotta for playing Charlie Metcalf on ER
- Ossie Davis for playing Melvin Porter on The L Word
- Charles Durning for playing Ernie Yost on NCIS
- Martin Landau for playing Frank Malone on Without a Trace
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Fred Willard for playing Hank on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Alec Baldwin for playing Malcolm on Will & Grace
- Bobby Cannavale for playing Vince D'Angelo on Will & Grace
- Victor Garber for playing Peter Bovington on Will & Grace
- Jeff Goldblum for playing Scott Woolley on Will & Grace
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Swoosie Kurtz for playing Madeline Sullivan on Huff
- Cloris Leachman for playing Aunt Olive on Joan of Arcadia
- Angela Lansbury for playing Eleanor Duvall on Law & Order: SVU
- Angela Lansbury for playing Eleanor Duvall on Law & Order: Trial by Jury
- Amanda Plummer for playing Miranda Cole on Law & Order: SVU
- Jill Clayburgh for playing Bobbie Broderick on Nip/Tuck
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Kathryn Joosten for playing Karen McClusky on Desperate Housewives
- Lupe Ontiveros for playing Juanita Solis on Desperate Housewives
- Georgia Engel for playing Pat on Everybody Loves Raymond
- Cloris Leachman for playing Ida on Malcolm in the Middle
- Blythe Danner for playing Marilyn Truman on Will & Grace
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Jon Stewart—The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Jay Leno—The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Hugh Jackman—The 58th Annual Tony Awards
- Tracey Ullman—Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed
- Whoopi Goldberg—Whoopi: Back to Broadway - The 20th Anniversary
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Quentin Tarantino—CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Gregg Fienberg—Deadwood
- Peter Horton—Grey's Anatomy
- Scott Winant—Huff
- J.J. Abrams—Lost
- Peter Tolan—Rescue Me
- Alex Graves—The West Wing
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Charles McDougall—Desperate Housewives
- David Frankel—Entourage
- Gary Halvorson—Everybody Loves Raymond
- Randy Zisk—Monk
- James Burrows—Will & Grace
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Fred Schepisi—Empire Falls
- George C. Wolfe—Lackawanna Blues
- Stephen Hopkins—The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Joseph Sargent—Warm Springs
Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Louis J. Horvitz—The 77th Annual Academy Awards
- James Bobin—Da Ali G Show
- Chuck O'Neil—The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Bucky Gunts—The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Opening Ceremony
- Jerry Foley—The Late Show with David Letterman
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- David Shore—House, for episode "Three Stories"
- J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof & Jeffrey Lieber—Lost
- David Fury—Lost
- Peter Tolan & Denis Leary—Rescue Me
- Greg Pelcanos & David Simon—The Wire
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Barbie Adler—Arrested Development
- Brad Copeland—Arrested Development
- Mitchell Hurwitz & Jim Vallely—Arrested Development
- Marc Cherry—Desperate Housewives
- Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Steve Skrovan, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano & Leslie Caveny—Everybody Loves Raymond
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Richard Russo—Empire Falls
- Scott Peters & René Echevarria—The 4400 ("Pilot")
- Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely—The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
- Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant—The Office
- Margaret Nagle—Warm Springs
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
- Da Ali G Show
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
- The Late Show with David Letterman
- Real Time with Bill Maher
