Primetime Emmy Awards 1999
The 1999 Emmy Awards took place on September 12, 1999 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . The award ceremony was moderated by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce . The transmission was carried out by Fox . It was the 51st edition of the Emmy Awards in the Primetime category .
Program categories
Comedy series
(Outstanding Comedy Series)
Drama series
(Outstanding Drama Series)
- Practice - The lawyers
- Emergency Room - The emergency room
- Law & Order
- New York Cops - NYPD Blue
- The Sopranos
Miniseries
(Outstanding Miniseries)
- Hornblower - Same chance
- Great expectations (as part of the Masterpiece Theater )
- Jeanne d'Arc - The woman of the millennium
- 60s - The film experience of a whole generation
- The Temptations - Rise to Pop Olympus
TV movie
(Outstanding Made for Television Movie)
Variety, music or comedy special
(Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special)
- John Leguizamo's freak
- Tony Awards 1998
- Academy Awards 1999
- Jerry Seinfeld : I'm Telling You for the Last Time
- George Carlin : You Are All Diseased
Variety, music or comedy show
- Late Show with David Letterman
- The Chris Rock Show
- Dennis Miller Live
- Politically Incorrect
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Actor categories
Leading actor in a comedy series
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)
- John Lithgow as Dick Solomon in Behind the Moon Immediately Left
- Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty in Chaos City
- Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane in Frasier
- Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman in Crazy About You
- Ray Romano as Ray Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
Leading actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)
- Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz in New York Cops - NYPD Blue
- James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos
- Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe in Law & Order
- Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone in New York Cops - NYPD Blue
- Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy in Law & Order
Lead actor in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie)
- Stanley Tucci as Walter Winchell in Winchell - a passionate reporter
- Don Cheadle as Grant Wiggins in A Lesson Before Dying
- Ian Holm as King Lear in King Lear
- Jack Lemmon as Henry Drummond in Who Sows Storms
- Sam Shepard as Dashiell Hammett in Dash and Lily
Leading actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series)
- Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman in Crazy About You
- Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal in Ally McBeal
- Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery in Dharma & Greg
- Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City
Leading actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series)
- Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos
- Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully in the X-Files: The FBI's Creepy Cases
- Lorraine Bracco as Jennifer Melfi in The Sopranos
- Christine Lahti as Kathryn Austin in Chicago Hope
- Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway in Emergency Room
Supporting actor in a comedy series
(Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series)
- David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane in Frasier
- Peter Boyle as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
- John Mahoney as Martin Crane in Frasier
- Peter MacNicol as John Cage in Ally McBeal
- David Spade as Dennis Finch in Just Shoot Me
Supporting actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)
- Michael Badalucco as Jimmy Berluti in Practice - The Lawyers
- Benjamin Bratt as Reynaldo Curtis in Law & Order
- Steve Harris as Eugene Young in Practice - The Lawyers
- Steven Hill as Adam Schiff in Law & Order
- Noah Wyle as John Carter in Emergency Room
Supporting actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)
- Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon in Behind the Moon Immediately Left
- Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends
- Lucy Liu as Ling Woo in Ally McBeal
- Wendie Malick as Nina van Horn in Just Shoot Me - Redaktion
- Doris Roberts as Marie Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond
Supporting actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series)
- Holland Taylor as Roberta Kittleson in Practice - The Lawyers
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Helen Gamble in Practice - The Lawyers
- Kim Delaney as Diane Russell in New York Cops - NYPD Blue
- Camryn Manheim as Ellenor Frutt in Practice - The Lawyers
- Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano in The Sopranos
Supporting actor in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie)
- Peter O'Toole as Bishop Cauchon in Joan of Arc
- Beau Bridges as EK Hornbeck in Wer Sturm sät
- Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr. in The Rat Pack
- Peter Fonda as Frank O'Connor in The Passion of Ayn Rand
- Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin in The Rat Pack
Supporting actress in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie)
- Anne Bancroft as Geraldine Eileen Cummins in Deep in My Heart
- Jacqueline Bisset as Isabelle D'Arc in Joan of Arc
- Olympia Dukakis as Mother Babette in Joan of Arc
- Bebe Neuwirth as Dorothy Parker in Dash and Lilly
- Cicely Tyson as Aunt Lou in A Lesson Before Dying
- Dianne Wiest as Sarah McClellan in The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn