Primetime Emmy Awards 2009
The 61st Emmy Awards in the Prime Time category took place on September 20 , 2009 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles . CBS , the event's recurring producer, announced that Neil Patrick Harris will host the ceremony. The award ceremony was broadcast on German television on the pay-TV channel TNT Serie .
overview
The nominations were announced on July 16 by Chandra Wilson and Jim Parsons with John Shaffner at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theater. The most nominations received 30 Rock (22), followed by Gray Gardens (17) and Mad Men (16). A comparison of the broadcasters shows the following distribution of nominations:
Channel | Nominations | Awards |
---|---|---|
ABC | 55 | 10 |
AMC | 23 | 5 |
Bravo | 11 | 1 |
CBS | 49 | 9 |
Comedy Central | 13 | 3 |
FOX | 42 | 10 |
FX | 11 | 2 |
HBO | 99 | 21st |
NBC | 67 | 16 |
PBS | 26th | 9 |
Show time | 29 | 6th |
TNT | 10 | 0 |
Winners and nominations (selection)
The winners are highlighted first
Formats
Drama series
(Outstanding Drama Series)
Mad Men (AMC)
Comedy series
(Outstanding Comedy Series)
30 Rock (NBC)
- Entourage (HBO)
- Family Guy (FOX)
- Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
- How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
- The Office (NBC)
- Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors (Showtime)
Miniseries
(Outstanding Mini Series)
Little Dorrit (PBS)
- Generation Kill (HBO)
TV movie
(Outstanding Made for Television Movie)
Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Coco Chanel ( Lifetime )
- Into the Storm (HBO)
- Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)
- Taking Chance (HBO)
Variety, music or comedy show
(Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
- The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
- Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Reality TV competition
(Outstanding Reality Competition Program)
The Amazing Race (CBS)
- American Idol (FOX)
- Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
- Project Runway (Bravo)
- Top Chef (Bravo)
Reality TV show
(Outstanding Reality Program)
Intervention (A&E Network)
- Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
- Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel)
- Dog Whisperer (National Geographic Channel)
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Bravo)
- MythBusters (Discovery Channel)
Children's program
(Outstanding Children's Program)
Wizards of Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
- iCarly (Nickelodeon)
- Hannah Montana (Disney Channel)
Acting performances
Leading actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)
Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad (AMC)
- Simon Baker as Patrick Jane in The Mentalist (CBS)
- Gabriel Byrne as Paul Weston on In Treatment (HBO)
- Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan in Dexter (Showtime)
- Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men (AMC)
- Hugh Laurie as Gregory House in House (FOX)
Leading actor in a comedy series
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock (NBC)
- Steve Carell as Michael Scott in The Office (NBC)
- Jemaine Clement as Jemaine in Flight of the Conchords (HBO)
- Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
- Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk in Monk (USA)
- Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper in Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Lead actor in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie)
Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill in Into the Storm (HBO)
- Kevin Bacon as Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl in Taking Chance (HBO)
- Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander in Wallander: One Step Behind (PBS)
- Kevin Kline as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac (Great Performances) (PBS)
- Ian McKellen as King Lear in King Lear (Greatest Performances) (PBS)
- Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24: Redemption (FOX)
Leading actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series)
Glenn Close as "Patty" Hewes in Damages (FX)
- Sally Field as Nora Walker in Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
- Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
- Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko in Saving Grace (TNT)
- Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men (AMC)
- Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson in The Closer (TNT)
Leading actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series)
Toni Collette as Tara Gregson in United States of Tara (Showtime)
- Christina Applegate as Samantha "Sam" Newly in Samantha Who? (ABC)
- Tina Fey as Liz Lemon in 30 Rock (NBC)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Christine Campbe in The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
- Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin in Weeds (Showtime)
- Sarah Silverman as Sarah Silverman in The Sarah Silverman Program (Comedy Central)
Leading actress in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie)
Jessica Lange as Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale in Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Drew Barrymore as Edith Bouvier Beale in Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Shirley MacLaine as Coco Chanel in Coco Chanel (Lifetime)
- Sigourney Weaver as Mary Griffith in Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)
- Chandra Wilson as Yvonne in Accidental Friendship (Hallmark Channel)
Supporting actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)
Michael Emerson as Benjamin Linus in Lost (ABC)
- Christian Clemenson as Jerry Espenson in Boston Legal (ABC)
- William Hurt as Daniel Purcell in Damages (FX)
- Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad (AMC)
- William Shatner as Denny Crane in Boston Legal (ABC)
- John Slattery as Roger Sterling in Mad Men (AMC)
Supporting actor in a comedy series
(Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series)
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper in Two and a Half Men (CBS)
- Kevin Dillon as Johnny "Drama" Chase on Entourage (HBO)
- Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
- Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Parcell in 30 Rock (NBC)
- Tracy Morgan as Tracy Jordan in 30 Rock (NBC)
- Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute in The Office (NBC)
Supporting actor in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie)
Ken Howard as Phelan Beale in Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Len Cariou as Franklin D. Roosevelt in nto the Storm (HBO)
- Tom Courtenay as Mr. Dorrit in Little Dorrit (PBS)
- Bob Newhart as Judson in The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TNT)
- Andy Serkis as Rigaud in Klein Dorrit (PBS)
Supporting actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series)
Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor in 24 (FOX)
- Rose Byrne as Ellen Parsons in Damages (FX)
- Hope Davis as Mia in In Treatment (HBO)
- Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang in Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
- Dianne Wiest as Gina in In Treatment (HBO)
- Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey in Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Supporting actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)
Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook in Pushing Daisies (ABC)
- Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney in 30 Rock (NBC)
- Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes in Weeds (Showtime)
- Amy Poehler as various characters on Saturday Night Live (NBC)
- Kristen Wiig as various characters on Saturday Night Live (NBC)
- Vanessa L. Williams as Wilhelmina Slater in Alles Betty! (ABC)
Supporting actress in a miniseries or a television movie
(Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie)
Shohreh Aghdashloo as Sajida in House of Saddam (HBO)
- Marcia Gay Harden as Janina in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (CBS)
- Janet McTeer as Clementine Churchill in Into the Storm (HBO)
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Cicely Tyson as Pearl in Relative Stranger (Hallmark Channel)
Guest actor
Guest actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series)
Michael J. Fox as Dwight in Rescue Me (episode: "Sheila") (FX)
- Edward Asner as Abraham Klein in CSI: NY (episode: "Yahrzeit") (CBS)
- Ernest Borgnine as Paul Manning in ER (episode: " And in the End ") (NBC)
- Ted Danson as Arthur Forbisher in Damages (Episode: "They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney") (FX)
- Jimmy Smits as Miguel Prado in Dexter (Episode: "Go Your Own Way") (Showtime)
Guest actor in a comedy series
(Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series)
Justin Timberlake as various characters on Saturday Night Live (episode: "Host: Justin Timberlake") (NBC)
- Alan Alda as Milton Greene in 30 Rock (episode: "Mamma Mia") (NBC)
- Beau Bridges as Eli Scruggs in Desperate Housewives (Episode: "The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened") (ABC)
- Jon Hamm as Dr. Drew Baird in 30 Rock (episode: "The Bubble") (NBC)
- Steve Martin as Gavin Volure in 30 Rock (episode: "Gavin Volure") (NBC)
Guest actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series)
Ellen Burstyn as Bernardette Stabler in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode: "Swing") (NBC)
- Brenda Blethyn as Linnie Malcolm / Caroline Cantwell in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode: "Persona") (NBC)
- Carol Burnett as Bridget "Birdie" Sulloway in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode: "Ballerina") (NBC)
- Sharon Lawrence as Robbie Stevens in Grey's Anatomy (episode: "No Good At Saying Sorry (One More Chance)") (ABC)
- CCH Pounder as Mrs. Curtin in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (episode: "The Boy With The African Heart") (HBO)
Guest actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series)
Tina Fey as Governor Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live (episode: "Presidential Bash 2008") (NBC)
- Jennifer Aniston as Claire in 30 Rock (Episode: "The One With The Cast Of 'Night Court'") (NBC)
- Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Maternal Capacitance") (CBS)
- Gena Rowlands as Marge in Monk (Episode: "Mr. Monk And The Lady Next Door") (USA)
- Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy in 30 Rock (episode: "Christmas Special") (NBC)
- Betty White as Crazy Witch Lady in My Name Is Earl (episode: "Witch Lady") (NBC)
Hosts and moderators
Host a reality TV show
(Outstanding Host For A Reality Show Or Reality Competition)
Jeff Probst for Survivor (CBS)
- Tom Bergeron for Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
- Phil Keoghan for The Amazing Race (CBS)
- Heidi Klum for Project Runway (Bravo)
- Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio for Top Chef (Bravo)
- Ryan Seacrest for American Idol (FOX)
Director
Directed a drama series
(Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series)
Rod Holcomb for ER (episode: "And in the End") (NBC)
- Phil Abraham for Mad Men (episode "The Jet Set") (AMC)
- Bill D'Elia for Boston Legal (Episode: "Made In China / Last Call") (ABC)
- Todd A. Kessler for Damages (Episode: "Trust Me") (FX)
- Michael Rymer for Battlestar Galactica (episode: "Daybreak Part 2") (Syfy)
Direction for a comedy series
(Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series)
Jeff Blitz for The Office (episode: "Stress Relief") (NBC)
- James Bobin for Flight of the Conchords (episode: "The Tough Brets") (HBO)
- Julian Falino for Entourage (episode: "Tree Trippers") (HBO)
- Todd Holland for 30 Rock (episode: "Generalissimo") (NBC)
- Beth McCarthy for 30 Rock (episode: "Reunion") (NBC)
- Millicent Shelton for 30 Rock (episode "Apollo, Apollo") (NBC)
Direction for a miniseries, a TV movie or a special
(Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special)
Dearbhla Walsh for Little Dorrit (Part 1) (PBS)
- Ross Katz for Taking Chance (HBO)
- Philip Martin for Wallander: One Step Behind (PBS)
- Thaddeus O'Sullivan for Into the Storm (HBO)
- Michael Sucsy for Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Susanna White for Generation Kill (episode: "Bomb in the Garden") (HBO)
Directing a variety, music or comedy show
(Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program)
Bucky Gunts for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony (NBC)
- Marty Callner for Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America. A Last Night with George W. Bush (HBO)
- Roger Goodman for 81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
- Don Mixer for Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show (NBC)
- Glenn Weiss for The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration (ABC)
script
Script for a drama series
(Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series)
Andre Jacquemetton , Maria Jacquemetton and Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (episode: "Six Month Leave") (AMC)
- Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for Lost (Episode: "The Incident") (ABC)
- Kater Gordon and Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (episode: "Meditations in an Emergency") (AMC)
- Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (episode: "A Night to Remember") (AMC)
- Matthew Weiner for Mad Men (episode: "The Jet Set") (AMC)
Screenplay for a comedy series
(Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series)
Matt Hubbard for 30 Rock (episode: "Reunion") (NBC)
- James Bobin , Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie for Flight of the Conchords (episode: "Prime Minister") (HBO)
- Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock for 30 Rock (episode: "Kidney Now!") (NBC)
- Robert Carlock for 30 Rock (episode: "Apollo, Apollo") (NBC)
- Ron Weiner for 30 Rock (episode "Mamma Mia") (NBC)
Script for a miniseries, a TV movie or a special
(Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special)
Andrew Davies for Little Dorrit (PBS)
- David Simon for Generation Kill (episode: "Bomb in the Garden") (HBO)
- Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema for Gray Gardens (HBO)
- Michael Strobl and Ross Katz for Taking Chance (HBO)
- Hugh Whitemore for Into the Storm (HBO)
Script for a variety, music or comedy special
(Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special)
Chris Rock for Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (HBO)
- 81st Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
- Louis CK for Louis CK: Chewed Up (Showtime)
- Will Ferrell for Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America. A Last Night with George W. Bush (HBO)
- Ricky Gervais for Ricky Gervais: Out of England (HBO)
Script for a variety, music or comedy series
Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)
- Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
- The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Screenplay for a non-fictional program
Outstanding Writing for Nonfictional Programming
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (HBO)
- American Experience (Episode: "The Trials Of J. Robert Oppenheimer") (PBS)
- American Masters (episode: "Jerome Robbins: Something To Dance About") (PBS)
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business Of America (Episode: "When I'm Bad, I'm Better - The Groundbreakers") (PBS)
- Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Episode: "New Age Medicine") (Showtime)
See also
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- ↑ emmys.tv press release: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TO HOST THE "61ST PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS," TO BE BROADCAST LIVE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
- ↑ emmys.tv press release: 2008 - 2009 PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS NOMINATIONS
- ↑ emmys.tv press release: Nominations for the 61st Emmy Awards (PDF)