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(Top) 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Programs 1.2 Acting 1.2.1 Lead performances 1.2.2 Supporting performances 1.3 Directing 1.4 Writing 2 Most major nominations 3 Most major awards 4 In Memoriam 5 References 6 External links

51st Primetime Emmy Awards

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Date

September 12, 1999
(Ceremony)

August 28, 1999
(Creative Arts Awards)

Location

Shrine Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California

Presented by

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Hosted by

Jenna Elfman
David Hyde Pierce

Highlights

Most awards

The Practice (3)

Most nominations

The Sopranos (10)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Ally McBeal

Outstanding Drama Series

The Practice

Outstanding Miniseries

Hornblower

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

Late Show with David Letterman

Television/radio coverage

Network

Fox

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The 51st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 12, 1999. The ceremony show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox.

The comedy-drama Ally McBeal won Outstanding Comedy Series, which not only dethroned five-time defending champion Frasier but also became the first time Fox won that award. In the drama field The Practice won Outstanding Drama Series for the second straight year, and led all shows with three major wins on the night.

Freshman series The Sopranos led all shows with 10 major nominations. From that show, Edie Falco not only became the first actress from a Cable network (HBO) to win Lead Actress, Drama series, she became the first person from any Cable TV show series to win a Major Acting award. (Though David Clennon did win for only a guest performanceinHBO's Dream Onin1993).

The real winner of the night was television writer David E. Kelley. Kelley was the creator and head writer for both series champions, Ally McBeal and The Practice. This accomplishment has not been matched since.

Winners and nominees[edit]

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Programs[edit]

Outstanding Comedy Series Ally McBeal (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Frasier (NBC) Friends (NBC) Sex and the City (HBO)	Outstanding Drama Series The Practice (ABC) ER (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) NYPD Blue (ABC) The Sopranos (HBO)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) Dennis Miller Live (HBO) Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) Tracey Takes On... (HBO)	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS) The 71st Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Freak (HBO) George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (HBO) Jerry Seinfeld: “I'm Telling You for the Last Time” (HBO)
Outstanding Made for Television Movie A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) The Baby Dance (Showtime) Dash and Lilly (A&E) Pirates of Silicon Valley (TNT) The Rat Pack (HBO)	Outstanding Miniseries Hornblower (A&E) The '60s (NBC) Great Expectations (PBS) Joan of Arc (CBS) The Temptations (NBC)

Acting[edit]

Lead performances[edit]

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series John LithgowasDr. Dick Solomonin3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) (Episode: "What's Love Got to Do, Got to Do with Dick?") Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty in Spin City (ABC) (Episode: "Gone with the Wind") Kelsey GrammerasDr. Frasier CraneinFrasier (NBC) (Episode: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz") Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman in Mad About You (NBC) (Episode: "The Final Frontier") Ray Romano as Ray Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episode: "How They Met")	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series *Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman in Mad About You* (NBC) (Episode: "The Final Frontier")** Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery in Dharma & Greg (ABC) (Episode: "Are You Ready for Some Football?") Calista FlockhartasAlly McBealinAlly McBeal (Fox) (Episode: "Sideshow") Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episode: "Be Nice") Sarah Jessica ParkerasCarrie BradshawinSex and the City (HBO) (Episode: "The Drought")
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Dennis FranzasAndy SipowiczinNYPD Blue (ABC) (Episode: "Safe Home") James GandolfiniasTony SopranoinThe Sopranos (HBO) (Episode: "The Sopranos") Dylan McDermottasBobby DonnellinThe Practice (ABC) (Episode: "Happily Ever After") Jimmy SmitsasBobby SimoneinNYPD Blue (ABC) (Episode: "Hearts and Souls") Sam WaterstonasJack McCoyinLaw & Order (NBC) (Episode: "Sideshow")	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Edie FalcoasCarmela SopranoinThe Sopranos (HBO) (Episode: "College") Gillian AndersonasDr. Dana ScullyinThe X-Files (Fox) (Episode: "Milagro") Lorraine BraccoasDr. Jennifer MelfiinThe Sopranos (HBO) (Episode: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti") Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin in Chicago Hope (CBS) (Episode: "Karmic Relief") Julianna MarguliesasCarol HathawayinER (NBC) (Episode: "The Storm", Part 2)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Stanley TucciasWalter WinchellinWinchell (HBO) Don Cheadle as Grant Wiggins in A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) Ian HolmasKing LearinKing Lear (PBS) Jack Lemmon as Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind (Showtime) Sam ShepardasDashiell HammettinDash and Lilly (A&E)	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Helen MirrenasAyn RandinThe Passion of Ayn Rand (Showtime) Ann-MargretasPamela HarrimaninLife of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (Lifetime) Stockard Channing as Rachel Luckman in The Baby Dance (Showtime) Judy DavisasLillian HellmaninDash and Lilly (A&E) Leelee SobieskiasJoan of ArcinJoan of Arc (CBS)
Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program John LeguizamoinFreak (HBO) George CarlininGeorge Carlin: You Are All Diseased (HBO) Dennis MillerinDennis Miller Live (HBO) Chris RockinThe Chris Rock Show (HBO) Tracey UllmaninTracey Takes On... (HBO)

Supporting performances[edit]

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series David Hyde PierceasDr. Niles CraneinFrasier (NBC) (Episodes: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Three Valentines") Peter Boyle as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episodes: "Driving Frank" + "Ping Pong") Peter MacNicol as John Cage in Ally McBeal (Fox) John MahoneyasMartin CraneinFrasier (NBC) (Episodes: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Our Parents, Ourselves") David Spade as Dennis Finch in Just Shoot Me! (NBC) (Episodes: "Two Girls for Every Boy" + "Slow Donnie")	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Kristen JohnstonasSally Solomonin3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) (Episodes: "Two-Faced Dick" + "Dick the Mouth Solomon") Lisa KudrowasPhoebe BuffayinFriends (NBC) (Episodes: "The One Hundredth" + "The One Where Everybody Finds Out") Lucy LiuasLing WooinAlly McBeal (Fox) (Episodes: "Angels and Blimps" + "Sex, Lies, and Politics") Wendie Malick as Nina van Horn in Just Shoot Me! (NBC) (Episodes: "Two Girls for Every Boy" + "Slow Donnie") Doris Roberts as Marie Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episodes: "The Toaster" + "Frank's Tribute")
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series *Michael Badalucco as Jimmy Berluti in The Practice* (ABC)** Benjamin BrattasReynaldo CurtisinLaw & Order (NBC) Steve HarrisasEugene YounginThe Practice (ABC) Steven HillasAdam SchiffinLaw & Order (NBC) Noah WyleasDr. John CarterinER (NBC)	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series *Holland Taylor as Roberta Kittleson in The Practice* (Episode: "End Games") (ABC)** Lara Flynn Boyle as Helen Gamble in The Practice (ABC) Kim Delaney as Diane Russell in NYPD Blue (ABC) Camryn Manheim as Ellenor Frutt in The Practice (ABC) Nancy MarchandasLivia SopranoinThe Sopranos (Episodes: "The Sopranos" + "46 Long") (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie *Peter O'Toole as Bishop Cauchon in Joan of Arc* (CBS)** Beau Bridges as E. K. Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind (Showtime) Don CheadleasSammy Davis Jr.inThe Rat Pack (HBO) Peter Fonda as Frank O'Connor in The Passion of Ayn Rand (Showtime) Joe MantegnaasDean MartininThe Rat Pack (HBO)	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie *Anne Bancroft as Geraldine Eileen Cummins in Deep in My Heart* (CBS)** Jacqueline Bisset as Isabelle D'Arc in Joan of Arc (CBS) Olympia Dukakis as Mother Babette in Joan of Arc (CBS) Bebe NeuwirthasDorothy ParkerinDash and Lilly (A&E) Cicely Tyson as Tante Lou in A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) Dianne Wiest as Sarah McClellan in The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (CBS)

Directing[edit]

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Sports Night (ABC): "Pilot" – Thomas Schlamme Ally McBeal (Fox): "Those Lips, That Hand" – Arlene Sanford Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS): "Robert's Date" – Will Mackenzie Friends (NBC): "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" – Michael Lembeck Will & Grace (NBC): "Pilot" – James Burrows	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series NYPD Blue (ABC): "Hearts and Souls" – Paris Barclay Law & Order (NBC): "Empire" – Matthew Penn Law & Order/Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC): "Sideshow" – Edwin Sherin The Sopranos (HBO): "The Sopranos" – David Chase
Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS) – Paul Miller 41st Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) – Walter C. Miller The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (CBS) – Louis J. Horvitz Saturday Night Live (NBC): "Host: Jennifer Love Hewitt" – Beth McCarthy-Miller The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) – Ellen Brown	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie The Temptations (NBC) – Allan Arkush The Baby Dance (Showtime) – Jane Anderson Dash and Lilly (A&E) – Kathy Bates Joan of Arc (A&E) – Christian Duguay A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) – Joseph Sargent

Writing[edit]

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Frasier (NBC): "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" – Jay Kogen Ally McBeal (Fox): "Sideshow" – David E. Kelley Friends (NBC): "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" – Alexa Junge Just Shoot Me! (NBC): "Slow Donnie" – Steven Levitan Sports Night (ABC): "The Apology" – Aaron Sorkin	Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series The Sopranos (HBO): "College" – James Manos Jr. and David Chase NYPD Blue (ABC): "Hearts and Souls" – Story by : Steven Bochco, David Milch and Bill Clark Teleplay by : Nicholas Wootton The Sopranos (HBO): "Isabella" – Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess The Sopranos (HBO): "Nobody Knows Anything" – Frank Renzulli The Sopranos (HBO): "The Sopranos" – David Chase
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program The Chris Rock Show (HBO) Dennis Miller Live (HBO) Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) Mr. Show with Bob and David (HBO)	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) – Ann Peacock The Baby Dance (Showtime) – Jane Anderson Dash and Lilly (A&E) – Jerrold L. Ludwig Pirates of Silicon Valley (TNT) – Martyn Burke The Rat Pack (HBO) – Kario Salem

Most major nominations[edit]

Networks with multiple major nominations^{[note 1]}
Network	No. of Nominations
NBC	42
HBO	32
CBS	23
ABC	22
Fox	10

Programs with multiple major nominations
Program	Category	Network	No. of Nominations
The Sopranos	Drama	HBO	10
The Practice	Drama	ABC	7
Ally McBeal	Comedy	Fox	6
Dash and Lilly	Movie	A&E
Everybody Loves Raymond	Comedy	CBS
Joan of Arc	Miniseries	CBS
Law & Order	Drama	NBC
NYPD Blue	Drama	ABC
Frasier	Comedy	NBC	5
A Lesson Before Dying	Movie	HBO	5
The Baby Dance	Movie	Showtime	4
Friends	Comedy	NBC
The Rat Pack	Movie	HBO
Dennis Miller Live	Variety	HBO	3
ER	Drama	NBC
Just Shoot Me!	Comedy
3rd Rock from the Sun	Comedy		2
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards	Variety	CBS
The Chris Rock Show		HBO
Freak
George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
Inherit the Wind	Movie	Showtime
Late Show with David Letterman	Variety	CBS
Mad About You	Comedy	NBC
The Passion of Ayn Rand	Movie	Showtime
Pirates of Silicon Valley	Movie	TNT
Sex and the City	Comedy	HBO
Sports Night	Comedy	ABC
The Temptations	Miniseries	NBC
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Variety	NBC
Tracey Takes On...	Variety	HBO

Most major awards[edit]

Networks with multiple major awards^{[note 1]}
Network	No. of Nominations
ABC	8
NBC	7
HBO	6
CBS	5
Fox	2

Programs with multiple major awards
Program	Category	Network	No. of Nominations
The Practice	Drama	ABC	3
3rd Rock from the Sun	Comedy	NBC	2
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards	Variety	CBS
Frasier	Comedy	NBC
A Lesson Before Dying	Movie	HBO
NYPD Blue	Drama	ABC
The Sopranos	Drama	HBO