51st Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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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 |
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 performance in HBO's Dream On in 1993).
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.
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Network | No. of Nominations |
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NBC | 42 |
HBO | 32 |
CBS | 23 |
ABC | 22 |
Fox | 10 |
Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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The Sopranos | Drama | HBO | 10 |
The Practice | ABC | 7 | |
Ally McBeal | Comedy | Fox | 6 |
Dash and Lilly | Movie | A&E | |
Everybody Loves Raymond | Comedy | CBS | |
Joan of Arc | Miniseries | ||
Law & Order | Drama | NBC | |
NYPD Blue | ABC | ||
Frasier | Comedy | NBC | 5 |
A Lesson Before Dying | Movie | HBO | |
The Baby Dance | Showtime | 4 | |
Friends | Comedy | NBC | |
The Rat Pack | Movie | HBO | |
Dennis Miller Live | Variety | 3 | |
ER | Drama | NBC | |
Just Shoot Me! | Comedy | ||
3rd Rock from the Sun | 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 | TNT | ||
Sex and the City | Comedy | HBO | |
Sports Night | ABC | ||
The Temptations | Miniseries | NBC | |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Variety | ||
Tracey Takes On... | HBO |
Network | No. of Awards |
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HBO | 7 |
ABC | 6 |
NBC | |
CBS | 5 |
Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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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 | HBO |
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