51st Primetime Emmy Awards

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51st Primetime Emmy Awards
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.

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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.

Winners and nominees

[1]

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Nominations
NBC42
HBO32
CBS23
ABC22
Fox10
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Nominations
The SopranosDramaHBO10
The PracticeABC7
Ally McBealComedyFox6
Dash and LillyMovieA&E
Everybody Loves RaymondComedyCBS
Joan of ArcMiniseries
Law & OrderDramaNBC
NYPD BlueABC
FrasierComedyNBC5
A Lesson Before DyingMovieHBO
The Baby DanceShowtime4
FriendsComedyNBC
The Rat PackMovieHBO
Dennis Miller LiveVariety3
ERDramaNBC
Just Shoot Me!Comedy
3rd Rock from the Sun2
The 52nd Annual Tony AwardsVarietyCBS
The Chris Rock ShowHBO
Freak
George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
Inherit the WindMovieShowtime
Late Show with David LettermanVarietyCBS
Mad About YouComedyNBC
The Passion of Ayn RandMovieShowtime
Pirates of Silicon ValleyTNT
Sex and the CityComedyHBO
Sports NightABC
The TemptationsMiniseriesNBC
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoVariety
Tracey Takes On...HBO

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Awards
HBO7
ABC6
NBC
CBS5
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Awards
The PracticeDramaABC3
3rd Rock from the SunComedyNBC2
The 52nd Annual Tony AwardsVarietyCBS
FrasierComedyNBC
A Lesson Before DyingMovieHBO
NYPD BlueDramaABC
The SopranosHBO
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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