52nd Primetime Emmy Awards

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52nd Primetime Emmy Awards
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Promotional poster
Date
  • September 10, 2000
    (Ceremony)
  • August 26, 2000
    (Creative Arts Awards)
Location Shrine Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Hosted by Garry Shandling
Highlights
Most awards The West Wing (5)
Most nominations The Sopranos (10)
Outstanding Comedy Series Will & Grace
Outstanding Drama Series The West Wing
Outstanding Miniseries The Corner
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Late Show with David Letterman
Television/radio coverage
Network ABC
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The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 2000. [1] The ceremony was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC. Networks Bravo and The WB received their first major nominations; this remains the only year in which a series from the latter or its descendants (The CW and UPN) received a major nomination.[ citation needed ] The nominations were announced on July 20, 2000. [2]

Contents

For its second season, Will & Grace led all comedy series with three major wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series; Ally McBeal became the first defending champion, that wasn't canceled or ended, that failed to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series since Get Smart in 1970.

The drama field was dominated by first year series The West Wing . In addition to winning Outstanding Drama Series, the series won five major awards total, leading all series. [1] Overall, when adding The West Wing's technical categories, it won nine awards in a single year, a record that stood until Game of Thrones received twelve awards for its fifth season in 2015. [3] In addition, James Gandolfini became the first actor from an HBO series to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for The Sopranos ; Gandolfini would win twice more over the next three years. [4]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). [1] [5] [6] [a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.

Michael J. Fox, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner Michael J Fox 1988-cropped2.jpg
Michael J. Fox, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Patricia Heaton, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner Patricia Heaton (cropped).jpg
Patricia Heaton, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner
James Gandolfini, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner James Gandolfini in Kuwait City 2010 (cropped).jpg
James Gandolfini, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner
Sela Ward, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner Sela Ward.jpg
Sela Ward, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner
Jack Lemmon, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner Jack Lemmon - 1968 (cropped).jpg
Jack Lemmon, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Halle Berry, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner Halle Berry by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Halle Berry, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Sean Hayes, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner Sean Hayes (portrait).jpg
Sean Hayes, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner
Megan Mullally, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner Megan Mullally by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Megan Mullally, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner
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Richard Schiff, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner
Allison Janney, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner Allison-Janney in 2014.jpg
Allison Janney, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner
Hank Azaria, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner Hankazaria05.jpg
Hank Azaria, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Vanessa Redgrave, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner Vanessa Redgrave (2011) cropped.jpg
Vanessa Redgrave, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner
Eddie Izzard, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner EddieIzzard.jpg
Eddie Izzard, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner

Programs

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Nominations
NBC47
HBO41
ABC26
CBS18
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Nominations
The SopranosDramaHBO10
The West WingNBC9
Everybody Loves RaymondComedyCBS8
RKO 281MovieHBO7
Will & GraceComedyNBC6
Sex and the CityHBO5
Chris Rock: Bigger & BlackerVariety4
ERDramaNBC
FrasierComedy
Friends
Introducing Dorothy DandridgeMovieHBO
The PracticeDramaABC
72nd Annual Academy AwardsVariety3
AnnieMovie
The CornerMiniseriesHBO
Eddie Izzard: Dress to KillVariety
If These Walls Could Talk 2Movie
Late Show with David LettermanVarietyCBS
Law & OrderDramaNBC
Malcolm in the MiddleComedyFox
Tuesdays with MorrieMovieABC
Ally McBealComedyFox2
The Chris Rock ShowVarietyHBO
A Cooler ClimateMovieShowtime
Death of a Salesman
Judging AmyDramaCBS
P. T. BarnumMiniseriesA&E
Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary SpecialVarietyNBC
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Awards
NBC9
HBO8
ABC6
CBS2
Fox
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Awards
The West WingDramaNBC5
The CornerMiniseriesHBO3
Tuesdays with MorrieMovieABC
Will & GraceComedyNBC
Eddie Izzard: Dress to KillVarietyHBO2
Malcolm in the MiddleComedyFox
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

In Memoriam

Notes

  1. The outlets listed for each program are the U.S. broadcasters or streaming services identified in the nominations, which for some international productions are different from the broadcaster(s) that originally commissioned the program.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gallo, Phil (September 11, 2000). "The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards". Variety . Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. "'West Wing', 'Sopranos' lead Emmy nominations". CNN. July 20, 2000. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. Prudom, Laura (September 20, 2015). "'Game of Thrones' Sets Record for Most Emmy Wins in a Year". Variety . Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. Reid, Joe (November 13, 2022). "A Timeline of HBO's Dominance at the Emmys". Primetimer. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  5. Angulo, Sandra P. (September 11, 2000). "'The West Wing' and 'Will & Grace' lead the Emmys". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  6. Weinraub, Bernard (September 11, 2000). "'West Wing' Dominates Television's Big Night; NBC Drama Carries Off 5 Emmy Awards as Newer Shows Find Their Niche" . The New York Times . Retrieved January 22, 2023.