55th Primetime Emmy Awards

55th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date	September 21, 2003 (Ceremony) September 13, 2003 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by	Ellen DeGeneres Brad Garrett Darrell Hammond George Lopez Conan O'Brien Bernie Mac Dennis Miller Garry Shandling (opening monologue) [1] Martin Short Jon Stewart Wanda Sykes
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Fox

The 55th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 21, 2003. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox. The Sci Fi channel received its first major nomination this year for Outstanding Miniseries for Taken, for which it won.

With the win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Debra Messing, Will & Grace became only the third television show to have all credited actors winning a Primetime Emmy Award for their respective role, following All in the Family and The Golden Girls (also later tied by The Simpsons). For its seventh season, Everybody Loves Raymond won its first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. It led all comedies with four major wins and ten major nominations. The West Wing won Outstanding Drama Series for the fourth consecutive year, tying the record set by Hill Street Blues (also later tied by Mad Men). Despite failing to win Outstanding Drama Series, The Sopranos continued to rake in the awards, leading all dramas with four major wins, including James Gandolfini and Edie Falco winning their third and final trophy, for their respective category.

For the first time since 1991, the Outstanding Drama Series field did not include Law & Order; it was nominated 11 times in the category, a record for drama series that still stands. The mark tied the overall record held by comedy series M*A*S*H and Cheers. For the first time since its premiere, Frasier, then in its tenth and penultimate season, didn't win a major award, with its only major nominations going to David Hyde Pierce and John Mahoney for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:^[2]

Tony Shalhoub, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Debra Messing, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner

James Gandolfini, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner

Edie Falco, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner

William H. Macy, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Maggie Smith, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Brad Garrett, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Doris Roberts, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Joe Pantoliano, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Tyne Daly, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

Ben Gazzara, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Gena Rowlands, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Guest performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

• HBO – 53
• NBC – 38
• CBS – 28

By program

• Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) / The Sopranos (HBO) / The West Wing (NBC) – 10
• Six Feet Under (HBO) – 9
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 7
• Door to Door (TNT) / Sex and the City (HBO) – 6

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

• HBO – 8
• CBS – 8
• NBC – 6
• TNT – 4
• Comedy Central – 2

By program

• Door to Door (TNT) / Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) / The Sopranos (HBO) – 4

In Memoriam

Roone Arledge, David Bloom, Ben Brady, David Brinkley, Charles Bronson, Nell Carter, Johnny Cash, James Coburn, Jeff Corey, Richard Crenna, Hume Cronyn, Buddy Ebsen, Buddy Hackett, Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Hines, Bob Hope, Michael Jeter, Bob Keene, Bruce Paltrow, Gregory Peck, Peg Phillips, John Ritter, Fred Rogers, Edgar Scherick, Jack Smight, Robert Stack, Mike Stokey, and Lynne Thigpen.

Notes

References

External links

• Emmys.com list of 2003 Nominees & Winners
• 2003 Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database