Emmy Awards/2006

Winners in Bold.

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series

Nominees:

• Arrested Development
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• The Office
• Scrubs
• Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Drama Series

Nominees:

• Grey's Anatomy
• House, M.D.
• The Sopranos
• 24
• The West Wing

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

Nominees:

• Flight 93
• The Flight That Fought Back
• The Girl in the Café
• Mrs. Harris
• Yesterday

Outstanding Miniseries

Nominees:

• Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House
• Elizabeth I
• Into the West
• Sleeper Cell

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

Nominees:

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Late Show with David Letterman
• Real Time with Bill Maher

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special

Nominees:

• The 78th Annual Academy Awards
• Bill Maher: I'm Swiss
• George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing
• McCartney In St. Petersburg
• 2006 Winter Olympics (Opening Ceremony)

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

Nominees:

• The Amazing Race
• American Idol
• Dancing with the Stars
• Project Runway
• Survivor

Outstanding Reality Program

Nominees:

• Antiques Roadshow
• The Dog Whisperer
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

Outstanding Non-Fiction Series

Nominees:

• American Masters
• Biography
• Deadliest Catch
• Inside the Actors Studio
• 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

Outstanding Animated Program (Less Than One Hour)

Nominees:

• Camp Lazlo
• Family Guy
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• The Simpsons
• South Park

Acting and Performance

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

• Larry David for Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Kevin James for King of Queens
• Tony Shalhoub for Monk
• Steve Carell for The Office
• Charlie Sheen for Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

• Christopher Meloni for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Denis Leary for Rescue Me
• Peter Krause for Six Feet Under
• Kiefer Sutherland for 24
• Martin Sheen for The West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

• Charles Dance for Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House
• Donald Sutherland for Human Trafficking
• Ben Kingsley for Mrs. Harris
• Jon Voight for Pope John Paul II
• Andre Braugher for Thief

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

• Lisa Kudrow for The Comeback
• Jane Kaczmarek for Malcolm in the Middle
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus for The New Adventures of Old Christine
• Stockard Channing for Out of Practice
• Debra Messing for Will & Grace

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees:

• Kyra Sedgwick for The Closer
• Geena Davis for Commander in Chief
• Frances Conroy for Six Feet Under
• Mariska Hargitay for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Allison Janney for The West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

• Kathy Bates for Ambulance Girl
• Gillian Anderson for Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House
• Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I
• Judy Davis for A Little Thing Called Murder
• Annette Bening for Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

• Will Arnett for Arrested Development
• Jeremy Piven for Entourage
• Bryan Cranston for Malcolm in the Middle
• Jon Cryer for Two and a Half Men
• Sean Hayes for Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Nominees:

• Alan Alda for The West Wing
• Michael Imperioli for The Sopranos
• Gregory Itzin for 24
• Oliver Platt for Huff
• William Shatner for Boston Legal

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

• Denis Lawson for Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House
• Hugh Dancy for Elizabeth I
• Jeremy Irons for Elizabeth I
• Robert Carlyle for Human Trafficking
• Clifton Collins, Jr. for Thief

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Nominees:

• Cheryl Hines for Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Megan Mullally for Will & Grace
• Jaime Pressly for My Name Is Earl
• Elizabeth Perkins for Weeds
• Alfre Woodard for Desperate Housewives

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Nominees:

• Candice Bergen for Boston Legal
• Blythe Danner for Huff
• Sandra Oh for Grey's Anatomy
• Jean Smart for 24
• Chandra Wilson for Grey's Anatomy

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Nominees:

• Kelly Macdonald for The Girl in the Cafe
• Shirley Jones for Hidden Places
• Ellen Burstyn for Mrs. Harris
• Cloris Leachman for Mrs. Harris
• Alfre Woodard for The Water Is Wide

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

Nominees:

• Stephen Colbert for The Colbert Report
• Craig Ferguson for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• Barry Manilow for Barry Manilow: Music and Passion
• David Letterman for Late Show with David Letterman
• Hugh Jackman for 59th Annual Tony Awards

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day & Mitchell Hurwitz for Arrested Development, Development Arrested
• Doug Ellin for Entourage, Exodus
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant for Extras, Kate Winslet
• Greg Garcia for My Name Is Earl, Pilot
• Michael Schur for The Office, Christmas Party

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Shonda Rhimes for Grey's Anatomy, It's the End of the World & (As We Know It)
• Krista Vernoff for Grey's Anatomy, Into You Like a Train
• Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof for Lost, The 23rd Psalm
• Alan Ball for Six Feet Under, Everyone's Waiting
• Terence Winter for The Sopranos, Members Only