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The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC and CTV at 8:00pm ET (00:00 UTC) with Conan O'Brien hosting the show. The ceremony attracted 16.2 million viewers, 2½ million fewer than the previous year's ceremony, but still the ratings winner for the week.
This awards show was the first to be held in August because of NBC's request; because of NBC Sunday Night Football, the show moved to accommodate NFL Kickoff Weekend.
Nominations and winners
HBO received the most nominations and the most awards; its co-production Elizabeth I won nine Emmys, including Best Miniseries.
A new voting system determined nominees in particular categories (mostly lead acting and outstanding series categories) by a "blue ribbon" panel of judges, which resulted in the exclusion of popular shows such as Desperate Housewives and Lost, and actors like Hugh Laurie from House. Lost's exclusion was mocked during the opening sequence ( see below), when O'Brien, accompanied by Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, heads down a hatch to get to the Emmys. O'Brien asked Reyes if he wanted to come; Reyes says coyly, "Well, we weren't exactly invited", to which O'Brien replies "But you won last year!"
Ellen Burstyn was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for her role in Mrs. Harris, even though she was onscreen for only 14 seconds.
The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Arrested Development
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office
Scrubs
Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Mini-Series
Bleak House
Elizabeth I
Into the West
Sleeper Cell
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Flight 93
The Flight that Fought Back
The Girl in the Café
Mrs. Harris
Yesterday
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
Survivor
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Late Show with David Letterman
Real Time with Bill Maher
Outstanding Children's Program
Classical Baby 2
High School Musical
I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (episode: Do Something! Caring For The Kids Of Katrina)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Krause for playing Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
Denis Leary for playing Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me
Christopher Meloni for playing Elliot Stabler on
Martin Sheen for playing Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing
Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on 24
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Steve Carell for playing Michael Scott on The Office
Larry David for playing himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Kevin James for playing Doug Heffernan on The King of Queens
Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on Monk
Charlie Sheen for playing Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Andre Braugher for playing Nick Atwater on Thief
Charles Dance for playing Mr. Tulkinghorn on Bleak House
Ben Kingsley for playing Herman Tarnower on Mrs. Harris
Donald Sutherland for playing Bill Meehan on Human Trafficking
Jon Voight for playing Pope John Paul II on Pope John Paul II
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
Geena Davis for playing Mackenzie Allen on Commander in Chief
Mariska Hargitay for playing Olivia Benson on
Allison Janney for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing
Kyra Sedgwick for playing Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Stockard Channing for playing Lydia Barnes on Out of Practice
Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois on Malcolm in the Middle
Lisa Kudrow for playing Valerie Cherish on The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Christine Campbell on The New Adventures of Old Christine
Debra Messing for playing Grace Adler on Will & Grace
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Gillian Anderson for playing Lady Dedlock in Bleak House
Kathy Bates for playing Jane Stern in Ambulance Girl
Annette Bening for playing Jean Harris in Mrs. Harris
Judy Davis for playing Sante Kimes in A Little Thing Called Murder
Helen Mirren for playing Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Alan Alda for playing Arnold Vinick on The West Wing
Michael Imperioli for playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos
Gregory Itzin for playing Charles Logan on 24
Oliver Platt for playing Russell Tupper on Huff
William Shatner for playing Denny Crane on Boston Legal
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Will Arnett for playing G.O.B. Bluth on Arrested Development
Bryan Cranston for playing Hal on Malcolm in the Middle
Jon Cryer for playing Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men
Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
Jeremy Piven for playing Ari Gold on Entourage
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Robert Carlyle for playing Sergei Karpovich in Human Trafficking
Clifton Collins, Jr. for playing Jack Hill in Thief
Hugh Dancy for playing Earl of Essex in Elizabeth I
Jeremy Irons for playing Earl of Leicester in Elizabeth I
Denis Lawson for playing John Jarndyce in Bleak House
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Candice Bergen for playing Shirley Schmidt on Boston Legal
Blythe Danner for playing Izzy Huffstodt on Huff
Sandra Oh for playing Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy
Jean Smart for playing Martha Logan on 24
Chandra Wilson for playing Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Cheryl Hines for playing Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on Will & Grace
Elizabeth Perkins for playing Celia Hodes on Weeds
Jaime Pressly for playing Joy Turner on My Name Is Earl
Alfre Woodard for playing Betty Applewhite on Desperate Housewives
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Ellen Burstyn for playing Former Tarnower in Mrs. Harris
Shirley Jones for playing Aunt Batty in Hidden Places
Cloris Leachman for playing Tarnower's sister in Mrs. Harris
Kelly Macdonald for playing Gina in The Girl in the Café
Alfre Woodard for playing Mrs. Brown in The Water is Wide
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Michael J. Fox for Boston Legal
Christian Clemenson for Boston Legal
James Woods for ER
Kyle Chandler for Grey's Anatomy
Henry Ian Cusick for Lost
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Patrick Stewart for Extras
Ben Stiller for Extras
Martin Sheen for Two and a Half Men
Alec Baldwin for Will & Grace
Leslie Jordan for Will & Grace
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Kate Burton for Grey's Anatomy
Christina Ricci for Grey's Anatomy
Swoosie Kurtz for Huff
Patricia Clarkson for Six Feet Under
Joanna Cassidy for Six Feet Under
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Shirley Knight for Desperate Housewives
Kate Winslet for Extras
Cloris Leachman for Malcolm in the Middle
Laurie Metcalf for Monk
Blythe Danner for Will & Grace
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Barry Manilow for
Stephen Colbert for playing Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report
Craig Ferguson for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
David Letterman for The Late Show with David Letterman
Hugh Jackman for The 59th Annual Tony Awards
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Rodrigo Garcia for Big Love (episode: Pilot)
Jack Bender for Lost (episode: Live Together, Die Alone)
Alan Ball for Six Feet Under (episode: Everyone's Waiting)
Tim Van Patten for The Sopranos (episode: Members Only)
David Nutter for The Sopranos (episode: Join the Club)
Jon Cassar for 24 (episode: )
Mimi Leder for The West Wing (episode: Election Day Part I)
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Michael Patrick King for The Comeback (episode: Valerie Does Another Classic Leno)
Robert B. Weide for Curb Your Enthusiasm (episode: The Christ Nail)
Dan Attias for Entourage (episode: Oh, Mandy)
Julian Farino for Entourage (episode: The Sundance Kids)
Marc Buckland for My Name Is Earl (episode: Pilot)
Craig Zisk for Weeds (episode: Good Shit Lollipop)
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Justin Chadwick for Bleak House
Tom Hooper for Elizabeth I
Peter Markle for Flight 93
David Yates for The Girl in the Café
Kenny Ortega for High School Musical
Phyllis Nagy for Mrs. Harris
Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Louis J. Horvitz for 78th Academy Awards
Bruce Gowers for American Idol
Jim Hoskinson for The Colbert Report
Chuck O'Neill for The Daily Show
Beth McCarthy Miller for Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series
Desperate Housewives for episode There's Something About A War
House for episodes Autopsy, Distractions and Skin Deep
Nip/Tuck for episode Ben White
Rome for episodes "Caesarion," "Triumph" and "Kalends of February"
Six Feet Under for episodes Hold My Hand, Singing For Our Lives and Everyone's Waiting
Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series
How I Met Your Mother for episode Pilot
Stacked for episode iPod
Will & Grace for episode I Love L. Gay
Outstanding Art Direction For A Miniseries Or Movie
Bleak House
Elizabeth I
The Girl in the Café
Into the West
Stephen King's Desperation
Outstanding Art Direction For A Variety, Music Program, or Special
78th Academy Awards
American Idol for Episode 519
Dancing with the Stars for Episode 206
MADtv for Episode 1115
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Shonda Rhimes for Grey's Anatomy (episodes: It's the End of the World and (As We Know It))
Krista Vernoff for Grey's Anatomy (episode: Into You Like a Train)
Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for Lost (episode: The 23rd Psalm)
Alan Ball for Six Feet Under (episode: Everyone's Waiting)
Terence Winter for The Sopranos (episode: Members Only)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day and Mitchell Hurwitz for Arrested Development (episode: Development Arrested, aka Harboring Resentment)
Doug Ellin for Entourage (episode: Exodus)
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for Extras (episode: Kate Winslet)
Greg Garcia for My Name Is Earl (episode: Pilot)
Michael Schur for The Office (episode: Christmas Party)
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Andrew Davies for Bleak House
Nigel Williams for Elizabeth I
Nevin Schreiner for Flight 93
Richard Curtis for The Girl in the Café
Phyllis Nagy for Mrs. Harris
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Late Show with David Letterman
Real Time with Bill Maher
Outstanding Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow
The Dog Whisperer
Outstanding Animated Program (Less Than One Hour)
Camp Lazlo for episode "Hello Dolly / Over Cooked Beans"
Family Guy for episode "PTV"
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for episode "Go Goo Go"
The Simpsons for episode "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
South Park for episode "Trapped in the Closet"
Outstanding Animated Program (An Hour Or More)
Walking with Monsters
My Life as a Teenage Robot for the episode "Escape From Cluster Prime"
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
Kelsey Grammer for portraying Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons episode The Italian Bob
Opening sequence and subsequent controversy
The plane crash Lost parody
The opening sequence of the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards show depicted the host, Conan O'Brien, wearing a tuxedo, sitting in luxury on a plane, sipping champagne and mentioning to the flight attendant that this would be the second Emmy's broadcast that he'd be hosting. O'Brien then rhetorically asked the flight attendant, "What could possibly go wrong?" Immediately after that, the plane began to experience turbulence and then was portrayed as having crashed on (or near) an island. O'Brien is then seen walking ashore on the beach and onto the island still wearing his (now drenched) tuxedo (the video of this opening sequence is here (External Link )). Hurley appears and then follows O'Brien to a hatch. When O'Brien asks if he wants to come along, Hurley says that they "weren't actually invited". O'Brien enters the hatch and arrives on the set of The Office.
The intention of this opening sequence was to parody the premise of the ABC television series Lost; however, the sequence reportedly disturbed some viewers because of the Comair Flight 5191 aircraft disaster that had occurred earlier in the day.
Entertainment industry critics, such as LA Weekly columnist Nikki Finke, lambasted NBC's decision to not pull the plane crash portion of the opening sequence, in light of the aforementioned crash earlier that day. Finke stated that she believes NBC could have – with relative ease – instructed their writers to come up with a different sketch at the last minute, which could have been used as a substitute (External Link).
Other parodies
The skit also parodied shows such as The Office, 24, House, South Park, and Dateline NBC (specifically, the "To Catch a Predator" segments). An animated Tom Cruise from the South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet" appears in a skit where an animated O'Brien hides in Stan Marsh's closet, only to run away when he discovers Cruise has already occupied the closet.
Tributes
The show featured tributes to two TV legends : Dick Clark ("America's Oldest Teenager"), and Aaron Spelling, producer of such classic TV shows as Dynasty and Beverly Hills, 90210. The former tribute was presented by Simon Cowell, American Idol judge, with a performance by Barry Manilow, who won an Emmy later that evening. Joan Collins, Heather Locklear, and Stephen Collins, along with the original three Charlie's Angels, gave the tribute for Spelling.
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