The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC. Networks Bravo and The WB received their first major nominations. The nominations were announced on July 20, 2000. 27 awards were presented.
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. Overall, when adding The West Wings 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. 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.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
Programs + Will & Grace (NBC) Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Frasier (NBC) Friends (NBC) Sex and the City (HBO) The West Wing (NBC) ER (NBC) Law & Order (NBC) The Practice (ABC) The Sopranos (HBO) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) The Chris Rock Show (HBO) Dennis Miller Live (HBO) Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special (NBC) 72nd Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (HBO) Cirque du Soleil – Quidam (Bravo) Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (HBO) Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie (ABC) Annie (ABC) If These Walls Could Talk 2 (HBO) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (HBO) RKO 281 (HBO) The Corner (HBO) Arabian Nights (ABC) The Beach Boys: An American Family (ABC) Jesus (CBS) P. T. Barnum (A&E)
Acting
Lead performances + Michael J. Fox – Spin City as Michael Flaherty (ABC) Kelsey Grammer – Frasier as Dr. Frasier Crane (NBC) John Lithgow – 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dick Solomon (NBC) Eric McCormack – Will & Grace as Will Truman (NBC) Ray Romano – Everybody Loves Raymond as Ray Barone (CBS) (Episode: "Bad Moon Rising") Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone (CBS) (Episode: “Bad Moon Rising”) Jenna Elfman – Dharma & Greg as Dharma Montgomery (ABC) Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois (Fox) (Episode: “Red Dress”) Debra Messing – Will & Grace as Grace Adler (NBC) Sarah Jessica Parker – Sex and the City as Carrie Bradshaw (HBO) James Gandolfini – The Sopranos as Tony Soprano (HBO) Dennis Franz – NYPD Blue as Detective Andy Sipowicz (ABC) Jerry Orbach – Law & Order as Detective Lennie Briscoe (NBC) Martin Sheen – The West Wing as President Josiah Bartlet (NBC) Sam Waterston – Law & Order as Asst. DA Jack McCoy (NBC) Sela Ward – Once and Again as Lily Manning (ABC) Lorraine Bracco – The Sopranos as Dr. Jennifer Melfi (HBO) Amy Brenneman – Judging Amy as Judge Amy Gray (CBS) Edie Falco – The Sopranos as Carmela Soprano (HBO) Julianna Margulies – ER as Head Nurse Carol Hathaway (NBC) Jack Lemmon – Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie as Morrie Schwartz (ABC) Beau Bridges – P. T. Barnum as P. T. Barnum (A&E) Brian Dennehy – Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman (Showtime) William H. Macy – A Slight Case of Murder as Terry Thorpe (TNT) Liev Schreiber – RKO 281 as Orson Welles (HBO) Halle Berry – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Dorothy Dandridge (HBO) Judy Davis – A Cooler Climate as Paula Tanner (Showtime) Sally Field – A Cooler Climate as Iris Prue (Showtime) Holly Hunter – Harlan County War as Ruby Kincaid (Showtime) Gena Rowlands – The Color of Love: Jacey's Story as Georgia Porter (CBS) Eddie Izzard – Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (HBO) Cher – Cher: Live in Concert – From the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (HBO) Billy Crystal – 72nd Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Chris Rock – Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (HBO) Molly Shannon – Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Supporting performances + Sean Hayes – Will & Grace as Jack McFarland (NBC) Peter Boyle – Everybody Loves Raymond as Frank Barone (CBS) (Episodes: “Prodigal Son” and “Debra Makes Something Good”) Brad Garrett – Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone (CBS) (Episodes: “Someone’s Cranky” and “Confronting the Attacker”) Peter MacNicol – Ally McBeal as John Cage (Fox) David Hyde Pierce – Frasier as Dr. Niles Crane (NBC) Megan Mullally – Will & Grace as Karen Walker (NBC) Jennifer Aniston – Friends as Rachel Green (NBC) Kim Cattrall – Sex and the City as Samantha Jones (HBO) Lisa Kudrow – Friends as Phoebe Buffay (NBC) Doris Roberts – Everybody Loves Raymond as Marie Barone (CBS) (Episodes: “Sex Talk” and “Robert’s Divorce”) Richard Schiff – The West Wing as Toby Ziegler (NBC) Michael Badalucco – The Practice as Jimmy Berluti (ABC) Dominic Chianese – The Sopranos as Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano (HBO) Steve Harris – The Practice as Eugene Young (ABC) John Spencer – The West Wing as Leo McGarry (NBC) Allison Janney – The West Wing as C. J. Cregg (NBC) Stockard Channing – The West Wing as Abigail Bartlet, M.D. (NBC) Tyne Daly – Judging Amy as Maxine Gray (CBS) Nancy Marchand – The Sopranos as Livia Soprano (HBO) Holland Taylor – The Practice as Judge Roberta Kittleson (ABC) Hank Azaria – Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie as Mitch Albom (ABC) Klaus Maria Brandauer – Introducing Dorothy Dandridge as Otto Preminger (HBO) James Cromwell – RKO 281 as William Randolph Hearst (HBO) Danny Glover – Freedom Song as Will Walker (TNT) John Malkovich – RKO 281 as Herman Mankiewicz (HBO) Vanessa Redgrave – If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Edith Tree (HBO) Kathy Bates – Annie as Miss Hannigan (ABC) Elizabeth Franz – Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman (Showtime) Melanie Griffith – RKO 281 as Marion Davies (HBO) Maggie Smith – David Copperfield (ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre) as Betsey Trotwood (PBS)
Directing + Malcolm in the Middle: "Pilot" – Todd Holland (Fox) Ally McBeal: "Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost" – Bill D'Elia (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond: "The Christmas Picture" – Will Mackenzie (CBS) Friends: "The One That Could Have Been, Parts 1 & 2" – Michael Lembeck (NBC) Sports Night: "Quo Vadimus" – Thomas Schlamme (ABC) Will & Grace: "Homo for the Holidays" – James Burrows (NBC) The West Wing: "Pilot" – Thomas Schlamme (NBC) ER: "All in the Family" – Jonathan Kaplan (NBC) ER: "Such Sweet Sorrow" – John Wells (NBC) The Sopranos: "Funhouse" – John Patterson (HBO) The Sopranos: "The Knight in White Satin Armor" – Allen Coulter (HBO) 72nd Annual Academy Awards – Louis J. Horvitz (ABC) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker – Keith Truesdell (HBO) The Gershwins' "Crazy for You" (Great Performances) – Matthew Diamond (PBS) Late Show with David Letterman: "Show #1294" – Jerry Foley (CBS) Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special – Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: "Show #1770" – Ellen Brown (NBC) The Corner – Charles S. Dutton (HBO) Introducing Dorothy Dandridge – Martha Coolidge (HBO) Annie – Rob Marshall (ABC) Fail Safe – Martin A. Pasetta Jr. and Stephen Frears (CBS) RKO 281 – Benjamin Ross (HBO)
Writing + Malcolm in the Middle: "Pilot" – Linwood Boomer (Fox) Everybody Loves Raymond: "Bad Moon Rising" – Ray Romano and Philip Rosenthal (CBS) Frasier: "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" – Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan (NBC) Freaks and Geeks: "Pilot" – Paul Feig (NBC) Sex and the City: "Evolution" – Cindy Chupack (HBO) Sex and the City: "Ex and the City" – Michael Patrick King (HBO) The West Wing: "In Excelsis Deo" – Aaron Sorkin and Rick Cleveland (NBC) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Hush" – Joss Whedon (The WB) The Sopranos: "Funhouse" – David Chase and Todd A. Kessler (HBO) The Sopranos: "The Knight in White Satin Armor" – Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess (HBO) The West Wing: "Pilot" – Aaron Sorkin (NBC) Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill – Eddie Izzard (HBO) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker – Chris Rock (HBO) The Chris Rock Show – Tom Agna, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K., Lance Crouther, Nick Di Paolo, Ali LeRoi, Steve O'Donnell, Chris Rock, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Halsted Sullivan, Wanda Sykes, and Mike Upchurch (HBO) Late Night with Conan O'Brien – Jonathan Groff, Chris Albers, Ellie Barancik, Andy Blitz, Louis C.K., Janine Ditullio, Jon Glaser, Michael Gordon, Roy Jenkins, Brian Kiley, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, and Mike Sweeney (NBC) Late Show with David Letterman – Rodney Rothman, Gabe Abelson, Michael Barrie, Carter L. Bays, Jon Beckerman, Rob Burnett, Chris Harris, David Letterman, Gerard Mulligan, Jim Mulholland, Tom Ruprecht, Bill Scheft, Beth Sherman, Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Craig Thomas, Joe Toplyn, and Steve Young (CBS) The Corner – David Simon and David Mills (HBO) Cheaters – John Stockwell (HBO) Homicide: The Movie – Eric Overmyer, James Yoshimura, and Tom Fontana (NBC) If These Walls Could Talk 2: "1961" – Jane Anderson (HBO) RKO 281 – John Logan (HBO)
Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network No. ofNominations NBC 47 HBO 41 ABC 26 CBS 18
+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network No. ofNominations The Sopranos Drama HBO 10 The West Wing NBC 9 Everybody Loves Raymond Comedy CBS 8 RKO 281 Movie HBO 7 Will & Grace Comedy NBC 6 Sex and the City HBO 5 Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker Variety 4 ER Drama NBC Frasier Comedy Friends Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Movie HBO The Practice Drama ABC 72nd Annual Academy Awards Variety 3 Annie Movie The Corner Miniseries HBO Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill Variety If These Walls Could Talk 2 Movie Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS Law & Order Drama NBC Malcolm in the Middle Comedy Fox Tuesdays with Morrie Movie ABC Ally McBeal Comedy Fox 2 The Chris Rock Show Variety HBO A Cooler Climate Movie Showtime Death of a Salesman Judging Amy Drama CBS P. T. Barnum Miniseries A&E Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special Variety NBC The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network No. ofAwards NBC 9 HBO 8 ABC 6 CBS 2 Fox
+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network No. ofAwards The West Wing Drama NBC 5 The Corner Miniseries HBO 3 Tuesdays with Morrie Movie ABC Will & Grace Comedy NBC Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill Variety HBO 2 Malcolm in the Middle Comedy Fox
Notes
In Memoriam
Loretta Young Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Madeline Kahn John Gielgud George C. Scott Larry Linville Meredith MacRae Gene Rayburn Durward Kirby Shirley Hemphill Hoyt Axton Nancy Marchand Leonard Goldenson Clayton Moore Doug Henning Craig Stevens Mary Jane Croft Mabel King Charles M. Schulz Alec Guinness Walter Matthau
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References
External links
Emmys.com List of 2000 Nominees & Winners