The Emmy Winners 2006

It may have felt like a day, but it took only three hours to announce "24" as the winner (after five seasons) of the Outstanding Drama Series at this year's Emmy Awards, with star Kiefer Sutherland (pictured) finally winning his first Emmy alongside perennial fellow drama nominee Mariska Hargitay of "Law & Order SVU". On the comedy side, it was just another day at "The Office" as the NBC workplace comedy took home the Outstanding Comedy Series honor. Tony Shalhoub of "Monk" won his third (!) Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Actor and comeback kid Julia Louis-Dreyfus broke the Seinfeld curse once and for all by winning Outstanding Comedy Actress for "The New Adventures of Old Christine".

Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner: "The Office" (2005)
Other Nominees:
"Arrested Development" (2003)
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)
"Scrubs" (2001)
"Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Outstanding Drama Series
Winner: "24" (2001)
Other Nominees:
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
"House M.D." (2004)
"The Sopranos" (1999)
"The West Wing" (1999)

Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Winner: The Girl in the Café (2005) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Flight 93 (2006) (TV)
The Flight That Fought Back (2005) (TV)
Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Yesterday (2004)

Outstanding Miniseries
Winner: Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Other Nominees:
"Bleak House" (2005)
"Into the West" (2005) (mini)
"Sleeper Cell" (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Winner: Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)
Other Nominees:
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Larry David for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)
Kevin James for "The King of Queens" (1998)
Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Winner: Kiefer Sutherland for "24" (2001)
Other Nominees:
Peter Krause for "Six Feet Under" (2001)
Denis Leary for "Rescue Me" (2004)
Christopher Meloni for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Martin Sheen for "The West Wing" (1999)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Winner: Andre Braugher for "Thief" (2006)
Other Nominees:
Charles Dance for "Bleak House" (2005)
Ben Kingsley for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Donald Sutherland for Human Trafficking (2005) (TV)
Jon Voight for Pope John Paul II (2005) (TV)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)
Other Nominees:
Stockard Channing for "Out of Practice" (2005)
Jane Kaczmarek for "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)
Lisa Kudrow for "The Comeback" (2005)
Debra Messing for "Will & Grace" (1998)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Winner: Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Other Nominees:
Frances Conroy for "Six Feet Under" (2001)
Geena Davis for "Commander in Chief" (2005)
Allison Janney for "The West Wing" (1999)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Winner: Helen Mirren for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Gillian Anderson for "Bleak House" (2005)
Kathy Bates for Ambulance Girl (2005) (TV)
Annette Bening for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Judy Davis for A Little Thing Called Murder (2006) (TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Winner: Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Other Nominees:
Will Arnett for "Arrested Development" (2003)
Bryan Cranston for "Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)
Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
Sean Hayes for "Will & Grace" (1998)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Winner: Alan Alda for "The West Wing" (1999)
Other Nominees:
Michael Imperioli for "The Sopranos" (1999)
Gregory Itzin for "24" (2001)
Oliver Platt for "Huff" (2004)
William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Winner:Jeremy Irons for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Robert Carlyle for Human Trafficking (2005) (TV)
Clifton Collins Jr. for "Thief" (2006)
Hugh Dancy for Elizabeth I (2005) (TV)
Denis Lawson for "Bleak House" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Winner: Megan Mullally for "Will & Grace" (1998)
Other Nominees:
Cheryl Hines for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2000)
Elizabeth Perkins for "Weeds" (2005)
Jaime Pressly for "My Name Is Earl" (2005)
Alfre Woodard for "Desperate Housewives" (2004)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Winner: Blythe Danner for "Huff" (2004)
Other Nominees:
Candice Bergen for "Boston Legal" (2004)
Sandra Oh for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Jean Smart for "24" (2001)
Chandra Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Winner: Kelly Macdonald for The Girl in the Café (2005) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Ellen Burstyn for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Shirley Jones for Hidden Places (2006) (TV)
Cloris Leachman for Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
Alfre Woodard for The Water Is Wide (2006) (TV)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Winner:"The Daily Show" (1996)
Other Nominees:
"The Colbert Report" (2005)
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)
"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)
"Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Winner: "The Amazing Race" (2001)
Other Nominees:
"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)
"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)
"Project Runway" (2004)
"Survivor" (2000)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special (Previously Announced)
Winner: "Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games" (2006) (mini)
Other Nominees:
The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV)
Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (2005) (TV)
George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005) (TV)
Paul McCartney Live in St. Petersburg (2003) (TV)

Outstanding Reality Program (Previously Announced)
Winner: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (2003)
Other Nominees:
"Antiques Roadshow" (1997)
"The Dog Whisperer" (2004)
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (2005)
"Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" (2003)

Outstanding Animated Program (Less Than One Hour - Previously Announced)
Winner: "The Simpsons" (1989)
Other Nominees:
"Camp Lazlo" (2005)
"Family Guy" (1999)
"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" (2004)
"South Park" (1997)