53rd Primetime Emmy Awards

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The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were finally held Sunday, November 4, 2001, seven weeks late. The awards show was hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and was broadcast on CBS. The ceremony was re-scheduled twice from its original date of September 16 at the Shrine Auditorium because of the September 11, 2001 attacks that occurred five days prior to the event. It was also removed from its rescheduled date of October 7 again at the same venue as a result of the start of the War in Afghanistan. The event was then relocated to the nearby Shubert Theater.

Barbra Streisand sang You'll Never Walk Alone in a surprise appearance at the close, in honor of the victims of the attacks.^[1]

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Frasier
• Malcolm In The Middle
• Sex and the City
• Will and Grace

Outstanding Drama Series

• ER
• Law & Order
• The Practice
• The Sopranos
• The West Wing

Outstanding Miniseries

• Anne Frank: The Whole Story
• Armistead Maupin's Further Tales Of The City
• Hornblower
• Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
• Nuremberg

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

• 61*
• Conspiracy
• For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
• Neil Simon's Laughter On The 23rd Floor
• Wit

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Program

• The Chris Rock Show
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• The Late Show With David Letterman
• Politically Incorrect
• Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special

• 73rd Academy Awards
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City
• Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion
• Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning
• Saturday Night Live's Presidential Bash 2000

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kelsey Grammer for playing Frasier Crane on Frasier
• John Lithgow for playing Dick Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Eric McCormack for playing Will Truman on Will & Grace
• Frankie Muniz for playing Malcolm Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle
• Ray Romano for playing Ray Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Andre Braugher for playing Ben Gideon on Gideon's Crossing
• Dennis Franz for playing Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue
• James Gandolfini for playing Tony Soprano on The Sopranos
• Rob Lowe for playing Sam Seaborn onThe West Wing
• Martin Sheen for playing Josiah Bartlet onThe West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Calista Flockhart for playing Ally McBeal on Ally McBeal
• Patricia Heaton for playing Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois Wilkerson on Malcolm in the Middle
• Debra Messing for playing Grace Adler on Will & Grace
• Sarah Jessica Parker for playing Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Lorraine Bracco for playing Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos
• Amy Brenneman for playing Amy Gray on Judging Amy
• Edie Falco for playing Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos
• Marg Helgenberger for playing Catherine Willows on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Sela Ward for playing Lily Sammler on Once and Again

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Peter Boyle for playing Frank Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond
• Robert Downey, Jr., Ally McBeal
• Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on Will & Grace
• Peter MacNicol for playing John Cage on Ally McBeal
• David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane on Frasier

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Dominic Chianese for playing Junior Soprano on The Sopranos
• Michael Imperioli for playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos
• Richard Schiff for playing Toby Ziegler on The West Wing
• John Spencer for playing Leo McGarry on The West Wing
• Bradley Whitford for playing Josh Lyman on The West Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jennifer Aniston for playing Rachel Green on Friends
• Kim Cattrall for playing Samantha Jones on Sex and the City
• Lisa Kudrow for playing Phoebe Buffay on Friends
• Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on Will & Grace
• Doris Roberts for playing Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Stockard Channing for playing Abbey Bartlet on The West Wing
• Tyne Daly for playing Maxine Gray on Judging Amy
• Allison Janney for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing
• Maura Tierney for playing Abby Lockhart on ER
• Aida Turturro for playing Janice Soprano on The Sopranos

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Victor Garber for playing Peter Bovington on Frasier
• Derek Jacobi for playing Jackson Hedley on Frasier
• Robert Loggia for playing Grandpa Victor on Malcolm in the Middle
• Gary Oldman for playing Richard Crosby on Friends
• Michael York for playing Colin Rhome on The Lot

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Rene Auberjonois on The Practice
• James Cromwell on ER
• Patrick Dempsey on Once and Again
• Michael Emerson on The Practice
• Oliver Platt on The West Wing

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jami Gertz on Ally McBeal
• Cloris Leachman on Malcolm in the Middle
• Bernadette Peters on Ally McBeal
• Susan Sarandon on Friends
• Jean Smart on Frasier

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Baker on Boston Public
• Dana Delany on Family Law
• Sally Field on ER
• Annabella Sciorra on The Sopranos
• Jean Smart on The District

In Memoriam

The Academy present a memorial to the TV personalities who died since the last awards: Carroll O'Connor, composer Jack Elliot, Richard Mulligan, animator William Hanna, Robert Trout, Perry Como, Rosemary DeCamp, director Alan Rafkin, John Cannon, Werner Klemperer, Dale Evans, Arlene Francis, Stan Mangulies, Beah Richards, writer Fred DeCordova, Ann Southern, Ray Walston, Imogene Coca, Victor Borge, Jack Haley, Jason Robards, Kathleen Freeman, Jack Lemmon and Steve Allen

After the clip of Allen, the screen become black and the photos of Barbara Olson, Berry Berenson and David Angell appeared along with the words "September 11, 2001", as a tribute to the deceased durning the terrorist attacks.

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