'FRIENDS AT LAST' COMEDY WINS TOP EMMY IN 8TH SEASON.Byline: David Kronke Television Writer The top-rated ``Friends'' finally won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. after eight seasons and four previous nominations at the 54th annual Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium The Shrine Auditorium is a landmark large-event venue in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is also the headquarters of the Al Malaikah Temple, a division of the Shriners. . Jennifer Aniston also won her first Emmy for the show, only the second acting trophy the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. comedy has earned. Elsewhere, it was business as usual for NBC's presidential drama ``The West Wing,'' which won its third consecutive Outstanding Drama Emmy, beating out favorite HBO's ``Six Feet Under,'' which had 23 nominations. And for a while it looked like ``Everyone Loves Raymond'' would be the big comedy winner, taking home three comedy acting awards. This was the first year ``Friends'' cast members offered themselves up for lead acting trophies. In the past, they had submitted themselves for nomination in the supporting categories; only Lisa Kudrow Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an Emmy Award- and SAG-winning American actress best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the hugely popular sitcom Friends. had won before. Accepting her award, an emotional Aniston - whose character, Rachel, had an emotional storyline concerning her pregnancy this past season - enthused, ``This has been the greatest nine years of my life,'' then wryly thanked, among others, the show's craft services department. ``Friends'' begins its ninth and supposed final season Thursday night. Asked if `Friends'' might go one more season, Aniston, replied, ``Oh, who knows?'' Addressing the cast and producers of the HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy drama ``Six Feet Under,'' ``The West Wing'' creator Aaron Sorkin Aaron Benjamin Sorkin (born June 9 1961) is an American screenwriter, producer and playwright. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre in 1983, Sorkin spent much of the 1980s in New York as a struggling, largely unemployed said, ``If I was half a man I would Ving Rhames Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12 1959) is a Golden Globe-winning American actor. Biography Early life Rhames was born in New York City, New York to African-American parents Reatha, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. this thing right over to you. But it ain't gonna happen,'' referring to a 1998 incident when actor Rhames gave his Golden Globe award to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon Noun 1. Jack Lemmon - United States film actor (1925-2001) John Uhler, Lemmon . ``The West Wing'' virtually swept the dramatic acting categories, as well. Allison Janney won her third consecutive Emmy - and first as a lead performer - for her role as presidential press secretary C.J. Cregg. ``Thank you for this promotion,'' Janney enthused. The drama's John Spencer John Spencer can refer to different people: Earls
Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor. and Richard Schiff as actors who have won Emmys for the show. Accepting his trophy, John Spencer declared his love of acting and, lifting his Emmy, added, ``This is deliciously redundant.'' He was backstage as Channing's victory was announced and seemed more excited for her win than he was over his own. Channing was the evening's biggest winner, grabbing two Emmys on Sunday night, for her supporting roles in ``The West Wing'' and the TV movie ``The Matthew Shepard Story.'' She insisted she hadn't expected to be taking home any hardware Sunday: ``I just assumed I would smile and be gracious, and I was perfectly happy to do that. I've done it before, and I've gotten pretty good at it.'' Michael Chiklis gave an emotional speech accepting his Outstanding Actor in a Drama Emmy for playing a corrupt cop in FX's dark crime series ``The Shield,'' representing the first time a basic-cable series won a major award. He thanked series creator Shawn Ryan ``for helping me reinvent myself.'' Backstage, he reflected of his win, ``You dream of it quietly when no one's looking, and then when it happens, it's a pretty surreal, out-oody experience.'' Though it didn't take top honors ``Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. It is one of the most critically acclaimed American sitcoms of its time. ,'' nearly swept the comedy acting Emmys. After star Ray Romano made a plea early in the broadcast to win because he said his parents would quit visiting during Emmy week if he did, he in fact was named Outstanding Actor in a Comedy. Brad Garrett and Doris Roberts also won trophies for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress in a Comedy, respectively. Garrett gave an emotional acceptance speech, yet managed to joke, ``I just hope this award breaks down the door for Jewish people who are trying to break into show business.'' Roberts quipped, ``This is what happens when you're young and sexy Young and Sexy is a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of vocalists Paul Pittman and Lucy Brain, guitarist André Lagacé, bassist Brent McDonald and former drummer Alex Brain. .'' ``The Late Show with David Letterman'' was named best variety series for the fifth consecutive year. Executive producer Rob Burnett deflected his contribution to the show to Letterman: ``Here's our job in a nutshell - we have a camera and a desk. We tell the director to point the camera at the guy behind the desk, and for that, we get this.'' Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran picked up trophies for their script for the first episode of Fox's innovative thriller ``24.'' Larry Wilmore won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for ``The Bernie Mac Show's'' pilot. ``I feel like Halle Berry,'' he joked. Oprah Winfrey received the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of Bob Hope's trailblazing career. . HBO's ``The Gathering Storm'' won three Emmys, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie, as well as for Albert Finney's performance and Larry Ramin Ramin (Gonystylus) is a genus of about 30 species of hardwood trees native to southeast Asia, in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, with the highest species diversity on Borneo. and Hugh Whitemore's script. HBO's ``Band of Brothers'' received Emmys for Outstanding Miniseries and its direction. Steven Spielberg accepted the honor, declaring, ``We didn't just win this, the men of Easy Company won this in 1944.'' With that, the screen cut to the soldiers watching the ceremony at the St. Regis Hotel in Los Angeles. Michael Patrick King For other uses, see Michael King (disambiguation). Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an Emmy winning director, writer and producer for television shows. won the Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for ``Sex and the City.'' ``Six Feet Under'' creator Alan Ball won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama. Backstage, he contrasted his Emmy to the Oscar, one of which he won for his screenplay for ``American Beauty'': ``This one looks a little more dangerous.'' He added he's not afraid of pushing the envelope on his series, joking, ``No matter what we do on our show, something worse has already happened on 'Oz.''' Laura Linney was named Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Showtime's ``Wild Iris.'' Michael Moriarty was named Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of James Dean's father in ``The James Dean Story.'' Host Conan O'Brien presided over the ceremony with wit and panache from a stage cluttered with old TVs and broadcast paraphernalia. O'Brien promised to turn the TVs to ``The Sopranos'' so the audience wouldn't miss it. Awards are given for performances in specific episodes; 50 to 60 Academy members vote in the acting categories, while 400 members each vote for the categories of Outstanding Drama and Comedy. Technical awards were handed out earlier. TAKING HOME THE GOLD NETWORKS -- Sunday -- overall* NBC -- 9 -- 24 HBO -- 7 -- 24 CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. -- 4 -- 8 A&E -- 1 -- 6 TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. -- 1 -- 3 Showtime -- 1 -- 2 FX -- 1 -- 1 ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. -- 0 -- 5 Discovery -- 0 -- 4 UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation -- 0 -- 2 MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. , Nickelodeon, PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , WB -- 0 -- 1 *Technical awards were handed out earlier. --``America: A Tribute to Heroes'' aired on multiple networks and is not included in the tally. CAPTION(S): 14 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) The cast of ``Friends,'' with individual winner Jennifer Aniston, second from right, pose backstage at the Emmys. Lee Celano/Agence France Presse (2 -- color) The cast of ``The West Wing,'' the television academy's choice for best dramatic series, smile for the cameras on Sunday night. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer (3 -- color) Host Conan O'Brien sings a rendition of Jethro Tull's ``Aqualung'' during a light moment Sunday at the 54th Emmy Awards. (4 -- color) Giant video monitors fill the stage of the Shrine Auditorium for the Emmy Awards. David Sprague/Staff Photographer (5 -- color) THE GLAMOUR IS BACK Amy Brenneman, star of ``Judging Amy,'' arrives at the 54th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday. (6 -- color) Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is awarded the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 54th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. (7 -- color) BEST ACTOR DRAMA MICHAEL CHIKLIS ``The Shield'' (8 -- color) BEST ACTRESS DRAMA ALLISON JANNEY T``The West Wing'' (9 -- color) BEST ACTOR COMEDY RAY ROMANO ``Everybody Loves Raymond'' (10 -- color) BEST ACTRESS COMEDY JENNIFER ANISTON ``Friends'' (11 -- color) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS DRAMA STOCKARD CHANNING ``The West Wing'' (12 -- color) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS COMEDY DORIS ROBERTS ``Everybody loves Raymond'' (13 -- color) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR DRAMA JOHN SPENCER ``The West Wing'' (14 -- color) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR COMEDY BRAD GARRETT ``Everybody loves Raymond'' Box: TAKING HOME THE GOLD (see text) |
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