Emmy Awards 2006 Winners

After top ratings, five seasons and 120 episodes of the adrenaline-fuelled spy thriller, as well as having received eight previous acting Emmy nominations, Federal Agent Jack Bauer finally won over the 12 000-member Academy. Sutherland seemed dazed and flattered by all the attention.
“It’s surreal. It’s surprisingly humbling when you look out and you see all those other actors — such great actors, and such great shows. I’m very thankful and grateful,” the Canadian actor told AP.
Heart-pounding spy thriller 24 finally broke through at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, winning the prize as best drama series in its fifth try, while new workplace satire The Office was crowned best comedy. An espionage thriller, 24 has competed in the top drama category for five consecutive years. This was its first win of the highest honor in American television.

Though NBC, which telecast the Emmys, is struggling in prime-time – a point host Conan O’Brien spoofed in a song-and-dance number – the network won six awards, including best comedy for its offbeat series The Office, based on the Ricky Gervais version, and best actress in a drama series, to Mariska Hargitay of the long-running Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
While NBC’s comedy My Name Is Earl did not get a best comedy nomination, it won two Emmys for director Marc Buckland and writer Greg Garcia.
Two of the network’s longest-running shows, The West Wing and the comedy Will & Grace, also took awards for supporting actor and actress in their respective genres. Megan Mullally won her second Emmy as the spoiled Karen Walker, while Alan Alda picked up his sixth Emmy (he’s received 32 nominations) for his role as the unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate on The West Wing. Both shows ended in the US in May.

And the Emmy Awards winners are…

COMEDY SERIES
“The Office”, NBC, Deedle Dee Productions, Reveille, LLC in association with NBC Universal Television Studios

DRAMA SERIES
“24″, FOX, Imagine Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television in association with Real Time Productions

MINISERIES
“Elizabeth I”, HBO, Company Pictures and Channel 4 in association with HBO Films

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“The Girl In The Caf??”, HBO, Tightrope Pictures and BBC Wales in association with HBO Films

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race”, CBS, Amazing Race Prods. and Touchstone Television Prods. in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and WorldRace Prods

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk,”

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Kiefer Sutherland, “24″

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Andre Braugher, “Thief”

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures Of Old Christine”

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Helen Mirren, “Elizabeth I”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Alan Alda, “The West Wing”

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Jeremy Irons, “Elizabeth I”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Megan Mullally, “Will & Grace”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Blythe Danner, “Huff”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Kelly Macdonald, “The Girl In The Caf??”

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
Barry Manilow, “Barry Manilow: Music And Passion”

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY
Marc Buckland, “My Name Is Earl,” (Pilot)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA
Jon Cassar, “24,” (7:00 AM – 8:00 AM)

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
Louis J. Horvitz, “78th Annual Academy Awards”

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Tom Hooper, “Elizabeth I”

VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Comedy Central, Central Prods. and Hello Doggie

WRITING FOR A COMEDY
“My Name Is Earl,” (Pilot), Greg Garcia

WRITING FOR A DRAMA
“The Sopranos,” (Members Only), Terence Winter

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” David Javerbaum, Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Stephen Colbert, Eric Drysdale, J.R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, Ben Karlin, Rob Kutner, Sam Means, Chris Regan, Jason Reich, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart, writers

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
“The Girl In The Caf??,” written by Richard Curtis

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