The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 18, 2005, and were hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS. BBC America received its first major nomination this year. Twenty seven awards were presented.
The ceremony, which aired three weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit, featured a mini-telethon for Habitat for Humanity and gave DeGeneres more opportunity to use the ceremony to somberly remember the victims of the Gulf Coast. Opening the ceremony was the famous 1970s band Earth, Wind & Fire with a comedic version of "September", in collaboration with The Black Eyed Peas. The ceremony featured tributes to ABC-TV anchor Peter Jennings (who died six weeks earlier) presented by rival anchors Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, and to talk show host Johnny Carson (who died on January 23, 2005) by close friend and Late Show host David Letterman. Also, the show featured Emmy Idol, five segments in which famous TV stars performed popular TV theme songs in a format like American Idol.
Everybody Loves Raymond became the first comedy to have its final season win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series since Barney Miller in 1982. The CBS comedy series also tied for the lead in major nominations and wins with ten and three, respectively. Freshman series Desperate Housewives became just the second series to earn three nominations in a lead acting category, joining The Golden Girls which had three nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for four separate years. In the drama field, new series Lost won Outstanding Drama Series.
Actress Angela Lansbury received her eighteenth and final nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. However, she failed to win causing her record losing streak to be extended. Lansbury died on October 11, 2022.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:Emmys.com list of 2005 Nominees & Winners
Programs
+ Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Arrested Development (Fox) Desperate Housewives (ABC) Scrubs (NBC) Will & Grace (NBC) Lost (ABC) 24 (Fox) Deadwood (HBO) Six Feet Under (HBO) The West Wing (NBC) Warm Springs (HBO) Lackawanna Blues (HBO) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (HBO) The Office: "Christmas Special" (BBC America) The Wool Cap (TNT) The Lost Prince (PBS) The 4400 (USA) Elvis (CBS) Empire Falls (HBO) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Da Ali G Show (HBO) Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) The Amazing Race (CBS) American Idol (Fox) The Apprentice (NBC) Project Runway (Bravo) Survivor (CBS)
Acting
Lead performances + Tony Shalhoub – Monk as Adrian Monk (USA) Jason Bateman – Arrested Development as Michael Bluth (Fox) Zach Braff – Scrubs as Dr. John "J.D." Dorian (NBC) Eric McCormack – Will & Grace as Will Truman (NBC) Ray Romano – Everybody Loves Raymond as Ray Barone (CBS) (Episode: “The Power of No”) Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives as Lynette Scavo (ABC) (Episode: "Pilot") Marcia Cross – Desperate Housewives as Bree Van de Kamp (ABC) (Episode: “Running to Stand Still”) Teri Hatcher – Desperate Housewives as Susan Mayer (ABC) (Episode: “Move On”) Patricia Heaton – Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone (CBS) (Episode: “The Finale”) Jane Kaczmarek – Malcolm in the Middle as Lois (Fox) (Episode: “Lois vs Jaime”) James Spader – Boston Legal as Alan Shore (ABC) Hank Azaria – Huff as Craig Huffstodt (Showtime) Hugh Laurie – House as Dr. Gregory House (Fox) Ian McShane – Deadwood as Al Swearengen (HBO) Kiefer Sutherland – 24 as Jack Bauer (Fox) Patricia Arquette – Medium as Allison DuBois (NBC) Glenn Close – The Shield as Monica Rawling (FX) Frances Conroy – Six Feet Under as Ruth Fisher (HBO) Jennifer Garner – Alias as Sydney Bristow (ABC) Mariska Hargitay – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Olivia Benson (NBC) Geoffrey Rush – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Peter Sellers (HBO) Kenneth Branagh – Warm Springs as Franklin D. Roosevelt (HBO) Ed Harris – Empire Falls as Miles Roby (HBO) William H. Macy – The Wool Cap as Gigot (TNT) Jonathan Rhys-Meyers – Elvis as Elvis Presley (CBS) S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues as Rachel Crosby (HBO) Halle Berry – Their Eyes Were Watching God as Janie Starks (ABC) Blythe Danner – Back When We Were Grownups as Rebecca Holmes Davitch (CBS) Cynthia Nixon – Warm Springs as Eleanor Roosevelt (HBO) Debra Winger – Dawn Anna as Dawn Anna Townsend (Lifetime) Hugh Jackman – The 58th Annual Tony Awards (CBS) Whoopi Goldberg – Whoopi Back to Broadway – The 20th Anniversary (HBO) Jay Leno – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) Jon Stewart – The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Supporting performances + Brad Garrett – Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone (CBS) (Episodes: “A Job For Robert” and "Pat’s Secret") Peter Boyle – Everybody Loves Raymond as Frank Barone (CBS) (Episodes: "Boys’ Therapy" and “Tasteless Frank”) Sean Hayes – Will & Grace as Jack McFarland (NBC) Jeremy Piven – Entourage as Ari Gold (HBO) Jeffrey Tambor – Arrested Development as George Bluth Sr. (Fox) Doris Roberts – Everybody Loves Raymond as Marie Barone (CBS) (Episodes: “Tasteless Frank” and "The Finale") Conchata Ferrell – Two and a Half Men as Berta (CBS) (Episodes: "Can You Eat Human Flesh With Wooden Teeth?" & "Woo Hoo, A Hernia Exam") Megan Mullally – Will & Grace as Karen Walker (NBC) Holland Taylor – Two and a Half Men as Evelyn Harper (CBS) (Episodes: "Those Big Pink Things With Coconuts" & "A Sympathetic Crotch To Cry On") Jessica Walter – Arrested Development as Lucille Bluth (Fox) William Shatner – Boston Legal as Denny Crane (ABC) Alan Alda – The West Wing as Arnold Vinick (NBC) Naveen Andrews – Lost as Sayid Jarrah (ABC) Terry O'Quinn – Lost as John Locke (ABC) Oliver Platt – Huff as Russell Tupper (Showtime) Blythe Danner – Huff as Isabelle "Izzy" Huffstodt (Showtime) Stockard Channing – The West Wing as First Lady Abbey Bartlet (NBC) Tyne Daly – Judging Amy as Maxine Gray (CBS) Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Cristina Yang (ABC) C. C. H. Pounder – The Shield as Claudette Wyms (FX) Paul Newman – Empire Falls as Max Roby (HBO) Brian Dennehy – Our Fathers as Father Dominic Spagnolia (Showtime) Philip Seymour Hoffman – Empire Falls as Charlie Mayne (HBO) Christopher Plummer – Our Fathers as Cardinal Bernard Francis Law (Showtime) Randy Quaid – Elvis as Colonel Tom Parker (CBS) Jane Alexander – Warm Springs as Sara Roosevelt (HBO) Kathy Bates – Warm Springs as Helena Mahoney (HBO) Camryn Manheim – Elvis as Gladys Presley (CBS) Charlize Theron – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Britt Ekland (HBO) Joanne Woodward – Empire Falls as Francine Whiting (HBO)
Directing + Desperate Housewives: "Pilot" – Charles McDougall (ABC) Entourage: "Pilot" – David Frankel (HBO) Everybody Loves Raymond: "The Finale" – Gary Halvorson (CBS) Monk: "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" – Randall Zisk (USA) Will & Grace: "It's a Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad World" – James Burrows (NBC) Lost: "Pilot" – J. J. Abrams (ABC) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: "Grave Danger" – Quentin Tarantino (CBS) Deadwood: "Complications" – Gregg Fienberg (HBO) Grey's Anatomy: "A Hard Day's Night" – Peter Horton (ABC) Huff: "Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up" – Scott Winant (Showtime) Rescue Me: "Guts" – Peter Tolan (FX) The West Wing: "2162 Votes" – Alex Graves (NBC) Games of the XXVIII Olympiad Opening Ceremony – Bucky Gunts (NBC) The 77th Annual Academy Awards – Louis J. Horvitz (ABC) Da Ali G Show: "Rekognize" – James Bobin (HBO) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart – Chuck O'Neil (Comedy Central) Late Show with David Letterman – Jerry Foley (CBS) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – Stephen Hopkins (HBO) Empire Falls – Fred Schepisi (HBO) Lackawanna Blues – George C. Wolfe (HBO) Warm Springs – Joseph Sargent (HBO)
Writing + Arrested Development: "Righteous Brothers" – Mitchell Hurwitz and James Vallely (Fox) Arrested Development: "Sad Sack" – Barbara Feldman (Fox) Arrested Development: "Sword of Destiny" – Brad Copeland (Fox) Desperate Housewives: "Pilot" – Marc Cherry (ABC) Everybody Loves Raymond: "The Finale" – Philip Rosenthal, Ray Romano, Tucker Cawley, Lew Schneider, Steve Skrovan, Jeremy Stevens, Mike Royce, Aaron Shure, Tom Caltabiano, and Leslie Caveny (CBS) House: "Three Stories" – David Shore (Fox) Lost: "Pilot" – J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Jeffrey Lieber (ABC) Lost: "Walkabout" – David Fury (ABC) Rescue Me: "Guts" – Peter Tolan and Denis Leary (FX) The Wire: "Middle Ground" – George Pelecanos and David Simon (HBO) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) Da Ali G Show (HBO) Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC) Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (HBO) The 4400: "Pilot" – Scott Peters and René Echevarria (USA) Empire Falls – Richard Russo (HBO) The Office: "Christmas Special" – Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (BBC America) Warm Springs – Margaret Nagle (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 HBO 35 NBC28 CBS ABC 24 Fox 14
+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network No. ofNominations Everybody Loves RaymondComedy CBS 8 Arrested Development Fox7 Empire Falls MiniseriesHBO Warm Springs Movie Desperate Housewives ComedyABC6 Lost Drama The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Movie HBO5 Will & Grace Comedy NBC Elvis Miniseries CBS4 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Variety Comedy Central HuffDrama Showtime The West Wing NBC Da Ali G Show VarietyHBO3 Deadwood Drama Lackawanna Blues Movie Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS 24 Drama Fox2 The 4400 Miniseries USA Boston Legal Drama ABC Entourage Comedy HBO Grey's AnatomyDrama ABC House Fox Late Night with Conan O'Brien Variety NBC Monk Comedy USA The Office Christmas SpecialMovie BBC America Our Fathers Showtime Real Time with Bill Maher Variety HBO Rescue Me Drama FX Scrubs Comedy NBC The ShieldDrama FX Six Feet Under HBO Two and a Half Men Comedy CBS The Wool Cap Movie TNT
Most major awards + Networks with multiple major awards Network No. ofAwards HBO 7 ABC 6 CBS 5 Comedy Central2 Fox NBC
+ Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network No. ofAwards Everybody Loves Raymond Comedy CBS3 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Movie HBO Boston Legal Drama ABC2 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Variety Comedy Central Desperate Housewives ComedyABC Lost Drama Warm Springs Movie HBO
Notes
Presenters The awards were presented by the following people: