The 51st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 12, 1999. The ceremony show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox.

The comedy-drama Ally McBeal won Outstanding Comedy Series, which not only dethroned five-time defending champion Frasier but also became the first time Fox won that award. In the drama field The Practice won Outstanding Drama Series for the second straight year, and led all shows with three major wins on the night.

Freshman series The Sopranos led all shows with 10 major nominations. From that show, Edie Falco not only became the first actress from a Cable network (HBO) to win Lead Actress, Drama series, she became the first person from any Cable TV show series to win a Major Acting award. (Though David Clennon did win for only a guest performance in HBO's Dream On in 1993).

The real winner of the night was television writer David E. Kelley. Kelley was the creator and head writer for both series champions, Ally McBeal and The Practice. This accomplishment has not been matched since.

Winners and nominees

[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999 Emmys.com list of 1999 Nominees & Winners]

=Programs=

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style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Comedy Series}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Drama Series}}

The Practice (ABC)
ER (NBC)
Law & Order (NBC)
NYPD Blue (ABC)
The Sopranos (HBO)

style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series}}

Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)

Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)

Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special}}

The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Freak (HBO)
George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (HBO)
Jerry Seinfeld: “I'm Telling You for the Last Time” (HBO)

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A Lesson Before Dying (HBO)

The Baby Dance (Showtime)

Dash and Lilly (A&E)

Pirates of Silicon Valley (TNT)

The Rat Pack (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Miniseries}}

Hornblower (A&E)
The '60s (NBC)
Great Expectations (PBS)
Joan of Arc (CBS)
The Temptations (NBC)

=Acting=

==Lead performances==

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style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series}}

John Lithgow as Dr. Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) (Episode: "What's Love Got to Do, Got to Do with Dick?")
Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty in Spin City (ABC) (Episode: "Gone with the Wind")
Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane in Frasier (NBC) (Episode: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz")
Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman in Mad About You (NBC) (Episode: "The Final Frontier")
Ray Romano as Ray Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episode: "How They Met")

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series}}

Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman in Mad About You (NBC) (Episode: "The Final Frontier")
Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery in Dharma & Greg (ABC) (Episode: "Are You Ready for Some Football?")
Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal in Ally McBeal (Fox) (Episode: "Sideshow")
Patricia Heaton as Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episode: "Be Nice")
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City (HBO) (Episode: "The Drought")

style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series}}

Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue (ABC) (Episode: "Safe Home")

James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos (HBO) (Episode: "The Sopranos")

Dylan McDermott as Bobby Donnell in The Practice (ABC) (Episode: "Happily Ever After")

Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone in NYPD Blue (ABC) (Episode: "Hearts and Souls")

Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy in Law & Order (NBC) (Episode: "Sideshow")

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series}}

Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos (HBO) (Episode: "College")
Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully in The X-Files (Fox) (Episode: "Milagro")
Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi in The Sopranos (HBO) (Episode: "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti")
Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin in Chicago Hope (CBS) (Episode: "Karmic Relief")
Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway in ER (NBC) (Episode: "The Storm", Part 2)

style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie}}

Stanley Tucci as Walter Winchell in Winchell (HBO)

Don Cheadle as Grant Wiggins in A Lesson Before Dying (HBO)

Ian Holm as King Lear in King Lear (PBS)

Jack Lemmon as Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind (Showtime)

Sam Shepard as Dashiell Hammett in Dash and Lilly (A&E)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie}}

Helen Mirren as Ayn Rand in The Passion of Ayn Rand (Showtime)
Ann-Margret as Pamela Harriman in Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (Lifetime)
Stockard Channing as Rachel Luckman in The Baby Dance (Showtime)
Judy Davis as Lillian Hellman in Dash and Lilly (A&E)
Leelee Sobieski as Joan of Arc in Joan of Arc (CBS)

style="vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"| {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program}}

John Leguizamo in Freak (HBO)

George Carlin in George Carlin: You Are All Diseased (HBO)

Dennis Miller in Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Chris Rock in The Chris Rock Show (HBO)

Tracey Ullman in Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

==Supporting performances==

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| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series}}

David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier (NBC) (Episodes: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Three Valentines")
Peter Boyle as Frank Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episodes: "Driving Frank" + "Ping Pong")
Peter MacNicol as John Cage in Ally McBeal (Fox)
John Mahoney as Martin Crane in Frasier (NBC) (Episodes: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" + "Our Parents, Ourselves")
David Spade as Dennis Finch in Just Shoot Me! (NBC) (Episodes: "Two Girls for Every Boy" + "Slow Donnie")

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series}}

Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) (Episodes: "Two-Faced Dick" + "Dick the Mouth Solomon")
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends (NBC) (Episodes: "The One Hundredth" + "The One Where Everybody Finds Out")
Lucy Liu as Ling Woo in Ally McBeal (Fox) (Episodes: "Angels and Blimps" + "Sex, Lies, and Politics")
Wendie Malick as Nina van Horn in Just Shoot Me! (NBC) (Episodes: "Two Girls for Every Boy" + "Slow Donnie")
Doris Roberts as Marie Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) (Episodes: "The Toaster" + "Frank's Tribute")

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Michael Badalucco as Jimmy Berluti in The Practice (ABC)

Benjamin Bratt as Reynaldo Curtis in Law & Order (NBC)

Steve Harris as Eugene Young in The Practice (ABC)

Steven Hill as Adam Schiff in Law & Order (NBC)

Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter in ER (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series}}

Holland Taylor as Roberta Kittleson in The Practice (Episode: "End Games") (ABC)
Lara Flynn Boyle as Helen Gamble in The Practice (ABC)
Kim Delaney as Diane Russell in NYPD Blue (ABC)
Camryn Manheim as Ellenor Frutt in The Practice (ABC)
Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano in The Sopranos (Episodes: "The Sopranos" + "46 Long") (HBO)

style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie}}

Peter O'Toole as Bishop Cauchon in Joan of Arc (CBS)

Beau Bridges as E. K. Hornbeck in Inherit the Wind (Showtime)

Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr. in The Rat Pack (HBO)

Peter Fonda as Frank O'Connor in The Passion of Ayn Rand (Showtime)

Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin in The Rat Pack (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie}}

Anne Bancroft as Geraldine Eileen Cummins in Deep in My Heart (CBS)
Jacqueline Bisset as Isabelle D'Arc in Joan of Arc (CBS)
Olympia Dukakis as Mother Babette in Joan of Arc (CBS)
Bebe Neuwirth as Dorothy Parker in Dash and Lilly (A&E)
Cicely Tyson as Tante Lou in A Lesson Before Dying (HBO)
Dianne Wiest as Sarah McClellan in The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (CBS)

=Directing=

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Sports Night (ABC): "Pilot" – Thomas Schlamme
Ally McBeal (Fox): "Those Lips, That Hand" – Arlene Sanford
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS): "Robert's Date" – Will Mackenzie
Friends (NBC): "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" – Michael Lembeck
Will & Grace (NBC): "Pilot" – James Burrows

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series}}

NYPD Blue (ABC): "Hearts and Souls" – Paris Barclay
Law & Order (NBC): "Empire" – Matthew Penn
Law & Order/Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC): "Sideshow" – Edwin Sherin
The Sopranos (HBO): "The Sopranos" – David Chase

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The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (CBS) – Paul Miller

41st Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) – Walter C. Miller

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (CBS) – Louis J. Horvitz

Saturday Night Live (NBC): "Host: Jennifer Love Hewitt" – Beth McCarthy-Miller

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) – Ellen Brown

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie}}

The Temptations (NBC) – Allan Arkush
The Baby Dance (Showtime) – Jane Anderson
Dash and Lilly (A&E) – Kathy Bates
Joan of Arc (A&E) – Christian Duguay
A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) – Joseph Sargent

=Writing=

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style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series}}

Frasier (NBC): "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" – Jay Kogen
Ally McBeal (Fox): "Sideshow" – David E. Kelley
Friends (NBC): "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" – Alexa Junge
Just Shoot Me! (NBC): "Slow Donnie" – Steven Levitan
Sports Night (ABC): "The Apology" – Aaron Sorkin

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series}}

The Sopranos (HBO): "College" – James Manos Jr. and David Chase
NYPD Blue (ABC): "Hearts and Souls" – {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco, David Milch and Bill Clark|t=Nicholas Wootton}}
The Sopranos (HBO): "Isabella" – Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess
The Sopranos (HBO): "Nobody Knows Anything" – Frank Renzulli
The Sopranos (HBO): "The Sopranos" – David Chase

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The Chris Rock Show (HBO)

Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)

Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)

Mr. Show with Bob and David (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie}}

A Lesson Before Dying (HBO) – Ann Peacock
The Baby Dance (Showtime) – Jane Anderson
Dash and Lilly (A&E) – Jerrold L. Ludwig
Pirates of Silicon Valley (TNT) – Martyn Burke
The Rat Pack (HBO) – Kario Salem

Most major nominations

class="wikitable" \|+Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
Network ! No. of Nominations
style="text-align:center" \| NBC \| 42
style="text-align:center" \| HBO \| 32
style="text-align:center" \| CBS \| 23
style="text-align:center" \| ABC \| 22
style="text-align:center" \| Fox \| 10

class="wikitable"

|+Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Network

! No. of
Nominations

style="text-align:center"

| NBC

| 42

style="text-align:center"

| HBO

| 32

style="text-align:center"

| CBS

| 23

style="text-align:center"

| ABC

| 22

style="text-align:center"

| Fox

| 10

class="wikitable" \|+Programs with multiple major nominations
Program ! Category ! Network ! No. of Nominations
style="text-align:center" \| The Sopranos \| rowspan="2"\|Drama \| HBO \| 10
style="text-align:center" \| The Practice \| ABC \| 7
style="text-align:center" \| Ally McBeal \| Comedy \| Fox \| rowspan="6"\|6
style="text-align:center" \| Dash and Lilly \| Movie \| A&E
style="text-align:center" \| Everybody Loves Raymond \| Comedy \| rowspan="2"\|CBS
style="text-align:center" \| Joan of Arc \| Miniseries
style="text-align:center" \| Law & Order \| rowspan="2"\|Drama \| NBC
style="text-align:center" \| NYPD Blue \| ABC
style="text-align:center" \| Frasier \| Comedy \| NBC \| rowspan="2"\|5
style="text-align:center" \| A Lesson Before Dying \| rowspan="2"\|Movie \| HBO
style="text-align:center" \| The Baby Dance \| Showtime \| rowspan="3"\|4
style="text-align:center" \| Friends \| Comedy \| NBC
style="text-align:center" \| The Rat Pack \| Movie \| rowspan="2"\|HBO
style="text-align:center" \| Dennis Miller Live \| Variety \| rowspan="3"\|3
style="text-align:center" \| ER \| Drama \| rowspan="3"\|NBC
style="text-align:center" \| Just Shoot Me! \| rowspan="2"\|Comedy
style="text-align:center" \| 3rd Rock from the Sun \| rowspan="15"\|2
style="text-align:center" \| The 52nd Annual Tony Awards \| rowspan="4"\|Variety \| CBS
style="text-align:center" \| The Chris Rock Show \| rowspan="3"\|HBO
style="text-align:center" \| Freak
style="text-align:center" \| George Carlin: You Are All Diseased
style="text-align:center" \| Inherit the Wind \| Movie \| Showtime
style="text-align:center" \| Late Show with David Letterman \| Variety \| CBS
style="text-align:center" \| Mad About You \| Comedy \| NBC
style="text-align:center" \| The Passion of Ayn Rand \| rowspan="2"\|Movie \| Showtime
style="text-align:center" \| Pirates of Silicon Valley \| TNT
style="text-align:center" \| Sex and the City \| rowspan="2"\|Comedy \| HBO
style="text-align:center" \| Sports Night \| ABC
style="text-align:center" \| The Temptations \| Miniseries \| rowspan="2"\|NBC
style="text-align:center" \| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno \| rowspan="2"\|Variety
style="text-align:center" \| Tracey Takes On... \| HBO

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|+Programs with multiple major nominations

Program

! Category

! Network

! No. of
Nominations

style="text-align:center"

| The Sopranos

| rowspan="2"|Drama

| HBO

| 10

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| The Practice

| ABC

| 7

style="text-align:center"

| Ally McBeal

| Comedy

| Fox

| rowspan="6"|6

style="text-align:center"

| Dash and Lilly

| Movie

| A&E

style="text-align:center"

| Everybody Loves Raymond

| Comedy

| rowspan="2"|CBS

style="text-align:center"

| Joan of Arc

| Miniseries

style="text-align:center"

| Law & Order

| rowspan="2"|Drama

| NBC

style="text-align:center"

| NYPD Blue

| ABC

style="text-align:center"

| Frasier

| Comedy

| NBC

| rowspan="2"|5

style="text-align:center"

| A Lesson Before Dying

| rowspan="2"|Movie

| HBO

style="text-align:center"

| The Baby Dance

| Showtime

| rowspan="3"|4

style="text-align:center"

| Friends

| Comedy

| NBC

style="text-align:center"

| The Rat Pack

| Movie

| rowspan="2"|HBO

style="text-align:center"

| Dennis Miller Live

| Variety

| rowspan="3"|3

style="text-align:center"

| ER

| Drama

| rowspan="3"|NBC

style="text-align:center"

| Just Shoot Me!

| rowspan="2"|Comedy

style="text-align:center"

| 3rd Rock from the Sun

| rowspan="15"|2

style="text-align:center"

| The 52nd Annual Tony Awards

| rowspan="4"|Variety

| CBS

style="text-align:center"

| The Chris Rock Show

| rowspan="3"|HBO

style="text-align:center"

| Freak

style="text-align:center"

| George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

style="text-align:center"

| Inherit the Wind

| Movie

| Showtime

style="text-align:center"

| Late Show with David Letterman

| Variety

| CBS

style="text-align:center"

| Mad About You

| Comedy

| NBC

style="text-align:center"

| The Passion of Ayn Rand

| rowspan="2"|Movie

| Showtime

style="text-align:center"

| Pirates of Silicon Valley

| TNT

style="text-align:center"

| Sex and the City

| rowspan="2"|Comedy

| HBO

style="text-align:center"

| Sports Night

| ABC

style="text-align:center"

| The Temptations

| Miniseries

| rowspan="2"|NBC

style="text-align:center"

| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

| rowspan="2"|Variety

style="text-align:center"

| Tracey Takes On...

| HBO

Most major awards

class="wikitable" \|+Networks with multiple major awards"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
Network ! No. of Awards
style="text-align:center" \| HBO \| 7
style="text-align:center" \| ABC \| rowspan="2"\|6
style="text-align:center" \| NBC
style="text-align:center" \| CBS \| 5

class="wikitable"

|+Networks with multiple major awards"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

Network

! No. of
Awards

style="text-align:center"

| HBO

| 7

style="text-align:center"

| ABC

| rowspan="2"|6

style="text-align:center"

| NBC

style="text-align:center"

| CBS

| 5

class="wikitable" \|+Programs with multiple major awards
Program ! Category ! Network ! No. of Awards
style="text-align:center" \| The Practice \| Drama \| ABC \| 3
style="text-align:center" \| 3rd Rock from the Sun \| Comedy \| NBC \| rowspan="6"\|2
style="text-align:center" \| The 52nd Annual Tony Awards \| Variety \| CBS
style="text-align:center" \| Frasier \| Comedy \| NBC
style="text-align:center" \| A Lesson Before Dying \| Movie \| HBO
style="text-align:center" \| NYPD Blue \| rowspan="2"\|Drama \| ABC
style="text-align:center" \| The Sopranos \| HBO

class="wikitable"

|+Programs with multiple major awards

Program

! Category

! Network

! No. of
Awards

style="text-align:center"

| The Practice

| Drama

| ABC

| 3

style="text-align:center"

| 3rd Rock from the Sun

| Comedy

| NBC

| rowspan="6"|2

style="text-align:center"

| The 52nd Annual Tony Awards

| Variety

| CBS

style="text-align:center"

| Frasier

| Comedy

| NBC

style="text-align:center"

| A Lesson Before Dying

| Movie

| HBO

style="text-align:center"

| NYPD Blue

| rowspan="2"|Drama

| ABC

style="text-align:center"

| The Sopranos

| HBO

;Notes

In Memoriam

References

External links

[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999 Emmys.com list of 1999 Nominees & Winners]
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