56th Primetime Emmy Awards
{{Short description|2004 American television programming awards}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 56th Primetime Emmy Awards
| image = 56th Prime Time Emmy Awards (2004).jpg
| caption = Title card
| date = {{unbulleted list
| September 19, 2004
{{small|(Ceremony)}}
| September 12, 2004
{{small|(Creative Arts Awards)}}
}}
| location = Shrine Auditorium,
Los Angeles, California
| presenter = Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
| host = Garry Shandling
| network = ABC
| producer = Don Mischer
| director = Louis J. Horvitz
| most_awards = {{unbulleted list
| Major: Angels in America (7)
| All: Angels in America (11)}}
| most_nominations = The Sopranos (12)
| award1_type = Outstanding Comedy Series
| award1_winner = Arrested Development
| award2_type = Outstanding Drama Series
| award2_winner = The Sopranos
| award3_type = Outstanding Miniseries
| award3_winner = Angels in America
| award4_type = Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
| award4_winner = The Amazing Race
| award5_type = Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
| award5_winner = The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
| previous = 55th
| main = {{nowrap|Primetime Emmy Awards}}
| next = 57th
}}
The 56th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 2004. The ceremony was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC.
The HBO miniseries Angels in America had the most successful night. It became the first program to sweep every major category, going 7/7, in Emmy history, until 2020 when Schitt’s Creek repeated the feat. Along with Schitt’s Creek, Caesar's Hour in 1957 and The Crown in 2021, it is one of only four programs to win all four main acting categories.
Upstart comedy series Arrested Development won Outstanding Comedy Series (being the second time Fox won that specific award) and two other major awards overall. Its pilot became the twelfth episode to accomplish the directing/writing double.
After years of winning everything but the top prize, The Sopranos finally took home the crown for Outstanding Drama Series, not only knocking off four-time defending champion The West Wing but by being the first cable show, HBO, ever to beat any of the Big Four television networks for that award. It led all dramas with twelve major nominations and four major wins. One of those wins was for Drea de Matteo for Drama Supporting Actress and, too, was the first time that award went to a cable network. Furthermore, the cable network also won for the first times in the Comedy Lead Actress and Comedy Supporting Actress categories (Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon respectively for Sex and the City).
Entering its final ceremony, five-time series champion Frasier needed five major wins to tie The Mary Tyler Moore Show{{'}}s record of 27 major wins. Because it was only nominated in three major categories, breaking the record was not possible. Though it did not tie the record, Frasier finished its Emmy career on a high note, winning two major awards, the most it had won since 1998. Its 25 major wins put it at second of all time. When adding its wins in technical categories, its total rises to 37, the most for any comedy series.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004 Emmys.com list of 2004 Nominees & Winners]
File:Kelsey Grammer May 2010 (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Sarah Jessica Parker at Miami Rhapsody 30th Anniversary Celebration.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:The Blacklist - James Spader (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Allison-Janney in 2014.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Al Pacino.jpg, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
File:Meryl Streep from "Florence Foster Jenkins" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 (33644504135) (cropped).jpg, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
File:David Hyde Pierce outside Harold Pinter Theatre.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Cynthia Nixon at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner]]
File:Chris Moltisanti.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Drea de Matteo 2.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner]]
File:Jeffrey Wright by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
File:Mary-Louise Parker by Gage Skidmore.jpg, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner]]
File:Elaine Stritch 2009.jpg, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner]]
=Programs=
=Acting=
==Lead performances==
==Supporting performances==
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|+ {{sronly|Supporting performances}} |
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series}}
|
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series}}
|
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie}}
|
=Directing=
=Writing=
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|+ {{sronly|Writing}} |
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series}}
|
style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program}}
| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special}}
|
Most major nominations
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|+Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. |
Networks
! No. of |
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| HBO | 56 |
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| NBC | 33 |
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| CBS | 19 |
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| ABC | 12 |
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|+Programs with multiple major nominations |
Program
! Category ! Network ! No. of |
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| The Sopranos | Drama | rowspan="3"|HBO | 12 |
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| Angels in America | Miniseries | 11 |
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| Sex and the City | Comedy | 8 |
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| The West Wing | Drama | NBC | 6 |
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| Curb Your Enthusiasm | rowspan="2"|Comedy | HBO | rowspan="3"|5 |
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| Everybody Loves Raymond | CBS |
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| Something the Lord Made | Movie | HBO |
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| Arrested Development | Comedy | Fox | rowspan="3"|4 |
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| Deadwood | Drama | HBO |
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| The Reagans | rowspan="2"|Movie | Showtime |
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| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | HBO | rowspan="8"|3 |
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| Chappelle's Show | rowspan="2"|Variety | rowspan="2"|Comedy Central |
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| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
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| Frasier | Comedy | NBC |
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| Late Show with David Letterman | Variety | CBS |
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| The Lion in Winter | Movie | Showtime |
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| Prime Suspect VI: The Last Witness | Miniseries | PBS |
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| Will & Grace | Comedy | NBC |
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| 24 | Drama | Fox | rowspan="9"|2 |
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| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Variety | rowspan="2"|ABC |
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| Alias | Drama |
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| Elaine Stritch: At Liberty | Variety | HBO |
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| Friends | Comedy | NBC |
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| Ike: Countdown to D-Day | rowspan="2"|Movie | A&E |
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| Iron Jawed Angels | HBO |
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| Joan of Arcadia | Drama | CBS |
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| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Variety | NBC |
Most major awards
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|+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 |
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| HBO | 16 |
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| Fox | rowspan="2"|3 |
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| NBC |
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| ABC | rowspan="2"|2 |
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| Comedy Central |
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|+Programs with multiple major awards |
Program
! Category ! Network ! No. of |
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| Angels in America | Miniseries | rowspan="2"|HBO | 7 |
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| The Sopranos | Drama | 4 |
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| Arrested Development | Comedy | Fox | 3 |
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| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Variety | Comedy Central | rowspan="3"|2 |
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| Frasier | rowspan="2"|Comedy | NBC |
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| Sex and the City | HBO |
;Notes
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Presenters
The awards were presented by the following people:{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalhit.com/emmy/56/|title=56th Primetime Emmy Awards|website=DigitalHit|access-date=March 30, 2023}}
In Memoriam
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- Paul Winfield
- Alan King
- Julia Child
- June Taylor
- Bob Keeshan
- Ethel Winant
- Michael Kamen
- Jack Elam
- Rod Roddy
- Jack Paar
- Elmer Bernstein
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Donald O'Connor
- Ronald Reagan
- Anna Lee
- Gordon Jump
- Isabel Sanford
- Robert Pastorelli
- Daniel Petrie
- Mary-Ellis Bunim
- Ray Charles
- Marlon Brando
- Peter Ustinov
- Art Carney
- Tony Randall
- Alistair Cooke
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References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004 Emmys.com list of 2004 Nominees & Winners]
- {{IMDb event|0000223/2004}}
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