57th Primetime Emmy Awards

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 presented by rival anchors Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, and to talk show host Johnny Carson 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 34th [Primetime Emmy Awards|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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding [Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|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:

Programs

Everybody Loves Raymond * Arrested Development * Desperate Housewives * Scrubs * Will & Grace	Lost * 24 * Deadwood * Six Feet Under * The West Wing
Warm Springs * Lackawanna Blues * The [Life and Death of Peter Sellers] * The Office: "Christmas Special" * The Wool Cap	Lost Prince">Lost (2004 TV series)">Lost Prince * The 4400 * Elvis * Empire Falls
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart * Da Ali G Show * Late Night with Conan O'Brien * Late Show with David Letterman * Real Time with Bill Maher	The Amazing Race * American Idol * The Apprentice * Project Runway * Survivor

Most major nominations

Program	Category	Network	No. of Nominations
Everybody Loves Raymond	Comedy	CBS	8
Arrested Development	Comedy	Fox	7
Empire Falls	Miniseries	HBO	7
Warm Springs	Movie	HBO	7
Desperate Housewives	Comedy	ABC	6
Lost	Drama	ABC	6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Movie	HBO	5
Will & Grace	Comedy	NBC	5
Elvis	Miniseries	CBS	4
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Variety	Comedy Central	4
Huff	Drama	Showtime	4
The West Wing	Drama	NBC	4
Da Ali G Show	Variety	HBO	3
Deadwood	Drama	HBO	3
Lackawanna Blues	Movie	HBO	3
Late Show with David Letterman	Variety	CBS	3
24	Drama	Fox	2
The 4400	Miniseries	USA	2
Boston Legal	Drama	ABC	2
Entourage	Comedy	HBO	2
Grey's Anatomy	Drama	ABC	2
House	Drama	Fox	2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Variety	NBC	2
Monk	Comedy	USA	2
The Office Christmas Special	Movie	BBC America	2
Our Fathers	Movie	Showtime	2
Real Time with Bill Maher	Variety	HBO	2
Rescue Me	Drama	FX	2
Scrubs	Comedy	NBC	2
The Shield	Drama	FX	2
Six Feet Under	Drama	HBO	2
Two and a Half Men	Comedy	CBS	2
The Wool Cap	Movie	TNT	2

Most major awards

Program	Category	Network	No. of Awards
Everybody Loves Raymond	Comedy	CBS	3
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Movie	HBO	3
Boston Legal	Drama	ABC	2
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Variety	Comedy Central	2
Desperate Housewives	Comedy	ABC	2
Lost	Drama	ABC	2
Warm Springs	Movie	HBO	2

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Presenters

The awards were presented by the following people:

Presenter	Role
The cast of Desperate Housewives	Presented the award for Primetime Emmy Award for [Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series\|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]
Kyra Sedgwick Kiefer Sutherland	Presented the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jon Cryer Charlie Sheen	Presented the award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Blue Man Group	Presented the award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program
Hugh Laurie Zach Braff	Presented the award for Primetime Emmy Award for [Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series\|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]
Jason Lee Debra Messing	Presented the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Lauren Graham Jennifer Love Hewitt	Presented the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Bobby Cannavale Kathryn Joosten	Presented the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Adrian Grenier Mischa Barton	Presented the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
The cast of Everybody Loves Raymond	Presented the award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Amanda Plummer Ray Liotta	Presented the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Halle Berry	Presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Ellen Pompeo Patrick Dempsey	Presented the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
Geena Davis Matthew Fox	Presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jon Stewart	Presented the awards for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Quentin Tarantino Marg Helgenberger	Presented the award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding [Made for Television Movie\|Outstanding Made for Television Movie]
Mariska Hargitay Jimmy Smits	Presented the award for Outstanding Miniseries
Conan O'Brien	Presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
James Spader	Presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Sela Ward Craig Ferguson	Presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Charles S. Dutton	Presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Jackman Whoopi Goldberg	Presented the awards for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series

In Memoriam

and Tom Brokaw presented a tribute to Peter Jennings and David Letterman presented a tribute to Johnny Carson