The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 16, 2007, honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was televised live on Fox at 8:00 p.m. EDT for the first time in high definition (on tape delay three hours later on the West Coast of the United States at 8:00 p.m.). It was also the most recent Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony to be held at the Shrine Auditorium, as it was then relocated to the Nokia Theatre from the following year (PDT/3:00 UTC). The ceremony was hosted by Ryan Seacrest.

The ceremonies were supposed to be produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, executive producers of American Idol, but because of their heavy work load with Idol, Ken Ehrlich, last year's producer, resumed the producer's role for the fourth time. Ratings plunged further down to a near an all-time low as an estimate 12.87 million, 19% lower than the past year, making it the second smallest television audience in Emmy history, behind the 1990 telecast.

The nominations were announced on July 19 at 5:40 a.m. PDT (12:40 UTC) by Jon Cryer and Kyra Sedgwick.

Meanwhile, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, hosted by comedian-actor Carlos Mencia, were presented eight days earlier on September 9.

Freshman series 30 Rock defeated defending champion The Office to claim Outstanding Comedy Series; this was the only major award for 30 Rock.

Going into its final ceremony, The Sopranos needed just three major awards to tie the drama series record of 18 major wins set by Hill Street Blues. It was nominated in ten major categories coming in and ended the night with three wins, including its second win for Outstanding Drama Series. This tied the record and gave both shows identical résumés—18 major wins and 74 major nominations.  This win for The Sopranos was also the first time any show's sixth season had won for the Outstanding Drama award, later achieved by Game of Thrones as well, another HBO drama.

AMC, a smaller cable network, won big with Broken Trail winning three Emmys. It won Best Miniseries and the network's first Acting wins, for the series' stars, Thomas Haden Church and Robert Duvall.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Individual performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

Most major awards

Notes

Presenters
The awards were presented by the following:

Interactive TV
Al Gore's Current TV was presented with the Interactive TV Emmy by Masi Oka of Heroes with the help of MySpace's president Tom Anderson. This was the first year the Emmy was presented during the Primetime awards ceremony.

In Memoriam

 Jane Wyatt
 Tige Andrews
 Joseph Barbera
 Roscoe Lee Browne
 Edward Albert Jr.
 Yvonne De Carlo
 Mike Evans
 Sidney Sheldon
 Calvert DeForest
 Glenn Ford
 Arthur Hill
 Bob Carroll Jr.
 Beverly Sills
 Ed Friendly
 Mel Shavelson
 James Glennon
 Don Herbert
 Stan Daniels
 Barbara McNair
 Stuart Rosenberg
 Tommy Newsom
 Steve Irwin
 Joel Siegel
 Peter Boyle
 Charles Nelson Reilly
 Jack Palance
 Jane Wyman
 Tom Poston
 Tom Snyder
 Ed Bradley
 Luciano Pavarotti
 Merv Griffin

Memorable moments
The stage design for the ceremony was created with seating surrounding platform creating a theatre in the round with a "catwalk" style walkway for winners and presenters to exit the stage to. A trap door was placed in the center of the main stage. Some TV critics viewed this as a reference to Fox's American Idol. During his acceptance speech, James Spader made a comment about the seating design, stating that "I've been to thousands and thousands of concerts in my life and I can tell you these are the worst seats I've ever had."

Opening number
As part of the opening number of the ceremony, Brian and Stewie Griffin, two characters of the Fox animated series Family Guy and both voiced by Seth MacFarlane, sang a song: recapping memorable moments of the past television season while noting the variety of programming that will come to the future in the song "You Can Find It on TV", a television-themed version of the song "The FCC Song" from the show's Emmy-nominated episode "PTV".

The Don't Forget the Lyrics mock-contest
Another segment occurred during the presentation of the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program award. There was a competition between singer Kanye West (who attended the ceremony in retaliation for his loss at MTV's Video Music Awards earlier that month) and The Office actor Rainn Wilson similar to Don't Forget the Lyrics! (which, like the 2007 Emmys, airs on Fox) with host Wayne Brady presiding. West sang the last line of the chorus in the song "Stronger" as "That how long I've been on you" which was supposed to be "That how long I've been on ya", losing to Wilson. West jokingly retorted "I never win", poking fun at his losses at award ceremonies and presented the award alongside Wilson.

Steppin' Out With My Baby
Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera sang "Steppin' Out With My Baby" from Bennett's award-winning special.

Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert presented the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. The award went to Ricky Gervais for Extras, but after reading his name, Jon Stewart was informed that Gervais was not at the ceremony. Stewart immediately announced, "Ricky Gervais couldn't be here tonight, so instead we're going to give this to our friend Steve Carell" (who had been nominated for his role on The Office). Carell ran onto the stage and hugged Stewart and Colbert as they all screamed in mock celebration, then ran off together with the award. As a joke, in 2008, at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, Ricky Gervais showed a video of the moment, commenting, "Look at [Carell's] stupid face," accusing Carell of "stealing" his award, and demanding it back. He approached Carell, who was sitting straight-faced in the front row, and repeated, "Give me my Emmy," over and over, even going so far as to tickle Carell, until Carell produced the statue from under his seat.

Censorship controversy

During the Fox telecast, some presenters and award winners were censored while making statements. When Ray Romano delivered a comic monologue about the change of television in the years since he left his own show, he mentioned that "for one, from what I hear, Frasier is screwing my wife?". On Fox, all that was heard was "for one, from what I hear, Frasier is" before Fox cut the audio and replaced the feed with pre-recorded material of an LED display ball with text scrolling around it. When viewers saw the ball through a high camera angle, it is revealed that the ball covered the entire stage. This lasted approximately 10 seconds before Fox returned to Romano. The reason for the censorship of this comment has been debated between vulgar language or revealing an important plot line to the show.

When Katherine Heigl accepted her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, she accidentally used profanity in her speech, causing Fox to cut the audio and once again replaced its feed with the pre-recorded shot of the display ball, only to return a moment later.

The biggest censorship controversy was when actress Sally Field accepted her Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. After giving an acceptance speech which included anti-war statements, partially as a tribute to her Brothers & Sisters character Nora Walker, the audience applauded before she was finished and Field, finding herself lost for words, couldn't remember what she was going to say. When she regained her words, she concluded her speech with "If mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place." Fox had cut to the display ball as she began to say "goddamn". This remark, and Fox's censorship of the remark, caused controversy in the days following the ceremony, leading critics to wonder if Fox had censored "Goddamn" or "Goddamn wars". Field's remarks caused Fox to implement a four-second delay for the remainder of the telecast. All of these comments were left uncensored on CTV in Canada, and other international simulcasts.

Also, at the Creative Arts Awards ceremony eight days earlier, Kathy Griffin, who won for Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List caused controversy in her acceptance speech after she denounced celebrities who thank Jesus for their awards. She later concluded her speech with an off-color joke that included "Suck it, Jesus! This award is my God now!" The Catholic League condemned her comments and successfully convinced E! to censor her speech during the telecast the following Saturday.

References

External links
 Primetime Emmy Awards
 Emmy Awards coverage on DigitalHit.com
 Emmys.com list of 2007 Nominees & Winners
 
 "You Can Find It on TV" opening number with partial lyrics

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제59회 프라임타임 에미상은 2007년 9월 16일에 열린 시상식이다.

수상 및 후보

TV 드라마-남우주연상 
 보스톤 리걸 - 제임스 스페이더 수상
 24 - 키퍼 서덜랜드
 하우스 M.D. - 휴 로리
 레스큐 미 - 데니스 리어리
 소프라노스 - 제임스 갠돌피니

TV 드라마-여우주연상 
 브라더스 앤 시스터스 - 샐리 필드 수상
 법과 질서 - 성범죄 수사대 - 마리스카 하지테이
 미디엄 - 패트리샤 아퀘트
 클로저 - 카이라 세드윅
 더 리치스 - 미니 드라이버
 소프라노스 - 에디 팔코

TV 코미디-남우주연상 
 엑스트라 - 릭키 제바이스 수상
 30 락 - 알렉 볼드윈
 탐정 몽크 - 토니 샬호브
 오피스 - 스티브 카렐
 투 앤 어 하프 멘 - 찰리 쉰

TV 코미디-여우주연상 
 어글리 베티 - 아메리카 페레라 수상
 30 락 - 티나 페이
 위기의 주부들 - 펠리시티 허프만
 뉴 어드벤처 오브 올드 크리스틴 - 줄리아 루이스 드레이퍼스
 위즈 - 메리-루이스 파커

TV 미니시리즈,영화-남우주연상 
 브로큰 트레일 - 로버트 듀발 수상
 Jesse Stone: Sea Change - 톰 셀렉
 롱포드 - 짐 브로드벤트
 나이트메어 앤 드림스케이프 - 윌리암 H. 머시
 론 클락 스토리 - 매튜 페리

TV 미니시리즈,영화-여우주연상 
 프라임 서스펙트 - 헬렌 미렌 수상
 라이프 서포트 - 퀸 라티파
 The Robber Bride - 메리-루이스 파커
 스타터 와이프 - 데브라 메싱
 What If God Were The Sun - 제나 로우랜즈

TV 드라마-남우조연상 
 로스트 - 테리 오퀸 수상
 보스톤 리걸 - 윌리암 샤트너
 그레이 아나토미 - T.R. 나이트
 히어로즈 - 마시 오카
 로스트 - 마이클 에머슨
 소프라노스 - 마이클 임페리올리

TV 드라마-여우조연상 
 그레이 아나토미 - 캐서린 헤이글 수상
 브라더스 앤 시스터스 - 레이첼 그리피스
 그레이 아나토미 - 산드라 오
 그레이 아나토미 - 챈드라 윌슨
 소프라노스 - 아이다 터터로
 소프라노스 - 로레인 브라코

TV 코미디-남우조연상 
 안투라지 - 제레미 피번 수상
 안투라지 - 케빈 딜론
 하우 아이 멧 유어 마더 - 닐 패트릭 해리스
 오피스 - 레인 윌슨
 투 앤 어 하프 멘 - 존 크라이어

TV 코미디-여우조연상 
 내 이름은 얼 - 제이미 프레슬리 수상
 오피스 - 제나 피셔
 투 앤 어 하프 멘 - 콘처터 페렐
 투 앤 어 하프 멘 - 홀랜드 테일러
 어글리 베티 - 바네사 윌리암스
 위즈 - 엘리자베스 퍼킨스

TV 미니시리즈,영화-남우조연상 
 브로큰 트레일 - 토마스 헤이든 처치 수상
 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - 오거스트 쉘렌버그
 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - 에이단 퀸
 The Christmas Card - 에드워드 애스너
 스타터 와이프 - 조 맨테그나

TV 미니시리즈,영화-여우조연상 
 스타터 와이프 - 주디 데이비스 수상
 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - 안나 파킨
 롱포드 - 사만다 모튼
 쓰나미 - 토니 콜렛

TV 드라마-감독상 
 소프라노스 - 앨런 테일러 수상
 별들의 전쟁 - Felix Alcala
 보스톤 리걸 - 빌 델리아
 프라이데이 나잇 라이트 - 피터 버그
 히어로즈 - David Semel
 로스트 - 잭 벤더
 스튜디오 60 - 토머스 쉬라미

TV 드라마-각본상 
 소프라노스 - 데이빗 체이스 수상
 별들의 전쟁 - 로널드 D. 무어
 로스트 - Damon Lindelof
 로스트 - Carlton Cuse
 소프라노스 - Matthew Weiner
 소프라노스 - Terence Winter

TV 코미디-감독상 
 어글리 베티 - Richard Shepard 수상
 안투라지 - 줄리언 파리노
 엑스트라 - 스티븐 머천트
 오피스 - 켄 콰피스
 스크럽스 - 윌 맥켄지
 30 락 - Scott Ellis

TV 코미디-각본상 
 오피스 - 그렉 다니엘스 수상
 엑스트라 - 스티븐 머천트
 오피스 - 마이클 슈어
 30 락 - 티나 페이
 30 락 - Robert Carlock
 엑스트라 - 릭키 제바이스

TV 미니시리즈,영화-감독상 
 프라임 서스펙트 - 필립 마틴 수상
 브로큰 트레일 - 월터 힐
 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Yves Simoneau
 제인 에어 - 수잔나 화이트
 쓰나미 - 바랫 낼러리

TV 미니시리즈,영화-각본상 
 프라임 서스펙트 - 프랭크 디시 수상
 브로큰 트레일 - Alan Geoffrion
 Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Daniel Giat
 제인 에어 - 샌디 웰치
 스타터 와이프 - 조산느 맥기본
 스타터 와이프 - 사라 패리엇

TV 버라이어티,음악,코미디-감독상 
 Tony Bennett: An American Classic - Rob Marshall 수상
 아메리칸 아이돌 - 브루스 고워스
 The Colbert Report - Jim Hoskinson
 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Chuck O’Neil
 Saturday Night Live - Don Roy King

TV 드라마-최우수작품상 
 소프라노스 - 다니엘 아티아스 외 다수 수상
 보스톤 리걸 - 앨리슨 리디 외 다수
 그레이 아나토미 - 존 데이비드 콜즈 외 다수
 히어로즈 - 그렉 비먼 외 1명
 하우스 M.D. - 빌 존슨 외 다수

TV 코미디-최우수작품상 
 30 락 - 아담 번스타인 수상
 안투라지 - 아담 번스타인 외 다수
 오피스 - 에이미 헥커링 외 다수
 투 앤 어 하프 멘 - 앤디 애커먼
 어글리 베티 - 사라 피아 앤더슨

TV 미니시리즈-최우수작품상 
 브로큰 트레일 - 월터 힐 수상
 프라임 서스펙트 - 필립 마틴
 스타터 와이프 - 존 애브넷

TV 버라이어티,음악,코미디-최우수작품상 
 THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART - Jon Stewart 외 다수 수상
 Tony Bennett: An American Classic - Rob Marshall 수상

TV 리얼리티 경쟁-최우수작품상 
 THE AMAZING RACE - Jerry Bruckheimer 외 다수

프라임타임 에미상
2007년 9월
2007년 텔레비전상