52nd Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date	September 10, 2000 (Ceremony) August 26, 2000 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Garry Shandling
Highlights
Most awards	The West Wing (5)
Most nominations	The Sopranos (10)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Will & Grace
Outstanding Drama Series	The West Wing
Outstanding Miniseries	The Corner
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Late Show with David Letterman
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
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The 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on ABC. Two networks, Bravo and The WB, received their first major nominations. This remains the only year in which a show from The WB or its descendants received a major nomination.

For its second season, Will & Grace led all comedy series with three major wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series. Ally McBeal became the first defending champion, that wasn't cancelled or ended, that failed to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series since Get Smart in 1970.

The drama field was dominated by first year series The West Wing. In addition to winning Outstanding Drama Series, the series won five major awards total, leading all shows. Overall, when adding The West Wing's technical categories, it won nine awards in a single year, a record that stood until Game of Thrones received twelve awards for their fifth season in 2015. In addition, James Gandolfini became the first HBO actor to win the Lead Actor, Drama Emmy, for The Sopranos.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:^[1]

Michael J. Fox, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Patricia Heaton, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winner

James Gandolfini, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winner

Sela Ward, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series winner

Jack Lemmon, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Halle Berry, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Sean Hayes, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series winner

Megan Mullally, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series winner

Richard Schiff, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series winner

Allison Janney, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series winner

Hank Azaria, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Vanessa Redgrave, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie winner

Eddie Izzard, Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program winner

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Guest performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

• NBC – 47
• HBO – 41
• ABC – 26
• CBS – 18

By program

• The Sopranos (HBO) – 10
• The Practice (ABC) / The West Wing (NBC) – 9
• Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) – 8
• RKO 281 (HBO) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 7
• Frasier (NBC) / Friends (NBC) – 6

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

• NBC – 11
• HBO – 8
• ABC – 7
• CBS – 2
• Fox – 2

By program

• The West Wing (NBC) – 5
• The Corner (HBO) / Tuesdays with Morrie (ABC) / Will & Grace (NBC) – 3

Notes

In Memoriam