| 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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| Location | Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,California | |||
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & 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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The52nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 2000.[1] The ceremony was hosted byGarry Shandling and was broadcast onABC. NetworksBravo andThe WB received their first major nominations; this remains the only year in which a series from the latter or its descendants (The CW andUPN) received a major nomination.[citation needed] The nominations were announced on July 20, 2000.[2] 27 awards were presented.
For itssecond season,Will & Grace led all comedy series with three major wins, includingOutstanding Comedy Series;Ally McBeal became the first defending champion, that wasn't canceled or ended, that failed to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series sinceGet Smart in1970.
The drama field was dominated by first year seriesThe West Wing. In addition to winningOutstanding Drama Series, the series won five major awards total, leading all series.[1] Overall, when addingThe West Wing'stechnical categories, it won nine awards in a single year, a record that stood untilGame of Thrones received twelve awards for itsfifth season in2015.[3] In addition,James Gandolfini became the first actor from anHBO series to winOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series forThe Sopranos; Gandolfini would win twice more over the next three years.[4]
Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[1][5][6][a] For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
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| Network | No. of Nominations |
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| NBC | 47 |
| HBO | 41 |
| ABC | 26 |
| CBS | 18 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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| The Sopranos | Drama | HBO | 10 |
| The West Wing | NBC | 9 | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | Comedy | CBS | 8 |
| RKO 281 | Movie | HBO | 7 |
| Will & Grace | Comedy | NBC | 6 |
| Sex and the City | HBO | 5 | |
| Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker | Variety | 4 | |
| ER | Drama | NBC | |
| Frasier | Comedy | ||
| Friends | |||
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Movie | HBO | |
| The Practice | Drama | ABC | |
| 72nd Annual Academy Awards | Variety | 3 | |
| Annie | Movie | ||
| The Corner | Miniseries | HBO | |
| Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill | Variety | ||
| If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Movie | ||
| Late Show with David Letterman | Variety | CBS | |
| Law & Order | Drama | NBC | |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Comedy | Fox | |
| Tuesdays with Morrie | Movie | ABC | |
| Ally McBeal | Comedy | Fox | 2 |
| The Chris Rock Show | Variety | HBO | |
| A Cooler Climate | Movie | Showtime | |
| Death of a Salesman | |||
| Judging Amy | Drama | CBS | |
| P. T. Barnum | Miniseries | A&E | |
| Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special | Variety | NBC | |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
| Network | No. of Awards |
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| NBC | 9 |
| HBO | 8 |
| ABC | 6 |
| CBS | 2 |
| Fox |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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| The West Wing | Drama | NBC | 5 |
| The Corner | Miniseries | HBO | 3 |
| Tuesdays with Morrie | Movie | ABC | |
| Will & Grace | Comedy | NBC | |
| Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill | Variety | HBO | 2 |
| Malcolm in the Middle | Comedy | Fox |
