54th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date	September 22, 2002 (Ceremony) September 14, 2002 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Hosted by	Conan O'Brien
Highlights
Most awards	The West Wing (4)
Most nominations	The West Wing (13)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Friends
Outstanding Drama Series	The West Wing
Outstanding Miniseries	Band of Brothers
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series	Late Show with David Letterman
Website	http://www.emmys.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC
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The54th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 22, 2002. Nominations were announced July 22, 2002.^[1] The ceremony was hosted byConan O'Brien^[2] and was broadcast onNBC. Two networks,FX andVH1, received their first major nominations this year. The programAmerica: A Tribute to Heroes wassimulcast on every major network and, therefore, is not designated with one below. 27 competitive awards were presented.

After four nominations during its first seven seasons,Friends wonOutstanding Comedy Series without adirecting or awriting nomination.Everybody Loves Raymond led all comedies with nine major nominations and three major wins. Meanwhile, after eight consecutive nominations (including five consecutive wins for its first five seasons),Frasier was excluded from the Outstanding Comedy Series nomination for the first time. It would not be nominated for its final two seasons either.

For the third straight year, the drama field was conquered byThe West Wing. In addition to winning its third consecutive trophy forOutstanding Drama Series,The West Wing achieved a milestone when it became the third series (all dramas) to gain nine acting nominations for its main cast members. This tied the mark set byHill Street Blues in1982 and later matched byL.A. Law in1989.Game of Thrones would also match this in2019.The West Wing also set a record with twelve total acting nominations when including the guest category, a category that existed forL.A. Law, but was not available forHill Street Blues during its second season (1981–82) of nine acting nominations. Overall,The West Wing led all series in major nominations and wins with thirteen and four.

In addition,Stockard Channing joined an exclusive club of actors that have won two awards in one ceremony for different roles. Furthermore,Michael Chiklis became the second actor in acable network series to win forOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (afterJames Gandolfini forThe Sopranos in2000 and2001) for his performance asVic Mackey inThe Shield whilst becomingFX's first ever acting win.

WhenBand of Brothers wonOutstanding Miniseries, the audience gave a standing ovation to the miniseries' subjects: the soldiers of"Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion,506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the101st Airborne Division, as their surviving members were shown both in the auditorium and on the broadcast at the Los AngelesSt. Regis Hotel. Co-creator and executive producerSteven Spielberg then invited MajorRichard "Dick" Winters, theirD-Day commanding officer who was played byDamian Lewis in the miniseries and attended the ceremony live, to speak.^[3]

Winners are listed first and highlighted inbold:^[4]

Notes

The awards were presented by the following people:^[5]

• Emmys.com list of 2002 Nominees & Winners
• 54th Primetime Emmy Awards atIMDb

• Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies
• 2002 television awards
• 2002 in Los Angeles
• September 2002 in the United States

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