55th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date	September 21, 2003 (Ceremony) September 13, 2003 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles,California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Highlights
Most awards	Major:Door to Door Everybody Loves Raymond The Sopranos (4) All:Door to Door (6)
Most nominations	The Sopranos (10)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Everybody Loves Raymond
Outstanding Drama Series	The West Wing
Outstanding Miniseries	Taken
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program	The Amazing Race
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Website	http://www.emmys.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox
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The55th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 21, 2003. The ceremony was broadcast onFox. TheSci Fi channel received its first major nomination this year forOutstanding Miniseries forTaken; the series won the award. 28 competitive awards were presented.

With the win forOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series forDebra Messing,Will & Grace became only the third television show to have all credited actors win aPrimetime Emmy Award for their respective role, followingAll in the Family andThe Golden Girls (also later tied byThe Simpsons). For itsseventh season,Everybody Loves Raymond won its firstPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. It led all comedies with four major wins and ten major nominations.The West Wing wonOutstanding Drama Series for the fourth consecutive year, tying the record set byHill Street Blues (also later tied byGame of Thrones andMad Men).

Despite failing to win Outstanding Drama Series,The Sopranos continued to rake in the awards, leading all dramas with four major wins, includingJames Gandolfini andEdie Falco winning their third and final trophy for their respective category. AlsoJoe Pantoliano's win forSupporting Actor in a Drama marked the first timeHBO had won in this category.

Additionally, for the first time, not only didthe Lead Male in a Comedy award go to a show outside theBig Four TV networks, withTony Shalhoub's win, forMonk on theUSA Network, it was that network's first ever Acting win.

For the first time since1991, the Outstanding Drama Series field did not includeLaw & Order; it was nominated 11 times in the category, a record for drama series that still stands. The mark tied the overall record held by comedy seriesM*A*S*H andCheers. For the first time since its premiere,Frasier, then in itstenth and penultimate season, didn't win a major award, with its only major nominations going toDavid Hyde Pierce andJohn Mahoney forOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. The ceremony featured 11 presenters, which included:Ellen DeGeneres,Brad Garrett,Darrell Hammond,George Lopez,Conan O'Brien,Bernie Mac,Dennis Miller,Garry Shandling (who opened the show with a comedic monologue),Martin Short,Jon Stewart, andWanda Sykes.^[1]

Winners are listed first and highlighted inbold:^[2]

The awards were presented by the following people:^[3]

Notes

• Emmys.com list of 2003 Nominees & Winners
• 55th Primetime Emmy Awards atIMDb

• Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies
• 2003 television awards
• 2003 in Los Angeles
• September 2003 in the United States

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