The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be held on August 19, 2006. Nominees were announced on the morning of July 6, 2006 by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Garrett.

The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Arrested Development
• Scrubs
• Two and a Half Men
• The Office
• Curb Your Enthusiasm

Outstanding Drama Series

• House, M.D.
• The Sopranos
• The West Wing
• Grey's Anatomy
• 24

Outstanding Mini-Series

• Bleak House
• Elizabeth I
• Into the West
• Sleeper Cell

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

• Flight 93
• The Flight that Fought Back
• The Girl in the Café
• Mrs. Harris
• Yesterday

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

• The Amazing Race
• American Idol
• Dancing with the Stars
• Project Runway
• Survivor

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• The Late Show
• Real Time with Bill Maher

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Christopher Meloni for playing Elliot Stabler on Special Victims Unit
• Denis Leary for playing Tommy Gavin on Rescue Me
• Peter Krause for playing Nate Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on 24
• Martin Sheen for playing Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Steve Carell for playing Michael Scott on The Office
• Larry David for playing himself on Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Kevin James for playing Doug Heffernan on The King of Queens
• Tony Shalhoub for playing Adrian Monk on Monk
• Charlie Sheen for playing Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Andre Braugher for playing Nick Atwater on Thief
• Charles Dance for playing Mr. Tulkinghorn on Bleak House
• Ben Kingsley for playing Herman Tarnower on Mrs. Harris
• Donald Sutherland for playing Bill Meehan on Human Trafficking
• Jon Voight for playing Pope John Paul II on Pope John Paul II

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Allison Janney for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing
• Geena Davis for playing Mackenzie Allen on Commander in Chief
• Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under
• Kyra Sedgwick for playing Brenda Johnson on The Closer
• Mariska Hargitay for playing Olivia Benson on Special Victims Unit

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Stockard Channing for playing Lydia Barnes on Out of Practice
• Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois on Malcolm in the Middle
• Lisa Kudrow for playing Valerie Cherish on The Comeback
• Debra Messing for playing Grace Adler on Will & Grace
• Julia Louis-Dreyfuss for playing Christine Campbell on ''The New Adventures of Old Christine

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

• Gillian Anderson for playing Lady Dedlock in Bleak House
• Kathy Bates for playing Jane Stern in Ambulance Girl
• Annette Bening for playing Jean Harris in Mrs. Harris
• Judy Davis for playing Sante Kimes in A Little Thing Called Murder
• Helen Mirren for playing Elizabeth I in Elizabeth I

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• William Shatner for playing Denny Crane on Boston Legal
• Oliver Platt for playing Russell Tupper on Huff
• Michael Imperioli for playing Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos
• Gregory Itzin for playing Charles Logan on 24
• Alan Alda for for playing Arnold Vinick on The West Wing

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Will Arnett for playing Gob Bluth on Arrested Development
• Jeremy Piven for playing Ari Gold on Entourage
• Bryan Cranston for playing Hal on Malcolm in the Middle
• Jon Cryer for playing Alan Harper on Two and a Half Men
• Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on Will & Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Robert Carlyle for playing Sergei Karpovich in Human Trafficking
• Clifton Collins Jr. for playing Jack Hill in Thief
• Hugh Dancy for playing Earl of Essex in Elizabeth I
• Jeremy Irons for playing Earl of Leicester in Elizabeth I
• Denis Lawson for playing John Jarndyce in Bleak House

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Candice Bergen for playing Shirley Schmidt on Boston Legal
• Sandra Oh for playing Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy
• Chandra Wilson for playing Miranda Bailey on Grey's Anatomy
• Blythe Danner for playing Izzy Huffstodt on ''Huff
• Jean Smart for playing Martha Logan on 24

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Cheryl Hines for playing Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Alfre Woodard for playing Betty Applewhite on Desperate Housewives
• Jaime Pressly for playing Joy on My Name Is Earl
• Elizabeth Perkins for playing Celia Hodes on Weeds
• Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on Will and Grace

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

• Ellen Burstyn for playing Former Tarnower in Mrs. Harris
• Shirley Jones for playing Aunt Batty in Hidden Places
• Cloris Leachman for playing Tarnower's sister in Mrs. Harris
• Kelly Macdonald for playing Gina in The Girl in the Cafe
• Alfre Woodard for playing Mrs. Brown in The Water is Wide

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Michael J. Fox for Boston Legal
• Christian Clemenson for Boston Legal
• James Woods for ER
• Kyle Chandler for Grey's Anatomy
• Henry Ian Cusick for Lost

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• Patrick Stewart for Extras
• Ben Stiller for Extras
• Martin Sheen for Two and a Half Men
• Alec Baldwin for Will & Grace
• Leslie Jordan for Will & Grace

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Kate Burton for Grey's Anatomy
• Christina Ricci for Grey's Anatomy
• Swoosie Kurtz for Huff
• Patricia Clarkson for Six Feet Under
• Joanna Cassidy for Six Feet Under

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

• Shirley Knight for Desperate Housewives
• Kate Winslet for Extras
• Cloris Leachman for Malcolm in the Middle
• Laurie Metcalf for Monk
• Blythe Danner for Will & Grace

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

• Barry Manilow for Music and Passion
• Stephen Colbert for playing Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report
• Craig Ferguson for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• David Letterman for The Late Show with David Letterman
• Hugh Jackman for The 59th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• Rodrigo Garcia for Big Love
• Jack Bender for Lost
• Alan Ball for Six Feet Under
• Tim Van Patten for The Sopranos
• David Nutter for The Sopranos
• Jon Cassar for 24
• Mimi Leder for The West Wing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

• Michael Patrick King for The Comeback
• Robert B. Weide for Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dan Attias for Entourage
• Julian Farino for Entourage
• Marc Buckland for My Name Is Earl
• Craig Zisk for Weeds

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

• Justin Chadwick for Bleak House
• Tom Hooper for Elizabeth I
• Peter Markle for Flight 93
• David Yates for The Girl in the Café
• Kenny Ortega for High School Musical
• Phyllis Nagy for Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

• Louis J. Horvitz for 78th Academy Awards
• Bruce Gowers for American Idol
• Jim Hoskinson for The Colbert Report
• Chuck O'Neill for The Daily Show

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Shonda Rhimes for Grey's Anatomy
• Krista Vernoff for Grey's Anatomy
• Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof for Lost
• Alan Ball for Six Feet Under
• Terence Winter for The Sopranos

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day and Mitchell Hurwitz for Arrested Development
• Doug Ellin for Entourage
• Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for Extras
• Greg Garcia for My Name Is Earl
• Michael Schur for The Office

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

• Andrew Davies for Bleak House
• Nigel Williams for Elizabeth I
• Nevin Schreiner for Flight 93
• Richard Curtis for The Girl in the Café
• Phyllis Nagy for Mrs. Harris

Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

• The Colbert Report
• The Daily Show
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• The Late Show with David Letterman
• Real Time with Bill Maher

Outstanding Animated Program (Less Than One Hour)

• Camp Lazlo
• Family Guy for episode PTV
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
• The Simpsons for episode The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
• South Park for episode Trapped in the Closet

External Links

• Official list of all nominees

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