51st Primetime Emmy Awards

Infobox Emmy Awards
name = 51st
type = P


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date = September 12 1999
site = Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
creative_arts = August 28 1999
host = Jenna Elfman
David Hyde Pierce
network = Fox
last = 50th Primetime
next = 52nd Primetime

The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 12, 1999. The awards show was hosted by Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce. It was broadcast on Fox. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.

Outstanding Comedy Series

*"Ally McBeal"
*"Everybody Loves Raymond"
*"Frasier"
*"Friends"
*"Sex and the City"

Outstanding Drama Series

*"ER"
*"Law & Order"
*"NYPD Blue"
*"The Practice"
*"The Sopranos"

Outstanding Miniseries

*"Great Expectations" ("Masterpiece Theater")
*"Hornblower"
*"Joan Of Arc"
*"The 60s"
*"The Temptations"

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

*"The Baby Dance"
*"Dash and Lily"
*"A Lesson Before Dying"
*"Pirates of Silicon Valley"
*"The Rat Pack"

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special

*"52nd Tony Awards"
*"71st Academy Awards"
*"I'm Telling You for the Last Time"
*"John Leguizamo's Freak"
*"You Are All Diseased"

Outstanding a Variety, Music or Comedy Program

*"The Chris Rock Show"
*"Dennis Miller Live"
*"The Late Show with David Letterman"
*"Politically Incorrect"
*"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

*Michael J. Fox for playing Mike Flaherty on "Spin City"
*Kelsey Grammer for playing Frasier Crane on "Frasier
*John Lithgow for playing Dick Solomon on "3rd Rock from the Sun"
*Paul Reiser for playing Paul Buchanan on "Mad About You"
*Ray Romano for playing Ray Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

*Dennis Franz for playing Andy Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue"
*James Gandolfini for playing Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos"
*Jerry Orbach for playing Lennie Briscoe on "Law & Order"
*Jimmy Smits for playing Bobby Simone on "NYPD Blue"
*Sam Waterston for playing Jack McCoy on "Law & Order"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries of Movie

*Don Cheadle for playing Grant Wiggins in "A Lesson Before Dying"
*Ian Holm for playing King Lear in "King Lear"
*Jack Lemmon for playing Henry Drummond in "Inherit the Wind"
*Sam Shepard for playing Dashiell Hammett in "Dash and Lily"
*Stanley Tucci for playing Walter Winchell in "Winchell"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

*Calista Flockhart for playing Ally McBeal on "Ally McBeal"
*Jenna Elfman for playing Dharma Montgomery on "Dharma & Greg"
*Patricia Heaton for playing Debra Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
*Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchanan on "Mad About You"
*Sarah Jessica Parker for playing Carrie Bradshaw on "Sex and the City"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

*Gillian Anderson for playing Dana Scully on "The X Files"
*Lorraine Bracco for playing Jennifer Melfi on "The Sopranos"
*Edie Falco for playing Carmela Soprano on "The Sopranos"
*Christine Lahti for playing Kathryn Austin on "Chicago Hope"
*Julianna Margulies for playing Carol Hathaway on "ER"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

*Peter Boyle for playing Frank Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
*John Mahoney for playing Martin Crane on "Frasier"
*Peter MacNicol for playing John Cage on "Ally McBeal"
*David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane on "Frasier"
*David Spade for playing Dennis Finch on "Just Shoot Me"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

*Michael Badalucco for playing Jimmy Berluti on "The Practice"
*Benjamin Bratt for playing Reynaldo Curtis on "Law & Order"
*Steve Harris for playing Eugene Young on "The Practice"
*Steven Hill for playing Adam Schiff on "Law & Order"
*Noah Wyle for playing John Carter on "ER"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

*Kristen Johnson for playing Sally Solomon on "3rd Rock from the Sun"
*Lisa Kudrow for playing Phoebe Buffay on "Friends"
*Lucy Liu for playing Ling Woo on "Ally McBeal"
*Wendie Malick for playing Nina van Horn on "Just Shoot Me"
*Doris Roberts for playing Marie Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

*Lara Flynn Boyle for playing Helen Gamble on "The Practice"
*Kim Delaney for playing Diane Russell on "NYPD Blue"
*Camryn Manheim for playing Ellenor Frutt on "The Practice"
*Nancy Marchand for playing Livia Soprano on "The Sopranos"
*Holland Taylor for playing Roberta Kittleson on "The Practice"