54th Primetime Emmy Awards

Infobox Emmy Awards
name = 54th
type = P


imagesize = 136px
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date = September 22, 2002
site = Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
creative_arts = September 14, 2002
host = Conan O'Brien
network = NBC
last = 53rd Primetime
next = 55th Primetime

The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 22, 2002. The awards show was hosted by Conan O'Brien and was broadcast on NBC. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.

Outstanding Comedy Series

* "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - HBO
* "Everybody Loves Raymond" - CBS
* "Friends" - NBC
* "Sex and the City" - HBO
* "Will & Grace" - NBC

Outstanding Drama Series

* "24" - FOX
* "" - CBS
* "Law & Order" - NBC
* "Six Feet Under" - HBO
* "The West Wing" - NBC

Outstanding Miniseries

*"Band of Brothers", HBO
*"Dinotopia", ABC
*"The Mists of Avalon", TNT
*"Shackleton", A&E

Outstanding Made For Television Movie

*"Dinner With Friends", HBO
*"The Gathering Storm", HBO
*"James Dean", TNT
*"The Laramie Project", HBO
*"Path to War", HBO

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series

* "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart", Comedy Central
* "The Late Show With David Letterman", CBS
* "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher", ABC
* "Saturday Night Live", NBC
* "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special

* "74th Academy Awards", ABC
* "", various networks
* "Cirque Du Soleil's Alegría", Bravo
* "Concert for New York City", VH1
* "Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games", NBC
* "The Carol Burnett Show "Show Stoppers" - CBS

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

*Robert Weide for "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (episode: The Doll)
*Jeff Melman for "Malcolm in the Middle" (episode: Christmas)
*Marc Buckland for "Scrubs" (episode: My Old Lady)
*Michael Patrick King for "Sex and the City" (episode: The Real Me)
*James Burrows for "Will & Grace" (episode: A Chorus Lie)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

* Kelsey Grammer for playing Frasier Crane on "Frasier"
* Matt LeBlanc for playing Joey Tribianni on "Friends"
* Bernie Mac, "The Bernie Mac Show"
* Matthew Perry for playing Chandler Bing on "Friends"
* Ray Romano for playing Raymond Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

* Michael Chiklis for playing Detective Vic Mackey on "The Shield"
* Michael C. Hall for playing David Fisher on "Six Feet Under"
* Peter Krause for playing Nate Fisher on "Six Feet Under"
* Martin Sheen for playing Josiah Bartlet on "The West Wing"
*Kiefer Sutherland for playing Jack Bauer on "24"

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

*Albert Finney for playing Winston Churchill in "The Gathering Storm"
*James Franco for playing James Dean in "James Dean"
*Sir Michael Gambon for playing Lyndon B. Johnson in "Path to War"
*Kenneth Branagh for playing Ernest Shackleton in "Shackleton"
*Beau Bridges for playing Michael Mulvaney in "We Were the Mulvaneys"

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

*Jennifer Aniston for playing Rachel Green on "Friends"
* Patricia Heaton for playing Debra Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
* Jane Kaczmarek for playing Lois Wilkerson on "Malcolm in the Middle"
* Debra Messing for playing Grace Adler on "Will & Grace"
* Sarah Jessica Parker for playing Carrie Bradshaw on "Sex and the City"

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

* Amy Brenneman for playing Amy Gray on "Judging Amy"
* Frances Conroy for playing Ruth Fisher "Six Feet Under"
* Jennifer Garner for playing Sydney Bristow on "Alias"
* Rachel Griffiths for playing Brenda Chenowith "Six Feet Under"
*Allison Janney for playing C. J. Cregg on "The West Wing"

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

*Vanessa Redgrave for playing Clementine Churchill in "The Gathering Storm"
*Angela Bassett for playing Rosa Parks in "The Rosa Parks Story"
*Blythe Danner for playing Corinne Mulvaney in "We Were the Mulvaneys
*Laura Linney for playing Iris Bravard in "Wild Iris"
*Gena Rowlands for playing Minnie Brinn in "Wild Iris"

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

* Peter Boyle for playing Frank Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
* Bryan Cranston for playing Hal Wilkerson on "Malcolm in the Middle"
*Brad Garrett for playing Robert Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
* Sean Hayes for playing Jack McFarland on "Will & Grace"
* David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane for "Frasier"

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

* Victor Garber for playing Jack Bristow in "Alias"
* Dule Hill for playing Charlie Young in "The West Wing"
* Freddy Rodriguez for playing Federico Diaz in"Six Feet Under"
* Richard Schiff for playing Toby Ziegler in "The West Wing"
* John Spencer for playing Leo McGarry on "The West Wing"
* Bradley Whitford for playing Josh Lyman in "The West Wing"

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie

* Michael Moriarty for playing Winton Dean in "James Dean".
* Alec Baldwin for playing Robert McNamara in "Path to War"
* Jim Broadbent for playing Desmond Morton in "The Gathering Storm"
* Don Cheadle for playing Chuck in "Things Behind the Sun"
* Jon Voight for playing Major-General Jürgen Stroop in "Uprising"

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

* Kim Cattrall for playing Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City"
* Wendie Malick for playing Nina Van Horn on "Just Shoot Me"
* Megan Mullally for playing Karen Walker on "Will & Grace"
* Cynthia Nixon for playing Miranda Hobbes on "Sex and the City"
* Doris Roberts for playing Marie Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

* Lauren Ambrose for playing Claire Fisher on "Six Feet Under"
* Stockard Channing for playing Abigail Bartlet on "The West Wing"
* Tyne Daly for playing Maxine Gray on "Judging Amy"
* Janel Moloney for playing Donna Moss on "The West Wing"
* Mary-Louise Parker for playing Amy Gardner on "The West Wing"

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie

*Sissy Spacek for playing Zelda Fitzgerald in "Last Call"
*Stockard Channing for playing Judy Shepard in "The Matthew Shepard Story"
*Joan Allen for playing Morgause in "The Mists of Avalon"
*Anjelica Huston for playing Viviane in "The Miss of Avalon"
*Diana Rigg for playing Lezhen in "Victoria and Albert"

Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program

*Sting for ""
*Billy Joel for ""
*Jon Stewart for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
*Wayne Brady for "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
*Ryan Stiles for "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series

*Adam Arkin for playing Tom on "Frasier"
*Anthony LaPaglia for playing Simon Moon on "Frasier"
*Brian Cox for playing Harry Moon on "Frasier"
*Brad Pitt for playing Will Colbert on "Friends"
*Michael Douglas for playing Detective Gavin Hatch on "Will & Grace"

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

*John Larroquette for playing Joey Heric on "The Practice"
*Charles S. Dutton for playing Leonard Marshall on "The Practice"
*Ron Silver for playing Bruno Gianelli on "The West Wing"
*Tim Matheson for playing Vice President John Hoynes on "The West Wing"
*Mark Harmon for playing Simon Donovan on "The West Wing"

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series

*Katherine Helmond for playing Lois on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
*Susan Sarandon for playing Meg on "Malcolm In The Middle"
* Cloris Leachman for playing Ida on "Malcolm In The Middle"
*Frances Sternhagen for playing Bunny McDougal on "Sex And The City"
*Glenn Close for playing Sanny on "Will & Grace"

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

*Mary McDonnell for playing Eleanor Carter on "ER"
*Martha Plimpton for playing Claire Rinato on ""
* Patricia Clarkson for playing Sarah O'Connor on "Six Feet Under"
*Lili Taylor for playing Lisa on "Six Feet Under"
*Illeana Douglas for playing Angela on "Six Feet Under"

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series

*Victor Fresco for "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" (episode: "Pilot")
*Jennifer Crittenden for "Everybody Loves Raymond" (episode: "Ray's Journal")
*Philip Rosenthal for "Everybody Loves Raymond" (episode: "The Angry Family")
*Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky for "Sex and the City" (episode: "My Motherboard, My Self")
*Larry Wilmore for "The Bernie Mac Show" (episode: "Pilot")

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series

* Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow "for" "24" (episode: )
*J. J. Abrams "for" "'Alias" (episode: Pilot (Truth Be Told))
*John Wells "for" ER (episode: On the Beach)
*Shawn Ryan "for" The Shield (episode: Pilot)
*Aaron Sorkin "for" The West Wing (episode: Posse Comitatus)

Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special

*"Band of Brothers"
*"The Gathering Storm"
*"The Laramie Project"
*"Path to War"
*"Shackleton"

Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program

*""
*"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"
*"Late Night with Conan O'Brien"
*"Late Show with David Letterman"
* "Saturday Night Live"