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 Lilly
• 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 Buchman 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 or 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 Buchman 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 Johnston 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

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