Aug 27, 2006
The 58th Annual Emmy Awards were held August 27, 2006 in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The host was Conan O'Brien.
The drama series "24" finally broke through to win awards for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Actor in a Drama (Kiefer Sutherland).
"The Office" won best comedy series, but star Steve Carell lost to repeat winner Tony Shalhoub of "Monk".
| Outstanding Comedy Series | |
| The Office | |
| Other Nominees: Arrested Development; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Scrubs; Two and a Half Men | |
| Outstanding Drama Series | |
| 24 | |
| Other Nominees: Grey's Anatomy; House; The Sopranos; The West Wing | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama | |
| Kiefer Sutherland (24) | |
| Other Nominees: Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU); Denis Leary (Rescue Me); Peter Krause (Six Feet Under); Martin Sheen (The West Wing) | |
| Outstanding Actress in a Drama | |
| Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) | |
| Other Nominees: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer); Geena Davis (Commander In Chief); Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under); Allison Janney (The West Wing) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama | |
| Alan Alda (The West Wing) | |
| Other Nominees: William Shatner (Boston Legal); Oliver Platt (Huff); Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos); Gregory Itzin (24) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama | |
| Blythe Danner (Huff) | |
| Other Nominees: Candice Bergen (Boston Legal); Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy); Chandra Wilson (Grey's Anatomy); Jean Smart (24) | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Comedy | |
| Tony Shalhoub (Monk) | |
| Other Nominees: Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm); Kevin James (King of Queens); Steve Carell (The Office); Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) | |
| Outstanding Actress in a Comedy | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine) | |
| Other Nominees: Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback); Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm In the Middle); Stockard Channing (Out of Practice); Debra Messing (Will & Grace) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy | |
| Jeremy Piven (Entourage) | |
| Other Nominees: Will Arnett (Arrested Development); Bryan Cranston (Malcolm In the Middle); Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men); Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy | |
| Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) | |
| Other Nominees: Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm); Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives); Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl); Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds) | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | |
| Andre Braugher (Thief) | |
| Other Nominees: Charles Dance (Bleak House); Donald Sutherland (Human Trafficking); Ben Kingsley (Mrs Harris); Jon Voight (Pope John Paul II) | |
| Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | |
| Helen Mirren (Elizabeth I) | |
| Other Nominees: Kathy Bates (Ambulance Girl); Gillian Anderson (Bleak House); Judy Davis (A Little Thing Called Murder); Annette Bening (Mrs Harris) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries | |
| Jeremy Irons (Elizabeth I) | |
| Other Nominees: Denis Lawson (Bleak House); Hugh Dancy (Elizabeth I); Robert Carlyle (Human Trafficking); Clifton Collins Jr (Thief) | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries | |
| Kelly Macdonald (The Girl In the Caf) | |
| Other Nominees: Shirley Jones (Hidden Places); Ellen Burstyn (Mrs Harris); Cloris Leachman (Mrs Harris); Alfre Woodard (The Water Is Wide) | |
| Outstanding Made for TV Movie | |
| The Girl In the Caf | |
| Other Nominees: Flight 93; The Flight That Fought Back; Mrs Harris; Yesterday | |
| Outstanding Miniseries | |
| Elizabeth I | |
| Other Nominees: Bleak House; Into the West; Sleeper Cell | |
| Outstanding Reality-Competition Program | |
| The Amazing Race | |
| Other Nominees: American Idol; Dancing With the Stars; Project Runway; Survivor | |
| Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Series | |
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | |
| Other Nominees: The Colbert Report; Late Night with Conan O'Brien; Late Show with David Letterman; Real Time with Bill Maher | |