The 57th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 18, 2005, and were hosted by

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. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS.

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received its first major nomination this year. The ceremony, which aired three weeks after

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. ...

hit, featured a mini-telethon for Habitat for Humanity and gave DeGeneres more opportunity to use the ceremony to somberly remember the victims of the Gulf Coast. Opening the ceremony was the famous 1970's band

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with a comedic version of "

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", in collaboration with

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. The ceremony featured tributes to ABC-TV anchor

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(who died seven weeks earlier) presented by rival anchors

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and

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, and to talk show host

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(who died on January 23, 2005) by close friend and '' Late Show'' host

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. Also, the show featured ''Emmy Idol'', five segments in which famous TV stars performed popular TV theme songs in a format like ''

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''. ''

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'' became the first comedy to have its final season win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series since ''

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'' in 1982. The CBS comedy series also tied for the lead in major nominations and wins with ten and three, respectively. Freshman series '' Desperate Housewives'' became just the second series to earn three nominations in a lead acting category, joining ''

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'' which had three nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for four separate years. In the drama field, new series '' Lost'' won Outstanding Drama Series. Actress Angela Lansbury received her eighteenth and final nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. However, she failed to win causing her record losing streak to be extended. Lansbury died on October 11, 2022.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

Most major awards

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Presenters

The awards were presented by the following people:

In Memoriam

* Eddie Albert * Anne Bancroft * Mason Adams *

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* William Bell * Shana Alexander * Dana Elcar * Rodney Dangerfield * Greg Garrison * John Fiedler * Ossie Davis * Frank Gorshin * Perry Lafferty * Howard Morris * James Doohan * Paul Henning * Brian Kelly *

Howard Keel Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including ''Show Boat'' (195 ...

* Brock Peters * Christopher Reeve * Pat McCormick *

Herb Sargent Herbert Sargent (born Supowitz; July 15, 1923 – May 6, 2005) was an American television writer, a Television producer, producer for such comedy shows as ''The Tonight Show'' and ''Saturday Night Live'', and a screenwriter (''Bye Bye Braverman'' ...

* Chris Schenkel * Danny Simon * Hal Sitowitz * Michael Weisbarth * Ruth Warrick *

Paul Winchell Paul Winchell (''Birth name, né'' Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted ''The Pa ...

* Jerry Orbach

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 2005 Nominees & Winners
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