Congratulations to the 2005 Emmy Winners.

And the Emmys went to:

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
BRAD GARRETT as Robert Barone CBS
Everybody Loves Raymond

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
WILLIAM SHATNER as Denny Crane ABC
Boston Legal

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM
HUGH JACKMAN, Host CBS
58th Annual Tony Awards (2004)

OUTSTANDING REALITY/COMPETITION PROGRAM
THE AMAZING RACE CBS
Jerry Bruckheimer, Executive ProducerBertram van Munster, Executive ProducerJonathan Littman, Executive ProducerHayma "Screech" Washington, Executive ProducerAmy Nabseth Chacon, Co-Executive Producer Evan Weinstein, Co-Executive Producer Elise Doganieri, Supervising ProducerJohn Moffet, Supervising Producer Mark Vertullo, Supervising Producer Scott Owens, Supervising ProducerJulian Grimmond, Senior ProducerNancy Gunn, Senior ProducerAlex Rader, Senior ProducerGlenn Stickley, Senior ProducerJennifer Basa, ProducerDavid Brown, ProducerPatrick Cariaga, ProducerJarratt Carson, ProducerAllison Chase, ProducerCurtis Colden, ProducerAl Edgington, ProducerBarry Hennessey, ProducerMichael Norton, ProducerMichael Noval, ProducerGiselle Parets, ProducerBob Parr, ProducerBill Pruitt, ProducerMatt Schmidt, ProducerRebekah Fry, ProducerRichard Hall, ProducerPhil Keoghan, Host

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
BLYTHE DANNER as Izzy Huffstodt SHOWTIME
Huff

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
PAUL NEWMAN as Max Roby HBO
Empire Falls

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
JANE ALEXANDER as Sara Roosevelt HBOWarm Springs

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
BUCKY GUNTS, Director NBC
The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad – Opening Ceremony

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY PROGRAM
DAVID JAVERBAUM, Head Writer COMEDY CENTRALRICH BLOMQUIST, WriterSTEVE BODOW, WriterTIM CARVELL, WriterSTEPHEN COLBERT, WriterERIC DRYSDALE, WriterJ.R. HAVLAN, WriterSCOTT JACOBSON, WriterBEN KARLIN, WriterROB KUTNER, WriterCHRIS REGAN, WriterJASON REICH, WriterJASON ROSS, WriterJON STEWART, Writer
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
DORIS ROBERTS as Marie Barone CBS
Everybody Loves Raymond

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART COMEDY CENTRAL
Jon Stewart, Executive ProducerBen Karlin, Executive ProducerStewart Bailey, Co-Executive ProducerKahane Corn, Supervising ProducerDavid Javerbaum, Supervising Producer

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
J. J. ABRAMS, Director ABC
LostPilot (Part 1 & Part 2)

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
DAVID SHORE, Writer FOX
HouseThree Stories

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
GEOFFREY RUSH as Peter Sellers HBO
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
STEPHEN HOPKINS, Director HBO
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A DRAMATIC SPECIAL
CHRISTOPHER MARKUS, Screenplay HBOSTEPHEN McFEELY, Screenplay
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
S. EPATHA MERKERSON as Nanny HBO
Lackawanna Blues

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
CHARLES McDOUGALL, Director ABCDesperate HousewivesPilot

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
MITCHELL HURWITZ, Writer FOXJIM VALLELY, Writer
Arrested DevelopmentThe Righteous Brothers

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
WARM SPRINGS HBO
Mark Gordon, Executive ProducerCelia Costas, Executive ProducerChrisann Verges, Producer

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
THE LOST PRINCE (MASTERPIECE THEATRE) PBS
Peter Fincham, Executive ProducerDavid M. Thompson, Executive ProducerRebecca Eaton, Executive ProducerJoanna Beresford, Executive ProducerJohn Chapman, Producer

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
FELICITY HUFFMAN as Lynette Scavo ABC
Desperate Housewives

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
PATRICIA ARQUETTE as Allison Dubois NBC
Medium

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
TONY SHALHOUB as Adrian Monk USA
Monk

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
JAMES SPADER as Alan Shore ABC
Boston Legal

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
LOST ABC
J. J. Abrams, Executive ProducerDamon Lindelof, Executive ProducerBryan Burk, Executive ProducerCarlton Cuse, Executive Producer Jack Bender, Executive ProducerDavid Fury, Co-Executive ProducerJesse Alexander, Co-Executive ProducerJavier Grillo-Marxuach, Supervising ProducerSarah Caplan, ProducerLeonard Dick, ProducerJean Higgins, Produced by

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND CBS
Philip Rosenthal, Executive ProducerRay Romano, Executive ProducerRory Rosegarten, Executive ProducerStu Smiley, Executive ProducerLew Schneider, Executive ProducerTucker Cawley, Executive ProducerSteve Skrovan, Executive ProducerJeremy Stevens, Executive ProducerMike Royce, Executive ProducerAaron Shure, Executive ProducerLisa Helfrich Jackson, Co-Executive ProducerTom Caltabiano, Co-Executive ProducerLeslie Caveny, Co-Executive ProducerKen Ornstein, ProducerHolli Gailen, Producer

Seeing Donald Trump and Megan Mullally singing the theme of "Green Acres" reminded me why we slow down to look at car wrecks.

To quote Felicity Huffman, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Desperate Housewives), "KLUNK!"

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Tony Figueroa