2006 Tyler's Choice Television Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up) 

Best Television Series - Drama

• 24 (Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, Brian Grazer & Tony Krantz)
• Grey's Anatomy (Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon & Jim Parriott)
• Lost (J.J. Abrams, Jack Bender, Bryan Burk, Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof)
• The Sopranos (David Chase, Brad Grey, Ilene S. Landress & Terence Winter)
• The West Wing (John Wells, Alex Graves & Christopher Misiano)
  (Honourable Mentions: Battlestar Galactica, House, Prison Break, The Shield, Six Feet Under)

Best Television Series - Comedy

• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman)
• Arrested Development (Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Mitchell Hurwitz & David Nevins)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Gavin Polone, Larry Charles & Robert B. Weide)
• The Office (Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Howard Klein, Stephen Merchant & Ben Silverman)
• Scrubs (Bill Lawrence)
• The Simpsons (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long & Carolyn Omine)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Comeback, Entourage, Everybody Hates Chris, Weeds)

Best Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Rebecca Eaton, executive producer; Nigel Stafford-Clark, producer)
• Elizabeth I (George Faber, Suzan Harrison, Charles Pattinson & Nigel Williams, executive producers; Barney Reisz, producer)
  
• The Girl in the Café (Paul Abbott & Richard Curtis, executive producers; Hilary Bevan Jones, producer)
• Into the West (Steven Spielberg, executive producer; Larry Rapaport & David A. Rosemont, producers)
• Mrs. Harris (Elizabeth Karlsen, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon & John Wells, executive producers; Chrisann Verges, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: Flight 93, Sleeper Cell, Thief, Viva Blackpool, Yesterday)

Best Variety Series

• The Colbert Report (Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart & Ben Karlin)
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Ben Karlin & Jon Stewart)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Lorne Michaels & Jeff Ross)
• Late Show with David Letterman (Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Rob Burnett & Jude Brennan)
• Saturday Night Live (Lorne Michaels)

Best Variety Special

• 48th Grammy Awards (Walter C. Miller & Ken Ehrlich, executive producers)
• 78th Academy Awards (Louis J. Horvitz, executive producer; Gilbert Cates, producer)
• Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (Bill Maher & Marc Gurvitz, executive producers; Michael Drumm & Andrea Allen, producers)
• George Carlin: Life is Worth Losing (George Carlin & Jerry Hamza, executive producers; Kimber Rickabaugh & Rocco Urbisci, producers)
• Winter Olympic Games XX - Opening Ceremony (Dick Ebersol, executive producer; David Neal & Molly Solomon, producer)

Best Reality Series

• Antiques Roadshow (Marsha Bemko)
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Tom Forman)
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Mark Wolper & Star Price)

Best Reality-Competition Series

• The Amazing Race (Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman & Hayma "Screech" Washington)
• American Idol (Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Cecile Frot-Coutaz & Simon Fuller)
• Dancing with the Stars (Conrad Green & Richard Hopkins)

Best Animated Program

• American Dad! - "Tears of a Clooney" (Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker & Matt Weitzman, executive producers; Brent Woods, director; Chris McKenna & Matt McKenna, writers)
• Boondocks - "Return of the King" (Aaron McGruder, executive producer/writer; Rodney Barnes, Brian J. Cowan & Carl Jones, executive producers; Kalvin Lee, director)
• Family Guy - "PTV" (Seth MacFarlane, David A. Goodman & Chris Sheridan, executive producers; Dan Povenmire, director; Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, writers)
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "Go Goo Go" (Craig McCracken, executive producer/director; Brian A. Miller, executive producer; Lauren Faust, animation director/writer; Robert Alvarez & Eric Pingle, animation directors)
• The Simpsons - "The Seemingly Neverending Story" (Al Jean, James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Matt Selman, Tim Long & Carolyn Omine, executive producers; Raymond S. Persi, director; Ian Maxtone-Graham, executive producer/writer)
• South Park - "Trapped in the Closet" (Trey Parker, executive producer/director/writer; Matt Stone & Anne Garefino, executive producers)
  (Honourable Mentions: AVATAR: The Last Airbender - "The Blind Bandit", Camp Lazlo - "Hello Dolly/Over Cooked Beans", Drawn Together - "A Very Special Drawn Together Afterschool Special", King of the Hill - "Hank's on Board")

Best Lead Actor - Drama

• James Gandolfini - The Sopranos (Episode: "The Fleshy Part of the Thing")
• Peter Krause - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Time Flies")
• Christopher Meloni - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "Ripped")
• Martin Sheen - The West Wing (Episode: "Tomorrow")
• Kiefer Sutherland - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
  (Honourable Mentions: Michael Chiklis - The Shield, Matthew Fox - Lost, Hugh Laurie - House, Denis Leary - Rescue Me, James Spader - Boston Legal)

Best Lead Actor - Comedy

• Steve Carell - The Office (Episode: "The Injury")
• Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "The Ski Lift")
• Jason Lee - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Seth MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Roger 'n' Me")
• Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "The Unfortunate Little Schnauzer")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jason Bateman - Arrested Development, Zach Braff - Scrubs, Ricky Gervais - Extras, Kevin James - The King of Queens, Tony Shalhoub - Monk)

Best Lead Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Andre Braugher - Thief
• Charles Dance - Bleak House
• Ben Kingsley - Mrs. Harris
• Donald Sutherland - Human Trafficking
• Jon Voight - Pope John Paul II
  (Honourable Mentions: Michael Ealy - Sleeper Cell, Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter, Bill Nighy - The Girl in the Café, Jeffrey Nordling - Flight 93, Chris Pine - Surrender Dorothy)

Best Lead Actress - Drama

• Kristen Bell - Veronica Mars (Episode: "Normal is the Watchwood")
• Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Episode: "911")
• Allison Janney - The West Wing (Episode: "Institutional Memory")
• Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (Episode: "Fantasy Date")
  (Honourable Mentions: Patricia Arquette - Medium, Geena Davis - Commander in Chief, Edie Falco - The Sopranos, Rachel Griffiths - Six Feet Under, Polly Walker - Rome)

Best Lead Actress - Comedy

• Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls (Episode: "New and Improved Lorelai")
• Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Does Another Classic Leno")
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine (Episode: "Supertramp")
• Debra Messing - Will & Grace (Episode: "The Finale")
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
  (Honourable Mentions: Stockhard Channing - Out of Practice, Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives, Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives, Jane Kaczmarek - Malcolm in the Middle, Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds)

Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
• Annette Bening - Mrs. Harris
• Judy Davis - A Little Thing Called Murder
• Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I
  
• Mira Sorvino - Human Trafficking
  (Honourable Mentions: Kathy Bates - Ambulance Girl, Vanessa Hudgens - High School Musical, Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House, Miranda Richardson - Gideon's Daughter, Alfre Woodard - The Water is Wide)

Best Supporting Actor - Drama

• Alan Alda - The West Wing (Episode: "The Last Hurrah")
• Michael Imperioli - The Sopranos (Episode: "Luxury Lounge")
• Gregory Itzin - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 3:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m.")
• Oliver Platt - Huff (Episode: "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?")
• William Shatner - Boston Legal (Episode: "Witches of Mass Destruction")
  (Honourable Mentions: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Lost, James Callis - Battlestar Galactica, Walton Goggins - The Shield, Forest Whitaker - The Shield, Bradley Whitford - The West Wing)

Best Supporting Actor - Comedy

• Will Arnett - Arrested Development (Episode: "S.O.B.s")
• Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Ergo, the Booty Call")
• Scott Grimes - American Dad! (Episode: "Star Trek")
• Sean Hayes - Will & Grace (Episode: "Alive and Schticking")
• Jeremy Piven - Entourage (Episode: "The Bat Mitzvah")
  (Honourable Mentions: Bryan Cranston - Malcolm in the Middle, Donald Faison - Scrubs, Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother, John C. McGinley - Scrubs, Ethan Suplee - My Name is Earl)

Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Robert Carlyle - Human Trafficking
• Clifton Collins, Jr. - Thief
• Hugh Dancy - Elizabeth I
• Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I
• David Tennant - Viva Blackpool
  (Honourable Mentions: Phil Davis - Bleak House, Zac Efron - High School Musical, Oded Fehr - Sleeper Cell, Toby Jones - Elizabeth I, Denis Lawson - Bleak House)

Best Supporting Actress - Drama

• Candice Bergen - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Ass Fat Jungle")
• Blythe Danner - Huff (Episode: "So... What Brings You to Armageddon?")
• Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "Deny, Deny, Deny")
• Jean Smart - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.")
• Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "As We know It")
  (Honourable Mentions: Lauren Ambrose - Six Feet Under, Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy, Tricia Helfer - Battlestar Galactica, Yunjin Kim - Lost, C.C.H. Pounder - The Shield)

Best Supporting Actress - Comedy

• Ashley Jensen - Extras (Episode: "Kate Winslet")
• Rachael MacFarlane - American Dad! (Episode: "Stannie Get Your Gun")
  
• Megan Mullally - Will & Grace (Episode: "The Finale")
• Jaime Pressly - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Joy's Wedding")
• Alfre Woodard - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "You'll Never Get Away from Me")
  (Honourable Mentions: Tichina Arnold - Everybody Hates Chris, Sarah Chalke - Scrubs, Cheryl Hines - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds, Jessica Walter - Arrested Development)

Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Emily Blunt - Gideon's Daughter
• Cloris Leachman - Mrs. Harris
• Kelly Macdonald - The Girl in the Café
• Carey Mulligan - Bleak House
• Mae Whitman - Thief
  (Honourable Mentions: Ellen Burstyn - Mrs. Harris, Pauline Collins - Bleak House, Shirley Jones - Hidden Places, Lainie Kazan - The Engagement Ring, Melissa Sagemiller - Sleeper Cell)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

• Christian Clemenson - Boston Legal (Episode: "Legal Deficits")
• Kyle Chandler - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "As We Know It")
• Henry Ian Cusick - Lost (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• Michael J. Fox - Boston Legal (Episode: "The Cancer Man Can")
• James Woods - ER (Episode: "Body and Soul")
  (Honourable Mentions: Robert Funero - The Sopranos, Rob Lowe - The West Wing, Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Grey's Anatomy, Oliver Platt - The West Wing)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

• Alec Baldwin - Will & Grace (Episode: "Streams Like Old Times")
• Martin Sheen - Two and a Half Men (Episode: "Sleep Tight, Puddin' Pop")
• Patrick Stewart - American Dad! (Episode: "Bullocks to Stan")
• Patrick Stewart - Extras (Episode: "Patrick Stewart")
• Ben Stiller - Extras (Episode: "Ben Stiller")
  (Honourable Mentions: Jason Bateman - Scrubs, Zach Braff - Arrested Development, Bobby Cannavale - Will & Grace, Malcolm McDowell - Entourage)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

• Shorheh Aghdashloo - ER (Episode: "Lost in America")
• Patricia Clarkson - Six Feet Under (Episode: "The Rainbow of Her Reasons")
• Swoosie Kurtz - Huff (Episode: "Which Lip is the Cervical Lip?")
• Cynthia Nixon - House (Episode: "Deception")
• Christina Ricci - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "As We Know It")
  (Honourable Mentions: Kate Burton - Grey's Anatomy, Joanna Cassidy - Six Feet Under, Anjelica Huston - Huff, Sharon Stone - Huff, Gina Torres - The Shield)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

• Blythe Danner - Will & Grace (Episode: "A Little Christmas Queer")
• Shirley Knight - Desperate Housewives (Episode: "Next")
• Cloris Leachman - Malcolm in the Middle (Episode: "Bride of Ida")
• Charlize Theron - Arrested Development (Episode: "The Ocean Walker")
• Kate Winslet - Extras (Episode: "Kate Winslet")
  (Honourable Mentions: Beverly D'Angelo - Entourage, Susie Essman - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Kathryn Joosten - Desperate Housewives, Laurie Metcalf - Monk, Debbie Reynolds - Will & Grace)

Best Direction - Drama

• Alan Ball - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• Jack Bender - Lost (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• Jon Cassar - 24 (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• Rodrigo García - Big Love (Episode: "Pilot")
• Mimi Leder - The West Wing (Episode: "Election Day: Part I")
• Tim Van Patten - The Sopranos (Episode: "Members Only")
  (Honourable Mentions: David Nutter - The Sopranos, Michael Rymer - Battlestar Galactica, Alan Taylor - Rome, Brad Turner - 24)

Best Direction - Comedy

• Marc Buckland - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Julian Farino - Entourage (Episode: "The Sundance Kids")
• Michael Patrick King - The Comeback (Episode: "Valerie Does Another Classic Leno")
• Robert B. Weide - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Episode: "The Christ Nail")
• Brent Woods - American Dad! (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
  (Honourable Mentions: Dan Attias - Entourage, Zach Braff - Scrubs, Larry Charles - Curb Your Enthusiasm, John Fortenberry - Arrested Development, Mike Kim - American Dad!)

Best Direction - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Justin Chadwick - Bleak House
• Tom Hooper - Elizabeth I
• Phyllis Nagy - Mrs. Harris
• Kenny Ortega - High School Musical
• David Yates - The Girl in the Café
  (Honourable Mentions: John David Coles - Thief, Clark Johnson - Sleeper Cell, Peter Markle - Flight 93, Stephen Poliakoff - Gideon's Daughter, Timothy Van Patten - Into the West)

Best Writing - Drama

• Alan Ball - Six Feet Under (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof - Lost (Episode: "The 23rd Psalm")
• Shonda Rhimes - Grey's Anatomy (Episode: "It's the End of the World")
• John Wells - The West Wing (Episode: "Tomorrow")
• Terence Winter - The Sopranos (Episode: "Members Only")
  (Honourable Mentions: Peter Blake - House, David Chase - The Sopranos, Adam E. Fierro & Shawn Ryan - The Shield, Rob Thomas - Veronica Mars, Krista Vernoff - Grey's Anatomy)

Best Writing - Comedy

• Greg Garcia - My Name is Earl (Episode: "Pilot")
• Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant - Extras (Episode: "Kate Winslet") 
• Ian Maxtone-Graham - The Simpsons (Episode: "The Seemingly Neverending Story")
• Chris & Matt McKenna - American Dad! (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Richard Day & Mitchell Hurwitz - Arrested Development (Episode: "Development Arrested")
  (Honourable Mentions: Steve Carell - The Office, Doug Ellin - Entourage, David Kohan & Max Mutchnick - Will & Grace, Chris Rock & Ali LeRoi - Everybody Hates Chris, Michael Schur - The Office)

Best Writing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Peter Barsocchini - High School Musical
• Richard Curtis - The Girl in the Café
• Andrew Davies - Bleak House
• Phyllis Nagy - Mrs. Harris
• Nigel Williams - Elizabeth I
  (Honourable Mentions: Janet Brownell - Once Upon a Mattress, William Mastrosimone - Into the West, Stephen Poliakoff - Gideon's Daughter, Nevin Schreiner - Flight 93, Cyrus Voris & Ethan Reiff - Sleeper Cell)

Best Casting - Drama

• Boston Legal (Ken Miller & Nikki Valko)
• Grey's Anatomy (John Brace & Linda Lowy)
• House (Stephanie Laffin & Amy Lippens)
• Lost (Veronica Collins Rooney, Mandy Sherman & April Webster)
• Six Feet Under (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
  

Best Casting - Comedy

• American Dad! (Linda Lamontagne)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Allison Jones)
• Desperate Housewives (Scott Genkinger & Junie Lowry-Johnson)
• Entourage (Sheila Jaffe, Meredith Tucker & Georgianne Walken)
• Weeds (Amy McIntyre Britt & Anya Coloff)

Best Casting - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Elizabeth I (Doreen Jones)
• The Girl in the Café (Fiona Weir)
• High School Musical (Natalie Hart & Jason LaPadura)
• Into the West (Rene Haynes, Meg Liberman & Cami Patton)
• Mrs. Harris (Libby Goldstein & Junie Lowry-Johnson)

Best Cinematography - Series

• 24 - Rodney Charters (Episode: "Day 5: 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.")
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigaton - Michael Slovis (Episode: "Time of Your Death")
• Lost - Michael Bonvillan (Episode: "Man of Science, Man of Faith")
• Six Feet Under - Rob Sweeney (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• The Sopranos - Phil Abraham (Episode: "Members Only")

Best Cinematography - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Kieran McGuigan)
• Elizabeth I (Larry Smith)
• Into the West (Alan Caso)
• Mrs. Harris (Steven Poster)
• Sleeper Cell (Robert Primes)

Best Costume Design - Series

• Battlestar Galactica - Glenne Campbell (Episode: "Lay Your Burdens Down: Part II")
• Desperate Housewives - Catherine Adair (Episode: "Next")
• Rome - April Ferry (Episode: "Triumph")
• Six Feet Under - Jill Ohanneson (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")
• The Sopranos - Juliet Polsca (Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...")

Best Costume Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Andrea Galer)
• Elizabeth I (Mike O'Neill)
• Into the West (Michael T. Boyd)
• Mrs. Harris (Julie Weiss)
  
• Once Upon a Mattress (Bob Mackie)

Best Editing - Series

• 24 - David Latham (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• American Dad! - Bobby Gibis (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Curb Your Enthusiasm - Steven Rasch (Episode: "The Ski Lift")
• Lost - Sue Blainey, Sarah Boyd & Stephen Semel (Episode: "Live Togehter, Die Alone")
• Weeds - David Helfand (Episode: "Good Shit Lollipop")
  (Honourable Mentions: 24 - Scott Powell, Arrested Development - Stuart Bass, Boston Legal - Philip Neel, The Office - Dean Holland, Will & Grace - Peter Chakos)

Best Editing - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Paul Knight)
• Elizabeth I (Beverly Mills)
  
• Elizabeth I (Melanie Oliver)
• Flight 93 (Scott Boyd)
• The Girl in the Café (Mark Day)

Best Ensemble - Drama

• 24 (Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kim Raver, Carlos Bernard, Gregory Itzin, James Morrison, Roger Cross, Louis Lombardi, Sean Astin & Jean Smart, et. al.)
• Battlestar Galactica (Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Michael Hogan, Aaron Douglas, Sam Witwer & Katee Sackhoff, et. al.)
• Lost (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Naveen Andrews, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Rodriguez & Terry O'Quinn, et. al.)
• The Sopranos (James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Schirripa & Aida Turturro, et. al.)
• The West Wing (Alan Alda, Stockhard Channing, Kristin Chenoweth, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Jimmy Smits & Martin Sheen)

Best Ensemble - Comedy

• American Dad! (Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane & Dee Bradley Baker, et. al.)
• Arrested Development (Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Alia Shawkat, Tony Hale, David Cross, Jeffrey Tambor & Jessica Walter, et. al.)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis, Bob Einstein, Shelley Berman & Ted Danson, et. al.)
• The Office (Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, Melora Hardin, Brian Baumgartner, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson & Mindy Kaling, et. al.)
• The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Russi Taylor & Tress MacNeille, et. al.)

Best Main Title Design

• 78th Academy Awards (Renato Grgic, Kristijan Petrovic, Alen Petkovic & Jon Teschner)
• Big Love (Kirk Baxter, Larry Ewing, Maurice Marable & Angus Wall)
• Prison Break (Dustin Frost, Alex Freeman & David Midgen)
• Rome (Kirk Balden, Andrew Hall, Angus Wall & Brad Waskewich)
  
• Weeds (Robert Bradley & Thomas Cobb)

Best Main Title Theme Music

• Big Love (Brian Wilson & Tony Asher)
• Masters of Horror (Edward Shearmur)
• Prison Break (Ramin Djawadi)
• Rome (Jeff Beal)
• Weeds (Malvina Reynolds)

Best Makeup - Series

• Black. White. - Brian Sipe, Keith VanderLaan & Will Huff (Episode: "Episode 1")
• Grey's Anatomy - Norman T. Leavitt, Thomas R. Burman & Bari Dreiband-Burman (Episode: "Yesterday")
• Nip/Tuck - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stephanie A. Fowler & Bari Dreiband-Burman (Episode: "Cherry Peck")
• Rome - Maurizio Silvi, Federico Laurenti & Laura Tonello (Episode: "Caesarion")
• Six Feet Under - Matthew W. Mungle, Michelle Vittone & John E. Jackson (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")

Best Makeup - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Daniel Phillips)
• Elizabeth I (Josh Weston & Gemma Richards)
• Into the West (Gail Kennedy & Matthew W. Mungle)
  
• Mrs. Harris (Tina Roesler Irwin, Elisa Marsh & Michele Baylis)
• The Ten Commandments (Michele Baylis, Angie Mudge & Jennifer Harty)

Best Music Composition - Series

• 24 - Sean Callery (Episode: "Day 5: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.")
• American Dad! - Walter Murphy (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Rome - Jeff Beal (Episode: "Triumph")
• Stargate Atlantis - Joel Goldsmith (Episode: "Grace Under Pressure")
• Supernatural - Christopher Lennertz (Episode: "Pilot")

Best Music Composition - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (John Lunn)
• Elizabeth I (Robert Lane)
• Into the West (Geoff Zanelli)
• Sleeper Cell (Paul Haslinger)
• Thief (Richard Marvin)

Best Original Music and Lyrics

• American Dad! - "Worst Place in the World" (Ron Jones, Carter Bays & Craig Thomas)
• Gideon's Daughter - "Natasha's Song" (Stephen Poliakoff & Adrian Johnston)
• High School Musical - "Breaking Free" (Jamie Houston)
• MADtv - "A Wonderfully Normal Day" (Greg O'Connor & Jim Wise)
• The Simpsons - "Lady Blue" (Ricky Gervais)

Best Production Design - Series

• Desperate Housewives - Thomas A. Walsh & Erica Rogalla (Episode: "Next")
• House - Derek R. Hill & Danielle Berman (Episode: "Acceptance")
• How I Met Your Mother - Steve Olson & Richard C. Walker (Episode: "Pilot")
• Rome - Joseph Bennett & Christina Onori (Episode: "The Stolen Eagle")
• Six Feet Under - Suzuki Ingerslev & Rusty Lipscomb (Episode: "Everyone's Waiting")

Best Production Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Bleak House (Simon Elliott & Andrea Galer)
• Elizabeth I (Eve Stewart & Sarah Whittle)
• The Girl in the Café (Candida Otton & Jacky Levy)
• Into the West (Marek Dobrowolski & Paul Healy)
• Mrs. Harris (Alison Dominitz & Barbara Munch)

Best Sound Design - Series

• 24 - William Dotson, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.")
• American Dad! - Bob Newlan, Shawn Ian Kerkhoff & Jim Fitzpatrick (Episode: "Tears of a Clooney")
• Battlestar Galactica - Jack Levy, Kenneth Kobett & Michael Olman (Episode: "Scattered")
• Lost - David Barbee, Marc Mayer, Frank Morrone & Scott Weber (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• The West Wing - Thomas A. Harris, Walter Newman & Ed Greene (Episode: "The Debate")

Best Sound Design - Miniseries or Made for Television Movie

• Elizabeth I (Becki Ponting & Paul Hamblin)
• Flight 93 (Harry E. Snodgrass, Mark Linden & Tara Paul)
• Into the West (G. Michael Graham, Rick Alexander & Richard D. Rogers)
• Sleeper Cell (Mark Cookson, Joe Earle & Elmo Ponsdomenech)
• The Ten Commandments (Sean Byrne, Terry O'Bright & Keith Rogers)

Best Visual Effects

• Battlestar Galactica - Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Steve Kullback & Lane Jolly (Episode: "Resurrection Ship")
• Into the West - Craig Waiss, Tim McHugh, Chris Tezber & Christopher DeCristo (Episode: "Hell on Wheels")
• Lost - Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, Jay Worth & Archie Ahuna (Episode: "Live Together, Die Alone")
• Perfect Disaster - Gareth Edwards & Bob Trevino (Episode: "Super Tornado")
• Rome - James Madigan, Barrie Hemsley, Clare Herbert & Anne Panton (Episode: "The Stolen Eagle")

Best Voice-Over Performance

• Dan Castellaneta - The Simpsons for voicing Groundskeeper Willie (and others) in "My Fair Laddy"
• Keith Ferguson - Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for voicing Bloo in "Squeeze the Day"
• Kelsey Grammer - The Simpsons for voicing Sideshow Bob in "The Italian Bob"
• Julie Kavner - The Simpsons for voicing Marge Simpson in "Regarding Margie"
• Wendy Schaal - American Dad! for voicing Francine Smith in "Tears of a Clooney"