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Tyne Daly, Doris Roberts Win Emmys

Posted on: Sunday, 21 September 2003, 06:00 CDT

Veteran actresses Tyne Daly and Doris Roberts were honored as best supporting actresses at Sunday's Emmy Awards.

"Wow. That was worth coming up here for," Roberts said after receiving a congratulatory kiss from presenter Matthew Perry as she accepted the comedy series supporting actress award for "Everybody Loves Raymond."

"I'm a triple crown winner," she said of third career Emmy.

Daly was honored for her role in the CBS drama series, "Judging Amy."

Brad Garrett, Roberts' fellow cast member on "Everybody Loves Raymond," won best supporting actor. Garrett recently had a short walkout from work on the new season as he sought a bigger salary.

"It's good to be back," Garrett said.

Garry Shandling, one of many comedians serving as hosts of the show, received a long kiss from Garrett that parodied the Madonna-Britney Spears kiss from the MTV Video Music Awards. Perry kept the joke going with his smooch planted on Roberts.

The show was broadcast on the Fox network, which almost faced a conflict when the preceding New York Giants-Washington Redskins football game went into overtime. But just 12 minutes before the Emmys' start time a field goal put New York ahead and ended the game.

HBO's "The Sopranos," which received 13 nominations for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, had the chance to become the only cable series ever named best drama.

The funeral home drama "Six Feet Under," another HBO series, was the top nominee with 16 bids, followed by NBC's "The West Wing" with 15 nominations.

The top comedy nominees, with 13 bids each, were CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond" and HBO's "Sex and the City."

HBO led the nominations with its highest-ever total, 109. NBC was second with 77, followed by CBS with 59, Fox with 37 and ABC with 33. PBS earned 16 nominations. The awards are given by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The second Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was to be presented to Bill Cosby. Oprah Winfrey was the inaugural recipient last year.

Winners in creative arts categories were announced at a Sept. 13 ceremony, including one award for "Six Feet Under" and one each for "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "Sex and the City."

Among networks, NBC received a leading 11 creative arts awards, followed by HBO with 10, CBS with nine, ABC with eight and Fox and PBS with seven each.

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In the creative arts ceremony held earlier this month, awards were announced in craft categories including outstanding choreography, editing and makeup.

Four acting awards for guest roles also were given out. Emmys for best guest actress and actor in a drama series went to Alfre Woodard for "The Practice" and Charles S. Dutton for "Without a Trace."

For guest actor and actress in a comedy series, the winners were Gene Wilder for "Will & Grace" and Christina Applegate for "Friends."

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