The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004) (TV)

Directors:

Louis J. Horvitz
Roger Goodman

Writers:

Beth Armogida (special material written by)
Kathleen Madigan (host writer)

Release Date:

19 September 2004 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Awards Show | TV Special | Number In Title

Cast

Garry Shandling	...	Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kirstie Alley	...	Herself
Jennifer Aniston	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate	...	Herself / Nominee for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Antonio Banderas	...	Himself - Nominee: Oustanding Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Jason Bateman	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Guest Performances [Comedy Series]
Lonnie Beard	...	Writer
Samantha Bee	...	'Sally' Colonial Trollop
Linda Bourgon	...	Herself
Adam Brody	...	Himself
Glenn Close	...	Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Drama Series
Simon Cowell	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer	...	Himself - Co -presenter Outstanding Lead Actrees in a Comdey Series
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Comedy Series
Drea de Matteo	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Portia de Rossi	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Guest Actor and Actress in a Comedy Series
Dayna Devon	...	Herself
Edie Falco	...	Herself - Co-presenter
James Gandolfini	...	Himself - Co-presenter
Victor Garber	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Garner	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Kelsey Grammer	...	Himself - Winner: Outsanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jasmine Guy	...	Herself
Walter Hill	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Ron Howard	...	Himself
Anjelica Huston	...	Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
David Hyde Pierce	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Michael Imperioli	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Allison Janney	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Tony Kushner	...	Himself - Winner: Best Writing in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Matt LeBlanc	...	Himself (Nominee)
Laura Linney	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series / Co-presenter: Best Director [Comedy Series]
Heather Locklear	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Lindsay Lohan	...	Herself
Christopher McDonald	...	Himself
Kathryn Morris	...	Herself - Presenter
Gregory Nava	...	Himself
Mike Nichols	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Cynthia Nixon	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Chris Noth	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Conan O'Brien	...	Himself - Co-presenter
Al Pacino	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series / Co-presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Brad Pitt	...	Himself
Temple Poteat	...	Herself
Joely Richardson	...	Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Made for TV Movie
Neil Ross	...	Announcer
Sam Saboura	...	Fashion Correspondent
Jennifer Sciole	...	Herself
William Shatner	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Charlie Sheen	...	Himself - Co - presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Gregory Smith	...	Himself
James Spader	...	Himself - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jon Stewart	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Sharon Stone	...	Herself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Meryl Streep	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie
Elaine Stritch	...	Herself - Winner: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Donald Trump	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
John Turturro	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Direction in a Comedy Series
Blair Underwood	...	Himself - Co-presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Barbara Walters	...	Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Mini-Series
Jeffrey Wright	...	Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Shrine Auditorium - 665 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

E! Entertainment Television

Quotes:

Elaine Stritch: I know that most of you who just won an award are thinking "Hah! I'm glad I won and you didn't!".

Movie Connections:

References "American Family" (2002)

I didn't like it much

Okay, so I'm not a big fan of TV awards, but I thought the Emmys might be interesting. How wrong I was. I found myself unable to watch all of it. Most of it is really really boring, and it's designed for the people involved - which is fair enough, after all, it's their awards show, and I guess because the general public isn't involved they won't find it interesting. Anyway, I liked James Spader and a couple of the other people, but the red carpet stuff was really boring and full of people I hadn't heard of. (Again, this could be because I don't really watch TV much. If you do, you might have liked it.) The presenters were terrible - either they were openly boring, or trying and failing to be funny.