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Show nMFSDAY, SEPTEMBER t's .e Enimys on Sunday hon-,- i such as drama but televisions highest showed a fondness for its i t.tS Everybody Loves mond" was named best ,r dv senes for its ninth mal season; it had won , ime prize two years ago. , s "Desperate seri-- , ewives," the red-ho- t ,d been the heavy v,i ite for its first season. All year long they've been i C -- now 'ig us, "Do you think show is go mg, does sit--p j,,i mean the end of the 6 ),:i A creator Raymond h, Rosenthal said es 1 if s itLost" I want to also think, beyond the end of laughing." I Damon iridelof thanked ABC and mmy voters for believing in le challenging mystery. "We in w it can be frustrating," he ad "Bear with us. The two winners for top ch esses in series were major urpnses. Felicity Huffman ei ned the comedy award for Desperate Housewives" over 0 sou's Teri Hatcher and Lircia Cross Huffman hanked her "incomparable" tusband, actor William H. 4acy. Patricia Arquette was arned top drama actress for IBC s "Medium" m its first Bason She saluted volunteer lorkers in the hurricane-dev-st- a ed Gulf Coast. Otherwise, familiar faces i ept DIXIE SUN - 3 deja vu at Emmys as past winners receive recognition a few newcomers Js Lost" as top t WORLD NEWS 21, 2005 appearing at the podium. sunporting comedy roles, Ions Roberts won her fourth mmy as the meddling moth-- r 1 on "Raymond,", and Brad larrett earned his third as er son. Garrett od "I have to dedicate this ) Bi itney (Spears) and our a bv This is amazing." Tony Shalhoub earned his 3cond award for comedy ctor as the obsessive-compul- detective on USAs sad-sac- )ve Spader of ABCs picked up his cond award as dramahc ctor for playing Alan Shore. Pader thanked his mother nee because he forgot to lention her last year when he 'on for the same character Legal" n The Practice." V' illiam Shatner was amed best supporting actor i Boston Legal" and picked P his second prize for play-i- g Denny Crane. CBS The Amazing Race" 'on its third consecutive tro-has top reality competition. But the most important ?piat was Ellen DeGeneres eturn as host. She performed rilliantly four years ago in uidmg a telecast twice y delayed after the terrorist attacks and the start of airstnkes on Afghanistan. She was equally fine Sunday m overseeing the 57th annual ceremony DeGeneres, a New Orleans native, stressed the need for laughter after the national tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. "Be sure to look for me next month when I host the North Korean People's Choice Awards," she joked. David Letterman paid tribute to the late Johnny Carson as the mediums greatest star and saluted him for 30 years of "such wit, charm, intelligence and grace. Comedy Centrals The Daily Show earned its third consecutive Emmy as top variety series. Star Stewart said comedians of his era have the same high regard for Letterman that the CBS host does for Carson. Former anchors Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw received a prolonged standing ovation for a tribute that also honored the late Peter Jennings. "He left us far too soon," Rather said. Blythe Danner, a three-tim-e nominee this year, won as supporting dramatic actress for Showtimes "Huff." "I think my husband, Bruce Paltrow, is up there, stirring this up for me," she said of her late husband, a director. Danner also thanked her children, who include actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and pleaded for the return of U.S. troops from Iraq HBO dominated the movie categories. Geoffrey Rush was top actor for playing the title character m The Life and Death of Peter Sellers." Rush, an Australian, recalled the thrill of watching American entertainers, such as Jackie Gleason and Red Skelton. The Sellers film also won honors for writing and direction. Director Stephen Hopkins, who is working in Baton Rouge, La., called attention to the selflessness there after the hurricane. The best movie honor went to HBO's "Warm Springs, the story of Franklin Roosevelt's learning to overcome self-pitafter contracting polio. Jane Alexander won the supporting actress prize for playing Roosevelt's mother. S. Epatha Merkerson was named best movie actress for HBO's "Lackawanna Blues." The "Law & Order" actress had put her speech down her dress and couldn't retrieve it. "Its probably stuck to me," she said, as the audience laughed. "My mothers watching. Shes going to die. y Paul Newman was named top supporting actor in a movie for HBO's "Empire Falls." HBO didn't wm the mims-erieprize that went to The Lost Prince," which aired on PBS "Masterpiece Theatre. 'Thank you all for supportmg public broadcasting," said executive producer Rebecca Eaton. To heighten viewer interest, the Emmys instituted a celebrity-singing contest modeled on American IdoL Apprentice" star Donald Trump and Megan Mullally of Will & Grace" were winners for a zany rendition of the Green Acres theme Charles McDougall was named top comedy director for ABC's Desperate Housewives. When his agent told him of the project, McDougall said, I wasn't sure whether it was a TV program or an invitation to a Hollywood s party." (c) 2005, Distributed by Knight RidderTribune Information Services. Ellen Degeneress hosted the 57th Annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. |