<i>Six Feet Under</i> dominates Emmy nominations (5044)

Six Feet Under, the HBO series created by gay Oscar-winner Alan Ball about a dysfunctional family of undertakers, dominated the nominations for the 54th annual Emmy Awards, picking up 23 nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Actor (for both Michael C. Hall as gay mortician David Fisher and for Peter Krause as Nate Fisher), Best Actress (for both Frances Conroy and Rachel Griffiths), and Best Supporting Actress (Lauren Ambrose). Other nominations of interest include a Made-for-TV Movie nomination for HBO's The Laramie Project, a reality programming nod for the gay-inclusive American High, an editing nomination for the documentary Southern Comfort, and a Best Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie, nomination for Stockard Channing's portrayal of Judy Shepard in NBC's The Matthew Shepard Story, not to mention multiple nominations for Will & Grace. The Emmys will air on NBC on September 22.

Here is a complete list of nominees:

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show; Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond; Kelsey Grammer, Frasier; Matt LeBlanc, Friends; Matthew Perry, Friends

Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Michael Chiklis, The Shield; Michael C. Hall, Six Feet Under; Peter Krause, Six Feet Under; Kiefer Sutherland, 24; Martin Sheen, The West Wing

Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Albert Finney, The Gathering Storm; James Franco, James Dean; Michael Gambon, Path to War; Kenneth Branagh, Shackleton; Beau Bridges, We Were the Mulvaneys

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond; Jennifer Aniston, Friends; Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle; Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City; Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Jennifer Garner, Alias; Amy Brenneman, Judging Amy; Rachel Griffiths, Six Feet Under; Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under; Allison Janney, The West Wing

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Vanessa Redgrave, The Gathering Storm; Angela Bassett, The Rosa Parks Story; Blythe Danner, We Were the Mulvaneys; Laura Linney, Wild Iris; Gena Rowlands, Wild Iris

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Peter Boyle, Everybody Loves Raymond; Brad Garrett, Everybody Loves Raymond; David Hyde Pierce, Frasier; Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle; Sean Hayes, Will & Grace

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Victor Garber, Alias; Freddy Rodriguez, Six Feet Under; Dule Hill, The West Wing; John Spencer, The West Wing; Bradley Whitford, The West Wing; Richard Schiff, The West Wing

Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie: Jim Broadbent, The Gathering Storm; Michael Moriarity, James Dean; Alec Baldwin, Path to War; Don Cheadle, Things Behind the Sun; Jon Voight, Uprising

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Doris Roberts, Everybody Loves Raymond; Wendie Malick, Just Shoot Me; Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City; Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City; Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Tyne Daly, Judging Amy; Lauren Ambrose, Six Feet Under; Mary-Louise Parker, The West Wing; Stockard Channing, The West Wing; Janel Moloney, The West Wing

Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie: Sissy Spacek, Last Call; Stockard Channing, The Matthew Shepard Story; Joan Allen, The Mists of Avalon; Anjelica Huston, The Mists of Avalon; Diana Rigg, Victoria and Albert

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Adam Arkin, Frasier; Anthony LaPaglia, Frasier; Brian Cox, Frasier; Brad Pitt, Friends; Michael Douglas, Will & Grace

Guest Actor in a Drama Series: John Larroquette, The Practice; Charles S. Dutton, The Practice; Ron Silver, The West Wing; Tim Matheson, The West Wing; Mark Harmon, The West Wing

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Katherine Helmond, Everybody Loves Raymond; Susan Sarandon, Malcolm in the Middle; Cloris Leachman, Malcolm in the Middle; Frances Sternhagen, Sex and the City; Glenn Close, Will & Grace

Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Mary McDonnell, ER; Martha Plimpton, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Patricia Clarkson, Six Feet Under; Lili Taylor, Six Feet Under; Illeana Douglas, Six Feet Under

Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program: Sting, A&E in Concert: Sting in Tuscany...All This Time; Billy Joel, Billy Joel: In His Own Words; Jon Stewart, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart; Wayne Brady, Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Ryan Stiles, Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Comedy Series:Curb Your Enthusiasm, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Sex and the City, Will & Grace

Drama Series:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, 24, The West Wing

Outstanding Miniseries:Band of Brothers, Dinotopia, The Mists of Avalon, Shackleton

Made-for-Television Movie:Dinner With Friends, The Gathering Storm, James Dean, The Laramie Project, Path to War

Variety, Music, or Comedy Series:The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Late Show With David Letterman, Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

Variety, Music, or Comedy Special:The 74th Annual Academy Awards, America: A Tribute to Heroes, The Carol Burnett Show "Show Stoppers," Cirque du Soleil's Alegria, Concert for New York City, Opening Ceremony Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games

Classical Music-Dance Program: "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess With the New York City Opera" (Live From Lincoln Center); "Joshua Bell: West Side Story Suite From Central Park" (Great Performances); "Mostly Mozart Festival 2001--Mozart's 'Requiem'" (Live From Lincoln Center); Sweeney Todd in Concert

Children's Program:The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Afghanistan, Nick News With Linda Ellerbee, Rugrats: All Growed Up, SpongeBob SquarePants

Nonfiction Special (Informational):The Human Face With John Cleese; In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01; Inside the Actors Studio: 100th Guest Special; 9/11; We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company

Nonfiction Series (Informational):Antiques Roadshow, Behind the Music, Biography, The E! True Hollywood Story, Inside the Actors Studio

Nonfiction Program (Reality):American High, Frontier House, The Osbournes, Project Greenlight, Taxicab Confessions, Trauma: Life in the ER

Special-Class Program:AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies, I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special, Survivor, Trading Spaces, The West Wing: Documentary Special

Sound Editing for a Series:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Chasing the Bus"; Enterprise, "Broken Bow (Pilot)"; ER, "Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain"; Smallville, "Pilot"; Third Watch, "Falling"

Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints, Part 1; Band of Brothers, Part 2: "Day of Days"; The Lost Battalion; Shackleton, Part 2; Uprising, Part 2

Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera):Blue Planet: Seas of Life; In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01; 9/11; The True Story of Black Hawk Down; When Dinosaurs Roamed America

Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Primum Non Nocere"; ER, "Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain"; NYPD Blue, "Johnny Got His Gold"; Six Feet Under, "Pilot"; 24, "11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m."

Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie:Band of Brothers, Part 2: "Day of Days"; Band of Brothers, Part 3: "Carentan"; Band of Brothers, Part 7: "The Breaking Point"; The Gathering Storm; The Lost Battalion

Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special:Everybody Loves Raymond, "It's Supposed to Be Fun"; Frasier, "Bla-Z-Boy"; Friends, "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby (Parts 1 and 2)"; Will & Grace, "Fagel Attraction"

Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special:A&E in Concert: Sting in Tuscany...All This Time, America: A Tribute to Heroes, Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Sound Mixing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera):Blue Planet: Seas of Life, "Deep"; In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01; 9/11; Brooks; The True Story of Black Hawk Down

Special Visual Effects for a Series:Enterprise, "Breaking the Ice"; Enterprise, "Broken Bow (Pilot)"; Smallville, "Pilot"; Stargate SG-1, "Enemies"; Stargate SG-1, "Revelations"

Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Band of Brothers, Part 4: "Replacements"; Band of Brothers, Part 2: "Day of Days"; Dinotopia, Part 3; Superfire; Walking With Prehistoric Beasts

Stunt Coordination:Alias; Band of Brothers, Part 3: "Carentan"; Malcolm in the Middle, "Company Picnic"; Third Watch, "Superheroes"; Uprising, Part 2

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series:Late Show With David Letterman, Episode #1668; Saturday Night Live, Britney Spears; Survivor: Africa, "Finale and the Reunion"; The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Episode #2230

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:A&E in Concert: Sting in Tuscany...All This Time, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, America: A Tribute to Heroes, Britney Spears Live From Las Vegas, The Carol Burnett Show "Show Stoppers"

Writing for a Comedy Series:Andy Richter Controls the Universe, "Pilot"; The Bernie Mac Show, "Pilot"; Everybody Loves Raymond, "Marie's Sculpture"; Everybody Loves Raymond, "The Angry Family"; Sex and the City, "My Motherboard, My Self"

Writing for a Drama Series:Alias, "Truth Be Told (Pilot)"; ER, "On the Beach"; The Shield, "Pilot"; 24, "Midnight-1:00 a.m."; The West Wing, "Posse Comitatus"

Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program:America: A Tribute to Heroes, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Late Show With David Letterman, Saturday Night Live

Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special: Band of Brothers, The Gathering Storm, The Laramie Project, Path to War, Shackleton

Animated Program (Less than One Hour):As Told by Ginger, "Lunatic Lake"; Futurama, "Roswell That Ends Well"; King of the Hill, "Bobby Goes Nuts"; The Simpsons, "She of Little Faith"; South Park, "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants"

Animated Program (One Hour or More):Samurai Jack, "Trilogy"; Walking With Prehistoric Beasts; When Dinosaurs Roamed America

Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series:Emeril, "Halloween"; Friends, "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby (Parts 1 & 2)"; That '70s Show, "That '70s Musical"; Titus, "Into Thin Air"; Will & Grace, "Cheatin' Trouble Blues"

Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series:Alias, "Truth Be Told (Pilot)"; Six Feet Under, "Back to the Garden"; Six Feet Under, "Pilot"; 24, "Midnight-1:00 a.m."; The West Wing, "Manchester (Part 2)"

Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Band of Brothers, Part 7: The Breaking Point; Dinotopia, Part 1; James Dean; The Mists of Avalon, Part 1; Stephen King's Rose Red, Part 2

Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program:A&E in Concert: Sting in Tuscany...All This Time, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, Concert for New York City, The 44th Annual Grammy Awards, MADtv's 3rd Annual Salute to the Movies, Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games

Casting for a Comedy Series:Frasier, Friends, Scrubs, Sex and the City, Will & Grace

Casting for a Drama Series:Alias, Law & Order, Once and Again, Six Feet Under, 24, The West Wing

Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Band of Brothers, The Gathering Storm, James Dean, The Laramie Project, Path to War

Choreography:The 74th Annual Academy Awards; Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour; MADtv, "MADtv's 7th Season Premiere"; Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration; Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games; Target Stars on Ice

Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series:American Family, "The Forgotten War"; Frasier, "Deathtrap"; Friends, "The One With the Rumor"; Will & Grace, "A Chorus Lie"

Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series:Alias, "Truth Be Told (Pilot)"; Ally McBeal, "Reality Bites"; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Identity Crisis"; Six Feet Under, "Driving Mr. Mossback"; The West Wing, "Bartlet for America"

Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie:Band of Brothers, Part 8: "The Patrol"; James Dean; The Mists of Avalon, Part 1; Path to War; Shackleton, Part 2; Uprising, Part 2

Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera):American Experience, "Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film"; Blue Planet: Seas of Life, "Ocean World"; The Human Face With John Cleese; In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01; 9/11

Commercial: Computer Associates Bright Star, "Amnesia"; Visa, "Broadway Tribute"; Disney, "First Words"; Nike, "Move"; Fox Sports, "Nail Gun"; Anheuser-Busch Inc., "Out of Towner"

Costumes for a Series:Alias, "Truth Be Told (Pilot)"; Farscape, "Into the Lion's Den, Part 1: Lambs to the Slaughter"; Sex and the City, "Defining Moments"; Six Feet Under, "Back to the Garden"; That '70s Show, "That '70s Musical"; Will & Grace, "A Moveable Feast"

Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints, Part 1; Dinotopia, Part 1; The Gathering Storm; James Dean, The Mists of Avalon, Part 1; Victoria and Albert, Part 1

Costumes for a Variety or Music Program:Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour; MADtv's Holiday Spectacular; Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games; Saturday Night Live (Host: Ian McKellen); Target Stars on Ice

Directing for a Comedy Series:Curb Your Enthusiasm, "The Doll"; Malcolm in the Middle, "Christmas"; Scrubs, "My Old Lady"; Sex and the City, "The Real Me"; Will & Grace, "A Chorus Lie"

Directing for a Drama Series:The Shield, "Pilot"; Six Feet Under, "Pilot"; 24, "Midnight-1:00 a.m. (Pilot)"; The West Wing, "The Indians in the Lobby"; The West Wing, "Posse Comitatus"

Directing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program:The 74th Annual Academy Awards, America: A Tribute to Heroes, From Broadway: Fosse, Late Show With David Letterman, Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games

Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special:Band of Brothers, The Gathering Storm, James Dean, The Laramie Project, Path to War

Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series:Alias, "Q&A"; Six Feet Under, "Pilot"; 24, "Midnight-1:00 a.m. (Pilot)"; 24, "7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m."; The West Wing, "Bartlet for America"; The West Wing, "10,000 Airplanes"

Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Band of Brothers, Part 2: "Day of Days"; Band of Brothers, Part 4: "Replacements"; James Dean; The Lost Batallion, Shackleton, Part 2

Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series:Everybody Loves Raymond, "Talk to Your Daughter"; Frasier, "The Proposal"; Friends, "The One With the Rumor"; Friends, "The One With the Halloween Party"; Will & Grace, "A Chorus Lie"

Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:A&E in Concert: Sting in Tuscany...All This Time, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, Janet Jackson: In Concert From Hawaii, John Leguizamo's Sexaholix...A Love Story; U2 Elevation 2001: Live From Boston

Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera):America Undercover, "Small Town Ecstasy"; America Undercover, "Southern Comfort"; Blue Planet: Seas of Life, "Ocean World"; In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01; 9/11; Survivor: Marquesas, "Two Peas in a Pod"

Hairstyling for a Series:Alias, "Q&A"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Hell's Bells"; Enterprise, "Two Days and Two Nights"; Sex and the City, "Ghost Town"; Six Feet Under, "I'll Take You"

Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special:Anne Rice's The Feast of All Saints, Part 1; Band of Brothers, Part 5: "Crossroads"; Dinotopia, Part 1; James Dean; The Mists of Avalon, Part 1; Path to War

Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for VMC Programming:A&E in Concert: Sting in Tuscany...All This Time; The 74th Annual Academy Awards; America: A Tribute to Heroes; Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games; Survivor: Africa, "Finale and the Reunion"

Main Title Design:Band of Brothers, The Mind of the Married Man, Six Feet Under, Wolf Lake

Makeup for a Series (Nonprosthetic):Alias, "Q&A"; Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Hell's Bells"; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Slaves of Las Vegas"; MADtv, "MADtv's 7th Season Premiere"; Six Feet Under, "Pilot"

Makeup for a Series (Prosthetic):Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Hell's Bells"; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Overload"; Enterprise, "Broken Bow (Pilot)"; Six Feet Under, "A Private Life"

Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Nonprosthetic):Band of Brothers, Part 9: "Why We Fight"; Dinotopia, Part 1; James Dean; Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Part 2; The Mists of Avalon, Part 1

Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Prosthetic):Band of Brothers, Part 3: "Carentan"; Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Part 2

Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore):Blue Planet: Seas of Life, "Ocean World"; JAG, "Adrift (Part 2)"; 24, "7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m."; The X-Files, "The Truth"; Xena: Warrior Princess, "A Friend in Need II"

Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special (Dramatic Underscore):Dinner With Friends; Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Part 2; Last Call; The Mists of Avalon, Part 1; Shackleton, Part 2; We Were the Mulvaneys

Music Direction:Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Once More With Feeling"; Dinotopia, Part 1; The Kennedy Center Honors; Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games; Ultimate Manilow!

Music and Lyrics:The Carol Burnett Show "Show Stoppers," "A Mackie Rag"; The Fairly Odd Parents, "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas"; Family Guy, "You've Got a Lot to See"; Judging Amy, "The Best Kind of Answer"; The Simpsons, "Ode to Branson"

Main Title Theme Music:A Day in Their Lives, First Monday, Justice League, Six Feet Under, Wolf Lake