Sunday, September 12, 1999
Kiesewetter's picks for Emmys
Here are nominees in top categories for the prime-time Emmys presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and TV Critic John Kiesewetter's picks to win:
• Comedy series: Ally McBeal, Fox; Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS; Frasier, NBC; Friends, NBC; Sex and the City, HBO.
Kiese pick: Friends.
• Drama series: ER, NBC; Law & Order, NBC; NYPD Blue, ABC; The Practice, ABC; The Sopranos, HBO.
Kiese pick: NYPD Blue.
• Miniseries: Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's “Great Expectations,” PBS; Horatio Hornblower, A&E; Joan of Arc, CBS; The '60s, NBC; The Temptations, NBC.
Kiese pick: Joan of Arc.
• TV movie: The Baby Dance, Showtime; Dash and Lilly, A&E; A Lesson Before Dying, HBO; Pirates of Silicon Valley, TNT; The Rat Pack, HBO.
Kiese pick: The Baby Dance.
• Comedy actor: Michael J. Fox, Spin City, ABC; Kelsey Grammer, Frasier, NBC; John Lithgow, 3rd Rock From the Sun, NBC; Paul Reiser, Mad About You, NBC; Ray Romano, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS.
Kiese pick:Michael J. Fox.
• Comedy actress: Jenna Elfman, Dharma & Greg, ABC; Calista Flockhart, Ally McBeal, Fox; Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS; Helen Hunt, Mad About You, NBC; Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City, HBO.
Kiese pick: Patricia Heaton.
• Drama actor: Dennis Franz, NYPD Blue, ABC; James Gandolfini, The Sopranos, HBO; Dylan McDermott, The Practice, ABC; Jimmy Smits, NYPD Blue, ABC; Sam Waterston, Law & Order, NBC.
Kiese pick: Dennis Franz.
• Drama actress: Gillian Anderson, The X-Files, Fox; Lorraine Bracco, The So pranos, HBO; Edie Falco, The Sopranos, HBO; Christine Lahti, Chicago Hope, CBS; Julianna Margulies, ER, NBC.
Kiese pick: Edie Falco.
• Comedy supporting actor: Peter Boyle, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS; John Mahoney, Frasier, NBC; Peter MacNicol, Ally McBeal, Fox; David Hyde Pierce, Frasier, NBC; David Spade, Just Shoot Me, NBC.
Kiese picks: John Mahoney.
• Comedy supporting actress: Kristen Johnston, 3rd Rock From the Sun, NBC; Lisa Kudrow, Friends, NBC; Lucy Liu, Ally McBeal, Fox; Wendie Malick, Just Shoot Me, NBC; Doris Roberts, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS.
Kiese picks: Doris Roberts.
• Drama supporting actor: Michael Badalucco, The Practice, ABC; Benjamin Bratt, Law & Order, NBC; Steve Harris, The Practice, ABC; Steven Hill, Law & Order, NBC; Noah Wyle, ER, NBC.
Kiese picks: Michael Badalucco.
• Drama supporting actress: Lara Flynn Boyle, The Practice, ABC; Kim Delaney, NYPD Blue, ABC; Camryn Manheim, The Practice, ABC; Nancy Marchand, The Sopranos, HBO; Holland Taylor, The Practice, ABC.
Kiese picks: Nancy Marchand.
• Variety, music or comedy series: Dennis Miller Live, HBO; Late Show with David Letterman, CBS; Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, ABC; Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC; Tracey Takes On, HBO.
Kiese picks: Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
• Variety, music or comedy special: 71st Annual Academy Awards, ABC; George Carlin: You Are All Diseased, HBO; Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time, HBO; John Leguizamo's Freak, HBO; 1998 Tony Awards, CBS.
Kiese picks: Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time.
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