Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS'
Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle, Fox
Debra Messing, Will & Grace, NBC'+*
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City, HBO'
Edie Falco, The Sopranos, HBO'*
Jennifer Garner, Alias, ABC'+
Marg Helgenberger, CSI, CBS'
Allison Janney, The West Wing, NBC'
Helena Bonham Carter, Live From Baghdad, HBO
Jessica Lange, Normal, HBO
Helen Mirren, Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Showtime
Maggie Smith, My House in Umbria, HBO*
Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle, Fox
Brad Garrett, Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS'
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace, NBC'+
David Hyde Pierce, Frasier, NBC'
John Mahoney, Frasier, NBC'
Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos, HBO'
Joe Pantoliano, The Sopranos, HBO'*
John Spencer, The West Wing, NBC'
Bradley Whitford, The West Wing, NBC'
Chris Cooper, My House in Umbria, HBO
Ben Gazzara, Hysterical Blindness, HBO'+*
John Malkovich, Napoleon, A&E
Peter O'Toole, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, CBS'