Emmy Loves "Raymond," Finds "Lost"

Everybody loved Raymond one last time.

The long-running CBS sitcom, which wrapped this year after nine seasons, captured the trophy for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 57th Annual Emmy Awards Sunday night, beating out comedic contenders including Desperate Housewives and Arrested Development.

In his tongue-in-cheek acceptance speech, the sitcom's executive producer, Phil Rosenthal, predicted a grave future for post-Raymond television.

"All year long, they've been asking us, 'Do you think, now that your show is going, is this the end of the sitcom?' " Rosenthal said. "I want to say, yes. Beyond that, it's the end of laughing and the end of smiling."

Raymond star Brad Garrett captured his third Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy, while Doris Roberts picked up the Best Supporting Actress prize for a fourth time.

"This is the icing on the cake," Roberts said, flanked onstage by her two grandsons. "Nine wonderful years on Everybody Loves Raymond, and to finish it off like this is wonderful."

Garrett, the evening's first Emmy recipient, said he was dedicating his award to "Britney and our baby."

"This is amazing," he added.

Ellen DeGeneres served as host of the awards ceremony, keeping the audience amused with her quirky bits and banter, but balancing the evening with an occasional somber note.

The native New Orleanian said she was sending her thoughts and prayers out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and pointed out that it was the second time she had hosted the Emmy Awards in the wake of a national tragedy, having previously hosted the ceremony following 9-11.

"I'm really, really honored because it's times like these that we really need to laugh," DeGeneres said. "And look for me next month when I host the North Korean People's Choice Awards."

Lost, ABC's frosh sensation, found success, too, capturing the award for Outstanding Drama Series, as well as the Emmy for Directing in a Drama Series for helmer J.J. Abrams. In all, the series captured six of the 12 awards for which it was nominated.

Desperate Housewives, the Alphabet net's other big Emmy contender, also picked up six awards (out of the 15 for which it was nominated), including the Emmy for Leading Actress in a Comedy for Felicity Huffman, who triumphed over her costars, Teri Hatcher and Marcia Cross.

Huffman launched into a breathless and teary acceptance speech, apologizing for becoming "one of those actresses" and thanking the women of Wisteria Lane. Both Hatcher and Cross managed to look pleased for their costar, despite being beaten in the Emmy race.

Tony Shalhoub captured the prize for Leading Actor in a Comedy for his work on Monk.

"To my fellow nominees, whoever they are--I'm not that familiar with their work--I just want to say, there's always next year--except, you know, for Ray Romano," Shalhoub joked.

For the second year in a row, James Spader picked up the Emmy for Leading Actor in a Drama for his role as an ethically challenged lawyer on Boston Legal. Patricia Arquette won the prize for Leading Actress in a Drama for Medium.

Paul Newman scored his first career Emmy win for his Supporting Actor turn in HBO's Empire Falls, but failed to show up to collect the honor.

Blythe Danner, nominated for three Emmys in all, took home the award for Supporting Actress in a Drama for Showtime's Huff.

"I think my husband Bruce Paltrow is up there, stirring this up for me," Danner said, referencing her late husband.

William Shatner picked up his second consecutive Supporting Actor Emmy for Boston Legal, but he was beaten out in the Emmy Idol competition by Donald Trump and Megan Mullally, whose rendition of "Green Acres" bested Shatner's performance of the Star Trek theme.

Jon Stewart won for Outstanding Variety, Comedy or Musical Show for Comedy Central's The Daily Show. The fake news anchor thanked his writing team, which he claimed was at least 80 percent "Ivy League-educated Jews," for their work on the show. Stewart also accepted an Emmy for Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

S. Epatha Merkerson picked up the award for Leading Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her work in Lackawanna Blues and garnered laughs when she announced that her acceptance speech was lodged somewhere down her dress, beyond her reach.

In a more serious vein, David Letterman took the stage to pay a special tribute to Johnny Carson, while Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and the late Peter Jennings were honored with a montage of news highlights from their lengthy careers as anchors.

HBO's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers was the night's biggest winner, picking up nine Emmys in all, including Leading Actor honors for Geoffrey Rush.

HBO also led all other networks in Emmy victories, picking up a total of 27 trophies, including 20 presented at last week's Creative Arts Emmys and seven awards presented Sunday.

ABC trailed with 16 wins, followed by CBS with 11 wins. NBC and PBS picked up 10 awards apiece, and Fox nabbed six.

Get the complete list of winners.