#Richard Joseph Heigl

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Richard J. Heigl, Sr., a native of Buffalo New York and long time resident of Houma, 93, was called home to spend eternity with his beloved Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Saturday, April 16, 2022.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 26, 2022 from 10am to 12pm, with the memorial service to start at 12pm, at Samart Funeral Home of Houma, West Park.

He is survived by one sister, Geraldine Sobarnia, two sons, Richard J. Heigl, Jr. and his wife Denise, Jonathan Heigl, his son in law, Riecke Schaefer; 10 grandchildren, Brittney Oldham and her husband Brad, Jake Heigl and his wife Ashley, Lindsay Cantrelle and her husband Jarrett, Tara Heigl, Jonathan Heigl, Jr. and his wife Sarah, Lauren Heigl, Rachel Heigl, Lee Arceneaux, Jr. and his wife Jessica, Brad Arceneaux and his wife Katie, Brian Arceneaux; and 21 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Connie, of 56 years, daughter Dixie Schaefer, his parents Joseph and Laurel Heigl, and his brother Joseph Heigl.

My Father's story "Mercy Bestowed on a Lost Sinner" taken directly from a letter he had written to his cousin his words.

Things don't "just happen," but all are related to our good by a gracious God. Don't ask me how, for providence is nearly as great a mystery as redemption. We have been preserved until now, and that's a blessing.

But, you would not believe the hills and valleys that I have traveled to get to this point. As I grow older, I can see God's hand in every situation. I can see mercy extended for no cause, grace intervening when justice was due. In early life I was very athletic, morally clean, because God controlled the situations in my life-mildly interested in church, read the Bible some, but never saw much in it except "don't do this," and "don't do that.

I had every intention to study for the ministry so I enrolled in Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC) in 1953-but just before I left for school the second greatest thing in my life happened to me. I was reading a sermon out loud to my Mom in the backyard as she was hanging clothes. The text was Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?" That message was called "The Total Depravity of the Human Heart." As I was reading, how I hoped Mom would understand it! She asked, "Son, do you understand those things?" I said, "Sure I do! The harder the preaching, the better I like it." Soon I finished reading and walked down the driveway to go back in the house when a voice heard only by my heart said, "You really don't know what you are reading. What you've read is true, but you are a total stranger to all of it. You are the lost, ignorant sinner you were reading about!" All I could do was quietly admit, "Yes, Lord, I am lost." Then I figured I'd quickly "get saved" and get on to my preaching, but to no avail.

I arrived at Bob Jones University as scheduled. The first week they had assembly every day to get everybody "saved" before school got underway. Three thousand preacher boy students, all of them "saved" except me. You see, all they had to do was make a decision, say they believed that Jesus was the Son of God, and by this simple believing they were told that they were saved. I had done all of this several years before God awakened me to the fact that I was still a lost sinner. Now God was teaching me a few things about this heart of mine which I thought was so "righteous." I now knew that to be saved, God the Spirit would have to do the work. That same voice which told me I was lost must also speak peace to my heart and reveal Christ to me (II Corinthians 4:4-6).

I did fine in all BJU classes except in religion. There, instead of really learning anything about God's Word, they wanted small groups of us to go out and find children playing in their yard or in the streets. We must force them to say they believed in Jesus, get their names and hurry back to class with a "convert" to our credit! My soul totally rebelled against such a bunch of foolishness and I skipped every session after the first one! What a horrible deception and trafficking in souls! I gave out a few sermons by old Puritan writers and it nearly caused a split in the school, so I graciously bowed out after one semester. A short time after that is when Mom, Sis and I moved to New Orleans, LA. to be under sound preaching. That was in 1954. My only desire now was to know the Lord who died for sinners. Mom endured it, Sis hated it, but God was bringing me down.

Soon I met Connie, a girl who worked as church typist and had actually typed the first message God used to awaken me. God had revealed Christ to her heart when she was only 17. The Lord gave her a love for me and me for her; her special beauty to me was that she was in Christ.

Self-righteous hearts have the most to learn, and slowly but surely the Lord was teaching me that first lesson-that the heart truly is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. In the following years we were poor, with a growing family, and I cried unto the Lord continually and wore out several Bibles.

Read till your eyes water, pray till you fall asleep, but you can't make God save you.

In October 1968 a preacher from Michigan held services in a country home near where we lived. Many of our friends and neighbors were there. After the message, I felt such a desire to know Christ that I stood up and said so, in the presence of everyone who knew me. (Feeling myself such a lost sinner, the one desire of my heart was to be joined to Christ.) Those people all thought I was a saint, for I had talked often of things in the bible, and I lived the best life outwardly that I could. But I knew at the time that I could no longer play games. I was serious and didn't care who knew it! That part of the battle was won.

Several weeks later, after crying and praying for days, I was in the center bedroom of our house. My books were stored in a closet, and as I looked at my vast library of Puritan writers I said to myself, "What good are these books doing me? I'm still a lost sinner." Then I read Matthew 11:28 I cried, "Lord, You alone know that I'm coming, I'm laboring and have a terrible burden of sin, and I need rest. How can I take thy yoke? I don't even know what that yoke is. I have no strength, no faith. Lord, just send me on to Hell where I belong, for I cannot believe." It must be for that moment I was truly sincere, for that blessed voice which said "You are lost," now spoke again, and He said "I died for you." My first reaction was to pray for mercy, but I couldn't; instead, my heart just wanted to reach out to Him and thank God for deliverance in Christ. I began to praise Him for His great salvation. But I dared not tell anyone for several weeks, afraid that I might yet be deceived.

I was bursting inside to tell everyone what God had done for me. Finally I did so, and have been telling it ever since. The learning process never ceases, for the more I learn of myself the greater my Redeemer is to me. I still want to sing praises to my precious Lord Jesus Christ. I sought Christ and knew not how real He is, but now I know and understand that the desire and strength to seek Him was given to me by His sovereign mercy.

The first thing the Holy Spirit does is to open the heart of the sinner (Acts 16:14) and reveal what is inside, then when the sinner is broken before Him and comes to the end of his fleshly way, the Lord gives him faith to believe on Christ as Lord and Saviour. Now we see that others are awakened and desire to come to Christ. There are none beyond God's power to save, but He and He alone must do the work!

(Words of Richard J. Heigl, Sr. beloved brother, retired custodian of H.L. Bourgeois High School, pastor of a little group of the Lord's people, known as truth Baptist Church)

MERCY BESTOWED In the beginning, the Father elected The Son became a curse on the tree The Holy Spirit called and convicted, And Mercy said, "Let that sinner go free." Judgment hangs low o'er that guilty sinner, The Law cries, 'He's never, never kept me." No hope in sight, but cannot quit pleading, Then Mercy says, "Let that sinner go free." Blinded by sin and Satan our father, Doomed and damned forever to be A Substitute died on Calvary's mountain, Now Mercy says, "Let that sinner go free." Mercy Bestowed On A Lost, Guilty Sinner, When that sinner faces reality. When justice declares, "I'll keep him forever," But Mercy says, "Let that sinner go free." --Song by the late brother Edward Hale

Samart Funeral Home of Houma, West Park is in charge of arrangements. To send flowers to the family of Richard, please visit our floral store. Published by Samart Funeral Home of Houma - Bayou Blue on Apr. 21, 2022.

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2005/2006 TV Awards

Best Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica Grey's Anatomy Lost The Sopranos 24 HONORABLE MENTION: Big Love, Everwood, House, Law & Order, Medium, Rescue Me, Rome, The Shield, Six Feet Under, Veronica Mars, The West Wing, Without a Trace Best Actor - Drama Series: Matthew Fox, Lost - "Man of Science, Man of Faith" James Gandolfini, The Sopranos - "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." Hugh Laurie, House - "No Reason" Denis Leary, Rescue Me - "Justice" Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica - "Resurrection Ship, Parts 1 & 2" Kiefer Sutherland, 24 - "Day 5: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M." HONORABLE MENTION: Michael Chiklis, The Shield; Vincent D’Onofrio, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Michael C. Hall, Six Feet Under; Peter Krause, Six Feet Under; Anthony LaPaglia, Without a Trace; Kevin McKidd, Rome; Christopher Meloni, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Bill Paxton, Big Love; Gregory Smith, Everwood; Jimmy Smits, The West Wing; James Spader, Boston Legal; Ray Stevenson, Rome; Sam Waterston, Law & Order; Bradley Whitford, The West Wing; Treat Williams, Everwood Best Actress - Drama Series: Patricia Arquette, Medium - "Sweet Child O' Mine" Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars - "Normal Is the Watchword" Frances Conroy, Six Feet Under - "Everyone's Waiting" Edie Falco, The Sopranos - "Join the Club" Mary McDonnell, Battlestar Galactica - "Epiphanies" Polly Walker, Rome - "An Owl in a Thornbush" HONORABLE MENTION: Geena Davis, Commander in Chief; Jennifer Garner, Alias; Ginnifer Goodwin, Big Love; Rachel Griffiths, Six Feet Under; Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Allison Janney, The West Wing; Evangeline Lilly, Lost; Ellen Pompeo, Grey’s Anatomy; Kim Raver, 24; Chloe Sevigny, Big Love; Jeanne Tripplehorn, Big Love Best Supporting Actor - Drama Series: Alan Alda, The West Wing - "Two Weeks Out" Tom Amandes, Everwood - "Pieces of Me" Joseph Gannascoli, The Sopranos - "Johnny Cakes" Gregory Itzin, 24 - "Day 5: 6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M." T.R. Knight, Grey's Anatomy - "The Name of the Game" Forest Whitaker, The Shield - "Kavanaugh" HONORABLE MENTION: Adewale Akkinnuoye-Agbaje, Lost; James Callis, Battlestar Galactica; Omar Epps, House; Walton Goggins, The Shield; Ciaran Hinds, Rome; Robert Iler, The Sopranos; Michael Imperioli, The Sopranos; Kenneth Johnson, The Shield; Daniel Dae Kim, Lost; Jack McGee, Rescue Me; Tobias Menzies, Rome; Terry O’Quinn, Lost; Chris Pratt, Everwood; James Purefoy, Rome; Freddy Rodriguez, Six Feet Under; Richard Schiff, The West Wing; Tony Sirico, The Sopranos; Jake Weber, Medium Best Supporting Actress - Drama Series: Lauren Ambrose, Six Feet Under - "Everyone's Waiting" Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy - "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response"/"Losing My Religion" Tricia Helfer, Battlestar Galactica - "Downloaded" Katee Sackhoff, Battlestar Galactica - "Lay Down Your Burdens, Parts 1 & 2" Jean Smart, 24 - "Day 5: 6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M." Chandra Wilson, Grey's Anatomy - "It's the End of the World"/"As We Know It" HONORABLE MENTION: Candice Bergen, Boston Legal; Blythe Danner, Huff; Lindsay Duncan, Rome; Lisa Edelstein, House; Diane Farr, Rescue Me; Merrilyn Gann, Everwood; Sharon Gless, Queer as Folk; Yunjin Kim, Lost; Justina Machado, Six Feet Under; S. Epatha Merkerson, Law & Order; Debra Mooney, Everwood; Diane Neal, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy; Grace Park, Battlestar Galactica; CCH Pounder, The Shield; Mary Lynn Rajskub, 24; Michelle Rodriguez, Lost; Emily Van Camp, Everwood Best Writing - Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica - "Downloaded" - Bradley Thompson & David Weddle Lost - "The Whole Truth" - Christina M. Kim & Elizabeth Sarnoff Rescue Me - "Happy" - Denis Leary, Evan Reilly & Peter Tolan Rome - "Kalends of February" - Bruno Heller Six Feet Under - "Everyone's Waiting" - Alan Ball The Sopranos - "Join the Club" - David Chase HONORABLE MENTION: Battlestar Galactica - “Epiphanies”; Battlestar Galactica - “Lay Down Your Burdens”; Battlestar Galactica - “Scattered”; Big Love - “Affair”; Everwood - “Pieces of Me; Grey’s Anatomy - “Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response”; Grey’s Anatomy - “Into You Like a Train”; House - “The Mistake”; Law & Order - “Acid”; Law & Order: Criminal Intent - “In the Wee Small Hours”; Lost - “The Other 48 Days”; Medium - “Judge, Jury and Executioner”; Rome - “Triumph”; Rome - “Utica”; The Shield - “Postpartum”; Six Feet Under - “All Alone”; Six Feet Under - “Ecotone”; The Sopranos - “Mayham”; The Sopranos - “Members Only”; 24 - “Day 5: 7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.”; 24 - “Day 5: 6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M.”; Veronica Mars - “Donut Run”; Veronica Mars - “Happy Go Lucky”; The West Wing - “Institutional Memory”; Without a Trace - “A Day in the Life” Best Directing - Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica - "Lay Down Your Burdens, Parts 1 & 2" - Michael Rymer Grey's Anatomy - "It's the End of the World"/"As We Know It" - Peter Horton The Shield - "Post Partum" - Stephen Kay The Sopranos - "Members Only" - Tim Van Patten 24 - "Day 5: 6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M." - Jon Cassar Veronica Mars - "Donut Run" - Rob Thomas HONORABLE MENTION: Battlestar Galactica - “Downloaded”; Battlestar Galactica - “Epiphanies”; Everwood - “An Ounce of Prevention”; Grey’s Anatomy - “Into You Like a Train”; Grey’s Anatomy - “Losing My Religion”; House - “Euphoria”; Law & Order - “Heart of Darkness”; Law & Order: Criminal Intent - “In the Wee Small Hours”; Lost - “Live Together, Die Alone”; Lost - “The Other 48 Days”; Lost - “The Whole Truth”; Rescue Me - “Happy”; Rome - “Kalends of February”; Rome - “The Spoils”; The Shield - “Extraction”; Six Feet Under - “Ecotone”; Six Feet Under - “Everyone’s Waiting”; The Sopranos - “Join the Club”; The Sopranos - “Mr. and Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request”; 24 - “Day 5: 2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.”; 24 - “Day 5: 1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.”; Veronica Mars - “Not Pictured”; Without a Trace - “A Day in the Life” Best Guest Actor - Drama Series: Christian Clemenson, Boston Legal - “Ivan the Incorrigible” Matt Craven, Without a Trace - "A Day in the Life" Henry Ian Cusick, Lost - "Live Together, Die Alone, Parts 1 & 2" Michael Emerson, Lost - "One of Them" Hal Holbrook, The Sopranos - "The Fleshy Part of the Thigh" Colm Meaney, Law & Order: Criminal Intent - "In the Wee Small Hours, Parts 1 & 2" HONORABLE MENTION: Shelley Berman, Boston Legal; Kyle Chandler, Grey’s Anatomy; Gordon Clapp, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Vincent Curatola, The Sopranos; Thomas Dekker, House; William Devane, 24; Charles S. Dutton, House; Michael J. Fox, Boston Legal; Kelsey Grammer, Medium; Richard Jenkins, Six Feet Under; Justin Kirk, Without a Trace; Ron Livingston, House; Rob Lowe, The West Wing; Matt O’Leary, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Jeff Perry, Grey’s Anatomy; Oliver Platt, The West Wing; Julian Sands, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Tom Selleck, Boston Legal; James Patrick Stuart, Medium; Lee Tergesen, Rescue Me; James Woods, ER Best Guest Actress - Drama Series: Patricia Clarkson, Six Feet Under - "The Rainbow of Her Reasons" Michelle Forbes, Battlestar Galactica - "Resurrection Ship, Parts 1 & 2" Kristen Johnston, ER - "All About Christmas Eve" Lucy Lawless, Battlestar Galactica - "Downloaded" Laurie Metcalf, Without a Trace - "A Day in the Life" Katey Sagal, Lost - "Lockdown" HONORABLE MENTION: Kathy Baker, Nip/Tuck; Kate Burton, Grey’s Anatomy; L. Scott Caldwell, Lost; Jessica Hecht, ER; Christina Hendricks, Without a Trace; Anjelica Huston, Huff; Monica Keena, Grey’s Anatomy; Swoosie Kurtz, Huff; Kathy Lamkin, Nip/Tuck; Mary Stuart Masterson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Samantha Mathis, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Laurie Metcalf, Grey’s Anatomy; Cynthia Nixon, House; Lena Olin, Alias; Tatum O’Neal, Rescue Me; Alison Pill, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Nicole Sullivan, Boston Legal; Sela Ward, House; Betty White, Boston Legal Best Ensemble - Drama Series: Battlestar Galactica Grey's Anatomy Lost Rome Six Feet Under The Sopranos HONORABLE MENTION: Big Love, Boston Legal, ER, Everwood, House, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The O.C., Prison Break, Queer as Folk, Rescue Me, The Shield, 24, Veronica Mars, The West Wing Best New Drama Series: Big Love Close to Home The Inside Prison Break Rome HONORABLE MENTION: The Bedford Diaries, Commander in Chief, What About Brian Best Comedy Series: Arrested Development Everybody Hates Chris Extras The Office Scrubs HONORABLE MENTION: The Comeback, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, My Name Is Earl Best Actor - Comedy Series: Jason Bateman, Arrested Development - "The Ocean Walker" Zach Braff, Scrubs - "My Five Stages" Steve Carell, The Office - "The Injury" Ricky Gervais, Extras - "Kate Winslet" Jason Lee, My Name Is Earl - "Pilot" Tony Shalhoub, Monk - "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head" HONORABLE MENTION: Kevin Connolly, Entourage; Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm; Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show; Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother; Tyler James Williams, Everybody Hates Chris Best Actress - Comedy Series: Tichina Arnold, Everybody Hates Chris - "Everybody Hates Jail" Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls - "Friday Night's All Right for Fighting" Ashley Jensen, Extras - "Samuel L. Jackson" Jane Kaczmarek, Malcolm in the Middle - "Lois Strikes Back" Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback - "Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs" Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds - "You Can't Miss the Bear" HONORABLE MENTION: Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls; Marcia Cross, Desperate Housewives; Teri Hatcher, Desperate Housewives; Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives; Eva Longoria, Desperate Housewives; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine; Debra Messing, Will & Grace Best Supporting Actor - Comedy Series: Will Arnett, Arrested Development - "Making a Stand" Michael Cera, Arrested Development - "S.O.B.s" Terry Crews, Everybody Hates Chris - "Everybody Hates a Part Time Job" Charlie Day, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Charlie Wants an Abortion" John Krasinski, The Office - "The Secret" Jeremy Piven, Entourage - "Exodus" HONORABLE MENTION: Bryan Cranston, Malcolm in the Middle; Kevin Dillon, Entourage; Donald Faison, Scrubs; Tony Hale, Arrested Development; Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother; Glenn Howerton, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Justin Kirk, Weeds; Rob McElhenney, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; John C. McGinley, Scrubs; Scott Patterson, Gilmore Girls; Jason Segel, How I Met Your Mother; Rainn Wilson, The Office Best Supporting Actress - Comedy Series: Jenna Fischer, The Office - "Booze Cruise" Kaitlin Olson, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - "Underage Drinking: A National Concern" Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds - "Higher Education" Jaime Pressly, My Name Is Earl - "Joy's Wedding" Judy Reyes, Scrubs - "Her Story II" Jessica Walter, Arrested Development - "Development Arrested" HONORABLE MENTION: Kelly Bishop, Gilmore Girls; Sarah Chalke, Scrubs; Portia de Rossi, Arrested Development; Alyson Hannigan, How I Met Your Mother; Melora Hardin, The Office; Megan Mullally, Will & Grace; Alia Shawkat, Arrested Development; Nicollette Sheridan, Desperate Housewives; Cobie Smulders, How I Met Your Mother Best Writing - Comedy Series: Arrested Development - "Development Arrested" - Richard Day, Mitchell Hurwitz, Chuck Tatham & Jim Vallely Everybody Hates Chris - "Everybody Hates the Pilot" - Ali LeRoi & Chris Rock Extras - "Samuel L. Jackson" - Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant It's Always Sunny in Phildelphia - "Charlie Wants an Abortion" - Charlie Day & Rob McElhenney The Office - "Christmas Party" - Michael Schur The Office - "The Injury" - Mindy Kaling HONORABLE MENTION: Arrested Development - “Forget Me Now”; Arrested Development - “The Ocean Walker”; Arrested Development - “S.O.B.s”; The Comeback - “Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs”; Entourage - “Exodus”; Everybody Hates Chris - “Everybody Hates a Part Time Job”; Extras - “Kate Winslet”; Extras - “Patrick Stewart”; Gilmore Girls - “Friday Night’s All Right for Fighting”; Gilmore Girls - “We’ve Got Magic to Do”; How I Met Your Mother - “Game Night”; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - “Charlie Got Molested”; My Name Is Earl - “Joy’s Wedding”; My Name Is Earl - “Quit Smoking”; The Office - “Booze Cruise”; The Office - “Casino Night”; The Office - “The Fire”; Scrubs - “My Five Stages”; Scrubs - “My Way Home” Best Directing - Comedy Series: Arrested Development - "Development Arrested" - John Fortenberry Arrested Development - "S.O.B.'s" - Bob Berlinger Curb Your Enthusiasm - "The Ski Lift" - Larry Charles Extras - "Kate Winslet" - Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant The Office - "Booze Cruise" - Ken Kwapis The Office - "Christmas Party" - Charles McDougall HONORABLE MENTION: Arrested Development - “Fakin’ It”; Arrested Development - “Mr. F” Arrested Development - “The Ocean Walker”; The Comeback - “Valerie Does Another Classic Leno”; Curb Your Enthusiasm - “The End”; Curb Your Enthusiasm - “The Smoking Jacket”; Entourage - “Exodus”; Everybody Hates Chris - “Everybody Hates the Pilot”; Extras - “Samuel L. Jackson”; Gilmore Girls - “Friday Night’s All Right for Fighting”; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - “Charlie Got Molested”; It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - “Charlie Wants an Abortion”; My Name Is Earl - “Joy’s Wedding”; The Office - “Casino Night”; The Office - “The Fire”; The Office - “The Injury”; Scrubs - “My Five Stages”; Scrubs - “My Lunch”; Scrubs - “My Way Home” Best Guest Actor - Comedy Series: Scott Baio, Arrested Development - "Forget Me Now" Beau Bridges, My Name Is Earl - "Cost Dad the Election" Malcolm McDowell, Entourage - "Exodus" Sydney Pollack, Will & Grace - "Blanket Apology" Grant Rosenmeyer, Monk - "Mr. Monk and Little Monk" Patrick Stewart, Extras - "Patrick Stewart" HONORABLE MENTION: Jason Alexander, Monk; Anthony Anderson, The Bernie Mac Show; Bobby Cannavale, Will & Grace; Rhys Coiro, Entourage; Bob Einstein, Arrested Development; Dave Foley, Scrubs; Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Weeds; Giovanni Ribisi, My Name Is Earl; Michael Rosenbaum, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; David Sutcliffe, Gilmore Girls; John Turturro, Monk Best Guest Actress - Comedy Series: Justine Bateman, Arrested Development - "Family Ties" Kathryn Joosten, My Name Is Earl - "Quit Smoking" Shirley Knight, Desperate Housewives - "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" Laurie Metcalf, Monk - "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head" Charlize Theron, Arrested Development - "The Ocean Walker" Kate Winslet, Extras - "Kate Winslet" HONORABLE MENTION: Elizabeth Banks, Scrubs; Brett Butler, My Name Is Earl; Blythe Danner, Will & Grace; Loretta Devine, Everybody Hates Chris; Cheryl Hines, Scrubs; Allison Janney, Weeds; Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives; Cloris Leachman, Malcolm in the Middle; Michael Learned, Scrubs; Marion Ross, Out of Practice; Nicole Sullivan, Scrubs; Ashley Williams, How I Met Your Mother; Constance Zimmer, Entourage Best Ensemble - Comedy Series: Arrested Development Desperate Housewives Everybody Hates Chris Gilmore Girls The Office Scrubs HONORABLE MENTION: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, How I Met Your Mother, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Malcolm in the Middle, Weeds, Will & Grace Best New Comedy Series: The Comeback Everybody Hates Chris Extras How I Met Your Mother It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia My Name Is Earl HONORABLE MENTION: Kitchen Confidential, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Out of Practice, Weeds Best TV Movie/Miniseries: Bleak House Elizabeth I Gideon's Daughter Sleeper Cell Thief HONORABLE MENTION: Flight 93, The Girl in the Cafe, High School Musical, Human Trafficking, Speak, Walkout Best Actor - TV Movie/Miniseries: Andre Braugher, Thief Charles Dance, Bleak House Hugh Dancy, Elizabeth I Michael Ealy, Sleeper Cell Bill Nighy, The Girl in the Cafe HONORABLE MENTION: Zac Efron, High School Musical; Oded Fehr, Sleeper Cell; Bill Nighy, Gideon’s Daughter; Michael Pena, Walkout Best Actress - TV Movie/Miniseries: Gillian Anderson, Bleak House Kelly Macdonald, The Girl in the Cafe Anna Maxwell Martin, Bleak House Helen Mirren, Elizabeth I Kristen Stewart, Speak HONORABLE MENTION: Kathy Bates, Ambulance Girl; Annette Bening, Mrs. Harris; Miranda Richardson, Gideon’s Daughter; Mira Sorvino, Human Trafficking; Alexa Vega, Walkout Best Supporting Actor - TV Movie/Miniseries: Jeremy Irons, Elizabeth I Toby Jones, Elizabeth I Patrick Kennedy, Bleak House Ben Kingsley, Mrs. Harris Denis Lawson, Bleak House HONORABLE MENTION: Clifton Collins Jr., Thief; Phil Davis, Bleak House; Burn Gorman, Bleak House; Tom Hardy, Gideon’s Daughter; Alex Nesic, Sleeper Cell; Jeffrey Nordling, Flight 93; Efren Ramirez, Walkout; Donald Sutherland, Human Trafficking Best Supporting Actress - TV Movie/Miniseries: Emily Blunt, Gideon's Daughter Pauline Collins, Bleak House Laura Harring, Walkout Carey Mulligan, Bleak House Mae Whitman, Thief HONORABLE MENTION: Cloris Leachman, Mrs. Harris; Elizabeth Perkins, Speak; Ashley Tisdale, High School Musical; Sonya Walger, Sleeper Cell Best Variety Series: The Colbert Report The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Late Night with Conan O'Brien Late Show with David Letterman Saturday Night Live HONORABLE MENTION: Real Time with Bill Maher Best Variety Special: Bill Maher: I'm Swiss The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman South Pacific in Concert From Carnegie Hall (Great Performances) The 59th Annual Tony Awards HONORABLE MENTION: The 78th Annual Academy Awards, AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes, Kathy Griffin Is…Not Nicole Kidman, The 2005 MTV Movie Awards Best Male Performer - Variety Series/Special: Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report Hugh Jackman, The 59th Annual Tony Awards David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman Brian Stokes Mitchell, South Pacific in Concert From Carnegie Hall (Great Performances) Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart HONORABLE MENTION: Fred Armisen, Saturday Night Live; Jason Daniely, South Pacific in Concert From Carnegie Hall (Great Performances); Will Forte, Saturday Night Live; Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live; Steve Martin, Saturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien, Late Night with Conan O’Brien; Andy Samberg, Saturday Night Live; Jason Sudeikis, Saturday Night Live Best Female Performer - Variety Series/Special: Rachel Dratch, Saturday Night Live Kathy Griffin, Kathy Griffin: Strong Black Woman Reba McEntire, South Pacific in Concert From Carnegie Hall (Great Performances) Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live HONORABLE MENTION: Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live; Kathy Griffin, Kathy Griffin Is…Not Nicole Kidman; Scarlett Johansson, Saturday Night Live; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Saturday Night Live; Sara Ramirez, The 59th Annual Tony Awards; Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live; Lillias White, South Pacific in Concert From Carnegie Hall (Great Performances) Best Animated Series: Family Guy King of the Hill South Park HONORABLE MENTION: The Simpsons Best Voice-Over Performer - Animated Series: Alex Borstein, Family Guy - "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do" Dan Castellaneta, The Simpsons - "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" Mike Judge, King of the Hill - "Hank's on Board" Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy - "Pretarded" Trey Parker, South Park - "Cartoon Wars, Parts 1 & 2" Matt Stone, South Park - "Marjorine" HONORABLE MENTION: Pamela Adlon, King of the Hill; Seth Green, Family Guy; Mike Henry, Family Guy; Julie Kavner, The Simpsons; Kathy Najimy, King of the Hill; Yeardley Smith, The Simpsons Best Reality Series - Competition: The Amazing Race American Idol America's Next Top Model Big Brother Project Runway Survivor HONORABLE MENTION: The Apprentice, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, Beauty and the Geek, Hell’s Kitchen, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet II, Top Chef Best Reality Series - Non-Competition: Hogan Knows Best Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List The Real World 30 Days Wife Swap HONORABLE MENTION: Being Bobby Brown, The Simple Life, The Surreal Life, Three Wishes Breakthrough Male Performance: Charlie Day, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Steven R. McQueen, Everwood Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother Andy Samberg, Saturday Night Live Tyler James Williams, Everybody Hates Chris HONORABLE MENTION: Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live; Rob McElhenney, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia; Robert Michael Morris, The Comeback; Hunter Parrish, Weeds; Tequan Richmond, Everybody Hates Chris Breakthrough Female Performance: Malin Akerman, The Comeback Kerry Condon, Rome Kaitlin Olson, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Tessa Thompson, Veronica Mars Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live HONORABLE MENTION: Corri English, The Bedford Diaries; Allie Grant, Weeds; Imani Hakim, Everybody Hates Chris; Autumn Reeser, The O.C.; Nadine Velazquez, My Name Is Earl