Should these actors have won Lead Emmys in these years?
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2011: Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
2008: Jon Hamm - Mad Men
2007: Hugh Laurie - House M.D.
2002: Martin Sheen - The West Wing
1998: Anthony Edwards - ER
1997: David Duchovny - The X Files
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
2005: Frances Conroy - Six Feet Under
2004: Edie Falco - The Sopranos
1999: Julianna Margulies - ER
1994: Jane Seymour - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993: Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
2012: Larry David - Curb Your Enthusiasm
2011: Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
2006: Steve Carell - The Office
1996: Paul Reiser - Mad About You
1993: John Goodman - Roseanne
1989: Ted Danson - Cheers
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
2012: Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
2011: Laura Linney - The Big C
1999: Calista Flockhart - Ally McBeal
1995: Cybill Shepherd - Cybill
Some of these may have won an emmy for these shows, but not in the year listed.