Emmy Awards Of The 90s

42nd (1990) | 43rd (1991) | 44th (1992) | 45th (1993) | 46th (1994) 

47th (1995) | 48th (1996) | 49th (1997) | 50th (1998) | 51st (1999)

42ND EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1990

Outstanding Comedy Series
  • Murphy Brown, (CBS)

    • Cheers, (NBC)

    • Designing Women, (CBS)

    • The Golden Girls, (NBC)

    • The Wonder Years, (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series
  • L.A. Law, (NBC)

    • China Beach, (ABC)

    • Quantum Leap, (NBC)

    • thirtysomething, (ABC)

    • Twin Peaks, (ABC)

Outstanding Variety Series
  • In Living Color, (Fox)

    • The Arsenio Hall Show, (Syndicated)

    • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)

    • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)

    • The Tracey Ullman Show, (Fox)

Outstanding Variety Special
Outstanding Actor - Comedy
  • Ted Danson as Sam Malone on Cheers (Episode: “Cry Harder”, Part II), (NBC)
    • John Goodman as Dan Conner on Roseanne (Episode: “Born to Be Wild”), (ABC)
    • Richard Mulligan as Dr. Harry Weston on Empty Nest(Episode: “Still Growing After All These Years”), (NBC)
    • Craig T. Nelson as Coach Hayden Fox on Coach (Episode: “If Keith Jackson Calls, I’ll Be At My Therapist’s”), (ABC)
    • Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold on The Wonder Years(Episode: “Good-bye”), (ABC)
Outstanding Actress - Comedy
  • Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown(Episode: “Brown Like Me”), (CBS)
    • Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe on Cheers (Episode: “The Improbable Dream, Part I”), (NBC)
    • Blair Brown as Molly Dodd on The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, (Lifetime)
    • Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker on Designing Women(Episode: “They Shoot Fat Women, Don’t They?”), (CBS)
    • Betty White as Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (Episode: “Rose Fights Back”), (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
Outstanding Writing - Comedy
  • Bob Brush for The Wonder Years (Episode: “Good-bye”), (ABC)
    • Mark Egan, Mark Solomon, Bob Bendetson for Newhart(Episode: “The Last Newhart”), (CBS)
    • Diane English for Murphy Brown (Episode: “Brown Like Me”), (CBS)
    • Ken Levine, David Isaacs for Cheers (Episode: “Death Takes a Holiday on Ice”), (NBC)
    • Hugh Wilson for The Famous Teddy Z (Episode: “Pilot”), (CBS)
Outstanding Writing - Drama
Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
  • Terrence McNally for Andre’s Mother, (PBS)
    • Michael De Guzman for Caroline?, (CBS)
    • William Hanley for The Kennedys of Massachusetts, (ABC)
    • James Norell, Michael Norell for The Incident, (CBS)
    • Hugh Whitemore for The Final Days, (ABC)
Outstanding Writing - Variety
Outstanding Directing - Comedy
  • Michael Dinner, for The Wonder Years (Episode: “Good-bye”), (ABC)
    • James Burrows for Cheers (Episode: “The Improbable Dream, Part I”), (NBC)
    • Terry Hughes, for The Golden Girls (Episode: “Triple Play”), (NBC)
    • Barnet Kellman for Murphy Brown (Episode: “Brown Like Me”), (CBS)
    • Harry Thomason for Designing Women (Episode: “They Shoot Fat Women, Don’t They?”), (CBS)
    • Hugh Wilson for The Famous Teddy Z (Episode: “Pilot”), (CBS)
Outstanding Directing - Drama

43RD EMMY AWARDS – AUGUST 25TH, 1991

Outstanding Comedy Series
  • Cheers, (NBC)
    • Designing Women, (CBS)
    • The Golden Girls, (NBC)
    • Murphy Brown, (CBS)
    • The Wonder Years, (ABC)
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Variety Series
  • The 63rd Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
    • In Living Color, (Fox)
    • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, (CBS)
    • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
    • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, (CBS)
    • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, (NBC)
Outstanding Miniseries
    • A Woman Named Jackie,(NBC)
      • The Burden of Proof, (ABC)
      • Cruel Doubt, (NBC)
      • In a Child’s Name , (CBS)
      • Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel, (NBC)
Outstanding Variety Special
  • Separate but Equal, (ABC)
    • Decoration Day, (NBC)
    • The Josephine Baker Story, (HBO)
    • Paris Trout, (Showtime)
    • Sarah, Plain and Tall, (CBS)
    • Switched at Birth, (NBC)
    Outstanding Actor - Comedy
    Outstanding Actress - Comedy
    Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
    • James Earl Jones as Gabriel Bird on Gabriel’s Fire(Episode: “Pilot”), (ABC)
      • Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap (Episode: “Shock Theater: October 3, 1954”), (NBC)
      • Peter Falk as Columbo on Columbo (Episode: “Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star”), (ABC)
      • Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper on Twin Peaks (Episode: “Episode 16”), (ABC)
      • Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone on Law & Order (Episode: “Indifference”), (NBC)
    Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
    Outstanding Writing - Comedy
    Outstanding Writing - Drama
    • David E. Kelley for L.A. Law (Episode: “On The Toad Again”), (NBC)
      • Joshua Brand, John Falsey for Northern Exposure(Episode: “Pilot”), (CBS)
      • Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher for L.A. Law(Episode: “Lie Harder”), (NBC)
      • Ann Lewis Hamilton for thirtysomething (Episode: “Second Look”), (ABC)
      • David E. Kelley, Patricia Green, Alan Brennert for L.A. Law(Episode: “Mutinies on the Banzai”), (NBC)
    Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
    • Andrew Davies for House of Cards, (PBS)
      • Peter Dexter for Paris Trout, (Showtime)
      • Robert W. Lenski for Decoration Day, (NBC)
      • Patricia MacLachlan for Sarah, Plain and Tall, (CBS)
      • George Stevens Jr. for Separate but Equal, (ABC)
    Outstanding Writing - Variety
    • The 63rd Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
      • In Living Color, (Fox)
      • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
      • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, (CBS)
      • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
      • James Burrows, for Cheers (Episode: “Woody Interruptus”), (NBC)
        • Peter Baldwin for The Wonder Years (Episode: “The Ties That Bind”), (ABC)
        • Tom Cherones, for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Pony Remark”), (NBC)
        • Barnet Kellman for Murphy Brown (Episode: “On Another Plane”), (CBS)
        • Jay Tarses for The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Episode: “Here’s a Little Touch of Harry in the Night”), (Lifetime)
      Outstanding Directing - Drama
      • Thomas Carter for Equal Justice (Episode: “In Confidence”), (ABC)
        • Gregory Hoblit for Cop Rock (Episode: “Pilot”), (ABC)
        • Mimi Leder for China Beach (Episode: “You, Babe”), (ABC)
        • Tom Moore for L.A. Law (Episode: “God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman”), (NBC)

      44TH EMMY AWARDS – AUGUST 30TH, 1992

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      Outstanding Drama Series
      • Northern Exposure, (CBS)
        • I’ll Fly Away, (NBC)
        • L.A. Law, (NBC)
        • Law & Order, (NBC)
        • Quantum Leap, (NBC)
      Outstanding Variety Series
      Outstanding Variety Special
      Outstanding Miniseries
      • A Woman Named Jackie,(NBC)
        • The Burden of Proof, (ABC)
        • Cruel Doubt, (NBC)
        • In a Child’s Name , (CBS)
        • Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel, (NBC)
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      • Craig T. Nelson as Coach Hayden Fox on Coach (Episode: “A Real Guy’s Guy”), (ABC)
        • Ted Danson as Sam Malone on Cheers (Episode: “Go Make”), (NBC)
        • John Goodman as Dan Conner on Roseanne (Episode: “The Back Story”), (ABC)
        • Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane on Wings (Episode: “Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes”), (NBC)
        • Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton on Evening Shade(Episode: “Callous Hearts of Rage”), (CBS)
        • Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld (Episode: “The Boyfriend”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      • Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown(Episode: “Birth 101”), (CBS)
        • Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe on Cheers (Episode: “An Old Fashioned Wedding”), (NBC)
        • Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner on Roseanne(Episode: “A Bitter Pill to Swallow”), (ABC)
        • Tyne Daly as Mimsy Borogroves on Wings (Episode: “My Brother’s Keeper”), (NBC)
        • Marion Ross as Sophie Berger on Brooklyn Bridge(Episode: “Brave New World”), (CBS)
        • Betty White as Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (Episode: “Dateline: Miami”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      • Christopher Lloyd as Alistair Dimple on Road to Avonlea(Episode: “Facts and Fictions”), (Disney)
        • Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap (Episode: “Dreams: February 28, 1979”), (NBC)
        • Kirk Douglas as General Kalthrob on Tales from the Crypt(Episode: “Yellow”), (HBO)
        • Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone on Law & Order (Episode: “The Wages of Love”), (NBC)
        • Rob Morrow as Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure(Episode: “Jules et Joel”), (ABC)
        • Harrison Page as Reverend Walters on Quantum Leap(Episode: “Song for the Soul: April 7, 1963”) (ABC)
        • Sam Waterston as Forrest Bedford on I’ll Fly Away(Episode: “Hard Lessons Master Magician”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Dana Delany as Nurse Colleen McMurphy on China Beach(Episode: “Through and Through”), (ABC)
        • Sharon Gless as Rosie O’Neill on The Trials of Rosie O’Neill(Episode: “Heartbreak Hotel”), (CBS)
        • Shirley Knight as Melanie Cullen on Law & Order (Episode: “The Wages of Love”), (NBC)
        • Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote(Episode: “Night Fears”), (CBS)
        • Kate Nelligan as Sydney Carver on Road to Avonlea(Episode: “After the Honeymoon”), (Disney)
        • Regina Taylor as Lilly on I’ll Fly Away (Episode: “Coming Home”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      • Elaine Pope, Larry Charles for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Fix-Up”), (NBC)
        • Larry David for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Parking Garage”), (NBC)
        • Larry David, Bob Shaw, Don McEnery for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Tape”), (NBC)
        • Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman for Murphy Brown(Episode: “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are”), (CBS)
        • Diane English, Korby Siamis for Murphy Brown (Episode: “Uh Oh”, Part 2″), (CBS)
        • Jennifer Heath, Amy Sherman for Roseanne (Episode: “A Bitter Pill To Swallow”), (ABC)
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
        • John Falsey, Joshua Brand for I’ll Fly Away (Episode: “Pilot”), (NBC)
          • Robert Bolt for Without Warning: The James Brady Story, (HBO)
          • James Duff for Doing Time on Maple Drive, (Fox)
          • Anna Sandor for Miss Rose White, (NBC)
          • Neil Simon for Broadway Bound, (ABC)
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • The 64th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
        • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
        • In Living Color, (Fox)
        • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, (NBC)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
        • Barnet Kellman, for Murphy Brown (Episode: “Birth 101”), (CBS)
          • James Burrows for Cheers (Episode: “An Old Fashioned Wedding”), (NBC)
          • Lee Shallat Chemel, for Murphy Brown (Episode: “Send in the Clowns”), (CBS)
          • David Steinberg for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Tape”), (NBC)
          • Sam Weisman for Brooklyn Bridge (Episode: “When Irish Eyes are Smiling”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Directing - Drama
      • Eric Laneuville for I’ll Fly Away (Episode: “All God’s Children”), (NBC)
        • Jack Bender for Northern Exposure (Episode: “Seoul Mates”), (CBS)
        • Mimi Leder for China Beach (Episode: “Rewind”), (ABC)
        • Nancy Malone for The Trials of Rosie O’Neill (Episode: “Heartbreak Hotel”), (CBS)
        • Rick Wallace for L.A. Law (Episode: “Say Goodnight, Gracie”), (NBC)

      45TH EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1993

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      • Seinfeld, (NBC)
        • Cheers, (NBC)
        • Home Improvement, (ABC)
        • The Larry Sanders Show, (HBO)
        • Murphy Brown, (CBS)
      Outstanding Drama Series
      • Picket Fences, (CBS)
        • Homefront, (ABC)
        • I’ll Fly Away, (NBC)
        • Law & Order, (NBC)
        • Northern Exposure, (CBS)
      Outstanding Variety Series
      • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
        • Late Night with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • MTV Unplugged (Episode: “Rod Stewart”), (MTV)
        • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • Bob Hope: The First 90 Years, (NBC)
        • The 46th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
        • The 65th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • Great Performances (Episode: “Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall”), (PBS)
        • The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, (Showtime)
      Outstanding Miniseries
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      • Tom Skerritt as Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: “High Tidings”), (CBS)
        • Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap (Episode: “Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963”), (NBC)
        • Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone on Law & Order (Episode: “Night and Fog”), (NBC)
        • Rob Morrow as Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure(Episode: “Kaddish for Uncle Manny”), (CBS)
        • Sam Waterston as Forrest Bedford on I’ll Fly Away(Episode: “All in the Life”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Kathy Baker as Jill Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: “Thanksgiving”), (CBS)
        • Swoosie Kurtz as Alex Halsey on Sisters (Episode: “Mirror, Mirror”), (NBC)
        • Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote(Episode: “Night of the Coyote”), (CBS)
        • Regina Taylor as Lilly on I’ll Fly Away (Episode: “Comfort and Joy”), (NBC)
        • Janine Turner as Maggie O’Connell on Northern Exposure(Episode: “Love’s Labour Mislaid”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      • Larry David for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Contest”), (NBC)
        • Larry Charles for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Outing”), (NBC)
        • David Crane, Marta Kauffman for Dream On (Episode: “For Peter’s Sake”), (HBO)
        • Garry Shandling, Dennis Klein for The Larry Sanders Show(Episode: “The Hey Now Episode”), (HBO)
        • Garry Shandling, Paul Simms, Peter Tolan, Rosie Shuster for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: “The Spider Episode”), (HBO)
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • The Ben Stiller Show, (Fox)
        • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
        • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
        • The Kids in the Hall, (HBO)
        • Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny, (Showtime)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
        • Betty Thomas, for Dream On (Episode: “For Peter’s Sake”), (HBO)
          • Peter Bonerz, for Murphy Brown (Episode: “You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato”), (CBS)
          • James Burrows for Cheers (Episode: “One for the Road”), (NBC)
          • Tom Cherones for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Contest”), (NBC)
          • Eric Laneuville for Dream On (Episode: “And Bimbo Was His Name-O”), (HBO)
      Outstanding Directing - Drama
      • Barry Levinson for Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: “Gone for Goode”), (NBC)
        • Bille August for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles(Episode: “Northern Italy, 1918”), (ABC)
        • Robert Butler for Sirens (Episode: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”), (ABC)
        • Eric Laneuville for I’ll Fly Away (Episode: “Until Tomorrow”), (NBC)
        • Nancy Malone for Sisters (Episode: “Crash and Born”), (NBC)
        • Edwin Sherin for Law & Order (Episode: “Conspiracy”), (NBC)

      46TH EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 11TH, 1994

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      • Frasier, (NBC)
        • Home Improvement, (ABC)
        • The Larry Sanders Show, (HBO)
        • Mad About You, (NBC)
        • Seinfeld, (NBC)
      Outstanding Drama Series
      Outstanding Variety Series
      • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, (CBS)
        • The 47th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
        • The 66th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • Comic Relief VI, (HBO)
        • Tracey Takes on New York, (HBO)
      Outstanding Miniseries
        • Prime Suspect III, (PBS)
          • Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, (CBS)
          • The Stand, (ABC)
          • Tales of the City, (PBS)
          • World War II: When Lions Roared, (NBC)
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      • Tom Skerritt as Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: “High Tidings”), (CBS)
        • Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap (Episode: “Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963”), (NBC)
        • Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone on Law & Order (Episode: “Night and Fog”), (NBC)
        • Rob Morrow as Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure(Episode: “Kaddish for Uncle Manny”), (CBS)
        • Sam Waterston as Forrest Bedford on I’ll Fly Away(Episode: “All in the Life”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Kathy Baker as Jill Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: “Thanksgiving”), (CBS)
        • Swoosie Kurtz as Alex Halsey on Sisters (Episode: “Mirror, Mirror”), (NBC)
        • Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote(Episode: “Night of the Coyote”), (CBS)
        • Regina Taylor as Lilly on I’ll Fly Away (Episode: “Comfort and Joy”), (NBC)
        • Janine Turner as Maggie O’Connell on Northern Exposure(Episode: “Love’s Labour Mislaid”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      • Larry David for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Contest”), (NBC)
        • Larry Charles for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Outing”), (NBC)
        • David Crane, Marta Kauffman for Dream On (Episode: “For Peter’s Sake”), (HBO)
        • Garry Shandling, Dennis Klein for The Larry Sanders Show(Episode: “The Hey Now Episode”), (HBO)
        • Garry Shandling, Paul Simms, Peter Tolan, Rosie Shuster for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: “The Spider Episode”), (HBO)
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • The Ben Stiller Show, (Fox)
        • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
        • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
        • The Kids in the Hall, (HBO)
        • Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny, (Showtime)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
        • Betty Thomas, for Dream On (Episode: “For Peter’s Sake”), (HBO)
          • Peter Bonerz, for Murphy Brown (Episode: “You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato”), (CBS)
          • James Burrows for Cheers (Episode: “One for the Road”), (NBC)
          • Tom Cherones for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Contest”), (NBC)
          • Eric Laneuville for Dream On (Episode: “And Bimbo Was His Name-O”), (HBO)
      Outstanding Directing - Drama
      • Daniel Sackheim for NYPD Blue (Episode: “Tempest in a C-Cup”), (ABC)
        • Robert Butler for Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Episode: “Pilot”), (ABC)
        • Charles Haid for NYPD Blue (Episode: “True Confessions”), (ABC)
        • Gregory Hoblit for NYPD Blue (Episode: “Pilot”), (ABC)
        • Michael M. Robin for NYPD Blue (Episode: “Guns ‘N’ Rosaries”), (ABC)

      47TH EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1995

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      Outstanding Drama Series
      Outstanding Variety Series
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • Barbra: The Concert, (HBO)
        • The 67th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg, (NBC)
        • A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman, (NBC)
        • Eagles: Hell Freezes Over, (MTV)
      Outstanding Miniseries
        • Joseph, (TNT)
          • Buffalo Girls, (CBS)
          • Children of the Dust, (CBS)
          • Martin Chuzzlewit, (PBS)
          • A Woman of Independent Means, (NBC)
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      • Mandy Patinkin as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope(Episode: “Over the Rainbow”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Kathy Baker as Jill Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: “Frogman Returns”), (CBS)
        • Claire Danes as Angela Chase on My So-Called Life(Episode: “Pilot”), (ABC)
        • Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote(Episode: “Dear Deadly”), (CBS)
        • Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis on ER (Episode: “Motherhood”), (NBC)
        • Cicely Tyson as Carrie Grace Battle on Sweet Justice(Episode: “In the Name of the Sun”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
        • Lance Gentile for ER (Episode: “Love’s Labor Lost”), (NBC)
          • Chris Carter for The X-Files (Episode: “Duane Barry”), (Fox)
          • Michael Crichton for ER (Episode: “Pilot”), (NBC)
          • Winnie Holzman for My So-Called Life (Episode: “Pilot”), (ABC)
          • David Milch, Walon Green, Steven Bochco for NYPD Blue(Episode: “Simone Says”), (ABC)
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: “Video Special”), (CBS)
        • Politically Incorrect, (Comedy Central)
        • The Kids in the Hall, (CBS)
        • Mystery Science Theater 3000, (Comedy Central)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
        • David Lee, for Frasier (Episode: “The Matchmaker”), (NBC)
          • Andy Ackerman for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Jimmy”), (NBC)
          • James Burrows for Friends (Episode: “The One with the Blackout”), (NBC)
          • Todd Holland for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: “Hank’s Night in the Sun”), (HBO)
          • Lee Shallat Chemel, for The Nanny (Episode: “Canasta Master”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Directing - Drama

      48TH EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1996

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      • Frasier, (NBC)
        • Friends, (NBC)
        • The Larry Sanders Show, (HBO)
        • Mad About You, (NBC)
        • Seinfeld, (NBC)
      Outstanding Drama Series
      • ER, (NBC)
        • Chicago Hope, (CBS)
        • Law & Order, (NBC)
        • NYPD Blue, (ABC)
        • The X-Files, (Fox)
      Outstanding Variety Series
      • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • Muppets Tonight, (ABC)
        • Politically Incorrect, (Comedy Central)
        • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, (CBS)
        • The 68th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • The Best of Tracey Takes On…, (HBO)
        • Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane, (HBO)
        • Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, (ABC)
      Outstanding Miniseries
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      • Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue (Episode: “Closing Time”), (ABC)
        • Andre Braugher as Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: “For God and Country”), (NBC)
        • George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross on ER (Episode: “Hell and High Water”), (NBC)
        • Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene on ER (Episode: “A Shift in the Night”), (NBC)
        • Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue (Episode: “A Death in the Family”), (ABC)
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Kathy Baker as Jill Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: “Bottled”), (CBS)
        • Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully on The X-Files(Episode: “Piper Maru”), (Fox)
        • Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope(Episode: “Transplanted Affection”), (CBS)
        • Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote(Episode: “Death by Demographics”), (CBS)
        • Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis on ER (Episode: “Take These Broken Wings”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
        • Simon Moore for Gulliver’s Travels, (NBC)
          • Bill Carter, George Armitage for The Late Shift, (HBO)
          • Andrew Davies for Pride and Prejudice, (A&E)
          • Paris Qualles, Trey Ellis, Ron Hutchinson, Robert Williams, T. S. Cook for The Tuskegee Airmen, (HBO)
          • Thomas Rickman for Truman, (HBO)
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Late Night with Conan O’Brien, (NBC)
        • Late Show with David Letterman (Episode: “Video Special II”), (CBS)
        • Politically Incorrect, (Comedy Central)
        • Tracey Takes On…, (HBO)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
      Outstanding Directing - Drama
      • Jeremy Kagan for Chicago Hope (Episode: “Leave of Absence”), (CBS)
        • Christopher Chulack for ER (Episode: “Hell and High Water”), (NBC)
        • Charles Haid for Murder One (Episode: “Chapter One”), (ABC)
        • Mimi Leder for ER (Episode: “The Healers”), (NBC)
        • Mark Tinker for NYPD Blue (Episode: “Blackboard Jungle”), (ABC)

      49TH EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1997

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      Outstanding Drama Series
      Outstanding Variety Series
      • Tracey Takes On…, (HBO)
        • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • Politically Incorrect, (Comedy Central)
        • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, (HBO)
        • The 50th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
        • The 69th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas, (HBO)
        • George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy, (HBO)
      Outstanding Miniseries
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      • Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman on Mad About You(Episode: “The Birth”), (NBC)
        • Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan on Ellen (Episode: “The Puppy Episode”), (ABC)
        • Fran Drescher as Fran Fine on The Nanny (Episode: “The Facts of Lice”), (CBS)
        • Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement(Episode: “Family Unties”), (ABC)
        • Cybill Shepherd as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill (Episode: “In Her Dreams”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
        • Horton Foote for Old Man, (CBS)
          • Walter Bernstein for Miss Evers’ Boys, (HBO)
          • Larry Gelbart for Weapons of Mass Distraction, (HBO)
          • William Nicholson for Crime of the Century, (HBO)
          • Steve Shagan for Gotti, (HBO)
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
        • David Lee, for Frasier (Episode: “To Kill a Talking Bird”), (NBC)
          • Andy Ackerman for Seinfeld (Episode: “The Pothole”), (NBC)
          • Todd Holland for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: “Everybody Loves Larry”), (HBO)
          • Gil Junger for Ellen (Episode: “The Puppy Episode”), (ABC)
          • Alan Myerson, for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: “Ellen, Or Isn’t She”), (HBO)
      Outstanding Directing - Drama

      50TH EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 13TH, 1998

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      Outstanding Drama Series
      Outstanding Variety Series
      • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Politically Incorrect, (Comedy Central)
        • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
        • Tracey Takes On…, (HBO)
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • The 51st Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
      Outstanding Miniseries
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      • Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman on Mad About You(Episode: “Moody Blues”), (NBC)
        • Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase on Veronica’s Closet(Episode: “Pilot”), (NBC)
        • Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan on Ellen (Episode: “Neighbors”), (ABC)
        • Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery on Dharma & Greg(Episode: “Haus Arrest”), (ABC)
        • Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal on Ally McBeal (Episode: “One Hundred Tears Away”), (Fox)
        • Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement(Episode: “Bright Christmas”), (ABC)
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope(Episode: “Cabin Fever”), (CBS)
        • Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully on The X-Files(Episode: “All Souls”), (Fox)
        • Roma Downey as Monica on Touched by an Angel(Episode: “The Spirit of Liberty Moon”), (CBS)
        • Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway on ER (Episode: “Carter’s Choice”), (NBC)
        • Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Episode: “Point Blank”), (CBS)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
        • Kario Salem for Don King: Only in America, (HBO)
          • Jay McInerney and Michael Cristofer for Gia, (HBO)
          • David Stevens, Peter Barnes, Edward Khmara for Merlin, (NBC)
          • Nicholas Wright for More Tales of the City, (Showtime)
          • Graham Yost for From the Earth to the Moon (Episode: “Part II”), (HBO)
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
        • The Chris Rock Show, (HBO)
        • Late Night with Conan O’Brien, (NBC)
        • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • Mr. Show with Bob and David, (HBO)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
      Outstanding Directing - Drama

      51ST EMMY AWARDS – SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1999

      Outstanding Comedy Series
      Outstanding Drama Series
      Outstanding Variety Series
      • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Politically Incorrect, (ABC)
        • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
        • Tracey Takes On…, (HBO)
      Outstanding Variety Special
      • The 52nd Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
        • The 71st Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
        • Freak, (HBO)
        • George Carlin: You Are All Diseased, (HBO)
        • Jerry Seinfeld: “I’m Telling You for the Last Time”, (HBO)
      Outstanding Miniseries
        • Hornblower, (A&E)
          • The ’60s, (NBC)
          • Great Expectations, (PBS)
          • Joan of Arc, (CBS)
          • The Temptations, (NBC)
      Outstanding Actor - Comedy
      Outstanding Actress - Comedy
      Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama
      • Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue (Episode: “Safe Home”), (ABC)
        • James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano on The Sopranos(Episode: “The Sopranos”), (HBO)
        • Dylan McDermott as Bobby Donnell on The Practice(Episode: “Happily Ever After”), (ABC)
        • Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue (Episode: “Hearts and Souls”), (ABC)
        • Sam Waterston as Jack McCoy on Law & Order (Episode: “Sideshow”), (NBC)
      Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama
      • Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos (Episode: “College”), (HBO)
        • Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully on The X-Files(Episode: “Milagro”), (Fox)
        • Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos(Episode: “The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti”), (HBO)
        • Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope(Episode: “Karmic Relief”), (CBS)
        • Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway on ER (Episode: “The Storm”, Part 2), (NBC)
      Outstanding Writing - Comedy
      Outstanding Writing - Drama
      Outstanding Writing - Miniseries
      Outstanding Writing - Variety
      • The Chris Rock Show, (HBO)
        • Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
        • Late Night with Conan O’Brien, (NBC)
        • Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
        • Mr. Show with Bob and David, (HBO)
      Outstanding Directing - Comedy
      Outstanding Directing - Drama