1990

Rank

Program

Network

Rating

1CheersNBC21.3
260 MinutesCBS20.6
3A Different WorldABC18.1
4The Cosby ShowNBC17.5
5The Cosby Show17.1
6Murphy BrownCBS16.9
7Empty NestNBC16.7
America's Funniest Home VideosABC
9Monday Night Football16.6
10The Golden GirlsNBC16.5
Designing WomenCBS
12Murder, She Wrote16.4
13America's Funniest PeopleABC16.3
14Full House15.9
15Family Matters15.8

 

Rank

Movie

Box Office

1Home Alone$285,761,243
2Ghost$217,631,306
3Dances with Wolves$184,208,848
4Pretty Woman$178,406,268
5Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles$135,265,915
6The Hunt for Red October$122,012,643
7Total Recall$119,394,840
8Die Hard 2: Die Harder$117,540,947
9Dick Tracy$103,738,726
10Kindergarten Cop$91,457,688
11Back to the Future Part III$87,727,583
12Presumed Innocent$86,303,188
13Days of Thunder$82,670,733
14Another 48 HRS.$80,818,974
15Three Men and a Little Lady$71,609,321
16Bird on a Wire$70,978,012
17The Godfather Part III$66,666,062
18Flatliners$61,489,265
19Misery$61,276,872
20Edward Scissorhands$56,362,352

Rank

Performer

Album

1MadonnaThe Immaculate Collection
2Carreras Domingo Pavarotti, Orchestra Del Maggio Musical, Fiorentino Orchestra Del Teatro, Dell'Opera Di Roma, Zubin MehtaIn Concert
3Luciano PavarottiThe Essential Pavarotti
4CarpentersOnly Yesterday
5Elton JohnThe Very Best Of Elton John
6George MichaelListen Without Prejudice V1
7Sinead O'ConnorI Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
8Soul II SoulVolume II (1990 A New Decade)
9Michael BoltonSoul Provider
10New Kids On The BlockStep By Step

 

FEATURED TV SHOW – ROSEANNE

FEATURED MOVIE – KINDERGARTEN COP

FEATURED PERFORMER – NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Outstanding Comedy Series

Outstanding Drama Series

Murphy Brown, (CBS)L.A. Law, (NBC)
Cheers, (NBC)China Beach, (ABC)
Designing Women, (CBS)Quantum Leap, (NBC)
The Golden Girls, (NBC)thirtysomething, (ABC)
The Wonder Years, (ABC)Twin Peaks, (ABC)

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special

In Living Color (Fox)Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration, (ABC)
The Arsenio Hall Show, (Syndicated)The 62nd Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow, (HBO)
Saturday Night Live, (NBC)The 43rd Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
The Tracey Ullman Show, (Fox)The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show, (Fox)

Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special

Outstanding Miniseries

Caroline?, (CBS)Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, (NBC)
The Incident, (CBS)Blind Faith, (NBC)
The Final Days, (ABC)Family of Spies, (CBS)
A Killing in a Small Town, (CBS)The Kennedys of Massachusetts, (ABC)
Murder in Mississippi, (NBC)Small Sacrifices, (ABC)

 

 

Picture

Director

• Nominees:• Nominees:
– Awakenings– Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather, Part III
– Dances With Wolves– Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves
– Ghost– Stephen Frears for The Grifters
– The Godfather, Part III– Barbet Schroeder for Reversal of Fortune
– GoodFellas– Martin Scorsese for GoodFellas
• Winner: Dances with Wolves• Winner: Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves

Actor

Supporting Actor

• Nominees:• Nominees:
– Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves– Bruce Davison in Longtime Companion
– Robert De Niro in Awakenings– Andy Garcia in The Godfather, Part III
– Gerard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac– Graham Greene in Dances With Wolves
– Richard Harris in The Field– Al Pacino in Dick Tracy
– Jeremy Irons in Reversal of Fortune– Joe Pesci in GoodFellas
• Winner: Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune • Winner: Joe Pesci for Goodfellas 

Actress

Supporting Actress

• Nominees:• Nominees:
– Kathy Bates in Misery– Annette Bening in The Grifters
– Anjelica Huston in The Grifters– Lorraine Bracco in GoodFellas
– Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman– Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost
– Meryl Streep in Postcards from the Edge– Diane Ladd in Wild at Heart
– Joanne Woodward in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge– Mary McDonnell in Dances With Wolves
• Winner: Kathy Bates for Misery • Winner: Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost 



Record of the Year

“Another Day in Paradise,” Phil Collins

Album of the Year

Back on the Block, Quincy Jones (Qwest/Warner Bros.)

Song of the Year

“From a Distance,” Julie Gold, songwriter

Best New Artist

Mariah Carey

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male

“Oh Pretty Woman,” Roy Orbison

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

“Vision of Love,” Mariah Carey

Best Pop Performance - Duo or Group

“All My Life,” Linda Ronstadt with Aaron Neville

Best Hard Rock Performance

Time's Up, Living Colour

Best Metal Performance

“Stone Cold Crazy,” Metallica

Best Alternative Music Performance

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Sinead O'Connor

Best Rhythm and Blues Song

“U Can't Touch This,” Rick James, Alonzo Miller and M.C. Hammer, songwriters

Best R&BVocal Performance, Male

“Here and Now,” Luther Vandross

Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

Compositions, Anita Baker

Best R&B Performance - Duo or Group

“I'll Be Good to You,” Ray Charles and Chaka Khan

Best Rap Solo Performance

“U Can't Touch This,” M.C. Hammer

Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group

“Back on the Block,” Ice T, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Quincy D. III and Quincy Jones

BEST COMEDY SERIES – MURPHY BROWN

BEST PICTURE – DANCES WITH WOLVES

BEST NEW ARTIST – MARIAH CAREY