Primetime Emmy Awards 1992

The 44th Emmy Awards were held on August 30, 1992 at the Pasadena Civi Auditorium in Pasadena , California . The show was hosted by Tim Allen , Kirstie Alley and Dennis Miller .

Award winners and nominations (selection)

Programs

Best comedy series	Best drama series
Murphy Brown , NBC Brooklyn Bridge , CBS Cheers , NBC Listen who's hammering , ABC Seinfeld , NBC	Alaska , of all places , CBS I'll fly away , NBC LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation , NBC Law & Order , NBC Back to the past , NBC
Best variety, music or comedy series	Best variety, music or comedy special
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NBC In Living Color ; Fox Late Show with David Letterman , CBS	Cirque du Soleil II: Nouvelle Experience , HBO Comic Relief V , HBO Academy Awards 1993 , ABC Great Performances, Episode: "Unforgettable, With Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole" , PBS
Best TV movie	Best miniseries
Miss Rose White , NBC Appearances are deceptive , Fox Homefront : pilot , ABC I'll Fly Away : Pilot , NBC Without Warning: The James Brady Story , HBO	The Fate of Jackie O. , NBC Under the burden of evidence , ABC The Poison of Doubt , NBC The Taylor Murder - Fighting Over a Child , CBS Drug Wars 2 - Crimson Snow , NBC

actor

Leading roles

Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Best leading actress in a comedy series
Craig T. Nelson as Coach Hayden in Coach , Episode: "A Real Guy's Guy," ABC Ted Danson as Sam Malone in Cheers , Episode: "Go Make," NBC John Goodman as Dan Conner in Roseanne , episode: "The Back Story," ABC Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane in High Flyer , episode: "Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes", NBC Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton in Daddy Makes Us All , Episode: "Callous Hearts of Rage," CBS Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld , episode: "The Boyfriend", NBC	Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown in Murphy Brown , episode: "Birth 101", CBS Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe in Cheers , episode: "An Old Fashioned Wedding," NBC Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner in Roseanne , Episode: "A Bitter Pill to Swallow," ABC Tyne Daly as Mimsy Borogroves in overachiever , episode "My Brother's Keeper," NBC Marion Ross as Sophie Berger in Brooklyn Bridge , episode: "Brave New World," CBS Betty White as Rose Nylund in Golden Girls . Episode: "Dateline: Miami", NBC
Best Actor in a Drama Series	Best leading actress in a drama series
Christopher Lloyd as Alistair Dimple in The Girl From Town , Episode: "Facts and Fictions", Disney Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett in Back to the Past , Episode: "Dreams: February 28, 1979," NBC Kirk Douglas as General Kalthrob in Tales from the Crypt , episode: "Yellow," HBO Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone in Law & Order , episode: "The Wages of Love," NBC Rob Morrow as Joel Fleischmann in Alaska , of all things , episode: "Jules et Joel", ABC Harrison Page as Reverend Walters in Back to the Past , Episode: "Song for the Soul: April 7, 1963", ABC Sam Waterston as Forrest Bedford in I'll Fly Away , Episode: "Hard Lessons Master Magician," NBC	Dana Delany as Colleen McMurphy in China Beach , Episode: "Through and Through," CBS Sharon Gless as Rosie O'Neill in The Cases of Rosie O'Neill , episode: "Heartbreak Hotel," CBS Shirley Knight as Melanie Cullen in Law & Order , Episode: "The Wages of Love," NBC Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder Is Her Hobby , episode: "Night Fears," CBS Kate Nelligan as Sydney Carver in The Girl From Town , Episode: "After the Honeymoon". Disney Regina Taylor as Lilly in I'll Fly Away , Episode: "Coming Home," NBC
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Special	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Special
Beau Bridges as James Brady in Without Warning: The James Brady Story , HBO Rubén Blades as Ernesto Ontiveros in Crazy from the Heart , TNT Hume Cronyn as Cleveland Meriwether in Trevor and the Bum , CBS Brian Dennehy as John Wayne Gacy in Hunt the Killer , Syndicated Maximilian Schell as Mordecai Weiss in Miss Rose White , NBC	Gena Rowlands as Pat Forester in The Stranger's Face , CBS Anne Bancroft as Lilian Cage in Mrs. Cage , PBS Meredith Baxter as Betty Broderick in Until Murder Do Us Part , CBS Judy Davis as Countess Mary Lindell in Alone Against the Wind , CBS Laura Dern as Janet Harduvel in Afterburn , HBO

Supporting roles

Best supporting actor in a comedy series	Best supporting actress in a comedy series
Michael Jeter as Herman Stiles in Daddy Makes Us All , episode: "Herman in Charge" + "Hasta la Vista", CBS Jason Alexander as George Costanza in Seinfeld , episode: "The Note" + "The OTape", NBC Charles Durning as Dr. Harlan Ellridge in Daddy Makes Us All , episode: "Three Naked Men", CBS Harvey Fierstein as Mark Newberger in Cheers , Episode: "Guest Host" + "Rebecca's Lover ... Not", NBC Jay Thomas as Jerry Gold in Murphy Brown , Episodes: "Uh-Oh", Parts 2 & 3 + "Lovesick", CBS Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam in Coach , episodes: "I Think I Can't, I Think I Can't" + "Last of the Red-Hot Luthers", ABC	Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris in Roseanne , Episode: "Why Jackie Becomes a Trucker" + "Kansas City, Here We Come", ABC Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood in Murphy Brown , Episode: "Love is Blonde" + "A Chance of Showers", CBS Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo in Golden Girls , episode: "One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest," NBC Alice Ghostley as Bernice Clifton in Man Doesn't Have to Be , Episodes: "The Strange Case of Clarence and Anita" + "Just Say Doe", CBS Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld , episode: "The Pen" + "The Tape", NBC Frances Sternhagen as Esther Clavin in Cheers , episode: "Heeeeeere's ... Cliffy!", NBC
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Richard Dysart as Leland McKenzie Jr. in LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits , episodes: "Monkey on My Back Lot" + "PS Your Shrink Is Dead", NBX Edward Asner as Walter Kovacs in The Cases of Rosie O'Neill , Episodes: "Knock, Knock" + "Happy Birthday or Else", CBS John Corbett as Chris Stevens in Alaska , of all things , episodes: "Only You" + "Burning Down the House", CBS Richard Kiley as Doug in Bradbury's Chamber of Horrors , episode: "The Utterly Perfect Murder", USA Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes in LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials , Episode: "Steal It Again, Sam" + "Say Goodnight, Gracie", NBC Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci in Back to the Past , episode: "The Leap Back: June 15, 1945" + "Dreams: February 28, 1979", NBC	Valerie Mahaffey as Eve in Alaska , of all places , episodes: "The Bumpy Road to Love" + "Lost and Found" + "Our Wedding", CBS Mary Alice as Marguerite Peck in I'll Fly Away , Episodes: "Hard Lessons" + "A Dangerous Comfort", NBC Barbara Barrie as Mrs. Bream in Law & Order , episode: "Vengeance", NBC Conchata Ferrell as Susan Bloom in LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits , episodes: "Spleen It to Me, Lucy" + "PS Your Shrink Is Dead", NBC Cynthia Geary as Shelly Tambo in Alaska , of all things , episodes: "Oy, Wilderness" + "Get real", CBS Marg Helgenberger as KC Kolowski in China Beach , episodes: "100 Clicks Out" + "The Always Goodbye", ABC Kay Lenz as Maggie Zombro in The Prosecutor and the Cop , episodes: "One Woman's Word" + "Maggie Finds Her Soul", NBC
Best supporting actor in a miniseries or a special	Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special
Hume Cronyn as Ben in Broadway Family , ABC Brian Dennehy as Dixon Hartnell in Under the Weight of Evidence , ABC Hector Elizondo as Lt. Angel in Mrs. Cage , PBS Jerry Orbach as Jack Jerome in Broadway Family , ABC Ben Vereen as Gene Randell in Intruders , CBS	Amanda Plummer as Lusia Weiss in Miss Ross White , NBC Anne Bancroft as Kate Jerome in Broadway Family , ABC Bibi Besch as Lisa Carter in Appearances are deceptive , Fox Penny Fuller as Kate Ryan in Miss Ross White , NBC Maureen Stapleton as Tanta Perla on Miss Ross White , HBO

Director

Best individual performance in the direction of a comedy series	Best individual performance in the direction of a drama series
Barnet Kellmann for Murphy Brown , episode: "Birth 101", CBS James Burrows for Cheers , Episode: "An Old Fashioned Wedding", NBC Lee Shallat Chemel for Murphy Brown , Episode: "Birth 101", CBS David Steinberg for Seinfeld , episode: "the Tape", NBC Sam Weisman for Brooklyn Bridge , episode: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", CBS	Eric Laneuville for I'll Fly Away , episode: "All God's Children", NBC Jack Bender for Alaska , of all places , episode: "Seoul Mates", CBS Mimi Leder for China Beach , episode: "Rewind", ABC Nancy Malone for The Cases of Rosie O'Neill , episode: "Heartbreak Hotel", CBS Rick Wallace for LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation , Episode: "Say Goodnight, Gracie", NBC
Best individual performance in the direction of a variety, music or comedy show	Best individual performance in the direction of a variety, music or comedy show, mini-series or special
Patricia Birch for Great Performances: Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole , PBS Hal Gurnee for Late Night with David Letterman : 10th Anniversary Special , NBC Jeff Margolis for 1992 Academy Awards , ABC Walter C. Miller for 1992 Tony Awards , CBS Bobby Quinn for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , NBC	Joseph Sargent for Miss Ross White , NBC Paul Bogart for Broadway Family , ABC Joshua Brand for I'll Fly Away: Pilot , NBC Lamont Johnson for Disaster Flight 232 , ABC Ron Lagomarsino for Homefront: Pilot , ABC Daniel Petrie for My Friend Mark Twain , Disney

script

Best script for a comedy series	Best script for a drama series
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 Garry 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	Andrew Schneider , Diane Frolov for Alaska , of all places , episode: "Seoul Matters", CBS David Chase for I'll Fly Away , episode: "Master Magician", NBC Robin Green for Alaska , of all places , episode: "Burning Down the House", CBS Jeff Melvoin for Alaska of all places , episode: "Democracy in America", CBS Robert Nathan , Walon Green for Law & Order , episode: "Manhood", NBC John Wells , John Sacret Young , Carol Flint , Lydia Woodward for China Beach , Episode: "Hello-Goodbye", ABC
Best script for a variety or comedy show	Best script for a miniseries or a special
Academy Awards 1992 , Fox Saturday Night Live , NBC Late Night with David Letterman , NBC In Living Color , Fox The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , NBC	John Falsey , Joshua Brand for I'll Fly Away: Pilot , NBC Robert Bolt for Without Warning: The James Brady Story , HBO James Duff for Appearances are Deceptive , Fox Anna Sandor for Miss Ross White , NBC Neil Simon for Broadway Family , ABC

Web links

Commons : 1992 Emmy Awards  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Primetime Emmy Awards 1992 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website