Primetime Emmy Awards 1991
The 1991 Emmy Awards took place on August 25, 1991 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena , California . The US television station Fox broadcast the 43rd primetime event.
Drama Series (Outstanding Drama Series)
- LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation (LA Law)
- China Beach
- Alaska of all places (Northern Exposure)
- Back to the Past (Quantum Leap)
- thirtysomething
Leading actor in a comedy series
- Burt Reynolds as "Wood Newton" in Daddy creates us all
- Ted Danson as "Sam Malone" in Cheers
- John Goodman as "Dan Conner" in Roseanne
- Richard Mulligan as "Dr. Harry Weston" in Harry's Nest
- Craig T. Nelson as "Coach Hayden Fox" in Coach
Leading actress in a comedy series
- Kirstie Alley as "Rebecca Howe" in Cheers
- Candice Bergen as "Murphy Brown" in Murphy Brown
- Blair Brown as "Molly Dodd" in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
- Delta Burke as "Suzanne Sugarbaker" in Designing Women
- Betty White as "Rose Nylund" in Golden Girls
Leading actor in a drama series
- James Earl Jones as "Gabriel Bird" in Gabriel's Fire
- Scott Bakula as "Sam Beckett" in Back to the Past
- Peter Falk as "Lt. Columbo" in Columbo
- Kyle MacLachlan as "Special Agent Dale Cooper" in Twin Peaks
- Michael Moriarty as "Ben Stone" in Law & Order
Leading actress in a drama series
- Patricia Wettig as "Nancy Warrior Weston" in thirtysomething
- Dana Delany as "Nurse Colleen McMurphy" in China Beach
- Sharon Gless as "Fiona Rose 'Rosie' O'Neill" in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
- Angela Lansbury as "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder is her hobby
Supporting actor in a comedy series
- Jonathan Winters as "Gunny Davis" in Davis Rules
- Charles Durning as "Dr. Harlan Elldridge" in Daddy gets us all off
- Woody Harrelson as "Woody Boyd" in Cheers
- Michael Jeter as "Herman Stiles" in Daddy creates us all
- Jerry Van Dyke as "Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam" in Coach
Supporting actor in a drama series
- Timothy Busfield as "Elliot Weston" in thirtysomething
- David Clennon as "Miles Drentell" in thirtysomething
- Richard Dysart as "Leland McKenzie" in LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits
- Jimmy Smits as "Victor Sifuentes" in LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits
- Dean Stockwell as "Al the Observer" in Back to the Past
Supporting actress in a comedy series
- Bebe Neuwirth as "Lilith Crane" in Cheers
- Elizabeth Ashley as "Freida Evans" in Daddy creates us all
- Faith Ford as "Corky Sherwood" in Murphy Brown
- Estelle Getty as "Sophia Petrillo" in Golden Girls
- Rhea Perlman as "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers
Supporting actress in a drama series
- Madge Sinclair as "Empress Josephine" in Gabriel's Fire
- Marg Helgenberger as "KC" in China Beach
- Piper Laurie as "Catherine Martell" in Twin Peaks
- Melanie Mayron as "Melissa Steadman" in thirtysomething
- Diana Muldaur as "Rosalind Shays" in LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation
Screenplay for a drama series
- LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( David E. Kelley )
- LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( Judith Feldman , Sarah Woodside Gallagher )
- LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( Alan Brennert , Patricia Green , David E. Kelley )
- Alaska of all places ( Joshua Brand , John Falsey )
- thirtysomething ( Ann Lewis Hamilton )
Directed a drama series
- Equal Justice ( Thomas Carter )
- China Beach ( Mimi Leather )
- Cop Rock ( Gregory Hoblit )
- LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Litigation ( Tom Moore )
Screenplay for a comedy series
- Murphy Brown ( Gary Dontzig , Steven Peterman )
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( Jay Tarses )
- Murphy Brown ( Diane English )
- Seinfeld ( Larry David )
- Seinfeld ( Larry David , Jerry Seinfeld )
Directing a comedy series
- Cheers ( James Burrows )
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( Jay Tarses )
- Murphy Brown ( Barnet Kellman )
- Seinfeld ( Tom Cherones )
- Wonderful Years ( Peter Baldwin )