Primetime Emmy Awards 1996

1996 Emmy Awards venue: Pasadena Civic Auditorium

The 48th Emmy Awards in the Prime Time category took place on September 7th and 8th, 1996 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena . In the United States , ABC broadcast the awards ceremony on September 8th. The event moderators were Michael J. Fox , Paul Reiser and Oprah Winfrey .

Award winners and nominations (selection)

Programs

Best Comedy Series (Outstanding Comedy Series)	Best Drama Series (Outstanding Drama Series)
Frasier ( NBC ) Friends ( NBC ) The Larry Sanders Show ( HBO ) Crazy About You ( NBC ) Seinfeld ( NBC )	Emergency Room - The Emergency Room ( NBC ) Chicago Hope - Terminus Hope ( CBS ) Law & Order ( NBC ) New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( ABC ) The X-Files: The FBI's Creepy Cases ( Fox )
Best variety, music or comedy series (Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series)
Dennis Miller Live ( HBO ) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( NBC ) Late Show with David Letterman ( CBS ) Muppets Tonight! ( ABC ) Politically Incorrect ( ABC / Comedy Central )
Best TV Movie (Outstanding Made for Television Movie)	Best Miniseries (Outstanding Miniseries)
Truman: The Man Who Made History ( HBO ) Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story ( Lifetime ) Lost Dreams ( TNT ) The Late Shift ( HBO ) The Honor To Fly ( HBO )	Gulliver's Travels ( NBC ) Andersonville ( TNT ) Hiroshima ( Showtime ) The Bible - Moses ( TNT ) Pride and Prejudice ( A&E )

actor

Leading roles

Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)	Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series)
John Lithgow for the portrayal of Dick Solomon in Behind the Moon (episode "Dick Smoker") Kelsey Grammer for portraying Dr. Frasier Crane in Frasier (Episode "You Can Go Home Again") Paul Reiser for portraying Paul Buchman in Mad About You Jerry Seinfeld for portraying Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld Garry Shandling for portraying Larry Sanders on The Larry Sanders Show	Helen Hunt for portraying Jamie Buchman in Mad About You Ellen DeGeneres for portraying Ellen Morgan in Ellen Fran Drescher for portraying Fran Fine in The Nanny Patricia Richardson for portraying Jill Taylor in Listen Who's That Hammering Cybill Shepherd for portraying Cybill Sheridan in Cybill
Best Actor in a Drama Series (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)	Best Actress in a Drama Series (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series)
Dennis Franz for portraying Detective Andy Sipowicz in New York Cops - NYPD Blue Andre Braugher for portraying Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide George Clooney for portraying Dr. Doug Ross in the Emergency Room Anthony Edwards for portraying Dr. Mark Greene in the Emergency Room Jimmy Smits for portraying Detective Bobby Simone in New York Cops - NYPD Blue	Kathy Baker for portraying Dr. Jill Brock in Picket Fences - crime scene garden fence Gillian Anderson for portraying Agent Dana Scully in the X-Files: The FBI's Creepy Cases Christine Lahti for portraying Dr. Kate Austin in Chicago Hope - end of the line hope Angela Lansbury for portraying Jessica Fletcher in Murder Is Her Hobby Sherry Stringfield for portraying Dr. Susan Lewis in the Emergency Room
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Special (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini Series or Special)	Best actress in a mini-series or special (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or Special)
Alan Rickman for portraying Grigory Efimowitsch Rasputin in Rasputin Alec Baldwin for portraying Stanley Kowalski in Endstation Sehnsucht Beau Bridges for portraying Richard Nixon in Kissinger and Nixon Laurence Fishburne for portraying Hannibal Lee in The Honor to Fly Gary Sinise for portraying Harry S. Truman in Truman, The Man Who Made History	Helen Mirren for portraying Detective Jane Tennison in Suspicion Ashley Judd for portraying Norma Jean Dougherty in Marilyn Your Life Jessica Lange for portraying Blanche DuBois in Endstation Sehnsucht Mira Sorvino for portraying Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn - Your Life Sela Ward for portraying Jessica Savitch in Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Supporting roles

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series)	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)
Rip Torn for portraying Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show (episode "Arthur After Hours", "The PA") Jason Alexander for portraying George Costanza in Seinfeld David Hyde Pierce for portraying Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier (episode "The Last Time I Saw Maris", "Moon Dance") Michael Richards for portraying Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld Jeffrey Tambor for portraying Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show	Julia Louis-Dreyfus for portraying Elaine Benes in Seinfeld Christine Baranski for portraying Maryann Thorpe in Cybill Janeane Garofalo for portraying Paula on The Larry Sanders Show Jayne Meadows for portraying Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutting-Cushing-Ferruke in high society Renée Taylor for portraying Sylvia Fine in The Nanny
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series)
Ray Walston for portraying Judge Henry Bone in Picket Fences Hector Elizondo for portraying Dr. Philip Watters in Chicago Hope - Hope End , CBS James McDaniel for portraying Arthur Fancy in New York Cops - NYPD Blue Stanley Tucci for portraying Richard Cross in Murder One Noah Wyle for portraying Dr. John Carter in Emergency Room	Tyne Daly for portraying Alice Henderson in Christy Barbara Bosson for portraying Miriam Grasso in Murder One Sharon Lawrence for portraying Sylvia Costas in New York Cops - NYPD Blue Julianna Margulies for portraying Carol Hathaway in Emergency Room Gail O'Grady for portraying Donna Abandando in New York Cops - NYPD Blue

Web links

• Award winners and nominations on emmys.com (English)
• Award winners and nominations in the Internet Movie Database (English)