43rd Primetime Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards 1991 took place on 25 August 1991 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The American TV channel Fox transferred the 43 events in the category of prime time.
Drama series
( Outstanding Drama Series )
- L.A. Law
- China Beach
- Northern Exposure
- Quantum Leap
- Thirtysomething
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Burt Reynolds as " Wood Newton" in Evening Shade Ted Danson as " Sam Malone " in Cheers
- John Goodman as " Dan Conner " in Roseanne
- Richard Mulligan as " Dr. Harry Weston " in Empty Nest
- Craig T. Nelson as "Coach Hayden Fox " in Coach
Lead 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
The protagonists in a drama series
- James Earl Jones as " Gabriel Bird" in Gabriel 's Fire Scott Bakula as " Sam Beckett " in Quantum Leap
- Peter Falk as " Lt.. Columbo " Columbo in
- Kyle MacLachlan as " Special Agent Dale Cooper" in Twin Peaks
- Michael Moriarty as " Ben Stone" in Law & Order
Actress a Drama Series
- Patricia Wettig as " Nancy Krieger Weston " in thirtysomething Dana Delany as "Nurse Colleen McMurphy " in China Beach
- Sharon Gless as " Fiona Rose Rosie O'Neill " The Trials of Rosie O'Neill in
- Angela Lansbury as " Jessica Fletcher " in Murder, She Wrote
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Jonathan Winters as " Gunny Davis " Davis Rules Charles Durning as " Dr. Harlan Elldridge " in Evening Shade
- Woody Harrelson as " Woody Boyd " in Cheers
- Michael Jeter as " Herman Stiles " in Evening Shade
- 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 L.A. Law
- Jimmy Smits as " Victor Sifuentes " in L.A. Law
- Dean Stockwell as " Al the Observer" in Quantum Leap
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Bebe Neuwirth as " Lilith Crane" in Cheers Elizabeth Ashley as " Freida Evans " in Evening Shade
- 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 " K. C. " in China Beach
- Piper Laurie as " Catherine Martell " in Twin Peaks
- Melanie Mayron as " Melissa Steadman " in thirtysomething
- Diana Muldaur as " Rosalind Shays ' in L.A. Law
Written a Drama Series
- L.A. Law (David E. Kelley ) LA Law ( Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher )
- LA Law ( Alan Brennert, Patricia Green, David E. Kelley )
- Northern Exposure ( Joshua Brand, John Falsey )
- Thirtysomething ( Ann Lewis Hamilton)
Director of a Drama Series
- Equal Justice ( Thomas Carter ) China Beach ( Mimi Leder )
- Cop Skirt ( Gregory Hoblit )
- L.A. Law (Tom Moore)
Screenplay 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 )
Director of a Comedy Series
- Cheers ( James Burrows ) The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Jay Tarses )
- Murphy Brown ( Barnet Kellman )
- Seinfeld ( Tom Cherones )
- The Wonder Years (Peter Baldwin )