48th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 48th Emmy Awards in prime time division took place on 7 and 8 September 1996 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles. In the United States, the award ceremony was broadcast by ABC on September 8. The hosts of the event were Michael J. Fox, Paul Reiser and Oprah Winfrey.

Award winners and nominees (selection)

Best Drama Series

( Outstanding Drama Series )

• Chicago Hope - Final Hope, CBS
• Law & Order, NBC
• New York Cops - NYPD Blue, ABC
• The X-Files - The Files, Fox

Best Comedy Series

( Outstanding Comedy Series)

• Friends, NBC
• The Larry Sanders Show, HBO
• Mad About You, NBC
• Seinfeld, NBC

Best Miniseries

( Outstanding Miniseries )

• Andersonville, TNT
• Hiroshima, Showtime
• The Bible - Moses, TNT
• Pride and Prejudice, A & E

Best TV Movie

( Outstanding Made for Television Movie)

• Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, Lifetime
• Lost dreams, TNT
• The Late Shift - late show, HBO
• The honor to fly, HBO

Best variety, music or comedy show

( Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series)

• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC
• Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
• Muppets Tonight!, ABC
• Politically Incorrect, ABC / Comedy Central

Best Actor in a Drama Series

( Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)

• Andre Braugher for the representation of Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide
• George Clooney for the presentation by Dr. Doug Ross in ER - Emergency Room
• Anthony Edwards for the presentation by Dr. Mark Greene inEmergency Room - The emergency room
• Jimmy Smits for the representation of Detective Bobby Simone in New York Cops - NYPD Blue

Best Actress in a Drama Series

( Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series)

• Gillian Anderson for the representation of Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files - The Files
• Christine Lahti for the presentation of Dr. Kate Austin in Chicago Hope - A Streetcar Named Hope
• Angela Lansbury for the presentation of Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote
• Sherry Stringfield for the presentation of Dr. Susan Lewis in ER - Emergency Room

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

( Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)

• Kelsey Grammer for the presentation of Dr. Frasier Crane in Frasier ( episode " You Can Go Home Again" )
• Paul Reiser for the representation of Paul Buchman in Mad About You, NBC
• Jerry Seinfeld for the presentation of Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld
• Garry Shandling for the representation of Larry Sanders in The Larry Sanders Show

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

( Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series)

• Ellen DeGeneres for the presentation of Ellen Morgan, Ellen
• Fran Drescher for the representation of Fran Fine in The Nanny
• Patricia Richardson for the representation of Jill Taylor in Look, Home Improvement
• Cybill Shepherd for the representation of Cybill Sheridan in Cybill

Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Special

( Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special)

• Alec Baldwin for the presentation of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Beau Bridges for the representation of Richard Nixon, Kissinger and Nixon
• Laurence Fishburne for the representation of Hannibal Lee to fly in Honor
• Gary Sinise for the representation of Harry S. Truman in Truman - The man who made ​​history

Best Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special

( Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special)

• Ashley Judd for the presentation of Norma Jean Dougherty in Marilyn - your life
• Jessica Lange for the representation of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Mira Sorvino for the representation of Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn - your life
• Sela Ward for the presentation of Jessica Savitch in Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

( Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series)

• Hector Elizondo for the presentation by Dr. Philip Watters in Chicago Hope - Final Hope, CBS
• James McDaniel for the presentation by Arthur Fancy in New York Cops - NYPD Blue
• Stanley Tucci for the representation of Richard Cross in Murder One
• Noah Wyle for the presentation of Dr. John Carter in ER - Emergency Room

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

( Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series)

• Barbara Bosson for the representation of Miriam Grasso in Murder One
• Sharon Lawrence for the representation of Sylvia Costas in New York Cops - NYPD Blue
• Julianna Margulies for the presentation of Carol Hathaway in ER - Emergency Room
• Gail O'Grady for the representation of Donna Abandando in New York Cops - NYPD Blue

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

( Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series)

• Jason Alexander for the representation of George Costanza in Seinfeld
• David Hyde Pierce for the presentation of Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier ( episode " The Last Time I Saw Maris ", " Moondance " )
• Michael Richards for the representation of Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld
• Jeffrey Tambor for the representation of Hank Kingsley in The Larry Sanders Show

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

( Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series)

• Christine Baranski for the representation of Maryann Thorpe in Cybill
• Janeane Garofalo for the presentation of Paula in The Larry Sanders Show
• Jayne Meadows for the presentation of Alice Morgan - DuPont Sutting -Cushing Ferruke in High Society
• Renée Taylor for the representation of Sylvia Fine in The Nanny