39th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 39th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 20, 1987. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox for the first time as the network premiered a year earlier, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• The Golden Girls, NBC
  • Cheers
  • The Cosby Show
  • Family Ties
  • Night Court

Outstanding Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Moonlighting
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Michael J. Fox for playing "Alex P. Keaton" in Family Ties
  • Harry Anderson for playing "Judge Harry T. Stone" in Night Court
  • Ted Danson for playing "Sam Malone" in Cheers
  • Bob Newhart for playing "Dick Loudon" in Newhart
  • Bronson Pinchot for playing "Balki Bartokomous" in Perfect Strangers

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Bruce Willis for playing "David Addison, Jr." in Moonlighting
  • Corbin Bernsen for playing "Arnie Becker" in L.A. Law
  • William Daniels for playing "Dr. Mark Craig" in St. Elsewhere
  • Ed Flanders for playing "Dr. Donald Westphall" in St. Elsewhere
  • Edward Woodward for playing "Robert McCall" in The Equalizer

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Rue McClanahan for playing "Blanche Devereaux" in The Golden Girls
  • Bea Arthur for playing "Dorothy Zbornak" in The Golden Girls
  • Blair Brown for playing "Molly Dodd" in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  • Jane Curtin for playing "Allison Lowell" in Kate & Allie
  • Betty White for playing "Rose Nylund" in The Golden Girls

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Sharon Gless for playing "Christine Cagney" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Tyne Daly for playing "Mary Beth Lacey" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Susan Dey for playing "Grace Van Owen" in L.A. Law
  • Jill Eikenberry for playing "Ann Kelsey" in L.A. Law
  • Angela Lansbury for playing "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder, She Wrote

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• John Larroquette for playing "Dan Fielding" in Night Court
  • Woody Harrelson for playing "Woody Boyd" in Cheers
  • Tom Poston for playing "George Utley" in Newhart
  • Peter Scolari for playing "Michael Harris" in Newhart
  • George Wendt for playing "Norm Peterson" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• John Hillerman for playing "Higgins" in Magnum, P.I.
  • Ed Begley Jr. for playing "Dr. Victor Ehrlich" in St. Elsewhere
  • John Karlen for playing "Harvey Lacey" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Jimmy Smits for playing "Victor Sifuentes" in L.A. Law
  • Michael Tucker for playing "Stuart Markowitz" in L.A. Law

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jackée Harry for playing "Sandra Clark" in 227
  • Justine Bateman for playing "Mallory Keaton" in Family Ties
  • Julia Duffy for playing "Stephanie Vanderkellen" in Newhart
  • Estelle Getty for playing "Sophia Petrillo" in The Golden Girls
  • Rhea Perlman for playing "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Bonnie Bartlett for playing "Ellen Craig" in St. Elsewhere
  • Allyce Beasley for playing "Agnes DiPesto" in Moonlighting
  • Christina Pickles for playing "Helen Rosenthal" in St. Elsewhere
  • Susan Ruttan for playing "Roxanne Melman" in L.A. Law
  • Betty Thomas for playing "Lucille Bates" in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Moonlighting
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Moonlighting

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Family Ties
  • Cheers
  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  • The Golden Girls
  • Newhart

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• The Golden Girls
  • Cheers
  • The Cosby Show
  • Designing Women
  • Family Ties

References

• Emmy Awards on imdb