41st Primetime Emmy Awards

The 41st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 17, 1989. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Cheers
  • Designing Women
  • The Golden Girls
  • Murphy Brown
  • The Wonder Years

Outstanding Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • China Beach
  • thirtysomething
  • Wiseguy

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Richard Mulligan for playing "Dr. Harry Weston" in Empty Nest
  • Ted Danson for playing "Sam Malone" in Cheers
  • Michael J. Fox for playing "Alex P. Keaton" in Family Ties
  • John Goodman for playing "Dan Conner" in Roseanne
  • Fred Savage for playing "Kevin Arnold" in The Wonder Years

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Carroll O'Connor for playing "Chief Bill Gillespie" in In the Heat of the Night
  • Ron Perlman for playing "Vincent" in Beauty and the Beast
  • Michael Tucker for playing "Stuart Markowitz" in L.A. Law
  • Ken Wahl for playing "Vincent Terranova" in Wiseguy
  • Edward Woodward for playing "Robert McCall" in The Equalizer

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Candice Bergen for playing "Murphy Brown" in Murphy Brown
  • Bea Arthur for playing "Dorothy Zbornak" in The Golden Girls
  • Blair Brown for playing "Molly Dodd" in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  • Rue McClanahan for playing "Blanche Devereaux" in The Golden Girls
  • Betty White for playing "Rose Nylund" in The Golden Girls

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Dana Delany for playing "Nurse Colleen McMurphy" in China Beach
  • Susan Dey for playing "Grace Van Owen" in L.A. Law
  • Jill Eikenberry for playing "Ann Kelsey" in L.A. Law
  • Linda Hamilton for playing "Asst. Dist. Atty. Catherine Chandler" in Beauty and the Beast
  • Angela Lansbury for playing "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder, She Wrote

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Woody Harrelson for playing "Woody Boyd" in Cheers
  • Joe Regalbuto for playing "Frank Fontana" in Murphy Brown
  • Peter Scolari for playing "Michael Harris" in Newhart
  • Meshach Taylor for playing "Anthony Bouvier" in Designing Women
  • George Wendt for playing "Norm Peterson" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Larry Drake for playing "Benny Stulwicz" in L.A. Law
  • Jonathan Banks for playing "Frank McPike" in Wiseguy
  • Timothy Busfield for playing "Elliot Weston" in thirtysomething
  • Richard Dysart for playing "Leland McKenzie" in L.A. Law
  • Jimmy Smits for playing "Victor Sifuentes" in L.A. Law

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Rhea Perlman for playing "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers
  • Julia Duffy for playing "Stephanie Vanderkellen" in Newhart
  • Faith Ford for playing "Corky Sherwood" in Murphy Brown
  • Estelle Getty for playing "Sophia Petrillo" in The Golden Girls
  • Katherine Helmond for playing "Mona Robinson" in Who's the Boss?

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Melanie Mayron for playing "Melissa Steadman" in thirtysomething
  • Michele Greene for playing "Abby Perkins" in L.A. Law
  • Lois Nettleton for playing "Joanne St. John" in In the Heat of the Night
  • Amanda Plummer for playing "Alice Hackett" in L.A. Law
  • Susan Ruttan for playing "Roxanne Melman" in L.A. Law

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• thirtysomething (Joseph Dougherty)
  • L.A. Law (Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, Michele Gallery, David E. Kelley
  • L.A. Law (William M. Finkelstein, Michele Gallery, David E. Kelley, Judith Parker)
  • L.A. Law (David E. Kelley)
  • thirtysomething (Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Tanner '88 (Robert Altman)
  • L.A. Law (Eric Laneuville)
  • L.A. Law (John Pasquin)
  • Midnight Caller (Thomas Carter)
  • Thirtysomething (Scott Winant)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Murphy Brown (Diane English)
  • The Wonder Years (Matthew Carlson)
  • The Wonder Years (Todd W. Langen)
  • The Wonder Years (David M. Stern)
  • The Wonder Years (Michael J. Weithorn)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• The Wonder Years (Peter Baldwin)
  • Cheers (James Burrows)
  • The Golden Girls (Terry Hughes)
  • Murphy Brown (Barnet Kellman)
  • The Wonder Years (Michael Dinner)
  • The Wonder Years (Steve Miner)

References

• Emmy Awards on imdb