43rd Primetime Emmy Awards

The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on August 25, 1991. 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
  • China Beach
  • Northern Exposure
  • Quantum Leap
  • thirtysomething

Outstanding 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

Outstanding Lead Actor 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" in Columbo
  • Kyle MacLachlan as "Special Agent Dale Cooper" in Twin Peaks
  • Michael Moriarty as "Ben Stone" in Law & Order

Outstanding 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 The Golden Girls

Outstanding Lead Actress in 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" in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
  • Angela Lansbury as "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder, She Wrote

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jonathan Winters as "Gunny Davis" in 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

Outstanding 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

Outstanding 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 The Golden Girls
  • Rhea Perlman as "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers

Outstanding 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

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• L.A. Law (David E. Kelley)
  • L.A. Law (Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher)
  • L.A. Law (Alan Brennert, Patricia Green, David E. Kelley)
  • Northern Exposure (Joshua Brand, John Falsey)
  • thirtysomething (Ann Lewis Hamilton)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Equal Justice (Thomas Carter)
  • China Beach (Mimi Leder)
  • Cop Rock (Gregory Hoblit)
  • L.A. Law (Tom Moore)

Outstanding Writing in 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)

Outstanding Directing in 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)

References

• 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• Emmy Awards on imdb