46th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 11, 1994. The awards show was hosted by Patricia Richardson and Ellen DeGeneres. It was broadcast on ABC. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Frasier, NBC
• Home Improvement
• The Larry Sanders Show
• Mad About You
• Seinfeld

Outstanding Drama Series

• Law & Order
• Northern Exposure
• NYPD Blue
• Picket Fences
• Star Trek: The Next Generation

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kelsey Grammer for playing Frasier Crane on Frasier
• John Goodman for playing Dan Conner on Roseanne
• John Larroquette for playing John Hemingway on The John Larroquette Show
• Paul Reiser for playing Paul Buchman on Mad About You
• Jerry Seinfeld for playing himself on Seinfeld

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• David Caruso for playing Det. John Kelly on NYPD Blue
• Peter Falk for playing Lieutenant Columbo on Columbo: It's All in the Game
• Dennis Franz for playing Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue
• Michael Moriarty for playing Ben Stone on Law & Order
• Tom Skerritt for playing Sheriff Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Roseanne Barr for playing Roseanne Conner on Roseanne
• Candice Bergen for playing Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown
• Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchman on Mad About You
• Annie Potts for playing Dana Palladino on Love & War
• Patricia Richardson for playing Jill Taylor on Home Improvement

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Baker for playing Jill Brock on Picket Fences
• Swoosie Kurtz for playing Alexandra Reed Halsey Barker on Sisters
• Angela Lansbury for playing Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote
• Jane Seymour for playing Dr. Michaela Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Sela Ward for playing Theodora Reed Margolis Falconer Sorenson on Sisters

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jason Alexander for playing George Costanza on Seinfeld
• Jerry Van Dyke for playing Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam on Coach
• David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane on Frasier
• Michael Richards for playing Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld
• Rip Torn for playing Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Gordon Clapp for playing Det. Greg Medavoy on NYPD Blue
• Barry Corbin for playing Maurice J. Minnifield on Northern Exposure
• Fyvush Finkel for playing Douglas Wambaugh on Picket Fences
• Nicholas Turturro for playing Det. James Martinez on NYPD Blue
• Ray Walston for playing Henry Bone on Picket Fences

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Elaine Benes on Seinfeld
• Shelley Fabares for playing Christine Armstrong on Coach
• Faith Ford for playing Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown
• Sara Gilbert for playing Darlene Conner on Roseanne
• Laurie Metcalf for playing Jackie Harris Roseanne
• Liz Torres for playing Mahalia Sanchez on The John Larroquette Show

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Amy Brenneman for playing Janice Licalsi on NYPD Blue
• Jill Eikenberry for playing Ann Kelsey on L.A. Law
• Gail O'Grady for playing Donna Abandando on NYPD Blue
• Sharon Lawrence for playing A.D.A. Sylvia Costas on NYPD Blue
• Leigh Taylor-Young for playing Rachel Harris on Picket Fences