48th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, USA. They were presented in two ceremonies, one untelevised on September 7, 1996 and other televised on September 8, 1996. It was hosted by Michael J. Fox, Paul Reiser, and Oprah Winfrey.

Nominations and Winners

Primetime Telecast Winners

The following is a list of nominees with winners in bold.

Outstanding Drama Series

• Chicago Hope, CBS
• ER, NBC
• Law & Order, NBC
• NYPD Blue, ABC
• The X-Files, Fox

Outstanding Comedy Series

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

Outstanding Miniseries

• Andersonville, TNT
• Gulliver's Travels, NBC
• Hiroshima, Showtime
• Moses, TNT
• Pride and Prejudice, A&E

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

• Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, Lifetime
• The Heidi Chronicles, TNT
• The Late Shift, HBO
• Truman, HBO
• The Tuskegee Airmen, HBO

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

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

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Andre Braugher for playing Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street
• George Clooney for playing Dr. Doug Ross in ER
• Anthony Edwards for playing Dr. Mark Greene inER
• Dennis Franz for playing Detective Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue
• Jimmy Smits for playing Detective Bobby Simone in NYPD Blue

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kelsey Grammer for playing Dr. Frasier Crane in Frasier
• John Lithgow for playing Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun
• Paul Reiser for playing Paul Buchman in Mad About You, NBC
• Jerry Seinfeld for playing Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld
• Garry Shandling for playing Larry Sanders in The Larry Sanders Show

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special

• Alec Baldwin for playing Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Beau Bridges for playing Richard Nixon in Kissinger and Nixon
• Laurence Fishburne for playing Hannibal Lee in The Tuskegee Airmen
• Alan Rickman for playing Grigori Rasputin in Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
• Gary Sinise for playing Harry S. Truman in Truman

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Hector Elizondo for playing Dr. Philip Watters in Chicago Hope, CBS
• James McDaniel for playing Arthur Fancy in NYPD Blue
• Stanley Tucci for playing Richard Cross in Murder One
• Ray Walston for playing Judge Henry Bone in Picket Fences
• Noah Wyle for playing Dr. John Carter in ER

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jason Alexander for playing George Costanza in Seinfeld
• David Hyde Pierce for playing Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier
• Michael Richards for playing Cosmo Kramer in Seinfeld
• Jeffrey Tambor for playing Hank Kingsley in The Larry Sanders Show
• Rip Torn for playing Arthur in The Larry Sanders Show

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Ellen DeGeneres for playing Ellen Morgan in Ellen
• Fran Drescher for playing Fran Fine in The Nanny
• Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchman in Mad About You
• Patricia Richardson for playing Jill Taylor in Home Improvement
• Cybill Shepherd for playing Cybill Sheridan in Cybill

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Gillian Anderson for playing Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files
• Kathy Baker for playing Dr. Jill Brock in Picket Fences
• Christine Lahti for playing Dr. Kate Austin in Chicago Hope
• Angela Lansbury for playing Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote
• Sherry Stringfield for playing Dr. Susan Lewis in ER

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special

• Ashley Judd for playing Norma Jean Dougherty in Norma Jean & Marilyn
• Jessica Lange for playing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Helen Mirren for playing Detective Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness
• Mira Sorvino for playing Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jean & Marilyn
• Sela Ward for playing Jessica Savitch in Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Barbara Bosson for playing Miriam Grasso in Murder One
• Tyne Daly for playing Alice Henderson in Christy
• Sharon Lawrence for playing Sylvia Costas in NYPD Blue
• Julianna Margulies for playing Carol Hathaway in ER
• Gail O'Grady for playing Donna Abandando in NYPD Blue

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christine Baranski for playing Maryann Thorpe in Cybill
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Elaine Benes in Seinfeld
• Janeane Garofalo for playing Paula in The Larry Sanders Show
• Jayne Meadows for playing Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutting-Cushing-Ferruke in High Society
• Renée Taylor for playing Sylvia Fine in The Nanny

In Memoriam

It was presented a clip tribute to the TV stars who died since last awards: Mel Allen, Martin Balsam, George Burns, Ray Combs, Vince Edwards, Herb Edelman, Michael Fox, Ben Johnson, Gene Kelly, Dean Martin, Audrey Meadows, Greg Morris, Minnie Pearl, Tommy Rettig, Jimmy Snyder, McLean Stevenson, Jo Van Fleet and Mary Wickes.