45th Primetime Emmy Awards

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45th Primetime Emmy Awards
Seinfeld cast on stage after win (211282673).jpg
Jerry Seinfeld speaking on behalf of the cast and crew of Seinfeld while accepting
Outstanding Comedy Series
Date
  • September 19, 1993
    (Ceremony)
  • September 18, 1993
    (Creative Arts Awards)
LocationPasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byAngela Lansbury
Highlights
Most awards
  • Picket Fences
  • The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
  • Seinfeld (3)
Most nominationsNorthern Exposure (11)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesSeinfeld
Outstanding Drama SeriesPicket Fences
Outstanding MiniseriesPrime Suspect II
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesSaturday Night Live
Television/radio coverage
NetworkABC
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The 45th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1993. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC and was hosted by Angela Lansbury. MTV received its first major nomination at this ceremony.

For its fourth season, Seinfeld won its first, and only, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Cheers was once again nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. It was nominated for all eleven years that it ran and won four times. This tied the record set by M*A*S*H which also went 11/11, but only won once.

On the drama side, Northern Exposure was the defending champion and was seen heavily as the favorite coming into the ceremony being the most nominated show with 11 major nominations—but in a major upset, Picket Fences took home Outstanding Drama Series. Northern Exposure set the dubious record for the largest shutout of all time, as it lost all 11 major nominations; including its Creative Arts Emmy Awards nominations, the record increases to 0/16. This record would later be tied by The Larry Sanders Show in 1997, but both of these records were later broken by Mad Men (0/17) in 2012, and again by The Handmaid's Tale (0/21) in 2021.

With David Clennon's win for Outstanding Comedy Guest Actor, this was the first time HBO won an Acting Emmy.

Winners and nominees[]

[1]

Programs[]

Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series
  • Seinfeld, (NBC)
    • Cheers, (NBC)
    • Home Improvement, (ABC)
    • The Larry Sanders Show, (HBO)
    • Murphy Brown, (CBS)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
  • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
    • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
    • MTV Unplugged (Episode: "Rod Stewart"), (MTV)
    • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
  • Bob Hope: The First 90 Years, (NBC)
    • The 46th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)
    • The 65th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
    • Great Performances (Episode: "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall"), (PBS)
    • The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, (Showtime)
Outstanding Made for Television Movie Outstanding Miniseries
  • Barbarians at the Gate, (HBO)
  • Stalin, (HBO)
    • Citizen Cohn, (HBO)
    • The Positively True Adventures of the
      Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom      , (HBO)
    • Tru, (PBS)

Acting[]

Lead performances[]

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
  • Ted Danson as Sam Malone on Cheers (Episode: "The Guy Can't Help It"), (NBC)
    • Tim Allen as Tim Taylor on Home Improvement (Episode: "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"), (ABC)
    • John Goodman as Dan Conner on Roseanne (Episode: "Terms of Estrangement", Part 2), (ABC)
    • Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld (Episode: "The Opera"), (NBC)
    • Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders on The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "What Have You Done for Me Lately?"), (HBO)
  • Roseanne Arnold as Roseanne Conner on Roseanne (Episode: "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home"), (ABC)
    • Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe on Cheers (Episode: "One for the Road"), (NBC)
    • Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown (Episode: "Games Mothers Play"), (CBS)
    • Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman on Mad About You (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC)
    • Marion Ross as Sophie Berger on Brooklyn Bridge (Episode: "Brave New Worlds"), (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  • Tom Skerritt as Jimmy Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: "High Tidings"), (CBS)
    • Scott Bakula as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap (Episode: "Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957-November 22, 1963"), (NBC)
    • Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone on Law & Order (Episode: "Night and Fog"), (NBC)
    • Rob Morrow as Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure (Episode: "Kaddish for Uncle Manny"), (CBS)
    • Sam Waterston as Forrest Bedford on I'll Fly Away (Episode: "All in the Life"), (NBC)
  • Kathy Baker as Jill Brock on Picket Fences (Episode: "Thanksgiving"), (CBS)
    • Swoosie Kurtz as Alex Halsey on Sisters (Episode: "Mirror, Mirror"), (NBC)
    • Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote (Episode: "Night of the Coyote"), (CBS)
    • Regina Taylor as Lilly on I'll Fly Away (Episode: "Comfort and Joy"), (NBC)
    • Janine Turner as Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure (Episode: "Love's Labour Mislaid"), (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
  • Robert Morse as Truman Capote on Tru (PBS)
    • Robert Blake as John List on Judgment Day: The John List Story (CBS)
    • Robert Duvall as Joseph Stalin on Stalin (HBO)
    • James Garner as F. Ross Johnson on Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)
    • James Woods as Roy Marcus Cohn on Citizen Cohn (HBO)
  • Holly Hunter as Wanda Holloway on The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (HBO)
    • Glenn Close as Sarah Witting on Skylark (CBS)
    • Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison on Prime Suspect II (PBS)
    • Maggie Smith as Violet Venable on Suddenly, Last Summer (PBS)
    • Joanne Woodward as Nell Harrington on Blind Spot (CBS)

Supporting performances[]

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
  • Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld (Episodes: "The Watch" + "The Junior Mint"), (NBC)
    • Jason Alexander as George Costanza on Seinfeld (Episodes: "The Contest" + "The Outing"), (NBC)
    • Michael Jeter as Herman Stiles on Evening Shade (Episodes: "Harlan Deals a Meal" + "The Really Odd Couple"), (CBS)
    • Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show (Episodes: "Guest Host" + "Hank's Contract"), (HBO)
    • Rip Torn as Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show (Episodes: "The Spiders Episode" + "The New Producer"), (HBO)
  • Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris on Roseanne (Episodes: "Crime and Punishment" + "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home"), (ABC)
    • Shelley Fabares as Christine Armstrong on Coach (Episodes: "Love Me Tender" + "Vows"), (ABC)
    • Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner on Roseanne (Episodes: "Good Girls, Bad Girls" + "Playing with Matches"), (ABC)
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes on Seinfeld (Episodes: "The Contest" + "The Airport"), (NBC)
    • Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli on Cheers (Episodes: "Loathe and Marriage" + "It's Lonely on the Top"), (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  • Chad Lowe as Jesse McKenna on Life Goes On (Episodes: "Lost Weekend" + "Bedfellows"), (ABC)
    • Barry Corbin as Maurice J. Minnifield on Northern Exposure (Episodes: "The Big Feast" + "Sleeping with the Enemy"), (CBS)
    • John Cullum as Holling Vincoeur on Northern Exposure (Episodes: "Learning Curve" + "Mud and Blood"), (CBS)
    • Fyvush Finkel as Douglas Wambaugh on Picket Fences (Episodes: "Thanksgiving" + "The Body Politic"), (CBS)
    • Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci on Quantum Leap (Episodes: "Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957 – November 22, 1963" + "Killin' Time: June 18, 1958"), (NBC)
  • Mary Alice as Marguerite Peck on I'll Fly Away (Episodes: "Ruler of My Heart" + "The Third Man"), (NBC)
    • Cynthia Geary as Shelly Tambo on Northern Exposure (Episodes: "Kaddish for Uncle Manny" + "Mud and Blood"), (CBS)
    • Kay Lenz as Maggie Zombro on Reasonable Doubts (Episodes: "Two Women" + "Wish You Were Here"), (NBC)
    • Kellie Martin as Becca Thatcher on Life Goes On (Episodes: "Visions" + "Last Wish"), (ABC)
    • Peg Phillips as Ruth Anne on Northern Exposure (Episodes: "Blowing Bubbles" + "Revelations"), (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
  • Beau Bridges as Terry Harper on The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (HBO)
    • Brian Dennehy as John McArthur on Murder in the Heartland (ABC)
    • Jonathan Pryce as Henry Kravis on Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)
    • Peter Riegert as Peter Cohen on Barbarians at the Gate (HBO)
    • Maximilian Schell as Vladimir Lenin on Stalin (HBO)
  • Mary Tyler Moore as Georgia Tann on Stolen Babies (Lifetime)
    • Ann-Margret as Sally Jackson on Alex Haley's Queen (CBS)
    • Lee Grant as Dora Cohn on Citizen Cohn (HBO)
    • Peggy McCay as Virginia Bembenek on Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (NBC)
    • Joan Plowright as Olga on Stalin (HBO)

Guest performances[]

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
  • David Clennon as Peter Brewer on Dream On (Episode: "For Peter's Sake"), (HBO)
    • Tom Berenger as Don Santry on Cheers (Episode: "One for the Road"), (NBC)
    • Dana Carvey as Himself on The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Guest Host"), (HBO)
    • Bill Erwin as Sid Fields on Seinfeld (Episode: "The Old Man"), (NBC)
    • Joel Grey as Jacob on Brooklyn Bridge (Episode: "The Last Immigrant"), (CBS)
  • Tracey Ullman as Dava Levine on Love & War (Episode: "The Prima Dava"), (CBS)
    • Carol Burnett as Herself on The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The Spider Episode"), (HBO)
    • Ruby Dee as Aurelia Danforth on Evening Shade (Episode: "They Can't Take That Away From Me"), (CBS)
    • Shelley Long as Diane Chambers on Cheers (Episode: "One for the Road"), (NBC)
    • Gwen Verdon as Kitty on Dream On (Episode: "For Peter's Sake"), (HBO)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
  • Laurence Fishburne as Martin McHenry on TriBeCa (Episode: "The Box"), (Fox)
    • Adam Arkin as Adam on Northern Exposure (Episode: "The Big Feast"), (CBS)
    • John Glover as Dennis Atwood on Crime & Punishment (Episode: "Best Laid Plans"), (NBC)
    • Michael Jeter as Peter Lebeck on Picket Fences (Episode: "Frog Man"), (CBS)
    • Richard Kiley as Hayden Langston on Picket Fences (Episode: "Thanksgiving"), (CBS)
  • Elaine Stritch as Lannie Stiglitz on Law & Order (Episode: "Point of View"), (NBC)
    • Bibi Besch as Jane O'Connell on Northern Exposure (Episode: "Grosse Pointe 48230"), (CBS)
    • Rosanna Carter as Eulalia Jefferson on I'll Fly Away (Episode: "What's in a Name"), (NBC)
    • Diane Ladd as Charlotte Cooper on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Episode: "Pilot"), (CBS)
    • Gwen Verdon as Jessie Doohen on Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: "A Ghost of a Chance"), (NBC)

Directing[]

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Comedy Series Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Drama Series
  • Betty Thomas, for Dream On (Episode: "For Peter's Sake"), (HBO)
    • Peter Bonerz, for Murphy Brown (Episode: "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato"), (CBS)
    • James Burrows for Cheers (Episode: "One for the Road"), (NBC)
    • Tom Cherones for Seinfeld (Episode: "The Contest"), (NBC)
    • Eric Laneuville for Dream On (Episode: "And Bimbo Was His Name-O"), (HBO)
  • Barry Levinson for Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: "Gone for Goode"), (NBC)
    • Bille August for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Episode: "Northern Italy, 1918"), (ABC)
    • Robert Butler for Sirens (Episode: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"), (ABC)
    • Eric Laneuville for I'll Fly Away (Episode: "Until Tomorrow"), (NBC)
    • Nancy Malone for Sisters (Episode: "Crash and Born"), (NBC)
    • Edwin Sherin for Law & Order (Episode: "Conspiracy"), (NBC)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Variety or Music Program Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Walter C. Miller for The 46th Annual Tony Awards, (ABC)
    • Robert Altman for Great Performances (Episode: "Black and Blue"), (PBS)
    • Hal Gurnee for Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
    • Jeff Margolis for The 65th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
  • James Steven Sadwith for Sinatra, (CBS)
    • Glenn Jordan for Barbarians at the Gate, (HBO)
    • Daniel Petrie for A Town Torn Apart, (NBC)
    • Frank Pierson for Citizen Cohn, (HBO)
    • Michael Ritchie for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, (HBO)

Writing[]

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Comedy Series Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series
  • Larry David for Seinfeld (Episode: "The Contest"), (NBC)
    • Larry Charles for Seinfeld (Episode: "The Outing"), (NBC)
    • David Crane, Marta Kauffman for Dream On (Episode: "For Peter's Sake"), (HBO)
    • Garry Shandling, Dennis Klein for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The Hey Now Episode"), (HBO)
    • Garry Shandling, Paul Simms, Peter Tolan, Rosie Shuster for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The Spider Episode"), (HBO)
  • Tom Fontana for Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: "Three Men and Adena"), (NBC)
    • Bernard Lechowick for Homefront (Episode: "The Lacemakers"), (ABC)
    • Jeff Melvoin for Northern Exposure (Episode: "Kaddish for Uncle Manny"), (CBS)
    • Robert Nathan, Walon Green for Law & Order (Episode: "Manhood"), (NBC)
    • Geoffrey Neigher for Northern Exposure (Episode: "Midnight Sun"), (CBS)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special
  • The Ben Stiller Show, (Fox)
    • Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
    • Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
    • The Kids in the Hall, (HBO)
    • Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny, (Showtime)
  • Jane Anderson for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, (HBO)
    • David Franzoni for Citizen Cohn, (HBO)
    • Larry Gelbart for Barbarians at the Gate, (HBO)
    • Jennifer Miller for Family Pictures, (ABC)
    • Paul Monash for Stalin, (HBO)

Most major nominations[]

By network [note 1]
  • NBC – 45
  • CBS – 36
  • HBO �� 35
  • ABC – 20
By program
  • Northern Exposure (CBS) – 11
  • Seinfeld (NBC) – 9
  • The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) – 8
  • Cheers (NBC) – 7
  • Barbarians at the Gate (HBO) / I'll Fly Away (NBC) / Picket Fences (CBS) – 6

Most major awards[]

By network [note 1]
  • NBC – 10
  • HBO – 7
  • CBS – 5
  • ABC – 4
  • Fox / PBS – 2
By program
  • Picket Fences (CBS) / The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (HBO) / Seinfeld (NBC) – 3
  • Dream On (HBO) / Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC) / Roseanne (ABC) – 2
Notes
  1. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References[]

  1. ^ Emmys.com list of 1993 Nominees & Winners

External links[]

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