50th Primetime Emmy Awards Date September 13, 1998 (Ceremony) August 29, 1998 (Creative Arts Awards) Location Shrine Auditorium , Los Angeles , California Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Most awards
Frasier George Wallace NYPD Blue The Practice Most nominations ER Outstanding Comedy Series Frasier Outstanding Drama Series The Practice Outstanding Miniseries From the Earth to the Moon Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Late Show with David Letterman Network NBC Produced by Don Mischer
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The 50th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 13, 1998. It was broadcast on NBC .
When Frasier Outstanding Comedy Series , Emmy history was made. The NBC sitcom became the first show to win one of the two main series prizes five consecutive years. This record has since been passed by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ABC sitcom Modern Family fifth consecutive award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
The Practice Outstanding Drama Series and tied for the most major wins overall with three. For the second straight year, medical drama ER
Ally McBeal Outstanding Comedy Series since Love, American Style 1971 .
This year saw the Emmys move to a new venue, the Shrine Auditorium , marking the return of the award ceremony to Los Angeles for the first time since the 1976 Emmy Awards , following a 20-year residency at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium outside L.A. in Pasadena .
As of the 2020 Emmy Awards ceremony, this is the last year where all the nominees for Outstanding Drama Series were from the broadcast networks.
Winners and nominees [ ] [1]
Programs [ ]
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Drama Series
Frasier NBC )3rd Rock from the Sun Ally McBeal Fox )The Larry Sanders Show HBO )Seinfeld
The Practice ABC )ER Law & Order NYPD Blue The X-Files
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special
Late Show with David Letterman Dennis Miller Live Politically Incorrect Comedy Central )The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tracey Takes On...
The 51st Annual Tony Awards The 70th Annual Academy Awards Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope , (ABC)Cinderella Garth Live from Central Park , (HBO)
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Outstanding Miniseries
Don King: Only in America 12 Angry Men Showtime )A Bright Shining Lie Gia What the Deaf Man Heard
From the Earth to the Moon George Wallace TNT )Merlin Moby Dick USA )More Tales of the City
Acting [ ] Lead performances [ ]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane on Frasier (Episode: "Frasier's Imaginary Friend"), (NBC)Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty on Spin City John Lithgow as Dr. Dick Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman on Mad About You Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders on The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Flip"), (HBO)
Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman on Mad About You (Episode: "Moody Blues"), (NBC)Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase on Veronica's Closet Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan on Ellen Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery on Dharma & Greg Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal on Ally McBeal (Episode: "One Hundred Tears Away"), (Fox)Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Andre Braugher as Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street Fallen Heroes ", Part 2), (NBC)David Duchovny as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files (Episode: "Redux II "), (Fox)Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene on ER (Episode: "Family Practice"), (NBC)Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue (Episode: "The One That Got Away"), (ABC)Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue (Episode: "Lost Israel"), (ABC)
Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin on Chicago Hope Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully on The X-Files (Episode: "All Souls "), (Fox)Roma Downey as Monica on Touched by an Angel Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway on ER (Episode: "Carter's Choice"), (NBC)Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Gary Sinise as George Wallace on George Wallace Jack Lemmon as Juror #8 on 12 Angry Men , (Showtime)Sam Neill as Merlin on Merlin , (NBC)Ving Rhames as Don King on Don King: Only in America , (HBO)Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab on Moby Dick , (USA)
Ellen Barkin as Glory Marie Jackson on Before Women Had Wings Jamie Lee Curtis as Maggie Green on Nicholas' Gift Judy Davis as Gladwyn Ritchie on The Echo of Thunder Olympia Dukakis as Mrs. Anna Madrigal on More Tales of the City , (Showtime)Angelina Jolie as Gia Carangi on Gia , (HBO)Sigourney Weaver as Lady Claudia Hoffman on Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Supporting performances [ ]
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier (Episodes: "The Maris Counselor" + "First Date"), (NBC)Jason Alexander as George Costanza on Seinfeld (Episode: "The Strike "), (NBC)Phil Hartman (posthumously) as Bill McNeal on NewsRadio Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show , (HBO)Rip Torn as Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show , (HBO)
Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay on Friends The One with Ross's Wedding "), (NBC)Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe on Cybill Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun , (NBC)Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon on Frasier (Episodes: "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name" + "First Date"), (NBC)Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes on Seinfeld , (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Gordon Clapp as Greg Medavoy on NYPD Blue , (ABC)Héctor Elizondo as Dr. Phillip Watters on Chicago Hope (Episodes: "Psychodrama" + "Bridge Over Troubled Watters"), (CBS)Steven Hill as Adam Schiff on Law & Order , (NBC)Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton on ER , (NBC)Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter on ER , (NBC)
Camryn Manheim as Ellenor Frutt on The Practice (Episodes: "Checkmate" + "Axe Murderer"), (ABC)Kim Delaney as Diane Russell on NYPD Blue , (ABC)Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER , (NBC)Della Reese as Tess on Touched by an Angel , (CBS)Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet on ER , (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
George C. Scott as Juror #3 on 12 Angry Men , (Showtime)Hume Cronyn as Juror #9 on 12 Angry Men , (Showtime)Gregory Peck as Father Mapple on Moby Dick , (USA)Martin Short as Frik on Merlin , (NBC)J. T. Walsh as Ray Percy on Hope , (TNT)
Mare Winningham as Lurleen Wallace on George Wallace , (TNT)Helena Bonham Carter as Morgan Le Fey on Merlin , (NBC)Julie Harris as Leonora Nelson on Ellen Foster Judith Ivey as Lucille on What the Deaf Man Heard , (CBS)Angelina Jolie as Cornelia Wallace on George Wallace , (TNT)
Guest performances [ ]
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Mel Brooks as Uncle Phil on Mad About You (Episode: "Uncle Phil And The Coupons"), (NBC)Hank Azaria as Nat on Mad About You (Episode: "Nat and Arly"), (NBC)Lloyd Bridges as Izzy Mandelbaum on Seinfeld (Episode: "The Blood "), (NBC)John Cleese as Dr. Neesam on 3rd Rock from the Sun (Episode: "Dick and the Other Guy"), (NBC)Nathan Lane as Professor Twilley on Mad About You (Episode: "Good Old Reliable Nathan"), (NBC)
Emma Thompson as Herself on Ellen (Episode: "Emma"), (ABC)Carol Burnett as Teresa on Mad About You (Episode: "Coming Home"), (NBC)Jan Hooks as Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun (Episode: "Eat, Drink, Dick, Mary"), (NBC)Patti LuPone as Zora on Frasier (Episode: "Beware of Greeks"), (NBC)Bette Midler as Caprice Feldman on Murphy Brown
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
John Larroquette as Joey Heric on The Practice (Episode: "Betrayal"), (ABC)Bruce Davison as Jake on Touched by an Angel (Episode: "Elijah"), (CBS)Vincent D'Onofrio as John Lange on Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: "The Subway"), (NBC)Charles Durning as Thomas Finnegan on Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: "Finnegan's Wake"), (NBC)Charles Nelson Reilly as Jose Chung on Millennium
Cloris Leachman as Aunt Mooster on Promised Land Veronica Cartwright as Cassandra Spender on The X-Files (Episode: "Patient X "), (Fox)Swoosie Kurtz as Tina-Marie Chambliss on ER (Episode: "Suffer the Little Children"), (NBC)Lili Taylor as Marty Glenn on The X-Files (Episode: "Mind's Eye "), (Fox)Alfre Woodard as Dr. Roxanne Turner on Homicide: Life on the Street (Episode: "Mercy"), (NBC)
Directing [ ]
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Todd Holland , for The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Flip"), (HBO)Allan Arkush for Ally McBeal (Episode: "Cro-Magnon"), (Fox)James Burrows for Dharma & Greg (Episode: "Pilot"), (ABC)James Frawley for Ally McBeal (Episode: "Pilot"), (Fox)Terry Hughes , for 3rd Rock from the Sun (Episode: "Dick and the Other Guy"), (NBC)
Paris Barclay for NYPD Blue (Episode: "Lost Israel", Part 2), (ABC)Mark Tinker for Brooklyn South Chris Carter for The X-Files (Episode: "The Post-Modern Prometheus "), (Fox)Bill D'Elia for Chicago Hope (Episode: "Brain Salad Surgery"), (CBS)Thomas Schlamme for ER (Episode: "Ambush"), (NBC)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie
Louis J. Horvitz for The 70th Annual Academy Awards , (ABC)
Marty Callner for Garth Live from Central Park , (HBO)Luke Cresswell , Steve McNicholas for Stomp Out Loud Bruce Gowers for Fleetwood Mac: The Dance , (MTV )Robert Iscove for Cinderella (ABC)Don Scardino for Tracey Takes On... (Episode: "Smoking"), (HBO)
John Frankenheimer for George Wallace , (TNT)Steve Barron for Merlin , (NBC)William Friedkin for 12 Angry Men , (Showtime)Tom Hanks for From the Earth to the Moon (Episode: "Part I"), (HBO)John Herzfeld for Don King: Only in America , (HBO)
Writing [ ]
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Peter Tolan and Garry Shandling for The Larry Sanders Show Lawrence Broch for Ellen
Richard Day , Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck for The Larry Sanders Show David E. Kelley for Ally McBeal Joe Keenan for Frasier
David Milch , Nicholas Wootton and Bill Clark NYPD Blue Chris Carter for The X-Files The Post-Modern Prometheus "), (Fox)David Milch , Ted Mann , Bill Clark and Meredith Stiehm for NYPD Blue David E. Kelley for The Practice James Yoshimura for Homicide: Life on the Street
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie
Kario Salem for Don King: Only in America Jay McInerney and Michael Cristofer for Gia David Stevens , Peter Barnes , Edward Khmara for Merlin Nicholas Wright for More Tales of the City , (Showtime)Graham Yost for From the Earth to the Moon
Most major nominations [ ] By network [note 1] NBC – 49
HBO – 29
ABC – 25
CBS – 19
Fox – 13 By program ER (NBC) – 9NYPD Blue (ABC) – 8The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) / The X-Files (Fox) – 73rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) / Frasier (NBC) / Mad About You (NBC) / Merlin (NBC) – 6Most major awards [ ] By network [note 1] ABC – 9
NBC – 7
HBO – 7
CBS – 5
TNT – 2 By program Frasier (NBC) / George Wallace (TNT) / NYPD Blue (ABC) / The Practice (ABC) – 3Don King: Only in America (HBO) / The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) / Mad About You (NBC) – 2Notes
^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
In Memoriam [ ] Patrick Stewart presented a clip tribute to the TV actors who had died: Red Skelton , Shari Lewis , Lloyd Bridges , Roy Rogers , singer John Denver , Robert Young , dancer Jerome Robbins , sports narrator Harry Caray , Frank Sinatra , singer Buffalo Bob , E. G. Marshall , J. T. Walsh , Sonny Bono , Phil Hartman , and Chris Farley . As an interesting note, Gary Sinise won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of George Wallace on the day that the latter died.
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