at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 1996 Primetime Emmy Awards celebrate
and honor television's greatest shows, producers, directors, writers, actors and
actresses.
Broadcast live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the Primetime Emmy Awards reach
an international television audience of 60 million people.
Hosted by Paul Reiser
Category |
Winner |
Show |
Network |
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Comedy Series |
Frasier |
NBC |
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Drama Series |
ER |
NBC |
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Miniseries |
Gulliver's Travels |
NBC |
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Made for TV Movie |
Truman |
HBO |
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Variety (music or comedy series) |
Dennis Miller Live |
HBO |
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Variety (music or comedy special) |
The Kennedy Center Honors |
CBS |
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Cultural Program |
Itzhak Perlman: In The Fiddler's House |
PBS |
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Children's Program |
Peter and the Wolf |
ABC |
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Informational Special |
Survivors of the Holocaust |
TBS |
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Informational Series |
Time Life's Lost Civilizations |
NBC |
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Animated Program (one hour or less) |
A Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special |
WB |
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Best Actor (comedy series) |
John Lithgow |
3rd Rock From the Sun |
NBC |
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Best Actor (drama series) |
Dennis Franz |
NYPD Blue |
ABC |
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Best Actor (miniseries or special) |
Alan Rickman |
Rasputin |
HBO |
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Best Actress (comedy series) |
Helen Hunt |
Mad About You |
NBC |
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Best Actress (drama series) |
Kathy Baker |
Picket Fences |
CBS |
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Best Actress (miniseries or special) |
Helen Mirren |
Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness |
PBS |
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Individual Performance (variety or musical program) |
Tony Bennett |
Tony Bennet Live by Request: A Valentine Special |
A&E |
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Best Supporting Actor (comedy series) |
Rip Torn |
The Larry Sanders Show |
HBO |
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Best Supporting Actor (drama series) |
Ray Walston |
Picket Fences |
CBS |
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Best Supporting Actor (miniseries or special) |
Tom Hulce |
The Heidi Chronicles |
TNT |
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Best Supporting Actress (comedy series) |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Seinfeld |
NBC |
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Best Supporting Actress (drama series) |
Tyne Daly |
Christy |
CBS |
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Best Supporting Actress (miniseries or special) |
Greta Scacchi |
Rasputin |
HBO |
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Guest Actor (comedy series) |
Tim Conway |
Coach |
ABC |
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Guest Actor (drama series) |
Peter Boyle |
The X-Files |
FOX |
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Guest Actress (comedy series) |
Betty White |
The John Larroquette Show |
NBC |
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Guest Actress (drama series) |
Amanda Plummer |
The Outer Limits |
Showtime |
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Writing (comedy series) |
Frasier |
NBC |
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Writing (drama series) |
Darin Morgan |
The X-Files |
FOX |
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Writing (miniseries or special) |
Simon Moore |
Gulliver's Travels |
NBC |
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Writing (variety or music program) |
Dennis Miller Live |
HBO |
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Directing (comedy series) |
Michael Lembeck |
Friends |
NBC |
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Directing (drama series) |
Jeremy Kagan |
Chicago Hope |
CBS |
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Directing (miniseries or special) |
John Frankenheimer |
Andersonville |
TNT |
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Directing (variety or music program) |
Louis J. Horvitz |
The Kennedy Center Honors |
CBS |
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Music Composition (series) |
Hummie Mann |
Picture Windows (Language of the Heart) |
Showtime |
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Music Composition (miniseries or special) |
Ernest Troost |
Canterville Ghost |
ABC |
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Music Direction |
Glen Roven |
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way |
ABC |
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Music and Lyrics |
Lee Adams & Charles Strouse |
Bye Bye Birdy |
ABC |
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Main Title Theme Music |
Mike Post |
Murder One |
ABC |
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Choreography |
Anita Mann & Charonne Mose |
1995 Miss America Pageant |
NBC |
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Cinematography (series) |
John S. Bartley |
The X-Files |
FOX |
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Cinematography (miniseries or special) |
Elemer Ragalyi |
Rasputin |
HBO |
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Editing (series - single-camera) |
Jon Koslowsky |
JAG |
NBC |
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Editing (series - multi-camera) |
Ron Volk |
Frasier |
NBC |
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Editing (miniseries or special - single-camera) |
David Beatty |
Tuskegee Airmen |
HBO |
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Editing (miniseries or special - multi-camera) |
Mark West |
20 Years of Comedy on HBO |
HBO |
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Art Direction (series) |
Murder One |
ABC |
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Art Direction (miniseries or special) |
Gulliver's Travels |
NBC |
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Art Direction (variety or music program) |
Muppets Tonight |
ABC |
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Casting (series) |
Debi Manwiller |
Chicago Hope |
CBS |
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Casting (miniseries or special) |
Mary Colquhoun |
Truman |
HBO |
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Casting (miniseries or special) |
Robi Reed-Humes |
Tuskegee Airmen |
HBO |
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Costuming (series) |
Cybill |
CBS |
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Costuming (miniseries or special) |
Jean Rosone |
The Christmas Box |
CBS |
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Costume Design (series) |
Carolyn Grifel |
Remember WENN |
AMC |
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Costume Design (miniseries or special) |
Dinah Collin |
Pride & Prejudice |
A&E |
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Costume Design (variety or music program) |
Jane Ruhm |
The Best of Tracey Takes On |
HBO |
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Graphic Design and Title Sequences |
Caroline In The City |
NBC |
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Makeup (series) |
Star Trek: Voyager |
UPN |
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Makeup (miniseries or special) |
Patricia Green & Kevin Haney |
Kissinger and Nixon |
TNT |
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Hairstyling (series) |
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |
CBS |
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Hairstyling (miniseries or special) |
Aileen Seaton |
Gulliver's Travels |
NBC |
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LIghting Direction (comedy series) |
Donald A. Morgan |
Home Improvement |
ABC |
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LIghting Direction (drama, variety, miniseries or special) |
Greg Brunton |
68th Annual Academy Awards |
ABC |
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Technical Direction (series) |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno |
NBC |
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Technical Direction (miniseries or special) |
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way |
ABC |
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Sound Editing (series) |
The X-Files |
FOX |
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Sound Editing (miniseries or special) |
Tuskegee Airmen |
HBO |
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Sound Mixing (comedy series or special) |
Frasier |
NBC |
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Sound Mixing (variety or music series or special) |
Richard Lewzet & Ken Hahn |
Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound |
PBS |
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Sound Mixing (drama series) |
The X-Files |
FOX |
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Sound Mixing (drama miniseries or special) |
Harvest of Fire |
CBS |
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Individual Achievement (informational programming) |
The Private Life of Plants |
TBS |
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Individual Achievement (informational programming) |
Allan Holzman (editor) |
Survivors of the Holocaust |
TBS |
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Achievement in Animation |
Natasha Dabizha |
The Animated Tales |
HBO |
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Special Visual Effects |
Tim Webber |
Gulliver's Travels |
NBC |
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President's Award |
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial |
AMC |
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Governors Award |
The Native Americans: Behind the Legends, Beyond the Myths |
TBS |
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Governors Award |
Erase The Hate |
USA |
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