Primetime Emmy Awards 1995
The 47th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 10, 1995 · 27 categories · everything in 1995
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner NYPD Blue · Bill Clark, Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson, Walon Green, Mark Tinker, David Milch, Steven Bochco
- Nominee Chicago Hope · Dennis Cooper, Rob Corn, Michael Dinner, John Tinker
- Nominee ER · Michael Crichton, Paul Manning
- Nominee Law & Order
- Nominee The X-Files · Chris Carter, R. W. Goodwin, Glen Morgan, James Wong, Howard Gordon, Rob Bowman, Kim Manners, David Nutter, Paul Rabwin
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner Frasier · Christopher Lloyd, Chuck Ranberg, Anne Flett-Giordano, Joe Keenan
- Nominee Friends · Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Jeff Greenstein
- Nominee Mad About You · Victor Fresco, Andrew Gordon, Jeffrey Klarik
- Nominee Seinfeld · Larry David
- Nominee The Larry Sanders Show · Maya Forbes
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner Joseph · Gerald Rafshoon
- Nominee A Woman of Independent Means · Sally Field, Robert Greenwald
- Nominee Buffalo Girls · Suzanne de Passe
- Nominee Children of the Dust · Joyce Eliason, Frank Konigsberg, Harold Tichenor
- Nominee Martin Chuzzlewit · Rebecca Eaton, Michael Wearing, Chris Parr
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Jay Leno
- Nominee Dennis Miller Live
- Nominee Late Show with David Letterman
- Nominee MTV Unplugged
- Nominee Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher · Bill Maher
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Mandy Patinkin · Chicago Hope
- Nominee George Clooney · ER
- Nominee Anthony Edwards · ER
- Nominee Dennis Franz · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Jimmy Smits · NYPD Blue
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Kathy Baker · Picket Fences
- Nominee Sherry Stringfield · ER
- Nominee Angela Lansbury · Murder, She Wrote
- Nominee Claire Danes · My So-Called Life
- Nominee Cicely Tyson · Sweet Justice
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Kelsey Grammer · Frasier
- Nominee Paul Reiser · Mad About You
- Nominee John Goodman · Roseanne
- Nominee Jerry Seinfeld · Seinfeld
- Nominee Garry Shandling · The Larry Sanders Show
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Candice Bergen · Murphy Brown
- Nominee Cybill Shepherd · Cybill
- Nominee Ellen DeGeneres · Ellen
- Nominee Helen Hunt · Mad About You
- Nominee Roseanne Barr · Roseanne
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Raul Julia · The Burning Season
- Nominee Charles S. Dutton · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee James Woods · Indictment: The McMartin Trial
- Nominee Huey P. Long · Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
- Nominee John Lithgow · My Brother's Keeper
- Nominee Charles S. Dutton · The Piano Lesson
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Glenn Close · Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
- Nominee Sally Field · A Woman of Independent Means
- Nominee Diane Keaton · Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
- Nominee Anjelica Huston · Buffalo Girls
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · The Piano Lesson
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Ray Walston · Picket Fences
- Nominee Héctor Elizondo · Chicago Hope
- Nominee Eriq La Salle · ER
- Nominee Noah Wyle · ER
- Nominee James Earl Jones · Under One Roof
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Julianna Margulies · ER
- Nominee Tyne Daly · Christy
- Nominee Barbara Babcock · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Nominee Sharon Lawrence · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Gail O'Grady · NYPD Blue
- Nominee James Earl Jones · Under One Roof
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner David Hyde Pierce · Frasier
- Nominee David Schwimmer · Friends
- Nominee Jason Alexander · Seinfeld
- Nominee Michael Richards · Seinfeld
- Nominee Rip Torn · The Larry Sanders Show
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Christine Baranski · Cybill
- Nominee Lisa Kudrow · Friends
- Nominee Laurie Metcalf · Roseanne
- Nominee Julia Louis-Dreyfus · Seinfeld
- Nominee Liz Torres · The John Larroquette Show
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Donald Sutherland · Citizen X
- Nominee Sam Elliott · Buffalo Girls
- Nominee Jeffrey DeMunn · Citizen X
- Nominee Ben Kingsley · Joseph
- Nominee Edward James Olmos · The Burning Season
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Mimi Leder · Love's Labor Lost from ER
- Nominee Mark Tinker · Innuendo from NYPD Blue
- Nominee Lou Antonio · Life Support from Chicago Hope
- Nominee Rod Holcomb · Pilot from ER
- Nominee Scott Winant · Pilot from My So-Called Life
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner David Lee · The Matchmaker from Frasier
- Nominee Lee Shallat Chemel · Canasta Master from The Nanny
- Nominee Todd Holland · Hank's Night in the Sun from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Andy Ackerman · The Jimmy from Seinfeld
- Nominee James Burrows · The One with the Blackout from Friends
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner John Frankenheimer · The Burning Season
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Lance Gentile · Love's Labor Lost from ER
- Nominee Chris Carter · Duane Barry from The X-Files
- Nominee David Milch · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Michael Crichton · Pilot from ER
- Nominee Winnie Holzman · Pilot from My So-Called Life
- Nominee Steven Bochco, David Milch, Walon Green · Simone Says from NYPD Blue
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Anne Flett-Giordano · An Affair to Forget from Frasier
- Nominee Peter Tolan · Hank's Night in the Sun from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Joe Keenan · The Matchmaker from Frasier
- Nominee Garry Shandling, Peter Tolan · The Mr. Sharon Stone Show from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Jeff Greenstein · The One Where Underdog Gets Away from Friends
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Carl Reiner · Mad About You
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Paul Winfield · Picket Fences
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Cyndi Lauper · Mad About You
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Shirley Knight · NYPD Blue
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Winner Barbra Streisand · Barbra Streisand: The Concert
- Nominee Carol Burnett · Men, Movies and Carol
- Nominee Rosie O'Donnell · Rosie O'Donnell
- Nominee Julie Andrews · The Sound of Julie Andrews
- Nominee Tracey Ullman · Women of the Night
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Alison Cross · The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story from Serving in Silence
- Nominee Chris Gerolmo · Citizen X
- Nominee August Wilson · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee William Mastrosimone, Michael Tolkin, Ron Hutchinson · The Burning Season
- Nominee Abby Mann · The McMartin Trial from Indictment
- Nominee August Wilson · The Piano Lesson