Primetime Emmy Awards 1996
The 48th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 8, 1996 · 30 categories · everything in 1996
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner ER
- Nominee Chicago Hope · Bill D'Elia
- Nominee Law & Order
- Nominee NYPD Blue · Theresa Rebeck
- Nominee The X-Files · Howard Gordon
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner Frasier · Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan, Jack Burditt
- Nominee Friends · Alexa Junge, Adam Chase
- Nominee Mad About You · Brenda Hampton, Stephen Engel
- Nominee Seinfeld · Larry David, Marjorie Gross, Carol Leifer
- Nominee The Larry Sanders Show · Steven Levitan, John Riggi, Jon Vitti, Todd Holland
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner Gulliver's Travels · Robert Halmi, Brian Henson, Duncan Kenworthy
- Nominee Andersonville · John Frankenheimer, Ethel Winant
- Nominee Hiroshima · Michael Campus, Robin Spry
- Nominee Moses · Gerald Rafshoon
- Nominee Pride and Prejudice · Michael Wearing
Outstanding Television Movie
- Winner Truman · Paula Weinstein, Anthea Sylbert
- Nominee Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
- Nominee The Heidi Chronicles
- Nominee The Late Shift · Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Daniel Goldberg, Don Carmody
- Nominee The Tuskegee Airmen · Frank Price
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner Dennis Miller Live
- Nominee Late Show with David Letterman
- Nominee Muppets Tonight
- Nominee Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher · Bill Maher
- Nominee The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Jay Leno
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Dennis Franz · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Anthony Edwards · ER
- Nominee George Clooney · ER
- Nominee Andre Braugher · Homicide: Life on the Street
- Nominee Jimmy Smits · NYPD Blue
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Kathy Baker · Picket Fences
- Nominee Christine Lahti · Chicago Hope
- Nominee Sherry Stringfield · ER
- Nominee Angela Lansbury · Murder, She Wrote
- Nominee Gillian Anderson · The X-Files
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner John Lithgow · 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Nominee Kelsey Grammer · Frasier
- Nominee Paul Reiser · Mad About You
- Nominee Jerry Seinfeld · Seinfeld
- Nominee Garry Shandling · The Larry Sanders Show
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Helen Hunt · Mad About You
- Nominee Cybill Shepherd · Cybill
- Nominee Ellen DeGeneres · Ellen
- Nominee Patricia Richardson · Home Improvement
- Nominee Fran Drescher · The Nanny
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Alan Rickman · Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Nominee Alec Baldwin · A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominee Beau Bridges · Kissinger and Nixon
- Nominee Laurence Fishburne · The Tuskegee Airmen
- Nominee Gary Sinise · Truman
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Helen Mirren · Prime Suspect: The Final Act
- Nominee Jessica Lange · A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominee Sela Ward · Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
- Nominee Mira Sorvino · Norma Jean & Marilyn
- Nominee Ashley Judd · Norma Jean & Marilyn
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Ray Walston · Picket Fences
- Nominee Héctor Elizondo · Chicago Hope
- Nominee Noah Wyle · ER
- Nominee Stanley Tucci · Murder One
- Nominee James McDaniel · NYPD Blue
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Tyne Daly · Christy
- Nominee Julianna Margulies · ER
- Nominee Barbara Bosson · Murder One
- Nominee Sharon Lawrence · NYPD Blue
- Nominee Gail O'Grady · NYPD Blue
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Rip Torn · The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee David Hyde Pierce · Frasier
- Nominee Jason Alexander · Seinfeld
- Nominee Michael Richards · Seinfeld
- Nominee Jeffrey Tambor · The Larry Sanders Show
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus · Seinfeld
- Nominee Christine Baranski · Cybill
- Nominee Jayne Meadows · High Society
- Nominee Janeane Garofalo · The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Renée Taylor · The Nanny
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Tom Hulce · The Heidi Chronicles
- Nominee John Goodman · A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominee Ian McKellen · Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Nominee Treat Williams · The Late Shift
- Nominee The Tuskegee Airmen
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Greta Scacchi · Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · Gulliver's Travels
- Nominee Mare Winningham · The Boys Next Door
- Nominee Kathy Bates · The Late Shift
- Nominee Diana Scarwid · Truman
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Jeremy Kagan · Leave of Absence from Chicago Hope
- Nominee Charles Haid · Chapter One from Murder One
- Nominee Christopher Chulack · Hell and High Water from ER
- Nominee Mark Tinker · The Backboard Jungle from NYPD Blue
- Nominee Mimi Leder · The Healers from ER
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Michael Lembeck · The One After the Superbowl from Friends
- Nominee Todd Holland · Arthur After Hours from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Michael Lehmann · I Was a Teenage Lesbian from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee James Burrows · Pilot from 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Nominee Andy Ackerman · The Soup Nazi from Seinfeld
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner John Frankenheimer · Andersonville
- Nominee Charles Sturridge · Gulliver's Travels
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Winner Louis J. Horvitz · Kennedy Center Honors
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Darin Morgan · Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose from The X-Files
- Nominee Steven Bochco, Charles H. Eglee, Channing Gibson, David Milch · Chapter One from Murder One
- Nominee Neal Baer · Hell and High Water from ER
- Nominee David Milch · Murder One
- Nominee David Mills · The Blackboard Jungle from NYPD Blue
- Nominee John Wells · The Healers from ER
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Joe Keenan · Moon Dance from Frasier
- Nominee Peter Tolan · Arthur After Hours from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Jon Vitti · Hank's Sex Tape from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Maya Forbes, Steven Levitan · Roseanne's Return from The Larry Sanders Show
- Nominee Spike Feresten · The Soup Nazi from Seinfeld
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Tim Conway · Coach
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Peter Boyle · The X-Files
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Betty White · The John Larroquette Show
- Nominee Marlo Thomas · The One with the Two Parties
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Amanda Plummer · Stitch in Time
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Winner Ed Fields
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Winner Tony Bennett · Tony Bennett Live By Request: A Valentine Special
- Nominee Billy Crystal
- Nominee Robin Williams
- Nominee The 38th Annual Grammy Awards
- Nominee Whoopi Goldberg · The 68th Annual Academy Awards
- Nominee Tracey Ullman · The Best of Tracey Takes On...
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Simon Moore · Gulliver's Travels
- Nominee Andrew Davies · Pride and Prejudice
- Nominee George Armitage · The Late Shift
- Nominee T. S. Cook, Trey Ellis, Ron Hutchinson, Paris Qualles · The Tuskegee Airmen
- Nominee Thomas Rickman · Truman