39th Primetime Emmy Awards

39th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 20, 1987
Site	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Creative Arts Awards	September 12
Host	Bruce Willis
TV in the United States
Network	Fox
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The 39th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 20, 1987. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox for the first time as the network premiered a year earlier, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.

Contents 1 Outstanding Comedy Series 2 Outstanding Drama Series 3 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series 4 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 5 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series 6 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 7 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series 8 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series 9 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series 10 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 11 Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series 12 Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series 13 Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series 14 Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series 15 References

Outstanding Comedy Series

• The Golden Girls, NBC
  • Cheers
  • The Cosby Show
  • Family Ties
  • Night Court

Outstanding Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Moonlighting
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Michael J. Fox for playing "Alex P. Keaton" in Family Ties
  • Harry Anderson for playing "Judge Harry T. Stone" in Night Court
  • Ted Danson for playing "Sam Malone" in Cheers
  • Bob Newhart for playing "Dick Loudon" in Newhart
  • Bronson Pinchot for playing "Balki Bartokomous" in Perfect Strangers

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Bruce Willis for playing "David Addison, Jr." in Moonlighting
  • Corbin Bernsen for playing "Arnie Becker" in L.A. Law
  • William Daniels for playing "Dr. Mark Craig" in St. Elsewhere
  • Ed Flanders for playing "Dr. Donald Westphall" in St. Elsewhere
  • Edward Woodward for playing "Robert McCall" in The Equalizer

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Rue McClanahan for playing "Blanche Devereaux" in The Golden Girls
  • Bea Arthur for playing "Dorothy Zbornak" in The Golden Girls
  • Blair Brown for playing "Molly Dodd" in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  • Jane Curtin for playing "Allison Lowell" in Kate & Allie
  • Betty White for playing "Rose Nylund" in The Golden Girls

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Sharon Gless for playing "Christine Cagney" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Tyne Daly for playing "Mary Beth Lacey" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Susan Dey for playing "Grace Van Owen" in L.A. Law
  • Jill Eikenberry for playing "Ann Kelsey" in L.A. Law
  • Angela Lansbury for playing "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder, She Wrote

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• John Larroquette for playing "Dan Fielding" in Night Court
  • Woody Harrelson for playing "Woody Boyd" in Cheers
  • Tom Poston for playing "George Utley" in Newhart
  • Peter Scolari for playing "Michael Harris" in Newhart
  • George Wendt for playing "Norm Peterson" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• John Hillerman for playing "Higgins" in Magnum, P.I.
  • Ed Begley Jr. for playing "Dr. Victor Ehrlich" in St. Elsewhere
  • John Karlen for playing "Harvey Lacey" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Jimmy Smits for playing "Victor Sifuentes" in L.A. Law
  • Michael Tucker for playing "Stuart Markowitz" in L.A. Law

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jackée Harry for playing "Sandra Clark" in 227
  • Justine Bateman for playing "Mallory Keaton" in Family Ties
  • Julia Duffy for playing "Stephanie Vanderkellen" in Newhart
  • Estelle Getty for playing "Sophia Petrillo" in The Golden Girls
  • Rhea Perlman for playing "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Bonnie Bartlett for playing "Ellen Craig" in St. Elsewhere
  • Allyce Beasley for playing "Agnes DiPesto" in Moonlighting
  • Christina Pickles for playing "Helen Rosenthal" in St. Elsewhere
  • Susan Ruttan for playing "Roxanne Melman" in L.A. Law
  • Betty Thomas for playing "Lucille Bates" in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Moonlighting
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Moonlighting

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Family Ties
  • Cheers
  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  • The Golden Girls
  • Newhart

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• The Golden Girls
  • Cheers
  • The Cosby Show
  • Designing Women
  • Family Ties

References

• Emmy Awards on imdb

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