43rd Primetime Emmy Awards

43rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	August 25, 1991
Site	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Host	Dennis Miller
TV in the United States
Network	Fox
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The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on August 25, 1991. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox, 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

• Cheers
  • Designing Women
  • The Golden Girls
  • Murphy Brown
  • The Wonder Years

Outstanding Drama Series

• L.A. Law
  • China Beach
  • Northern Exposure
  • Quantum Leap
  • thirtysomething

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Burt Reynolds as "Wood Newton" in Evening Shade
  • Ted Danson as "Sam Malone" in Cheers
  • John Goodman as "Dan Conner" in Roseanne
  • Richard Mulligan as "Dr. Harry Weston" in Empty Nest
  • Craig T. Nelson as "Coach Hayden Fox" in Coach

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• James Earl Jones as "Gabriel Bird" in Gabriel's Fire
  • Scott Bakula as "Sam Beckett" in Quantum Leap
  • Peter Falk as "Lt. Columbo" in Columbo
  • Kyle MacLachlan as "Special Agent Dale Cooper" in Twin Peaks
  • Michael Moriarty as "Ben Stone" in Law & Order

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Kirstie Alley as "Rebecca Howe" in Cheers
  • Candice Bergen as "Murphy Brown" in Murphy Brown
  • Blair Brown as "Molly Dodd" in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  • Delta Burke as "Suzanne Sugarbaker" in Designing Women
  • Betty White as "Rose Nylund" in The Golden Girls

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Patricia Wettig as "Nancy Krieger Weston" in thirtysomething
  • Dana Delany as "Nurse Colleen McMurphy" in China Beach
  • Sharon Gless as "Fiona Rose 'Rosie' O'Neill" in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
  • Angela Lansbury as "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder, She Wrote

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jonathan Winters as "Gunny Davis" in Davis Rules
  • Charles Durning as "Dr. Harlan Elldridge" in Evening Shade
  • Woody Harrelson as "Woody Boyd" in Cheers
  • Michael Jeter as "Herman Stiles" in Evening Shade
  • Jerry Van Dyke as "Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam" in Coach

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Timothy Busfield as "Elliot Weston" in thirtysomething
  • David Clennon as "Miles Drentell" in thirtysomething
  • Richard Dysart as "Leland McKenzie" in L.A. Law
  • Jimmy Smits as "Victor Sifuentes" in L.A. Law
  • Dean Stockwell as "Al the Observer" in Quantum Leap

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Bebe Neuwirth as "Lilith Crane" in Cheers
  • Elizabeth Ashley as "Freida Evans" in Evening Shade
  • Faith Ford as "Corky Sherwood" in Murphy Brown
  • Estelle Getty as "Sophia Petrillo" in The Golden Girls
  • Rhea Perlman as "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Madge Sinclair as "Empress Josephine" in Gabriel's Fire
  • Marg Helgenberger as "K.C." in China Beach
  • Piper Laurie as "Catherine Martell" in Twin Peaks
  • Melanie Mayron as "Melissa Steadman" in thirtysomething
  • Diana Muldaur as "Rosalind Shays" in L.A. Law

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• L.A. Law (David E. Kelley)
  • L.A. Law (Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher)
  • L.A. Law (Alan Brennert, Patricia Green, David E. Kelley)
  • Northern Exposure (Joshua Brand, John Falsey)
  • thirtysomething (Ann Lewis Hamilton)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Equal Justice (Thomas Carter)
  • China Beach (Mimi Leder)
  • Cop Rock (Gregory Hoblit)
  • L.A. Law (Tom Moore)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Murphy Brown (Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman)
  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Jay Tarses)
  • Murphy Brown (Diane English)
  • Seinfeld (Larry David)
  • Seinfeld (Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Cheers (James Burrows)
  • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Jay Tarses)
  • Murphy Brown (Barnet Kellman)
  • Seinfeld (Tom Cherones)
  • The Wonder Years (Peter Baldwin)

References

• 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• Emmy Awards on imdb

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