The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 13, 1998. It was broadcast on NBC. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.
When Frasier was announced as the winner of Outstanding Comedy Series, Emmy history was made. the NBC sitcom became the first show to win one of the two main series prizes five consecutive years. This record has since been passed by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, whose current winning streak is ten years, but for the main two genres, it has not been matched.
The Practice won Outstanding Drama Series and tied for the most major wins overall with three. For the second straight year, medical drama ER came into the night as the most nominated program, but once again walked away empty handed, going 0/9 in major categories.
Ally McBeal became the first hour-long series to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series since Love, American Style in 1971.
This year saw the Emmys move to a new venue, the Shrine Auditorium, marking the return of the award ceremony to Los Angeles for the first time since the 1976 Emmy Awards, following a 20-year residency at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium outside L.A. in Pasadena.
Winners and Nominees
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Programs
Acting
Lead performances
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman on Mad About You, (Episode: "Moody Blues"), (NBC)
- Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase on Veronica's Closet, (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC)
- Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery on Dharma & Greg, (Episode: "Haus Arrest"), (ABC)
- Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan on Ellen, (Episode: "Neighbors"), (ABC)
- Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal on Ally McBeal, (Episode: "One Hundred Tears Away"), (Fox)
- Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement, (Episode: "Bright Christmas"), (ABC)
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
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Supporting performances
Guest performances
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Mel Brooks as Uncle Phil on Mad About You, (Episode: "Uncle Phil And The Coupons"), (NBC)
- Hank Azaria as Nat on Mad About You, (Episode: "Nat And Arly"), (NBC)
- Lloyd Bridges as Izzy Mandelbaum on Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Blood"), (NBC)
- John Cleese as Dr. Neesam on 3rd Rock from the Sun, (Episode: "Dick and the Other Guy"), (NBC)
- Nathan Lane as Professor Twilley on Mad About You, (Episode: "Good Old Reliable Nathan"), (NBC)
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- Emma Thompson as Herself on Ellen, (Episode: "Emma"), (ABC)
- Carol Burnett as Teresa on Mad About You, (Episode: "Coming Home"), (NBC)
- Jan Hooks as Vicki Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun, (Episode: "Eat, Drink, Dick, Mary"), (NBC)
- Patti LuPone as Zora on Frasier, (Episode: "Beware of Greeks"), (NBC)
- Bette Midler as Caprice Feldman on Murphy Brown, (Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
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- Cloris Leachman as Aunt Mooster on Promised Land, (Episode: "Mooster's Revenge"), (CBS)
- Veronica Cartwright as Cassandra Spender on The X-Files, (Episode: "Patient X"), (Fox)
- Swoosie Kurtz as Tina-Marie Chambliss on ER, (Episode: "Suffer the Little Children"), (NBC)
- Lili Taylor as Marty Glenn on The X-Files, (Episode: "Mind's Eye"), (Fox)
- Alfre Woodard as Dr. Roxanne Turner on Homicide: Life on the Street, (Episode: "Mercy"), (NBC)
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Directing
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
- Todd Holland, for The Larry Sanders Show, (Episode: "Flip"), (HBO)
- Allan Arkush for Ally McBeal, (Episode: "Cro-Magnon"), (Fox)
- James Burrows for Dharma & Greg, (Episode: "Pilot"), (ABC)
- James Frawley for Ally McBeal, (Episode: "Pilot"), (Fox)
- Terry Hughes, for 3rd Rock from the Sun, (Episode: "Dick and the Other Guy"), (NBC)
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- Paris Barclay for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Lost Israel, Part II"), (ABC)
- Mark Tinker for Brooklyn South, (Episode: "Pilot"), (CBS)
- Chris Carter for The X-Files, (Episode: "The Post-Modern Prometheus"), (Fox)
- Bill D'Elia for Chicago Hope, (Episode: "Brain Salad Surgery"), (CBS)
- Thomas Schlamme for ER, (Episode: "Ambush"), (NBC)
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| Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program |
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie |
- Louis J. Horvitz for The 70th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
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Writing
| Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
- Peter Tolan and Garry Shandling for The Larry Sanders Show, (Episode: "Flip"), (HBO)
- Lawrence Broch for Ellen, (Episode: "Emma"), (ABC)
- Richard Day, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck for The Larry Sanders Show, (Episode: "Putting The 'Gay' Back In Litigation"), (HBO)
- David E. Kelley for Ally McBeal, (Episode: "Time of Life"), (Fox)
- Joe Keenan for Frasier, (Episode: "The Ski Lodge"), (NBC)
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- David Milch, Nicholas Wootton and Bill Clark NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Lost Israel, Part 2"), (ABC)
- Chris Carter for The X-Files, (Episode: "The Post-Modern Prometheus"), (Fox)
- David Milch, Ted Mann, Bill Clark and Meredith Stiehm for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Lost Israel, Part 1"), (ABC)
- David E. Kelley for The Practice, (Episode: "Betrayal"), (ABC)
- James Yoshimura for Homicide: Life on the Street, (Episode: "The Subway"), (NBC)
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| Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program |
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Movie |
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- NBC – 49
- HBO – 29
- ABC – 25
- CBS – 19
- Fox – 13
- By program
- ER (NBC) – 9
- NYPD Blue (ABC) – 8
- The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) / The X-Files (Fox) – 7
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) / Frasier (NBC) / Mad About You (NBC) / Merlin (NBC) – 6
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- ABC – 9
- NBC – 7
- HBO – 7
- CBS – 5
- TNT – 2
- By program
- Frasier (NBC) / George Wallace (HBO) / NYPD Blue (ABC) / The Practice (ABC) – 3
- Don King: Only in America (HBO) / The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) / Mad About You (NBC) – 2
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
In Memoriam
Patrick Stewart presented a clip tribute to the TV actors who had died: Red Skelton, Shari Lewis, Lloyd Bridges, Roy Rogers, singer John Denver, Robert Young, dancer Jerome Robbins, sports narrator Harry Caray, Frank Sinatra, singer Buffalo Bob, E. G. Marshall, J. T. Walsh, Sonny Bono, Phil Hartman and Chris Farley.
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