46th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 11, 1994. The ceremony was hosted by Patricia Richardson and Ellen DeGeneres. It was broadcast on ABC. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold. Comedy Central received its first major nomination at this ceremony.
In its first season, the Cheers spin-off Frasier won Outstanding Comedy Series and four total major awards. For the second straight year Picket Fences won Outstanding Drama Series, it too won four major awards on the night, but the more impressive drama series was newcomer NYPD Blue, which took home three major awards.
NYPD Blue came into the ceremony with 19 major nominations. This broke Hill Street Blues record for most nominations by a drama or comedy series of 16 set in 1982, and put it in second place all time behind Roots which gained 21 major nominations in 1977. NYPD Blue set another milestone when it received every nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series, this marked only the ninth time that a show had received every nomination in a category. This feat has not been accomplished since.
The television movie And the Band Played On also made Emmy history. It set a new record when it received nine major nominations, the most ever for a television movie. The record was maintained for twenty years, until The Normal Heart received nine major nominations in 2014. Both films won the top prize, but each lost all six of their acting nominations, directing, and writing to other projects.
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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- Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown, (Episode: "It’s Just Like Riding a Bike"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
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- Sela Ward as Teddy Reed on Sisters, (Episode: "Land of the Lost Children"), (NBC)
- Kathy Baker as Jill Brock on Picket Fences, (Episode: "Guns ‘R’ Us"), (CBS)
- Swoosie Kurtz as Alex Halsey on Sisters, (Episode: "Protective Measures"), (NBC)
- Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote, (Episode: "A Killing in Cork"), (CBS)
- Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, (Episode: "Best Friends"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special |
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special |
- Hume Cronyn as Robert Samuel Peek on To Dance with the White Dog (HBO)
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Supporting performances
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld, (Episodes: "The Sniffing Accountant" + "The Opposite"), (NBC)
- Jason Alexander as George Costanza on Seinfeld, (Episodes: "The Hamptons" + "The Opposite"), (NBC)
- David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier, (Episodes: "A Mid-Winter Night’s Dream" + "Author, Author"), (NBC)
- Rip Torn as Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show, (Episodes: "The List" + "Larry’s Birthday"), (HBO)
- Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Damme on Coach, (Episodes: "Piece O’ Cake" + "Coach for a Day", Part 2), (ABC)
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- Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris on Roseanne, (Episodes: "Labor Day" + "Past Imperfect"), (ABC)
- Shelley Fabares as Christine Armstrong on Coach, (Episodes: "Nice Job If You Can Get It" + "The Stand-In"), (ABC)
- Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown, (Episodes: "The Young and the Rest of Us" + "The More Things Stay The Same"), (CBS)
- Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner on Roseanne, (Episodes: "Two Down, One to Go" + "Everybody Comes to Jackie’s"), (ABC)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes on Seinfeld, (Episodes: "The Mango" + "The Opposite"), (NBC)
- Liz Torres as Mahalia Sanchez on The John Larroquette Show, (Episodes: "Pilot" + "God"), (NBC)
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
- Fyvush Finkel as Douglas Wambaugh on Picket Fences, (Episodes: "Turpitude" + "Squatter’s Rights"), (CBS)
- Gordon Clapp as Greg Medavoy on NYPD Blue, (Episodes: "Ice Follies" + "Abandando Abandoned"), (ABC)
- Barry Corbin as Maurice J. Minnifield on Northern Exposure, (Episodes: "The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop" + "The Gift of the Maggie"), (CBS)
- Nicholas Turturro as James Martinez on NYPD Blue, (Episodes: "Up on the Roof" + "Guns ‘N’ Rosaries"), (ABC)
- Ray Walston as Henry Bone on Picket Fences, (Episodes:"Blue Christmas" + "Abominable Snowman"), (CBS)
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- Leigh Taylor-Young as Rachel Harris on Picket Fences, (Episodes: "Remote Control" + "Divine Recall"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special |
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- Cicely Tyson as Castralia on Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)
- Anne Bancroft as Lucy Marsden on Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)
- Swoosie Kurtz as Mrs. Johnstone on And the Band Played On (HBO)
- Lee Purcell as Ann Thielman on Secret Sins of the Father (NBC)
- Lily Tomlin as Dr. Selma Dritz on And the Band Played On (HBO)
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Guest performances
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Martin Sheen as Nick Brody on Murphy Brown, (Episode: "Angst for the Memories"), (CBS)
- Jason Alexander as Randall Townsend on Dream On, (Episode: "Oral Sex, Lies, and Videotape"), (HBO)
- Paul Dooley as Micky Tupper on Dream On, (Episode: "Pop Secret"), (HBO)
- John Glover as Ned Miller on Frasier, (Episode: "Oops"), (NBC)
- Judge Reinhold as Aaron on Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Raincoats"), (NBC)
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- Eileen Heckart as Rose Stein on Love & War, (Episode: "You Make Me Feel So Young"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
- Richard Kiley as Hayden Langston on Picket Fences, (Episode: "Buried Alive"), (CBS)
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- Faye Dunaway as Laura Staton on Columbo, (Episode: "It’s All in the Game"), (ABC)
- Bonnie Bedelia as Sally Creighton on Fallen Angels, (Episode: "The Quiet Room"), (Showtime)
- Stockard Channing as Viola Elliott on Road to Avonlea, (Episode: "The Minister’s Wife"), (Disney)
- Laura Dern as Annie Ainsley on Fallen Angels, (Episode: "Murder, Obliquely"), (Showtime)
- Penny Fuller as Roberta Taub on NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Serge The Concierge"), (ABC)
- Marlee Matlin as Laurie Bey on Picket Fences, (Episode: "Dancing Bandit"), (CBS)
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Directing
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Drama Series |
- James Burrows, for Frasier, (Episode: "The Good Son"), (NBC)
- Tom Cherones for Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Mango"), (NBC)
- Todd Holland for The Larry Sanders Show, (Episode: "Life Behind Larry"), (HBO)
- Tom Moore for Mad About You, (Episode: "Love Letters"), (NBC)
- Lee Shallat-Chemel, for Mad About You, (Episode: "Paul is Dead"), (NBC)
- John Whitesell for The John Larroquette Show, (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC)
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| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Variety or Music Program |
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or Special |
- Walter C. Miller for The 47th Annual Tony Awards, (ABC)
- Ellen Brown for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, (NBC)
- Hal Gurnee for Late Show with David Letterman, (CBS)
- Jeff Margolis for The 66th Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
- Don Scardino for Tracey Takes on New York, (HBO)
- Dave Wilson for Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
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Writing
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
- David Angell, Peter Casey, David Lee for Frasier, (Episode: "The Good Son"), (NBC)
- Larry David for Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Puffy Shirt"), (NBC)
- Larry David, Lawrence H. Levy for Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Mango"), (NBC)
- Ken Levine, David Isaacs for Frasier, (Episode: "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back"), (NBC)
- Garry Shandling, Victor Levin, Paul Simms, Drake Sather, Maya Forbes for The Larry Sanders Show, (Episode: "Larry’s Agent"), (HBO)
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- Ann Biderman for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Steroid Roy"), (ABC)
- Burton Armus, David Milch for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Personal Foul"), (ABC)
- Ted Mann for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "NYPD Lou"), (ABC)
- David Milch, Steven Bochco for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Pilot"), (ABC)
- Gardner Stern for NYPD Blue, (Episode: "Tempest in a C-Cup"), (ABC)
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| Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program |
Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Special |
- Dennis Miller Live, (HBO)
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- Bob Randall for David’s Mother, (CBS)
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 42
- NBC – 39
- ABC – 36
- HBO – 24
- By program
- NYPD Blue (ABC) – 19
- Seinfeld (NBC) – 10
- And the Band Played On (HBO) / Picket Fences (CBS) – 9
- Frasier (NBC) – 7
- Mad About You (NBC) – 6
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 13
- ABC / NBC – 6
- HBO – 4
- By program
- Frasier (NBC) / Picket Fences (CBS) – 4
- David’s Mother (CBS) / NYPD Blue (ABC) – 3
- Notes
- 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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