19th CableACE Awards

The 19th Annual CableACE Awards were held on November 14, 1997. Below are the nominees^[1] and the winners from that ceremony in the main categories.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners in bold:.

Movie

• Miss Evers' Boys (HBO)
• 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
• Crime of the Century (HBO)
• The Ditchdigger's Daughters (The Family Channel)
• Mandela and de Klerk (Showtime)

Miniseries

• George Wallace (TNT)
• Ivanhoe (A&E)

Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Gary Sinise – George Wallace (TNT)
• Robert Duvall – The Man Who Captured Eichmann (TNT)
• Ben Kingsley – Weapons of Mass Distraction (HBO)
• Mandy Patinkin – The Hunchback (TNT)
• Sidney Poitier – Mandela and de Klerk (Showtime)

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Alfre Woodard – Miss Evers' Boys (HBO)
• Bonnie Bedelia – Any Mother's Son (Lifetime)
• Blythe Danner – A Call to Remember (Starz)
• Jena Malone – Bastard Out of Carolina (Showtime)
• Helen Mirren – Losing Chase (Showtime)

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• George C. Scott – 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
• Obba Babatunde – Miss Evers' Boys (HBO)
• Joe Don Baker – George Wallace (TNT)
• Louis Gossett Jr. – Inside (Showtime)
• Arliss Howard – The Man Who Captured Eichmann (TNT)

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Kimberly Elise – The Ditchdigger's Daughters (The Family Channel)
• Faye Dunaway – The Twilight of the Golds (Showtime)
• Angelina Jolie – George Wallace (TNT)
• Cicely Tyson – Riot (Showtime)
• Alfre Woodard – Member of the Wedding (USA Network)

Directing a Movie or Miniseries

• John Frankenheimer – George Wallace (TNT)
• Allan Arkush – Elvis Meets Nixon (Showtime)
• Kevin Bacon – Losing Chase (Showtime)
• Joe Dante – The Second Civil War (HBO)
• Joseph Sargent – Mandela and de Klerk (Showtime)

Writing a Movie or Miniseries

• Anne Meredith – Losing Chase (Showtime)
• Lionel Chetwynd – The Man Who Captured Eichmann (TNT)
• Marshall Frady and Paul Monash – George Wallace (TNT)
• William Nicholson – Crime of the Century (HBO)
• Reginald Rose – 12 Angry Men (Showtime)

Dramatic Series

• Oz (HBO)
• Avonlea (Disney Channel)
• Dead Man's Gun (Showtime)
• Perversions of Science (HBO)
• Stargate: SG-1 (Showtime)

Dramatic or Theatrical Special

• In the Gloaming (HBO)
• In the Gloaming (Odyssey)
• Tales from the Crypt (Episode: "Confession") (HBO)

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Eamonn Walker – Oz (HBO)
• Kirk Acevedo – Oz (HBO)
• Terry Kinney – Oz (HBO)

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Rita Moreno – Oz (HBO)
• Susan Gibney – Bedtime (Showtime)
• Helen Shaver – Poltergeist: The Legacy (Showtime)

Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• David Hyde Pierce – The Outer Limits (Showtime)
• Ron Rifkin – The Outer Limits (Showtime)
• David Strathairn – In the Gloaming (HBO)
• Henry Winkler – Dead Man's Gun (Showtime)
• Harris Yulin – La Femme Nikita (USA)

Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Glenn Close – In the Gloaming (HBO)
• Anne DeSalvo – Lifetime Women's Festival (Episode: "Women Without Implants") (Lifetime)
• Alix Elias – Lifetime Women's Festival (Episode: "Lois Lives a Little") (Lifetime)
• Amy Hargreaves – Flashback (HBO)
• Dianne Wiest – Avonlea (Disney Channel)

Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Tony Scott – The Hunger (Episode: "The Swords") (Showtime)
• Nick Gomez – Oz (Episode: "Visits, Conjugal and Otherwise") (HBO)
• Sturla Gunnarsson – Dead Man's Gun (Episode: "The Impostor") (Showtime)
• Walter Hill – Perversions of Science (Episode: "Dream of Doom") (HBO)
• Christopher Reeve – In the Gloaming (HBO)

Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Will Scheffer – In the Gloaming (HBO)
• Lewis B. Chesler and Ed Redlich – Strangers (Episode: "Cinema Verite") (HBO)
• Tom Fontana – Oz (Episode: "Straight Life") (HBO)
• Rupert Holmes – Remember WENN (Episode: "Christmas in the Airwaves") (AMC)
• Howard Rodman – The Hunger (Episode: "The Swords") (Showtime)

Comedy Series

• The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Arli$$ (HBO)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Sci-Fi Channel)

Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kel Mitchell – Kenan and Kel (Nickelodeon)
• Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Robert Wuhl – Arli$$ (HBO)

Actress in a Comedy Series

• Sandra Oh – Arli$$ (HBO)
• Amanda Bynes – All That (Nickelodeon)
• Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Kerri Kenney – Viva Variety (Comedy Central)
• Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

Directing a Comedy Series

• Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Everybody Loves Larry") (HBO)
• Alan Meyerson – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Ellen, Or Isn't She?") (HBO)
• John Riggi – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Artie and Angie and Hank and Hercules") (HBO)
• Don Scardino – Tracey Takes On... (Episode: "Vegas") (HBO)
• Mike Tollin – Arli$$ (Episode: "The Client's Best Interest") (HBO)

Writing a Comedy Series

• Peter Tolan – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "My Name Is Asher Kingsley") (HBO)
• Judd Apatow, John Markus, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Ellen, or Isn't She?") (HBO)
• Jeff Cesario – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Pain Equals Funny") (HBO)
• Becky Hartman-Edwards, John Riggi, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The New Writer") (HBO)
• Jon Vitti – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Everybody Loves Larry") (HBO)

Entertainment Host

• Chris Rock – The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
• Paul Gilmartin and Annabelle Gurwitch – Dinner and a Movie (TBS)
• Craig Kilborn – The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
• Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
• Dennis Miller – Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Informational or Documentary Host

• Walter Cronkite – Cronkite Remembers (The Discovery Channel)
• Ed Feldman and Joe L'Erario – Furniture to Go (TLC)
• Steve Irwin – Ten Deadliest Snakes in the World (The Discovery Channel)
• Charles Kuralt – I Remember (CBS Eye on People)
• Emeril Lagasse – Emeril Live (Food Network)

Program Interviewer

• Larry King – Larry King Live (CNN)
• Tom Brokaw – InterNight (MSNBC)
• Bob Costas – InterNight (MSNBC)
• Katie Couric – InterNight (MSNBC)
• Charles Grodin – Charles Grodin (CNBC)

Magazine Host

• Ian Wright – Lonely Planet (Episode: "Ethiopia") (Travel)
• Michael Burger and Christina Ferrare – Home and Family (The Family Channel)
• Bryant Gumbel – Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
• Richard Jeni – What a World (TLC)
• Kurt Loder – Week in Rock (MTV)

Newscaster

• Joie Chen and Leon Harris – The World Today (CNN)
• Steve Aveson – Discovery News (The Discovery Channel)
• Brian Williams – The News with Brian Williams (MSNBC)

Animated Programming Special or Series

• South Park (Comedy Central)
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
• Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Network)
• KaBlam! (Nickelodeon)
• Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid! (Cartoon Network)

Children's Special or Series – 6 and Younger

• Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (HBO)
• Blues Clues (Nickelodeon)
• How Do You Spell God? (HBO)
• Little Bear (Nickelodeon)

Children's Special – 7 and Older

• Family Video Diaries (Episode: "Bong & Donnell") (HBO)
• In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)
• Nick News (Episode: "Kids and Guns") (Nickelodeon)
• Stick Stickly (Episode: "Stuck") (Nickelodeon)
• The Wind in the Willows (The Family Channel)

Children's Series – 7 and Older

• Kenan and Kel (Nickelodeon)
• The Secret World of Alex Mack (Nickelodeon)
• All That (Nickelodeon)
• Mega Movie Magic (The Discovery Channel)
• Ready or Not (Disney Channel)

Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series

• Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes (HBO)
• Jaws & Claws (The Discovery Channel)
• Nick News (Episode: "Peace on Earth") (Nickelodeon)
• Pop Sci (The Discovery Channel)
• WAM! Goes to Washington (WAM!)

Writing a Children's Special or Series

• Jon Cooksey, Katie Ford, Ali Marie Matheson, Mark Palmer, J. David Stem, and David Weiss – Rugrats (Episode: "Mother's Day") (Nickelodeon)
• Franklyn Ajaye and Barry Douglas – Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (HBO)
• Anne-Marie Cunniffe and Linda Ellerbee – Nick News (Episode: "Peace on Earth") (Nickelodeon)
• Bruce Harmon – Flashback (HBO)
• Jeff Kindley – Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes (HBO)

Music Special or Series

• Diva Las Vegas (HBO)
• Garth Live From Central Park (HBO)
• Honors '97 (VH1)
• Storytellers (VH1)
• Live By Request (Episode: "Tony Bennett") (A&E)

Performance in a Music Special or Series

• Bette Midler – Diva Las Vegas (HBO)
• K.d. lang – Hard Rock Live Presented by Pontiac Sunfire (VH1)
• George Michael and Stevie Wonder – Honors '97 (VH1)
• Mandy Patinkin – Leonard Bernstein's New York (Ovation)
• Tina Turner – Tina Turner's Wildest Dreams Concert (Showtime)

Directing A Music Special or Series

• Dwight Hemion – Disney's Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra (Disney Channel)
• Marty Callner – Diva Las Vegas (HBO)
• Marty Callner – Garth Live From Central Park (HBO)
• David Mallet – Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live in Miami (HBO)
• Beth McCarthy – 1996 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)

Comedy Special

• Not Necessarily the Elections #1 (HBO)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking (HBO)

Stand-up Comedy Special or Series

• HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy") (HBO)
• HBO Comedy Half-Hour (Episode: "Dave Attell") (HBO)
• HBO Comedy Half-Hour (Episode: "Ray Romano") (HBO)
• HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Damon Wayans: Still Standing") (HBO)
• HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Jon Stewart: Unleavened") (HBO)

Directing a Comedy Special

• Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato – Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking (HBO)
• Terri McCoy – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Damon Wayans: Still Standing") (HBO)
• Rocco Urbisci – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy") (HBO)
• Chuck Vinson – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Sinbad: Nothin' But the Funk") (HBO)

Writing an Entertainment Special

• George Carlin – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy") (HBO)
• Jeff Cesario – HBO Comedy Half-Hour (Episode: "Jeff Cesario") (HBO)
• David Feldman, Jim Hanna, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller, and Rick Overton – Dennis Miller Live (Episode: "Clinton Revisited") (HBO)
• Ray Romano – HBO Comedy Half-Hour (Episode: "Ray Romano") (HBO)

Performing Arts Special or Series

• Leonard Bernstein's New York (Ovation)
• The 40th Annual Pablo Casals Festival (A&E)
• Follow the Moonstone (Ovation)
• Naked Classics (Episode: "The Prodigy") (Bravo)

Variety Special or Series

• The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
• Mr. Show with Bob and David (HBO)
• The Mr. Vegas All-Night Party Starring Drew Carey (HBO)
• Tracey Takes On... (HBO)
• Viva Variety (Comedy Central)

Game Show Special or Series

• Idiot Savants (MTV)
• Animal Planet Zooventure (Animal Planet)
• Win Ben Stein's Money (Comedy Central)

Educational Special or Series

• Great Books (TLC)
• Addicted (HBO)
• The Bomb Detectives (The Discovery Channel)
• Transplant: The Clock is Ticking (TLC)
• The Ultimate Guide: Snakes (The Discovery Channel)

Public Affairs Special or Series

• America Undercover (Episode: "Talked to Death") (HBO)
• 27th & Prospect: One Year in the Fight Against Drugs (HBO)
• Final Take: Megan's Law (Lifetime)
• America Undercover (Episode: "A Kill for a Kill") (HBO)
• America Undercover (Episode: "Memphis P.D. War on the Streets") (HBO)

Environmental/Nature Documentary Special

• Great Siberian Grizzly (Animal Planet)
• Galapagos: Beyond Darwin (The Discovery Channel)
• National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "Lords of the Everglades") (TBS)
• National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "Savage Garden") (TBS)
• Wildlife Adventures (Episode: "Survival of the Yellowstone Wolves") (TBS)

Entertainment/Cultural Documentary Special

• Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TNT)
• Ballyhoo! The Hollywood Sideshow (AMC)
• Biography (Episode: "Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown") (A&E)
• The Burger and The King: The Life & Cuisine of Elvis Presley (Cinemax)
• Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (Cinemax)

Historical Documentary Special or Series

• Wonderland (Cinemax)
• The Great Egyptians (Episode: "Mystery of Tutankhamen") (TLC)
• Jerusalem, City of Heaven (The Discovery Channel)
• America Undercover (Episode: "Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt?") (HBO)
• Nuremberg (The Discovery Channel)

Documentary Special

• Heart of a Child (HBO)
• Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (Cinemax)
• Investigative Reports (Episode: "Blood Money: Switzerland's Nazi Gold") (A&E)
• Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story (TNT)
• Taxicab Confessions (HB0)

Documentary Series

• Cronkite Remembers (The Discovery Channel)
• Biography (A&E)
• Medical Detectives (TLC)
• Solar Empire (TLC)
• Understanding (TLC)

Documentary Limited Series

• Newsreels to Nightly News (History)
• Glass Jungle (TLC)
• Raging Planet (The Discovery Channel)

Directing a Documentary Special

• Jessica Yu – Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (Cinemax)
• Monte Bramer – Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (Cinemax)
• Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag – America Undercover (Episode: "Memphis P.D. War on the Streets") (HBO)
• Marc Levin – CIA: America's Secret Warriors (The Discovery Channel)
• Richard Matthews – National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "King Cobra") (TBS)

Writing a Documentary Special

• Sam Hurst and Ned Judge – The Coming Plague (TBS)
• David Darlow – Survival in the Sky (Episode: "Blaming the Pilot") (TLC)
• Greg Kandra and Bob Waldman – Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road (A&E)
• John Rubin and Dixon Steele – National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "Savage Garden") (TBS)
• Georgia Searle – Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TNT)

Talk Show Series

• Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo)
• Charles Grodin (CNBC)
• InterNight (MSNBC)
• Larry King Live (CNN)
• Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)

Magazine Show Special or Series

• Moms of a Lifetime Special (Lifetime)
• The Beef (The Family Channel)
• National Geographic Explorer (TBS)
• Sex in the 90's IX: The Safest Sex of All (MTV)

News Special or Series

• Investigative Reports (Episode: "Meth's Deadly High") (A&E)
• The Death of a Princess (CNN)
• Discovery News (The Discovery Channel)
• Inside North Korea (CNN)
• Investigative Reports (Episode: "Death of Vince Foster") (A&E)

Extended News/Public Affairs Coverage

• Rwanda/Zaire Coverage (CNN)
• The O.J. Simpson Trial: Beyond Black and White (TLC)
• Party Pitch (MTV)
• Politically Incorrect Election Night Special (Comedy Central)
• TWA 800 (CNN)

Informational Series

• Emeril Live (Food Network)
• CNET Central (USA)
• Furniture to Go (TLC)
• FXMD (FX)
• Petcetera (Animal)

Recreation and Leisure Special or Series

• Lonely Planet (Episode: "Ethiopia") (Travel)
• American Voices (CNN)
• Dinner with Oprah (Lifetime)
• Road Rules (MTV)
• Wildlife Encounters (Travel)

Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series

• You're on Your Own (CNBC)
• CyberLife (The Discovery Channel)
• Cyberspace (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass") (TLC)
• Investigative Reports (Episode: "Hooked on a Dream: America's Lotteries") (A&E)
• Super Highway Robbery (TLC)

Sports Events Coverage Special

• The Jackie Robinson Game (ESPN)
• Stanley Cup Finals (ESPN)
• NCAA Women's Tournament/Final 4 (ESPN)

Sports Events Coverage Series

• Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN)
• Atlanta Braves Baseball (TBS)
• SpeedWorld (ESPN)
• Sunday Night NFL (ESPN)
• Tour de France (ESPN)

Sports News Series

• Golf Central (Golf)
• College GameDay (ESPN)
• NFL Prime Monday (ESPN)
• SportsCenter (ESPN)
• SportsWeekly (ESPN)

Sports Information Series

• Outside the Lines (ESPN)
• Inside the NFL (HBO)
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
• The Sporting Life with Jim Huber (CNN)
• The Sports Reporters (ESPN)

Sports Information Special

• Sports on the Silver Screen (HBO)
• Breaking Through: Our Turn to Play (Lifetime)
• Football America (TNT)
• Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association (HBO)
• NBA at 50 (TNT)

Sports Host

• Dan Patrick – SportsCenter (ESPN)
• Chris Berman – NFL Countdown, NFL Primetime, and Baseball Tonight (ESPN)
• Vince Cellini – CNN/Sports Illustrated (CNNSI)
• Fred Hickman – CNN/Sports Illustrated (CNNSI)
• Bob Page – Page One and MSG SportsDesk (Madison Square Garden Network)

Sports Play-by-Play Announcer

• Mike Emrick – New Jersey Devils (SportsChannel New York)
• Marv Albert – New York Knicks Basketball (Madison Square Garden Network)
• Jon Miller – ESPN Major League Baseball (ESPN)
• Mike Patrick – ESPN Sunday Night NFL and ESPN College Basketball (ESPN)
• Dick Stockton – NBA on TNT (TNT)

Sports Commentator/Analyst

• Leigh Montville – CNN/Sports Illustrated (CNNSI)
• Steve Albert, Bobby Czyz, and Ferdie Pacheco – The Sound and the Fury: Holyfield vs. Tyson II (Showtime)
• Tom Jackson – NFL Countdown (ESPN)
• Joe Morgan – ESPN Major League Baseball (ESPN)
• Dick Vitale – ESPN NCAA Basketball (ESPN)

Directing Live Sports Events Coverage Special or Series

• Bob Dunphy – The Sound and the Fury: Holyfield vs. Tyson II (Showtime)
• Douglas Holmes – Stanley Cup Finals (ESPN)
• Bobby Lewis – Rangers Hockey (Madison Square Garden Network)
• Marc Payton – ESPN Major League Baseball (ESPN)
• Bill Webb – Yankees Baseball (Madison Square Garden Network)

Fictional Short-Form Programming Special or Series

• Lifetime Women's Festival (Episode: "The Undertaker") (Lifetime)
• The Girl with Her Head Coming Off (Nickelodeon)
• Short Films by Short People (Episode: "The Adventures of Sam Digital in the 21st Century") (Nickelodeon)
• Ted the Head (Nickelodeon)

Non-Fictional Short-Form Programming Special or Series

• Rent (CNN)
• Before and After Jackie (SportsChannel)
• Director of the Month (TCM)
• The Good Father (CNN)
• Legacy of Pain/Children of the Holocaust (CNN)

References