49th Emmy Awards (Main Categories) - Year 1996

8 nominations 4 awards

Anthony Edwards

Sam Waterston

Jimmy Smits

David Duchovny

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

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John Lithgow

Winner

3rd Rock from the Sun

3 nominations 2 awards

Kelsey Grammer

Frasier

Garry Shandling

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Paul Reiser

Mad About You

Michael J. Fox

Spin City

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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Armand Assante

Winner

Gotti

4 nominations 1 award

Beau Bridges

Hidden in America

Robert Duvall

Sidney Poitier

Mandela and de Klerk

Laurence Fishburne

Miss Evers' Boys

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

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Gillian Anderson

Winner

The X-Files

5 nominations 1 award

Christine Lahti

Julianna Margulies

Sherry Stringfield

Roma Downey

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

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Helen Hunt

Winner

Mad About You

3 nominations 1 award

Cybill Shepherd

Ellen DeGeneres

Patricia Richardson

Fran Drescher

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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Alfre Woodard

Winner

Miss Evers' Boys

6 nominations 2 awards

Helen Mirren

Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement

Meryl Streep

...First Do No Harm

Glenn Close

In the Gloaming

Stockard Channing

An Unexpected Family (TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

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Hector Elizondo

Winner

Chicago Hope

4 nominations 1 award

Adam Arkin

Eriq La Salle

Noah Wyle

Nicholas Turturro

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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Michael Richards

Winner

6 nominations 1 award

David Hyde Pierce

Frasier

Jeffrey Tambor

Rip Torn

Jason Alexander

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

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Beau Bridges

Winner

Joe Mantegna

Michael Caine

Obba Babatundé

Ossie Davis

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

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Kim Delaney

Winner

8 nominations 4 awards

Laura Innes

CCH Pounder

Gloria Reuben

Della Reese

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

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Kristen Johnston

Winner

3rd Rock from the Sun

3 nominations 2 awards

Christine Baranski

Cybill

Lisa Kudrow

Friends

Janeane Garofalo

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie

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Diana Rigg

Winner

Rebecca

Kirstie Alley

The Last Don

Glenne Headly

Bastard Out of Carolina

Frances McDormand

Hidden in America

Bridget Fonda

In the Gloaming

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

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Mark Tinker ("Where's Swaldo?")

Winner

8 nominations 4 awards

Christopher Chulack ("Fear of Flying")

Rod Holcomb ("Last Call")

Tom Moore ("Union Station")

James Wong ("Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man")

The X-Files

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

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David Lee ("To Kill a Talking Bird")

Winner

Frasier

4 nominations 2 awards

Gil Junger ("The Puppy Episode")

Ellen

Todd Holland ("Everybody Loves Larry")

Alan Myerson ("Ellen, Or Isn't She")

Andy Ackerman ("The Pothole")

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or TV Movie

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Andrei Konchalovsky

Winner

The Odyssey

2 nominations 1 award

Anjelica Huston

Bastard Out of Carolina

Mark Rydell

Crime of the Century

Robert Harmon

Gotti

Christopher Reeve

In the Gloaming

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

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David Milch, Stephen Gaghan, Michael R. Perry

Winners

8 nominations 4 awards

Neal Baer ("Whose Appy Now?")

John Wells ("Faith")

David Mills ("Taillight's Last Gleaming")

John Shiban, Frank Spotnitz, Chris Carter, Vince Gilligan ("Memento Mori")

The X-Files

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

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Ellen DeGeneres, Mark Driscoll, Dava Savel, Tracy Newman ("The Puppy Episode")

Winners

Ellen

3 nominations 1 award

Judd Apatow, John Markus, Garry Shandling ("Ellen, or Isn't She?")

Peter Tolan ("My Name is Asher Kingsley")

Jon Vitti ("Everybody Loves Larry")

Peter Mehlman, Jill Franklyn ("The Yada Yada")