43rd Primetime Emmy Awards
The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on August 25, 1991. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. The network TNT received its first major nomination at this ceremony.
In its ninth season Cheers won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fourth time, tying All in the Family's record. Cheers' spinoff Frasier would later break this record. Cheers also received the most major nominations (10) and major awards (4) during the ceremony. The Drama field also saw a four time winner crowned as L.A. Law won Outstanding Drama Series for the fourth time in five years, this tied the record set by Hill Street Blues whose four wins came consecutively. James Earl Jones joined an exclusive club, as he won two acting Emmy's for his work on two different series.
Winners and Nominees
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Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Jonathan Winters as Gunny Davis on Davis Rules, (Episode: "Rules of the Game"), (ABC)
- Charles Durning as Dr. Harlan Elldridge on Evening Shade, (Episode: "The Baby Show"), (CBS)
- Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd on Cheers, (Episode: "Woody Interrupts"), (NBC)
- Michael Jeter as Herman Stiles on Evening Shade, (Episode: "Sex Education"), (CBS)
- Jerry Van Dyke as Asst. Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam on Coach, (Episode: "Cabin Fever"), (ABC)
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
- Timothy Busfield as Elliot Weston on thirtysomething, (Episode: "Second Look"), (ABC)
- David Clennon as Miles Drentell on thirtysomething, (Episode: "Out the Door"), (ABC)
- Richard Dysart as Leland McKenzie, Jr. on L.A. Law, (Episode: "The Beverly Hills Hangers"), (NBC)
- Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes on L.A. Law, (Episode: "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman"), (NBC)
- Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci on Quantum Leap, (Episode: "The Leap Home: April 7, 1970: Part 2"), (NBC)
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- Madge Sinclair as Empress Josephine on Gabriel’s Fire, (Episode: "Tis the Season"), (ABC)
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| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special |
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- Ruby Dee as Rowena on Decoration Day, (NBC)
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Guest performances
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
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- Jay Thomas as Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown, (Episode: "Gold Rush"), (CBS)
- Sheldon Leonard as Sid Nelson on Cheers, (Episode: "Grease"), (NBC)
- Alan Oppenheimer as Eugene Kinsella on Murphy Brown, (Episode: "Strike Two"), (CBS)
- Tom Poston as Art Hibke on Coach, (Episode: "Diamond’s Are a Dentist’s Best Friend"), (ABC)
- Danny Thomas as Dr. Leo Brewster on Empty Nest, (Episode: "The Mentor"), (NBC)
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- Colleen Dewhurst as Avery Brown on Murphy Brown, (Episode: "Bob And Murphy And Ted And Avery"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
- David Opatoshu as Max Goldstein on Gabriel’s Fire, (Episode: "A Prayer for the Goldsteins"), (ABC)
- Dabney Coleman as Hugh Creighton on Columbo, (Episode: "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"), (ABC)
- Peter Coyote as Romney Penhallow on Road to Avonlea, (Episode: "Old Quarrels, Old Love"), (Disney)
- John Glover as Dr. Paul Kohler on L.A. Law, (Episode: "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman"), (NBC)
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- Peggy McCay as Irene Hayes on The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, (Episode: "State of Mind"), (CBS)
- Eileen Brennan as Margaret Weston on thirtysomething, (Episode: "Sifting The Ashes"), (ABC)
- Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert on Road to Avonlea, (Episode: "The Materializing of Duncan McTavish"), (Disney)
- Penny Fuller as Mary Margaret McMurphy on China Beach, (Episode: "Fever"), (ABC)
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Directing
Writing
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
- Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman for Murphy Brown, (Episode: "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All The Way"), (CBS)
- Larry David for Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Deal"), (NBC)
- Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld for Seinfeld, (Episode: "The Pony Remark"), (NBC)
- Diane English for Murphy Brown, (Episode: "On Another Plane"), (CBS)
- Jay Tarses for The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, (Episode: "Here’s a Little Touch of Harry in the Night"), (Lifetime)
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- David E. Kelley for L.A. Law, (Episode: "On The Toad Again"), (NBC)
- Joshua Brand, John Falsey for Northern Exposure, (Episode: "Pilot"), (CBS)
- Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher for L.A. Law, (Episode: "Lie Harder"), (NBC)
- Ann Lewis Hamilton for thirtysomething, (Episode: "Second Look"), (ABC)
- David E. Kelley, Patricia Green, Alan Brennert for L.A. Law, (Episode: "Mutinies On The Banzai"), (NBC)
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| Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program |
Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special |
- The 63rd Annual Academy Awards, (ABC)
- In Living Color, (Fox)
- Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, (CBS)
- Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC)
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 2]
- NBC – 46
- ABC – 36
- CBS – 31
- By program
- Cheers (NBC) – 10
- L.A. Law (NBC) / Murphy Brown (CBS) – 9
- thirtysomething (ABC) – 7
Most major awards
- By network [note 2]
- ABC – 10
- NBC – 8
- CBS – 5
- HBO / PBS – 2
- By program
- Cheers (NBC) – 4
- Gabriel’s Fire (ABC) / Murphy Brown (CBS) – 3
- Notes
- ↑ For this year only, the Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Outstanding Miniseries were combined so that TV Movies and Miniseries competed in the same category.
- 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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