Winners at the 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

September 9, 1996
Web posted at: 12:40 a.m. EDT

Best supporting actor for a comedy series:
Rip Torn ("The Larry Sanders Show," HBO)

Best supporting actress for a comedy series:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Seinfeld," NBC)

Best director for a comedy series:
Michael Lembeck ("Friends," NBC)

Best writing for a comedy series:
Joe Keenan, Christopher Lloyd, Rob Greenberg, Jack Burditt, Chuck Ranberg, Anne
Flett-Giordano, Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo ("Frasier," NBC)

Best variety, music or comedy series:
"Dennis Miller Live" (HBO)

Best directing for a drama series:
Jeremy Kagan ("Chicago Hope," CBS)

Best supporting actress for a drama series:
Tyne Daly ("Christy," CBS)

Best supporting actor for a drama series:
Ray Walston ("Picket Fences," CBS)

Best writing for a drama series:
Darin Morgan ("The X-Files," Fox)

Best variety, music or comedy special:
"The Kennedy Center Honors" (CBS)

Best actress for a miniseries of special:
Helen Mirren ("Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness," PBS)

Best actor for a miniseries or special:
Alan Rickman ("Rasputin," HBO)

Best miniseries:
"Gulliver's Travels" (NBC)

Best made for television movie:
"Truman" (HBO)

Best actress for a comedy series:
Helen Hunt ("Mad About You," NBC)

Best actor for a comedy series:
John Lithgow ("3rd Rock From the Sun," NBC)

Best actress for a drama series:
Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences," CBS)

Best actor for a drama series:
Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue," ABC)

Best comedy series:
"Frasier" (NBC)

Best drama series:
"ER" (NBC)

President's Award (New award honoring a program that explores social or educational issues):
"Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial" (American Movie Classics)

Editor's note: Turner Broadcasting Systems, which owns the Emmy nominees TNT (Turner Network Television), TBS (Turner Broadcast Systems) and the Cartoon Network, also owns CNN Interactive, producer of this web site.

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