‘Er’ Wheels In Most Emmy Nominations
“ER,” television’s top-rated program, received a leading 17 nominations Thursday for the 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Andre Braugher of “Homicide” broke through that series’ no-Emmys curse by earning a best dramatic actor nomination along with George Clooney and Anthony Edwards of “ER” and Dennis Franz and Jimmy Smits of “NYPD Blue.”
TV’s other medical drama, “Chicago Hope,” received 15 bids as the second-most nominated show.
Among the networks, NBC received a dominant 88 nominations, followed by CBS with 67 and HBO with 66. ABC, which received 55 bids, was edged by the cable network for the second year in a year.
The President’s Award, a new category that recognizes the program that best explores social, educational or medical issues, drew the majority of its nominees from cable TV. They included “A&E Biography,” “Blacklist: Hollywood On Trial,” “The Celluloid Closet” and “Survivors of the Holocaust.” The sole broadcast nominee was “ER.”
Other nominees in the outstanding drama series category were “Law & Order,” “NYPD Blue” and “The X-Files.”
Among comedies, cable’s “The Larry Sanders Show” received the most bids with 12, followed by “Frasier” with 11. “Frasier” has won the Emmy for best comedy series the past two years.
The most-nominated miniseries was “Gulliver’s Travels” with 10.
Stars of two canceled series were among the nominees for outstanding lead actress in a drama - Kathy Baker of “Picket Fences” and Angela Lansbury of “Murder, She Wrote.” Other actress nominees were Gillian Anderson of “The X-Files,” Christine Lahti of “Chicago Hope” and Sherry Stringfield of “ER.”
Best lead comedy actor nominees were last year’s winner, Kelsey Grammer of “Frasier,” John Lithgow of the new series “3rd Rock From the Sun,” Paul Reiser of “Mad About You,” Jerry Seinfeld of “Seinfeld” and Garry Shandling of “The Larry Sanders Show.”
For outstanding actress in a comedy series, the nominees were Ellen DeGeneres of “Ellen,” Fran Drescher of “The Nanny,” Helen Hunt of “Mad About You,” Patricia Richardson of “Home Improvement” and Cybill Shepherd of “Cybill.”
The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held Sept. 8 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
xxxx PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINEES The Associated Press Nominees in top categories for the 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, include: Drama series: “Chicago Hope,” CBS; “ER,” NBC; “Law & Order,” NBC; “NYPD Blue,” ABC; “The X-Files,” Fox. Comedy series: “Frasier,” NBC; “Friends,” NBC; “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; “Mad About You,” NBC; “Seinfeld,” NBC. Miniseries: “Andersonville,” TNT; “Gulliver’s Travels,” NBC; “Hiroshima,” Showtime; “Moses,” TNT; “Pride & Prejudice,” A&E. Variety, music or comedy series: “Dennis Miller Live,” HBO; “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; “Muppets Tonight,” ABC; “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,” HBO; “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” NBC. Variety, music or comedy special: “The 68th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; “The Best of Tracey Takes On …,” HBO; “Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane,” HBO; “The Kennedy Center Honors,” CBS; “Sinatra: 80 Years My Way,” ABC. President’s Award: “A&E Biography,” A&E “Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial,” AMC; “The Celluloid Closet,” HBO; “ER,” NBC; “Survivors of the Holocaust,” PBS. Actor, drama series: Andre Braugher, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” NBC; George Clooney, “ER,” NBC; Anthony Edwards, “ER,” NBC; Dennis Franz, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Jimmy Smits, “NYPD BLUE,” ABC. Actress, drama series: Gillian Anderson, “The X-Files,” Fox; Kathy Baker, “Picket Fences,” CBS; Christine Lahti, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; Angela Lansbury, “Murder, She Wrote,” CBS; Sherry Stringfield, “ER,” NBC. Actor, comedy series: Kelsey Grammer, “Frasier,” NBC; John Lithgow, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC; Paul Reiser, “Mad About You,” NBC; Jerry Seinfeld, “Seinfeld,” NBC; Garry Shandling, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO. Actress, comedy series: Ellen DeGeneres, “Ellen,” ABC; Fran Drescher, “The Nanny,” CBS; Helen Hunt, “Mad About You,” NBC; Patricia Richardson, “Home Improvement,” ABC; Cybill Shepherd, “Cybill,” CBS. Actor, miniseries or special: Alec Baldwin, “Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire,” CBS; Beau Bridges, “Kissinger and Nixon,” TNT; Laurence Fishburn, “Tuskegee Airmen,” HBO; Alan Rickman, “Rasputin,” HBO; Gary Sinise, “Truman,” HBO. Actress, miniseries or special: Ashley Judd, “Norma Jean and Marilyn,” HBO; Jessica Lange, “Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire,” CBS; Helen Mirren, “Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness,” PBS; Mira Sorvino, “Norma Jean and Marilyn,” HBO; Sela Ward, “Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story,” Lifetime. Supporting actor, drama series: Hector Elizondo, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; James McDaniel, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Stanley Tucci, “Murder One,” ABC; Ray Walston, “Picket Fences,” CBS; Noah Wyle, “ER,” NBC. Supporting actress, drama series: Barbara Bosson, “Murder One,” ABC; Tyne Daly, “Christy,” CBS; Sharon Lawrence, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Julianna Margulies, “ER,” NBC; Gail O’Grady, “NYPD Blue,” ABC. Supporting actor, comedy series: Jason Alexander, “Seinfeld,” NBC; David Hyde Pierce, “Frasier,” NBC; Michael Richards, “Seinfeld,” NBC; Jeffrey Tambor, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; Rip Torn, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO. Supporting actress, comedy series: Christine Baranski, “Cybill,” CBS; Janeane Garofalo, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Seinfeld,” NBC; Jayne Meadows Allen, “High Society,” CBS; Renee Taylor, “The Nanny,” CBS. Supporting actor, miniseries or special: Andre Braugher, “Tuskegee Airmen,” HBO; John Goodman, “Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire,” CBS; Tom Hulce, “The Heidi Chronicles,” TNT; Ian McKellen, “Rasputin,” HBO; Treat Williams, “The Late Shift,” HBO. Supporting actress, miniseries or special: Kathy Bates, “The Late Shift,” HBO; Greta Scacchi, “Rasputin,” HBO; Diana Scarwid, “Truman,” HBO; Mare Winningham, “The Boys Next Door,” CBS; Alfre Woodard, “Gulliver’s Travels,” NBC.