The45thPrimetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1993. The ceremony was broadcast onABC and was hosted byAngela Lansbury, presenting 27 awards.MTV received its first major nomination at this ceremony.
On the drama side,Northern Exposure was the defending champion and was seen heavily as the favourite coming into the ceremony being the most nominated show with nine major nominations—but in a major upset,Picket Fences took homeOutstanding Drama Series.Northern Exposure set the dubious record for the largest shutout of all time, as it lost all 11 major nominations; including itsCreative Arts Emmy Awards nominations, the record increases to 0/16. This record would later be tied byThe Larry Sanders Show in1997, but both of these records were later broken byMad Men (0/17) in2012, and again byThe Handmaid's Tale (0/21) in2021.
Chad Lowe as Jesse McKenna inLife Goes On (ABC) (Episodes: "Lost Weekend" + "Bedfellows")
Barry Corbin as Maurice J. Minnifield inNorthern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "The Big Feast" + "Sleeping with the Enemy")
John Cullum as Holling Vincoeur inNorthern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "Learning Curve" + "Mud and Blood")
Fyvush Finkel as Douglas Wambaugh inPicket Fences (CBS) (Episodes: "Thanksgiving" + "The Body Politic")
Dean Stockwell asAl Calavicci inQuantum Leap (NBC) (Episodes: "Lee Harvey Oswald: October 5, 1957 – November 22, 1963" + "Killin' Time: June 18, 1958")
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