1994 American television programming awards
The46th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 11, 1994. The ceremony was hosted byPatricia Richardson andEllen DeGeneres . It was broadcast onABC and presented 27 awards.Comedy Central received its first major nomination at this ceremony.
For its first season, theCheers spin-off Frasier Outstanding Comedy Series and four total major awards. For the second straight yearPicket Fences Outstanding Drama Series , it too won four major awards, but the more impressive drama series was newcomerNYPD Blue
NYPD Blue came into the ceremony with 17 major nominations. This brokeHill Street Blues 1982 , and put it in second place all time behindRoots 1977 .NYPD Blue set another milestone when it received every nomination forOutstanding Writing in a Drama Series , this marked only the ninth time that a show had received every nomination in a category. This feat has not been accomplished since.
Thetelevision film And the Band Played On The Normal Heart 2014 . Both films won the top prize, but each lost all six of their acting nominations, directing, and writing to other projects.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] [ 1]
Hume Cronyn as Robert Samuel Peek inTo Dance with the White Dog (CBS)
Supporting performances [ edit ] Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris inRoseanne (ABC) (Episodes: "Labor Day" + "Past Imperfect")Shelley Fabares as Christine Armstrong inCoach (ABC) (Episodes: "Nice Job If You Can Get It" + "The Stand-In")Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood inMurphy Brown (CBS) (Episodes: "The Young and the Rest of Us" + "The More Things Stay The Same")Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner inRoseanne (ABC) (Episodes: "Two Down, One to Go" + "Everybody Comes to Jackie's")Julia Louis-Dreyfus asElaine Benes inSeinfeld (NBC) (Episodes: "The Mango " + "The Opposite")Liz Torres as Mahalia Sanchez inThe John Larroquette Show (NBC) (Episodes: "Pilot" + "God")Fyvush Finkel as Douglas Wambaugh inPicket Fences (CBS) (Episodes: "Turpitude" + "Squatter's Rights")Gordon Clapp asGreg Medavoy inNYPD Blue (ABC) (Episodes: "Ice Follies" + "Abandando Abandoned")Barry Corbin as Maurice J. Minnifield inNorthern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop" + "The Gift of the Maggie")Nicholas Turturro as James Martinez inNYPD Blue (ABC)(Episodes: "Up on the Roof" + "Guns 'N' Rosaries")Ray Walston as Henry Bone inPicket Fences (CBS) (Episodes:"Blue Christmas" + "Abominable Snowman")Leigh Taylor-Young as Rachel Harris inPicket Fences (CBS) (Episodes: "Remote Control" + "Divine Recall")Cicely Tyson as Castralia inOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)Anne Bancroft as Lucy Marsden inOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)Swoosie Kurtz as Mrs. Johnstone inAnd the Band Played On (HBO) Lee Purcell as Ann Thielman inSecret Sins of the Father (NBC)Lily Tomlin as Dr. Selma Dritz inAnd the Band Played On (HBO)
Individual performances [ edit ] NYPD Blue (ABC): "Steroid Roy" –Ann Biderman NYPD Blue (ABC): "NYPD Lou" –Ted Mann NYPD Blue (ABC): "Personal Foul" –Story by :David Milch Teleplay by :Burton Armus NYPD Blue (ABC): "Pilot" –Story by :Steven Bochco and David MilchTeleplay by : David MilchNYPD Blue (ABC): "Tempest in a C-Cup" – Gardner SternDavid's Mother (CBS) – Bob Randall
Most major nominations [ edit ] Networks with multiple major nominations[ note 1] Network No. of CBS 42 NBC 39 ABC 36 HBO 24
Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network No. of NYPD Blue Drama ABC 17 And the Band Played On Movie HBO 9 Seinfeld Comedy NBC 8 Frasier Comedy NBC 6 Picket Fences Drama CBS Mad About You Comedy NBC 5 Breathing Lessons Movie CBS 4 The Larry Sanders Show Comedy HBO Roseanne ABC Saturday Night Live Variety NBC To Dance with the White Dog Movie CBS Tracey Ullman Takes on New York Variety HBO The 66th Annual Academy Awards Variety ABC 3 David's Mother Movie CBS Gypsy The John Larroquette Show Comedy NBC Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Miniseries Prime Suspect III PBS The 47th Annual Tony Awards Variety CBS 2 Coach Comedy ABC Dennis Miller Live Variety HBO Home Improvement Comedy ABC Law & Order Drama NBC Murphy Brown Comedy CBS Northern Exposure Drama Sisters NBC Tales of the City Miniseries PBS The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Variety NBC World War II: When Lions Roared Miniseries
Networks with multiple major awards[ note 1] Network No. of CBS 11 NBC 6 ABC 5 HBO 4
Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network No. of Frasier Comedy NBC 4 David's Mother Movie CBS 3 NYPD Blue Drama ABC Picket Fences CBS
Notes ^a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include thetechnical categories.
