Emmy Award

Television Academy

The 38th Primetime Emmy Awards

September 21, 1986  •  Pasadena Civic Auditorium  •  Hosted by Seinfeld

4
Cagney wins
3
Golden Girls wins
The Golden Girls won Outstanding Comedy Series in its very first season
Betty White won Lead Actress Comedy for The Golden Girls
Cagney & Lacey won Outstanding Drama Series for the second consecutive year
Sharon Gless won Lead Actress Drama — she and co-star Tyne Daly dominated this category for years
Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Winner
Cagney & Lacey
CBS — second consecutive drama series win
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Miami Vice
L.A. Law
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
William Daniels
St. Elsewhere — as Dr. Mark Craig (2nd consecutive win)
Don Johnson — Miami Vice
Tom Selleck — Magnum P.I.
Edward Woodward — The Equalizer
Daniel J. Travanti — Hill Street Blues
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Sharon Gless
Cagney & Lacey — as Christine Cagney (1st of two consecutive wins)
Tyne Daly — Cagney & Lacey
Veronica Hamel — Hill Street Blues
Angela Lansbury — Murder She Wrote
Jane Wyman — Falcon Crest
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
John Karlen
Cagney & Lacey — as Harvey Lacey
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Bonnie Bartlett
St. Elsewhere — as Ellen Craig
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner
The Golden Girls
NBC — Season 1, debut season win
Cheers
Family Ties
Newhart
Kate & Allie
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Michael J. Fox
Family Ties — NBC — as Alex P. Keaton (1st of three wins)
Ted Danson — Cheers
Bob Newhart — Newhart
Robert Guillaume — Benson
Tony Danza — Who's the Boss?
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Betty White
The Golden Girls — NBC — as Rose Nylund
Cybill Shepherd — Moonlighting
Shelley Long — Cheers
Phylicia Rashad — The Cosby Show
Estelle Getty — The Golden Girls
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
John Larroquette
Night Court — Dan Fielding (2nd consecutive win)
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Rhea Perlman
Cheers — Carla Tortelli (4th and final consecutive win)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Limited Series
Winner
Peter the Great
NBC — sprawling historical epic
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Evergreen
Kane & Abel
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Dustin Hoffman
Death of a Salesman — CBS — as Willy Loman
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Marlo Thomas
Nobody’s Child — CBS — as Marie Balter