Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Law & Order
L.A. Law
thirtysomething
Twin Peaks
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
James Earl Jones
Gabriel’s Fire — ABC — as Homer Gabriel
Tom Skerritt — Picket Fences
Rob Morrow — Northern Exposure
Dennis Franz — NYPD Blue
Timothy Busfield — thirtysomething
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Patricia Wettig
thirtysomething — Nancy Weston (3rd win, final season)
Angela Lansbury — Murder She Wrote
Dana Delany — China Beach
Jill Eikenberry — L.A. Law
Sela Ward — Sisters
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
Timothy Busfield
thirtysomething — as Elliot Weston
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Madge Sinclair
Gabriel’s Fire — ABC
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Cheers
Seinfeld
Roseanne
The Golden Girls
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Burt Reynolds
Evening Shade — CBS — as Wood Newton (debut season)
Ted Danson — Cheers
Kelsey Grammer — Cheers
John Goodman — Roseanne
Jerry Seinfeld — Seinfeld
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Kirstie Alley
Cheers — as Rebecca Howe
Candice Bergen — Murphy Brown
Roseanne Barr — Roseanne
Betty White — The Golden Girls
Estelle Getty — The Golden Girls
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
Jonathan Winters
Davis Rules — ABC
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Bebe Neuwirth
Cheers — Lilith Sternin (2nd win)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Miniseries
Winner
Separate but Equal
ABC — landmark civil rights film with Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall
Challenger
El Diablo
The Josephine Baker Story
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
John Gielgud
Summer’s Lease — PBS / BBC
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Lynn Whitfield
The Josephine Baker Story — HBO