Emmy Award

Television Academy

The 44th Primetime Emmy Awards

August 30, 1992  •  Pasadena Civic Auditorium  •  Hosted by Dennis Miller

4
Murphy Brown wins
2
Northern Exposure wins
Murphy Brown won its fourth comedy Emmy — the episode responding to VP Dan Quayle aired that fall
Northern Exposure won Outstanding Drama Series for the second consecutive year
Candice Bergen won her third Lead Actress Comedy Emmy
Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Winner
Northern Exposure
CBS — second consecutive win
Law & Order
I'll Fly Away
Picket Fences
Homicide: Life on the Street
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
Tom Skerritt
Picket Fences — CBS — as Sheriff Jimmy Brock (1st win)
Rob Morrow — Northern Exposure
Dennis Franz — NYPD Blue
Richard Thomas — I'll Fly Away
David Caruso — NYPD Blue
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Tyne Daly
Judging Amy — CBS — as Maggie Wyczenski in the original season
Angela Lansbury — Murder She Wrote
Sela Ward — Sisters
Donna Mills — Knots Landing
Piper Laurie — Twin Peaks
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
Richard Dysart
L.A. Law — as Leland McKenzie
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Mary Alice
I’ll Fly Away — NBC — as Lily Harper
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner
Murphy Brown
CBS — Season 4, fourth win
Cheers
Seinfeld
Roseanne
The Simpsons
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Craig T. Nelson
Coach — ABC — as Hayden Fox
Kelsey Grammer — Cheers
John Goodman — Roseanne
Jerry Seinfeld — Seinfeld
Ted Danson — Cheers
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Candice Bergen
Murphy Brown — (3rd win)
Kirstie Alley — Cheers
Roseanne Barr — Roseanne
Betty White — The Golden Girls
Helen Hunt — Mad About You
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
Michael Jeter
Evening Shade — CBS — as Herman Stiles
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Laurie Metcalf
Roseanne — as Jackie Harris (1st of three wins)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Miniseries
Winner
A Woman Named Jackie
NBC — Jackie Kennedy biopic
Les Miserables
Sinatra
The Josephine Baker Story
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Beau Bridges
Without Warning: Terror in the Towers — NBC
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Gena Rowlands
Face of a Stranger — CBS