Emmy Award

Television Academy

The 45th Primetime Emmy Awards

September 19, 1993  •  Pasadena Civic Auditorium  •  Hosted by Kelsey Grammer

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Seinfeld first win
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Picket Fences debut
Seinfeld won Outstanding Comedy Series, launching one of the great Emmy runs
Picket Fences won Outstanding Drama Series in its debut season on CBS
NYPD Blue caused controversy in its debut season, leading some affiliates to refuse to air it
Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Winner
Picket Fences
CBS — Season 1, debut drama win
NYPD Blue
Northern Exposure
Law & Order
The X-Files
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
Tom Skerritt
Picket Fences — Sheriff Jimmy Brock (2nd consecutive win)
Dennis Franz — NYPD Blue
David Caruso — NYPD Blue
Rob Morrow — Northern Exposure
Richard Thomas — I'll Fly Away
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Sela Ward
Sisters — NBC — as Teddy Reed
Angela Lansbury — Murder She Wrote
Tyne Daly — Christy
Kathy Baker — Picket Fences
Gillian Anderson — The X-Files
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
Chad Lowe
Life Goes On — ABC — as Jesse McKenna, HIV-positive character
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Leigh Taylor-Young
Picket Fences — as Dr. Jill Brock
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner
Seinfeld
NBC — a show about nothing wins everything
Murphy Brown
Cheers
Roseanne
Mad About You
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Ted Danson
Cheers — Sam Malone — final season farewell win
Jerry Seinfeld — Seinfeld
Kelsey Grammer — Cheers
John Goodman — Roseanne
Paul Reiser — Mad About You
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne — as Roseanne Conner (her only win)
Candice Bergen — Murphy Brown
Helen Hunt — Mad About You
Kirstie Alley — Cheers
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Seinfeld
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
Michael Richards
Seinfeld — as Cosmo Kramer (1st win)
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Laurie Metcalf
Roseanne — Jackie Harris (2nd consecutive win)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Miniseries
Winner
Prime Suspect 2
PBS / Granada — Helen Mirren detective drama
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
The Burden of Proof
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Robert Pastorelli
A Case for Murder — USA Network
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Kirstie Alley
David’s Mother — CBS — as Sally Goodson