47th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 47th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 1995. The ceremony was hosted by Jason Alexander and Cybill Shepherd. It was broadcast on Fox.

47th Primetime Emmy Awards
Promotional poster
Date
  • September 10, 1995
    (Ceremony)
  • September 9, 1995
    (Creative Arts Awards)
LocationPasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byJason Alexander
Cybill Shepherd
Highlights
Most awardsFrasier (5)
Most nominationsER (11)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesFrasier
Outstanding Drama SeriesNYPD Blue
Outstanding MiniseriesJoseph
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFox

Frasier won its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and led all shows with five major wins. For the second straight year, a freshman drama series came into the ceremony with a bevy of major nominations, but failed to win for Outstanding Drama Series. ER led all shows with 11 major nominations and won three major awards, but lost the top prize to NYPD Blue, which was in a similar situation to ER the previous year.

Candice Bergen's win for the seventh season of Murphy Brown made her the third performer to win five Emmys for playing the same character. She declined to be submitted for any future seasons of the show.

Marvin Hamlisch's win made him the sixth person to become an EGOT.

Winners and nominees

[1]

Programs

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
  • Joseph (TNT)
    • Buffalo Girls (CBS)
    • Children of the Dust (CBS)
    • Martin Chuzzlewit (PBS)
    • A Woman of Independent Means (NBC)

Lead performances

Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

Supporting performances

  • Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe in Cybill (CBS) (Episode: "Starting on the Wrong Foot")
    • Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends (NBC) (Episodes: "The One with the Monkey" + "The One with Two Parts: Part 1")
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (NBC) (Episodes: "The Beard" + "The Fusilli Jerry")
    • Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris in Roseanne (ABC) (Episodes: "Bed and Bored" + "Single Married Female")
    • Liz Torres as Mahalia Sanchez in The John Larroquette Show (NBC) (Episodes: "Faith" + "In the Pink")
  • Ray Walston as Henry Bone in Picket Fences (CBS) (Episode: "Final Judgement")
  • Judy Davis as Diane in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC)
  • Shirley Knight as Peggy Buckey in Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
    • Sônia Braga as Regina De Carvalho in The Burning Season (HBO)
    • Sissy Spacek as Spring Renfro in The Good Old Boys (TNT)
    • Sada Thompson as Virginia McMartin in Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

Directing

  • Frasier (NBC): "The Matchmaker" – David Lee
    • Friends (NBC): "The One with the Blackout" – James Burrows
    • The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "Hank's Night in the Sun" – Todd Holland
    • The Nanny (CBS): "Canasta Master" – Lee Shallat Chemel
    • Seinfeld (NBC): "The Jimmy" – Andy Ackerman
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Drama Series
  • ER (NBC): "Love's Labor Lost" – Mimi Leder
    • Chicago Hope (CBS): "Life Support" – Lou Antonio
    • ER (NBC): "Pilot" – Rod Holcomb
    • My So-Called Life (ABC): "Pilot" – Scott Winant
    • NYPD Blue (ABC): "Innuendo" – Mark Tinker
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Variety or Music Program
  • The 67th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Jeff Margolis
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special
  • The Burning Season (HBO) – John Frankenheimer
    • Citizen X (HBO) – Chris Gerolmo
    • Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO) – Mick Jackson
    • The Piano Lesson (CBS) – Lloyd Richards
    • Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC) – Jeff Bleckner

Writing

  • Frasier (NBC): "An Affair to Forget" – Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano
    • Frasier (NBC): "The Matchmaker" – Joe Keenan
    • Friends (NBC): "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" – Jeff Greenstein and Jeff Strauss
    • The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "Hank's Night in the Sun" – Peter Tolan
    • The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" – Garry Shandling and Peter Tolan
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Variety or Music Program
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Miniseries or a Special
  • Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC) – Alison Cross
    • The Burning Season (HBO) – Story by: William Mastrosimone
      Teleplay by: William Mastrosimone, Michael Tolkin and Ron Hutchinson
    • Citizen X (HBO) – Chris Gerolmo
    • Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO) – Abby Mann and Myra Mann
    • The Piano Lesson (CBS) – August Wilson

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
Network No. of
Nominations
NBC 56
CBS 32
HBO 27
ABC 20
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network No. of
Nominations
ER Drama NBC 11
NYPD Blue ABC 7
The Burning Season Movie HBO 6
Frasier Comedy NBC
Indictment: The McMartin Trial Movie HBO
The Larry Sanders Show Comedy
Seinfeld NBC
Citizen X Movie HBO 5
Friends Comedy NBC
The Piano Lesson Movie CBS
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story NBC
Chicago Hope Drama CBS 4
Barbra Streisand: The Concert Variety HBO 3
Buffalo Girls Miniseries CBS
Mad About You Comedy NBC
My So-Called Life Drama ABC
Roseanne Comedy
The 67th Annual Academy Awards Variety 2
Cybill Comedy CBS
Dennis Miller Live Variety HBO
Joseph Miniseries TNT
Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS
Picket Fences Drama
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher Variety Comedy Central
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC
A Woman of Independent Means Miniseries
The X-Files Drama Fox

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
Network No. of
Awards
NBC 14
HBO 7
CBS 6
ABC 3
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network No. of
Awards
Frasier Comedy NBC 5
ER Drama 3
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Movie
Barbra Streisand: The Concert Variety HBO 2
The Burning Season Movie
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Picket Fences Drama CBS
Notes
  1. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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