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1994 American television programming awards
The 46th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 11, 1994. The ceremony was hosted by Patricia Richardson and Ellen DeGeneres . It was broadcast on ABC . Comedy Central received its first major nomination at this ceremony.
For its first season, the Cheers spin-off Frasier won Outstanding Comedy Series and four total major awards. For the second straight year Picket Fences won Outstanding Drama Series , it too won four major awards, but the more impressive drama series was newcomer NYPD Blue , which took home three major awards.
NYPD Blue came into the ceremony with 17 major nominations. This broke Hill Street Blues record for most nominations by a drama or comedy series of 16 set in 1982 , and put it in second place all time behind Roots which gained 21 major nominations in 1977 . NYPD Blue set another milestone when it received every nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series , this marked only the ninth time that a show had received every nomination in a category. This feat has not been accomplished since.
The television film And the Band Played On also made Emmy history. It set a new record when it received nine major nominations, the most ever for a television movie. The record was maintained for twenty years, until The Normal Heart received nine major nominations in 2014 . Both films won the top prize, but each lost all six of their acting nominations, directing, and writing to other projects.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
[ 1]
Hume Cronyn as Robert Samuel Peek in To Dance with the White Dog (CBS)
Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris in Roseanne (ABC) (Episodes: "Labor Day" + "Past Imperfect")
Shelley Fabares as Christine Armstrong in Coach (ABC) (Episodes: "Nice Job If You Can Get It" + "The Stand-In")
Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood in Murphy Brown (CBS) (Episodes: "The Young and the Rest of Us" + "The More Things Stay The Same")
Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner in Roseanne (ABC) (Episodes: "Two Down, One to Go" + "Everybody Comes to Jackie's")
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (NBC) (Episodes: "The Mango " + "The Opposite")
Liz Torres as Mahalia Sanchez in The John Larroquette Show (NBC) (Episodes: "Pilot" + "God")
Fyvush Finkel as Douglas Wambaugh in Picket Fences (CBS) (Episodes: "Turpitude" + "Squatter's Rights")
Gordon Clapp as Greg Medavoy in NYPD Blue (ABC) (Episodes: "Ice Follies" + "Abandando Abandoned")
Barry Corbin as Maurice J. Minnifield in Northern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "The Mystery of the Old Curio Shop" + "The Gift of the Maggie")
Nicholas Turturro as James Martinez in NYPD Blue (ABC)(Episodes: "Up on the Roof" + "Guns 'N' Rosaries")
Ray Walston as Henry Bone in Picket Fences (CBS) (Episodes:"Blue Christmas" + "Abominable Snowman")
Leigh Taylor-Young as Rachel Harris in Picket Fences (CBS) (Episodes: "Remote Control" + "Divine Recall")
Cicely Tyson as Castralia in Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)
Anne Bancroft as Lucy Marsden in Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (CBS)
Swoosie Kurtz as Mrs. Johnstone in And the Band Played On (HBO)
Lee Purcell as Ann Thielman in Secret Sins of the Father (NBC)
Lily Tomlin as Dr. Selma Dritz in And the Band Played On (HBO)
The 47th Annual Tony Awards (ABC) – Walter C. Miller
The 66th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Jeff Margolis
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) – Hal Gurnee
Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Dave Wilson
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) – Ellen Brown
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York (HBO) – Don Scardino
NYPD Blue (ABC): "Steroid Roy" – Ann Biderman
NYPD Blue (ABC): "NYPD Lou" – Ted Mann
NYPD Blue (ABC): "Personal Foul" – Story by : David Milch Teleplay by : Burton Armus
NYPD Blue (ABC): "Pilot" – Story by : Steven Bochco and David MilchTeleplay by : David Milch
NYPD Blue (ABC): "Tempest in a C-Cup" – Gardner Stern
David's Mother (CBS) – Bob Randall
Most major nominations [ edit ]
Networks with multiple major nominations[ note 1]
Network
No. of Nominations
CBS
42
NBC
39
ABC
36
HBO
24
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program
Category
Network
No. of Nominations
NYPD Blue
Drama
ABC
17
And the Band Played On
Movie
HBO
9
Seinfeld
Comedy
NBC
8
Frasier
Comedy
NBC
6
Picket Fences
Drama
CBS
Mad About You
Comedy
NBC
5
Breathing Lessons
Movie
CBS
4
The Larry Sanders Show
Comedy
HBO
Roseanne
ABC
Saturday Night Live
Variety
NBC
To Dance with the White Dog
Movie
CBS
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
Variety
HBO
The 66th Annual Academy Awards
Variety
ABC
3
David's Mother
Movie
CBS
Gypsy
The John Larroquette Show
Comedy
NBC
Late Show with David Letterman
Variety
CBS
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Miniseries
Prime Suspect III
PBS
The 47th Annual Tony Awards
Variety
CBS
2
Coach
Comedy
ABC
Dennis Miller Live
Variety
HBO
Home Improvement
Comedy
ABC
Law & Order
Drama
NBC
Murphy Brown
Comedy
CBS
Northern Exposure
Drama
Sisters
NBC
Tales of the City
Miniseries
PBS
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Variety
NBC
World War II: When Lions Roared
Miniseries
Networks with multiple major awards[ note 1]
Network
No. of Awards
CBS
13
ABC
6
NBC
HBO
4
Programs with multiple major awards
Program
Category
Network
No. of Awards
Frasier
Comedy
NBC
4
David's Mother
Movie
CBS
3
NYPD Blue
Drama
ABC
Picket Fences
CBS
Notes
^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.