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1991 American television programming awards
The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 25, 1991. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California . The network TNT received its first major nomination at this ceremony.
For its ninth season , Cheers won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fourth time, tying All in the Family ' s record. Cheers ' spinoff Frasier would later break this record, ultimately winning five in a row. Cheers also received the most major nominations (9) and major awards (4) during the ceremony. The drama field also saw a four-time winner crowned as L.A. Law won Outstanding Drama Series for the fourth time in five years. This tied the record set by Hill Street Blues whose four wins came consecutively. James Earl Jones joined an exclusive club, as he won two acting Emmys for his work on two different series.
John Gielgud 's win made him the fourth person to become an EGOT .
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Acting
Patricia Wettig as Nancy Krieger Weston in Thirtysomething (ABC) (Episode: "Guns and Roses")
Bebe Neuwirth as Lilith Crane in Cheers (NBC) (Episodes: "Veggie-Boyd" + "Rat Girl")
Elizabeth Ashley as Freida Evans in Evening Shade (CBS) (Episodes: "There Once Was a Boy Named Wood" + "Chip Off the Old Brick")
Faith Ford as Corky Sherwood in Murphy Brown (CBS) (Episodes: "Trouble in Sherwood-Forrest" + "Corky's Place")
Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo in The Golden Girls (NBC) (Episodes: "Ebbtide's Revenge" + "There Goes the Bride: Part 1")
Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli in Cheers (NBC) (Episodes: "Carla Loves Clavin" + "Pitch It Again, Sam")
Timothy Busfield as Elliot Weston in Thirtysomething (ABC) (Episodes: "Sifting the Ashes" + "Second Look")
David Clennon as Miles Drentell in Thirtysomething (ABC) (Episodes: "Out the Door" + "A Stop at Willoughby")
Richard Dysart as Leland McKenzie Jr. in L.A. Law (NBC) (Episodes: "The Beverly Hills Hangers" + "Mutinies on the Banzai")
Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes in L.A. Law (NBC) (Episodes: "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman" + "The Gods Must Be Lawyers")
Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci in Quantum Leap (NBC) (Episodes: "The Leap Home: Part 2 (Vietnam) – April 7, 1970" + "Shock Theater: October 3, 1954")
Madge Sinclair as Empress Josephine in Gabriel's Fire (ABC) (Episodes: "Tis the Season" + "The Great Waldo")
Marg Helgenberger as KC Kolowski in China Beach (ABC) (Episodes: "History, Part II – She Sells More Than Sea Shells" + "100 Klicks Out")
Piper Laurie as Catherine Martell in Twin Peaks (ABC) (Episodes: "Episode 13" + "Episode 18")
Melanie Mayron as Melissa Steadman in Thirtysomething (ABC) (Episodes: "Melissa and Men" + "Melissa in Wonderland")
Diana Muldaur as Rosalind Shays in L.A. Law (NBC) (Episodes: "He's a Crowd " + "The Beverly Hills Hangers")
Ruby Dee as Rowena in Decoration Day (NBC)
Directing
Late Night with David Letterman (NBC) – Hal Gurnee
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Jeff Margolis
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (CBS) – Dwight Hemion
Writing
Murphy Brown (CBS): "Jingle Hell, Jingle Hell, Jingle All The Way" – Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Lifetime): "Here's a Little Touch of Harry in the Night" – Jay Tarses
Murphy Brown (CBS): "On Another Plane" – Diane English
Seinfeld (NBC): "The Deal " – Larry David
Seinfeld (NBC): "The Pony Remark" – Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
In Living Color (Fox)
Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Alixe Gordin – Separate but Equal (ABC)
Murphy Brown (CBS): "On Another Plane" – Tucker Wiard
Cheers (NBC): "The Days of Wine and Neuroses" – Andy Ackerman
Cheers (NBC): "Rat Girl" – Sheila Amos
Coach (ABC): "The Break-Up" – Andrew Chulack
Most major nominations [ edit ]
Networks with multiple major nominations[ note 2]
Network
No. of Nominations
NBC
46
ABC
36
CBS
31
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program
Category
Network
No. of Nominations
Cheers
Comedy
NBC
9
L.A. Law
Drama
8
Murphy Brown
Comedy
CBS
7
Thirtysomething
Drama
ABC
6
Decoration Day
Miniseries/Special
NBC
5
The Josephine Baker Story
HBO
Sarah, Plain and Tall
CBS
Separate but Equal
ABC
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
Variety
4
China Beach
Drama
Evening Shade
Comedy
CBS
In Living Color
Variety
Fox
Paris Trout
Miniseries/Special
Showtime
Coach
Comedy
ABC
3
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Lifetime
The Golden Girls
NBC
Late Night with David Letterman
Variety
Quantum Leap
Drama
Seinfeld
Comedy
Designing Women
CBS
2
Gabriel's Fire
Drama
ABC
The Kennedy Center Honors
Variety
CBS
Long Road Home
Miniseries/Special
NBC
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Variety
CBS
Northern Exposure
Drama
Twin Peaks
ABC
The Wonder Years
Comedy
Networks with multiple major awards[ note 2]
Network
No. of Awards
ABC
11
NBC
8
CBS
2
HBO
PBS
Programs with multiple major awards
Program
Category
Network
No. of Awards
Cheers
Comedy
NBC
4
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
Variety
ABC
3
Gabriel's Fire
Drama
2
The Josephine Baker Story
Miniseries/Special
HBO
L.A. Law
Drama
NBC
Murphy Brown
Comedy
CBS
Separate but Equal
Miniseries/Special
ABC
Thirtysomething
Drama
Notes
^ For this year only, the Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Outstanding Miniseries were combined so that TV Movies and Miniseries competed in the same category.
^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
The awards were presented by the following people:[ 6]
A stand-alone tribute was presented to actor Michael Landon by his fellow Little House on the Prairie co-stars Melissa Gilbert and Merlin Olsen . Before the tribute, Gilbert briefy eulogized Lee Remick , Bert Convy , Harry Reasoner and Colleen Dewhurst .