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1995 American television programming 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 .
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 [ edit ]
[ 1]
Mandy Patinkin as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in Chicago Hope (CBS) (Episode: "Over the Rainbow")
Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe in Cybill (CBS) (Episode: "Starting on the Wrong Foot")
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)
The 67th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Jeff Margolis
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
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC) – Alison Cross
Most major nominations [ edit ]
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
Networks with multiple major awards[ note 1]
Network
No. of Awards
NBC
12
HBO
8
CBS
5
ABC
2
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
^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.