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Outstanding drama series

"Chicago Hope" (CBS)
"ER" (NBC)
"Law & Order" (NBC)
"NYPD Blue" (ABC)
"The X-Files" (Fox)

Lead actor, drama series

David Duchovny, "The X-Files" (Fox)
Anthony Edwards, "ER" (NBC)
Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
Sam Waterston, "Law & Order" (NBC)

Lead actress, drama series

Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files" (Fox)
Roma Downey, "Touched By An Angel" (CBS)
Christine Lahti, "Chicago Hope" (CBS)
Julianna Margulies, "ER" (NBC)
Sherry Stringfield, "ER" (NBC)

Supporting actor, drama series

Adam Arkin, "Chicago Hope" (CBS)
Hector Elizondo, "Chicago Hope" (CBS)
Eriq LaSalle, "ER" (NBC)
Nicholas Turturro, "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
Noah Wyle, "ER" (NBC)

Supporting actress, drama series

Kim Delaney, "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
Laura Innes, "ER" (NBC)
CCH Pounder, "ER" (NBC)
Gloria Reuben, "ER" (NBC)
Della Reese, "Touched By An Angel" (CBS)

Outstanding comedy series

"Frasier" (NBC)
"The Larry Sanders Show" (HBO)
"Mad About You" (NBC)
"Seinfeld" (NBC)
"3rd Rock From The Sun" (NBC)

Lead actor, comedy series

Michael J. Fox, "Spin City" (ABC)
Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier" (NBC)
John Lithgow, "3rd Rock From The Sun" (NBC)
Paul Reiser, "Mad About You" (NBC)
Garry Shandling, "The Larry Sanders Show" (HBO)

Lead actress, comedy series

Ellen DeGeneres, "Ellen" (ABC)
Fran Drescher, "The Nanny" (CBS)
Helen Hunt, "Mad About You" (NBC)
Patricia Richardson, "Home Improvement" (ABC)
Cybill Shepherd, "Cybill" (CBS)

Supporting actor, comedy series

Jason Alexander, "Seinfeld" (NBC)
David Hyde Pierce, "Frasier" (NBC)
Michael Richards, "Seinfeld" (NBC)
Jeffrey Tambor, "The Larry Sanders Show" (HBO)
Rip Torn, "The Larry Sanders Show" (HBO)

Supporting actress, comedy series

Christine Baranski, "Cybill" (CBS)
Janeane Garofalo, "The Larry Sanders Show" (HBO)
Kristen Johnston, "3rd Rock From The Sun" (NBC)
Lisa Kudrow, "Friends" (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Seinfeld" (NBC)

Outstanding variety, music or comedy special

"The 69th Annual Academy Awards" (ABC)
"Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas" (HBO)
"Chris Rock: Bring The Pain" (HBO)
"George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy" (HBO)
"The 50th Annual Tony Awards" (CBS)

Outstanding variety, music or comedy series

"Dennis Miller Live" (HBO)
"Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS)
"Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" (ABC)
"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (NBC)
"Tracey Takes On ..." (HBO)

Outstanding miniseries

"In Cold Blood" (CBS)
"The Last Don" (CBS)
"The Odyssey" (NBC)
"Prime Suspect 5: Errors Of Judgement" (PBS)
"Stephen King's The Shining" (ABC)

Lead actor, miniseries or special

Armand Assante, "Gotti" (HBO)
Beau Bridges, "Hidden In America" (Showtime)
Robert Duvall, "The Man Who Captured Eichmann" (TNT)
Laurence Fishburne, "Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO)
Sidney Poitier, "Mandela and De Klerk" (Showtime)

Lead actress, miniseries or special

Stockard Channing, "An Unexpected Family" (USA)
Glenn Close, "In the Gloaming" (HBO)
Helen Mirren, "Prime Suspect 5: Errors Of Judgement" (PBS)
Meryl Streep, "First Do No Harm" (ABC)
Alfre Woodard, "Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO)

Supporting actor, miniseries or special

Obba Babatunde, "Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO)
Beau Bridges, "The Second Civil War" (HBO)
Michael Caine, "Mandela and De Klerk" (Showtime)
Ossie Davis, "Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO)
Joe Mantegna, "The Last Don" (CBS)

Supporting actress, miniseries or special

Kirstie Alley, "The Last Don" (CBS)
Bridget Fonda, "In the Gloaming" (HBO)
Glenne Headly, "Bastard Out Of Carolina" (Showtime)
Frances McDormand, "Hidden In America" (Showtime)
Diana Rigg, "Rebecca" (PBS)

"A&E Biography" (A&E)
"ER" (NBC)
"If These Walls Could Talk" (HBO)
"Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO)
"Touched By An Angel" (CBS)