Outstanding drama series

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

Lead actor, drama series

Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue" (ABC)
David Duchovny, "The X-Files" (Fox)
Anthony Edwards, "ER" (NBC)
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

Hector Elizondo, "Chicago Hope" (CBS)
Adam Arkin, "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

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

Lead actress, comedy series

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

Supporting actor, comedy series

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

Supporting actress, comedy series

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

Outstanding variety, music or comedy special

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

Outstanding variety, music or comedy series

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

Outstanding miniseries

"Prime Suspect 5: Errors Of Judgement" (PBS)
"In Cold Blood" (CBS)
"The Last Don" (CBS)
"The Odyssey" (NBC)
"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

Alfre Woodard, "Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO)
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)

Supporting actor, miniseries or special

Beau Bridges, "The Second Civil War" (HBO)
Obba Babatunde, "Miss Evers' Boys" (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

Diana Rigg, "Rebecca" (PBS)
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)

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