43rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Appearance
43rd Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Date | August 25, 1991 |
Location | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosted by | Dennis Miller Jamie Lee Curtis Jerry Seinfeld |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Cheers (4) |
Most nominations | Cheers (9) |
Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers |
Outstanding Drama Series | L.A. Law |
Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries | Separate but Equal |
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The 63rd Annual Academy Awards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Fox |
The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 25, 1991. The ceremony was broadcast on
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.
EGOT
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Winners and nominees
Programs
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Acting
Lead performances
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
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Supporting performances
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special
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Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
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Individual performances
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Directing
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Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special
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Writing
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Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special
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Casting
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Editing
Outstanding Editing for a Series – Multi-Camera Production
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Most major nominations
Network | No. of Nominations |
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NBC | 46 |
ABC | 36 |
CBS | 31 |
Program | Category | Network | No. of Nominations |
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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 |
Most major awards
Network | No. of Awards |
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ABC | 10 |
NBC | 8 |
CBS | 5 |
HBO | 2 |
PBS |
Program | Category | Network | No. of Awards |
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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.
- ^ technical categories.
Presenters
The awards were presented by the following people:[6]
Tribute
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.
References
- ^ Emmys.com list of 1991 Nominees & Winners
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 1991". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ "1990–1991 Emmy Awards". infoplease.com. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ King, Susan (2021-09-17). "1991 Emmys flashback: Black performers make history, 'Cheers' and 'L.A. Law' each win #4". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "43rd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
- ^ "43rd Primetime Emmy Awards - 1991". YouTube. Retrieved April 16, 2023.