Emmy Award

Television Academy

The 46th Primetime Emmy Awards

September 11, 1994  •  Pasadena Civic Auditorium  •  Hosted by Angela Lansbury

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Frasier first win
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Dennis Franz first win
Frasier won Outstanding Comedy Series in its debut season, launching five consecutive wins
Dennis Franz won Lead Actor Drama for NYPD Blue, the first of four wins
Picket Fences won Outstanding Drama Series for the second and final time
Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Winner
Picket Fences
CBS — second and final drama series win
NYPD Blue
Northern Exposure
ER
The X-Files
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
Dennis Franz
NYPD Blue — ABC — as Det. Andy Sipowicz (1st of four wins)
Tom Skerritt — Picket Fences
David Caruso — NYPD Blue
Michael Moriarty — Law & Order
Scott Bakula — Quantum Leap
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Sela Ward
Sisters — NBC — Teddy Reed (2nd win)
Angela Lansbury — Murder She Wrote
Kathy Baker — Picket Fences
Gillian Anderson — The X-Files
Daniela Amavia — ER
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
Fyvush Finkel
Picket Fences — as Douglas Wambaugh
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Leigh Taylor-Young
Picket Fences — Dr. Jill Brock (2nd win)
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Winner
Frasier
NBC — Season 1, debut season win, first of five consecutive
Seinfeld
Murphy Brown
Roseanne
Mad About You
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Kelsey Grammer
Frasier — NBC — as Dr. Frasier Crane (1st of five)
Jerry Seinfeld — Seinfeld
Paul Reiser — Mad About You
John Goodman — Roseanne
Brett Butler — Grace Under Fire
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Candice Bergen
Murphy Brown — (4th win — a record at the time)
Helen Hunt — Mad About You
Julia Louis-Dreyfus — Seinfeld
Roseanne Barr — Roseanne
Ellen DeGeneres — Ellen
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
Michael Richards
Seinfeld — Cosmo Kramer (2nd win)
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Laurie Metcalf
Roseanne — Jackie Harris (3rd and final win)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Miniseries
Winner
Prime Suspect 3
PBS / Granada — Helen Mirren’s third Tennison case, this time in the world of male prostitution
And the Band Played On
Scarlett
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Gary Sinise
The Stand — ABC — as Stuart Redman in Stephen King adaptation
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Kirstie Alley
David’s Mother — CBS — delayed win for 1993 film