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42nd Primetime Emmy Awards
1990 American television programming awards
1990 American television programming awards
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards |
| date | {{unbulleted list |
| location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| hosts | Candice Bergen |
| Jay Leno | |
| Jane Pauley | |
| most_awards | *L.A. Law* (3) |
| most_nominations | *L.A. Law* (11) |
| award1_type | Outstanding Comedy Series |
| award1_winner | *Murphy Brown* |
| award2_type | Outstanding Drama Series |
| award2_winner | *L.A. Law* |
| award3_type | Outstanding Miniseries |
| award3_winner | *Drug Wars: The Camarena Story* |
| award4_type | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series |
| award4_winner | *In Living Color* |
| network | Fox |
| previous | [41st](41st-primetime-emmy-awards) |
| main | Primetime Emmy Awards |
| next | [43rd](43rd-primetime-emmy-awards) |
| September 16, 1990 (Ceremony) | September 15, 1990 (Creative Arts Awards) Jay Leno Jane Pauley
The 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 16, 1990. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Two networks, The Family Channel and The Disney Channel, received their first major nominations.
For its second season, Murphy Brown won Outstanding Comedy Series and one other major award. Defending champion Cheers received the most major nominations for a comedy series with 9 and Newhart finished its series run with 21 major nominations, but not a single win. On the drama side, L.A. Law won Outstanding Drama Series for the third time in four years and also won three major awards, receiving the most major nominations for a drama series with 11. This became the first year that every cast member of The Golden Girls wasn't nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
This ceremony was remembered for the circumstance that three major categories resulted in ties, the most ever for one ceremony.
A clip of The Simpsons presenting the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series can be seen on the DVD boxset of the second season as a special feature.
Winners and nominees
Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Individual performances
Directing
Writing
Most major nominations
| Network | Number of |
|---|---|
| Nominations | |
| NBC | 47 |
| ABC | |
| CBS | 35 |
| HBO | 11 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominations | |||
| *L.A. Law* | Drama | NBC | 11 |
| *Cheers* | Comedy | 9 | |
| *Twin Peaks* | Drama | ABC | 7 |
| *Murphy Brown* | Comedy | CBS | 6 |
| *Thirtysomething* | Drama | ABC | |
| *Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow* | Variety | HBO | 4 |
| *The Golden Girls* | Comedy | NBC | |
| *The Kennedys of Massachusetts* | Miniseries | ABC | |
| *A Killing in a Small Town* | Special | CBS | |
| *The Wonder Years* | Comedy | ABC | |
| *Caroline?* | Special | CBS | 3 |
| *China Beach* | Drama | ABC | |
| *Designing Women* | Comedy | CBS | |
| *The Famous Teddy Z* | |||
| *The Final Days* | Special | ABC | |
| *Quantum Leap* | Drama | NBC | |
| *Saturday Night Live* | Variety | ||
| *The Tracey Ullman Show* | Fox | ||
| *The 43rd Annual Tony Awards* | CBS | 2 | |
| *The 62nd Academy Awards* | ABC | ||
| *Age-Old Friends* | Special | HBO | |
| ''The Best of 'The Tracey Ullman Show''' | Variety | Fox | |
| *Coach* | Comedy | ABC | |
| *Family of Spies* | Miniseries | CBS | |
| *The Image* | Special | HBO | |
| *In Living Color* | Variety | Fox | |
| *The Incident* | Special | CBS | |
| *Murder in Mississippi* | NBC | ||
| *Newhart* | Comedy | CBS | |
| *Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration* | Variety | ABC | |
| *Small Sacrifices* | Miniseries |
Most major awards
| Network | Number of |
|---|---|
| Awards | |
| ABC | 10 |
| CBS | 9 |
| NBC | 8 |
| HBO | 3 |
| Fox | 2 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awards | |||
| *L.A. Law* | Drama | NBC | 3 |
| *Age-Old Friends* | Special | HBO | 2 |
| *Caroline?* | CBS | ||
| *Cheers* | Comedy | NBC | |
| *Murphy Brown* | CBS | ||
| *Thirtysomething* | Drama | ABC | |
| *The Wonder Years* | Comedy |
;Notes
References
References
- [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990 Emmys.com list of 1990 Nominees & Winners]
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