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43rd Primetime Emmy Awards
1991 American television programming awards
1991 American television programming awards
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards |
| date | August 25, 1991 |
| location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| host | Dennis Miller |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | |
| Jerry Seinfeld | |
| network | Fox |
| most_awards | *Cheers* (4) |
| most_nominations | *Cheers* (9) |
| award1_type | Outstanding Comedy Series |
| award1_winner | *Cheers* |
| award2_type | Outstanding Drama Series |
| award2_winner | *L.A. Law* |
| award3_type | Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries |
| award3_winner | *Separate but Equal* |
| award4_type | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program |
| award4_winner | *[The 63rd Annual Academy Awards](63rd-academy-awards)* |
| previous | [42nd](42nd-primetime-emmy-awards) |
| main | Primetime Emmy Awards |
| next | [44th](44th-primetime-emmy-awards) |
Jamie Lee Curtis Jerry Seinfeld
The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 25, 1991. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, presenting 27 awards. The network 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 Familys 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.
John Gielgud's win for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special made him the fourth person to become an EGOT.
Winners and nominees
Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Individual performances
Directing
Writing
Miscellaneous
Most major nominations
| Network | No. of |
|---|---|
| Nominations | |
| NBC | 46 |
| ABC | 36 |
| CBS | 31 |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominations | |||
| *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 | |
| ABC | 11 |
| NBC | 8 |
| CBS | 2 |
| HBO | |
| PBS |
| Program | Category | Network | No. of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awards | |||
| *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
Presenters
The awards were presented by the following people:
| Presenter(s) | Award(s) |
|---|---|
| Burt Reynolds | |
| Loni Anderson | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | |
| Victoria Principal | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series |
| Jane Seymour | |
| John Goodman | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Corbin Bernsen | |
| Christina Applegate | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | |
| Craig T. Nelson | |
| Jerry Van Dyke | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series |
| Beatrice Arthur | |
| Betty White | |
| Rue McClanahan | |
| Estelle Getty | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| Kirk Cameron | |
| Chelsea Noble | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special |
| Richard Mulligan | |
| Park Overall | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special |
| Mary-Kate Olsen | |
| Ashley Olsen | |
| Bob Saget | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Special |
| Crystal Bernard | |
| Alan Thicke | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special |
| The cast of *Designing Women* | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or Special |
| Richard Lewis | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program |
| Jimmy Smits | |
| Susan Dey | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special |
| Sela Ward | |
| Julianne Phillips | |
| Fred Savage | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special |
| Gilbert Gottfried | Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program |
| Rob Morrow | |
| Jeannine Taylor | Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program |
| Faith Ford | |
| Mike Myers | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program |
| Jason Priestley | |
| Shannen Doherty | |
| Luke Perry | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| Peter Falk | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
| Harry Hamlin | |
| Nicolette Sheridan | Outstanding Drama Series |
| Sam Kinison | Outstanding Editing for a Series – Multi-Camera Production |
| Keenan Ivory Wayans | Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries |
| Macaulay Culkin | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
| Marilu Henner | |
| Carol Kane | |
| Christopher Lloyd | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Carol Burnett | Outstanding Comedy Series |
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 briefly eulogized Lee Remick, Bert Convy, Harry Reasoner and Colleen Dewhurst.
References
References
- [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991 Emmys.com list of 1991 Nominees & Winners]
- "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 1991". Emmys.com.
- "1990–1991 Emmy Awards". infoplease.com.
- King, Susan. (2021-09-17). "1991 Emmys flashback: Black performers make history, 'Cheers' and 'L.A. Law' each win #4".
- "43rd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners".
- (8 February 2017). "43rd Primetime Emmy Awards - 1991".
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