48th Primetime Emmy Awards

Infobox Emmy Awards
name = 48th
type = P
date = September 8, 1996
site = Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
creative_arts = September 7, 1996
network = ABC
host = Michael J. Fox
Paul Reiser
Oprah Winfrey
producer =
last = 47th Primetime
next = 49th Primetime

The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. They were presented in two ceremonies, one untelevised on September 7, 1996 and other televised on September 8, 1996. It was hosted by Michael J. Fox, Paul Reiser, and Oprah Winfrey.

Nominations and Winners

Primetime Telecast Winners

The following is a list of nominees with winners in bold.

Outstanding Drama Series

*"Chicago Hope", CBS
*ER, NBC
*"Law & Order", NBC
*"NYPD Blue", ABC
*"The X-Files", FOX

Outstanding Comedy Series

*Frasier, NBC
*"Friends", NBC
*"The Larry Sanders Show", HBO
*"Mad About You", NBC
*"Seinfeld", NBC

Outstanding Miniseries

*"Andersonville", TNT
*Gulliver's Travels, NBC
*"Hiroshima", Showtime
*"Moses", TNT
*"Pride and Prejudice", A&E

Outstanding Made for Television Movie

*"Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story", Lifetime
*"The Heidi Chronicles", TNT
*"The Late Shift", HBO
*Truman, HBO
*"The Tuskegee Airmen", HBO

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series

*Dennis Miller Live, HBO
*"Late Show With David Letterman", CBS
*"Muppets Tonight", ABC
*"Politically Incorrect", ABC/Comedy Central
*"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno", NBC

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

*Andre Braugher for playing Detective Frank Pembleton in ""
*George Clooney for playing Dr. Doug Ross in "ER"
*Anthony Edwards for playing Dr. Mark Greene in"ER"
*Dennis Franz for playing Detective Andy Sipowicz in "NYPD Blue"
*Jimmy Smits for playing Detective Bobby Simone in "NYPD Blue"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

*Kelsey Grammer for playing Dr. Frasier Crane in "Frasier"
*John Lithgow for playing Dick Solomon in "3rd Rock From The Sun"
*Paul Reiser for playing Paul Buchman in "Mad About You", NBC
*Jerry Seinfeld for playing Jerry Seinfeld in "Seinfeld"
*Garry Shandling for playing Larry Sanders in "The Larry Sanders Show"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special

*Alec Baldwin for playing Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
*Beau Bridges for playing Richard Nixon in "Kissinger and Nixon"
*Laurence Fishburne for playing Hannibal Lee in "The Tuskegee Airmen"
*Alan Rickman for playing Grigori Rasputin in "Rasputin
*Gary Sinise for playing Harry S. Truman in "Truman"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

*Hector Elizondo for playing Dr. Philip Watters in "Chicago Hope", CBS
*James McDaniel for playing Arthur Fancy in "NYPD Blue"
*Stanley Tucci for playing Richard Cross in "Murder One"
*Ray Walston for playing Judge Henry Bone in "Picket Fences"
*Noah Wyle for playing Dr. John Carter in "ER"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

*Jason Alexander for playing George Costanza in "Seinfeld"
*David Hyde Pierce for playing Dr. Niles Crane in "Frasier"
*Michael Richards for playing Cosmo Kramer in "Seinfeld"
*Jeffrey Tambor for playing Hank Kingsley in "The Larry Sanders Show"
*Rip Torn for playing Arthur in "The Larry Sanders Show"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

*Ellen DeGeneres for playing Ellen Morgan in "Ellen"
*Fran Drescher for playing Fran Fine in "The Nanny"
*Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchman in "Mad About You"
*Patricia Richardson for playing Jill Taylor in "Home Improvement"
*Cybill Shepherd for playing Cybill Sheridan in "Cybill"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

*Gillian Anderson for playing Agent Dana Scully in "The X-Files"
*Kathy Baker for playing Dr. Jill Brock in "Picket Fences"
*Christine Lahti for playing Dr. Kate Austin in "Chicago Hope"
*Angela Lansbury for playing Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote"
*Sherry Stringfield for playing Dr. Susan Lewis in "ER"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special

*Ashley Judd for playing Norma Jean Dougherty in "Norma Jean & Marilyn"
*Jessica Lange for playing Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
*Helen Mirren for playing Detective Jane Tennison in ""
*Mira Sorvino for playing Marilyn Monroe in "Norma Jean & Marilyn"
*Sela Ward for playing Jessica Savitch in "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

*Barbara Bosson for playing Miriam Grasso in "Murder One"
*Tyne Daly for playing Alice Henderson in "Christy"
*Sharon Lawrence for playing Sylvia Costas in "NYPD Blue"
*Julianna Margulies for playing Carol Hathaway in "ER"
*Gail O'Grady for playing Donna Abandando in "NYPD Blue"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

*Christine Baranski for playing Maryann Thorpe in "Cybill"
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Elaine Benes in "Seinfeld"
*Janeane Garofalo for playing Paula in "The Larry Sanders Show"
*Jayne Meadows for playing Alice Morgan-DuPont-Sutting-Cushing-Ferruke in "High Society"
*Renée Taylor for playing Sylvia Fine in "The Nanny"