45th Primetime Emmy Awards

Infobox Emmy Awards
name = 45th
type = P


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date = September 19, 1993
site = Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
creative_arts = September 18, 1994
host = Angela Lansbury
network = ABC
last = 44th Primetime
next = 46th Primetime

The 45th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1993. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC. It was hosted by Angela Lansbury.

Outstanding Comedy Series

*"Cheers"
*"Home Improvement"
*"The Larry Sanders Show"
*"Murphy Brown"
*"Seinfeld"

Outstanding Drama Series

*"Homefront"
*"I'll Fly Away"
*"Law & Order"
*"Northern Exposure"
*"Picket Fences"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

*Tim Allen as "Tim Taylor" in "Home Improvement"
*Ted Danson as "Sam Malone" in "Cheers"
*John Goodman as "Dan Conner" in "Roseanne"
*Jerry Seinfeld as "Jerry Seinfeld" in "Seinfeld"
*Garry Shandling as "Larry Sanders" in "The Larry Sanders Show"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

*Scott Bakula as "Sam Beckett" in "Quantum Leap"
*Michael Moriarty as "Ben Stone" in "Law & Order"
*Rob Morrow as "Joel Fleischman" in "Northern Exposure"
*Tom Skerritt as "Jimmy Brock" in "Picket Fences"
*Sam Waterston as "Forrest Bedford" in "I'll Fly Away"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

*Kirstie Alley for playing Rebecca Howe" in "Cheers"
*Roseanne Arnold for playing Roseanne Conner in "Roseanne"
*Candice Bergen for playing Murphy Brown in "Murphy Brown"
*Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchman in "Mad About You"
*Marion Ross for playing Sophie Berger in "Brooklyn Bridge"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

*Kathy Baker as "Jill Brock" in "Picket Fences"
*Swoosie Kurtz as "Alex Halsey" in "Sisters"
*Angela Lansbury as "Jessica Fletcher" in "Murder, She Wrote"
*Regina Taylor as "Lilly" in "I'll Fly Away"
*Janine Turner as "Maggie O'Connell" in "Northern Exposure"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

*Jason Alexander as George Costanza in "Seinfeld"
*Michael Jeter as Herman Stiles in "Evening Shade"
*Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer in "Seinfeld"
*Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley in "The Larry Sanders Show"
*Rip Torn as Arthur in "The Larry Sanders Show"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

*Barry Corbin as "Maurice Minnifield" in "Northern Exposure"
*John Cullum as "Holling Vincoeur" in "Northern Exposure"
*Fyvush Finkel as "Douglas Wambaugh" in "Picket Fences"
*Chad Lowe as "Jesse McKenna" in "Life Goes On"
*Dean Stockwell as "Al the Observer" in "Quantum Leap"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

*Shelley Fabares as "Christine Armstrong" in "Coach"
*Sara Gilbert as "Darlene Conner" in "Roseanne"
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus as "Elaine Benes" in "Seinfeld"
*Laurie Metcalf as "Jackie Harris" in "Roseanne"
*Rhea Perlman as "Carla Tortelli" in "Cheers"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

*Mary Alice as "Marguerite Peck" in "I'll Fly Away"
*Cynthia Geary as "Shelly Tambo" in "Northern Exposure"
*Kay Lenz as "Maggie Zombro" in "Reasonable Doubts"
*Kellie Martin as "Becca Thatcher" in "Life Goes On"
*Peg Phillips as "Ruth Anne" in "Northern Exposure"