47th Primetime Emmy Awards

Infobox Emmy Awards
name = 47th
type = P


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date = September 10, 1995
site = Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
creative_arts = September 9, 1995
host = Jason Alexander
Cybill Shepherd
network = FOX
last = 46th Primetime
next = 48th Primetime

The 47st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 10, 1995. The awards show was hosted by Jason Alexander and Cybill Shepherd. It was broadcast on Fox. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.

Outstanding Comedy Series

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

Outstanding Drama Series

* "NYPD Blue"
**"Chicago Hope"
**"ER"
**"Law & Order"
**"The X-Files"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

*Kelsey Grammer for playing Frasier Crane on "Frasier"
**John Goodman for playing Dan Conner on "Roseanne"
**Paul Reiser for playing Paul Buchanan on "Mad About You"
**Jerry Seinfeld for playing himself on "Seinfeld"
**Garry Shandling for playing Larry Sanders on "The Larry Sanders Show"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

*Mandy Patinkin for playing Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on "Chicago Hope"
**George Clooney for playing Dr. Doug Ross on "ER"
** Anthony Edwards for playing Dr. Mark Greene on "ER"
** Dennis Franz for playing Andy Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue"
**Jimmy Smits for playing Bobby Simone on "NYPD Blue"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

*Candice Bergen for playing Murphy Brown on "Murphy Brown"
**Roseanne Barr for playing Roseanne Conner on "Roseanne"
**Ellen DeGeneres for playing Ellen Morgan on "Ellen"
**Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchman on "Mad About You"
**Cybill Shepherd for playing Cybill Sheridan on "Cybill"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

*Kathy Baker for playing Jill Brock on "Picket Fences"
**Claire Danes for playing Angela Chase on "My So-Called Life"
**Angela Lansbury for playing Jessica Fletcher on "Murder, She Wrote"
**Sherry Stringfield for playing Dr. Susan Lewis on "ER"
**Cicely Tyson for playing Carrie Grace Battle on "Sweet Justice"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

*David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane on "Frasier"
**Jason Alexander for playing George Constanza on "Seinfeld"
**Michael Richards for playing Cosmo Kramer on "Seinfeld"
**David Schwimmer for playing Ross Geller on "Friends"
**Rip Torn for playing Arthur on "The Larry Sanders Show"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

*Ray Walston for playing Henry Bone on "Picket Fences"
**Hector Elizondo for playing Dr. Phillip Watters on "Chicago Hope"
**James Earl Jones for playing Neb Langston on "Under One Roof"
**Eriq La Salle for playing Dr. Peter Benton on "ER"
**Noah Wyle for playing Dr. John Carter on "ER"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

*Christine Baranski for playing Maryann Thorpe on "Cybill"
**Lisa Kudrow for playing Phoebe Buffay on "Friends"
**Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Elaine Benes on "Seinfeld'
**Laurie Metcalf for playing Jackie Harris on "Roseanne"
**Liz Torres for playing Mahalia Sanchez on "The John Larroquette Show"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

*Julianna Margulies for playing Nurse Carol Hathaway on "ER"
**Barbara Babcock for playing Dorothy Jennings on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
**Tyne Daly for playing Alice Henderson on "Christy"
**Sharon Lawrence for playing Sylvia Costas on "NYPD Blue"
**Gail O'Grady for playing Donna Abandando on "NYPD Blue"