The 40th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 28, 1988. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The ceremony was pushed back from its newly established September date because of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Cable stations HBO and Showtime received their first major nominations at this ceremony.
There was controversy during the nomination process regarding the PBS series Rumpole of the Bailey. The series was initially placed in the miniseries field, but soon after the Academy disqualified it and placed it in the drama series field. Its slot in the miniseries category was filled by The Bourne Identity.[1]
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The 40th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday August 28 1988 The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena California The ceremony was pushed back from its newly established September date because of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul South Korea Cable stations HBO and Showtime received their first major nominations at this ceremony 40th Primetime Emmy AwardsDateAugust 28 1988 Ceremony August 27 1988 Creative Arts Awards LocationPasadena Civic Auditorium Pasadena California U S Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and SciencesHosted byJohn ForsytheHighlightsMost awardsThirtysomething 3 Most nominationsL A Law 15 Outstanding Comedy SeriesThe Wonder YearsOutstanding Drama SeriesThirtysomethingOutstanding MiniseriesThe Murder of Mary PhaganOutstanding Variety Music or Comedy ProgramIrving Berlin s 100th Birthday CelebrationTelevision radio coverageNetworkFoxProduced byLorne Michaels 39th Primetime Emmy Awards 41st Despite a season that consisted of only six episodes newcomer series The Wonder Years won Outstanding Comedy Series After winning his fourth consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series John Larroquette requested to have his name taken off of the ballot for future ceremonies Frank s Place became the most recent show whose only season was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Drama Series In the drama field L A Law came into the ceremony as the defending champ and with 15 major nominations second most ever by a drama series at that time it was seen as the heavy favorite However it was upset by another first season show Thirtysomething which won three major awards on the night including Outstanding Drama Series L A Law only won one major award The duo of Cagney amp Lacey won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the sixth consecutive year This tied The Mary Tyler Moore Show s record for acting categories which still stands It stood for all categories until The Daily Show with Jon Stewart won ten consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Series With the wins for Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty The Golden Girls became the most recent show to have all of its cast members win Emmys It became the second series to do so following All in the Family Three other programs would accomplish this feat Will amp Grace in 2003 The Simpsons in 2014 and Schitt s Creek in 2020 There was controversy during the nomination process regarding the PBS series Rumpole of the Bailey The series was initially placed in the miniseries field but soon after the Academy disqualified it and placed it in the drama series field Its slot in the miniseries category was filled by The Bourne Identity 1 Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 Programs 1 2 Acting 1 2 1 Lead performances 1 2 2 Supporting performances 1 2 3 Individual performances 1 3 Directing 1 4 Writing 2 Most major nominations 3 Most major awards 4 References 5 External linksWinners and nominees edit 2 Programs edit Programs Outstanding Comedy Series The Wonder Years ABC Cheers NBC Frank s Place CBS The Golden Girls NBC Night Court NBC Outstanding Drama Series Thirtysomething ABC Beauty and the Beast CBS L A Law NBC Rumpole of the Bailey PBS St Elsewhere NBC Outstanding Drama Comedy Special Inherit the Wind NBC The Ann Jillian Story NBC The Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank CBS Foxfire CBS The Taking of Flight 847 The Uli Derickson Story NBC Outstanding Miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan NBC Baby M ABC Billionaire Boys Club NBC The Bourne Identity ABC Lincoln NBC Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Program Irving Berlin s 100th Birthday Celebration CBS Late Night with David Letterman NBC Late Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special NBC The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour CBS The Tracey Ullman Show Fox Acting edit Lead performances edit Acting Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Michael J Fox as Alex P Keaton in Family Ties NBC Episode The Last of the Red Hot Psychologists Dabney Coleman as Slap Maxwell in The Slap Maxwell Story ABC Episode Episode 2 Ted Danson as Sam Malone in Cheers NBC Tim Reid as Frank Paris in Frank s Place CBS Episode The Bridge John Ritter as Harry Hooperman in Hooperman ABC Episode Pilot Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Bea Arthur as Dorothy Zbornak in The Golden Girls NBC Episode My Brother My Father Kirstie Alley as Rebecca Howe in Cheers NBC Episode Backseat Becky Upfront Blair Brown as Molly Dodd in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd NBC Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux in The Golden Girls NBC Episode Strange Bedfellows Betty White as Rose Nylund in The Golden Girls NBC Episode Bringing Up Baby Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Richard Kiley as Joe Gardner in A Year in the Life NBC Episode What Do People Do All Day Corbin Bernsen as Arnie Becker in L A Law NBC Ron Perlman as Vincent in Beauty and the Beast CBS Michael Tucker as Stuart Markowitz in L A Law NBC Edward Woodward as Robert McCall in The Equalizer CBS Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney amp Lacey CBS Episode Friendly Fire Susan Dey as Grace Van Owen in L A Law NBC Jill Eikenberry as Ann Kelsey in L A Law NBC Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney in Cagney amp Lacey CBS Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote CBS Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Jason Robards as Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind NBC Hume Cronyn as Hector Nations in Foxfire CBS Danny Glover as Nelson Mandela in Mandela HBO Stacy Keach as Ernest Hemingway in Hemingway Syndicated Episode Part I Jack Lemmon as Gov John Slaton in The Murder of Mary Phagan NBC Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Jessica Tandy as Annie Nations in Foxfire CBS Ann Jillian as Herself in The Ann Jillian Story NBC Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln NBC Mary Steenburgen as Miep Gies in The Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank CBS JoBeth Williams as Marybeth Whitehead in Baby M ABC Supporting performances edit Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series John Larroquette as Dan Fielding in Night Court NBC Episode No Hard Feelings Kelsey Grammer as Dr Frasier Crane in Cheers NBC Episode The Crane Mutiny Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd in Cheers NBC Episode The Big Kiss Off Peter Scolari as Michael Harris in Newhart CBS Episode The Big Uneasy George Wendt as Norm Peterson in Cheers NBC Episode Let Sleeping Drakes Lie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Estelle Getty as Sophia Petrillo in The Golden Girls NBC Episode Old Friends Julia Duffy as Stephanie Vanderkellen in Newhart CBS Episode Till Depth Do Us Part Part 1 Jackee Harry as Sandra Clark in 227 NBC Episode The Talk Show Katherine Helmond as Mona Robinson in Who s the Boss ABC Episode Marry Me Mona Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli in Cheers NBC Episode Slumber Party Massacred Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Larry Drake as Benny Stulwicz in L A Law NBC Episodes The Brothers Grimm Full Marital Jacket Ed Begley Jr as Dr Victor Ehrlich in St Elsewhere NBC Timothy Busfield as Elliot Weston in Thirtysomething ABC Episode Therapy Alan Rachins as Douglas Brackman Jr in L A Law NBC Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes in L A Law NBC Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Patricia Wettig as Nancy Krieger Weston in Thirtysomething ABC Episode Therapy Bonnie Bartlett as Ellen Craig in St Elsewhere NBC Episode Their Town Polly Draper as Ellyn Warren in Thirtysomething ABC Episode Nice Work If You Can Get It Christina Pickles as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in St Elsewhere NBC Episode Down and Out of Beacon Hill Susan Ruttan as Roxanne Melman in L A Law NBC Episode Leaping Lizards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special John Shea as Bill Stern in Baby M ABC Dabney Coleman as Gary Skoloff in Baby M ABC Anthony Quinn as Socrates Onassis in Onassis The Richest Man in the World ABC Ron Silver as Ron Levin in Billionaire Boys Club NBC Bruce Weitz as Rick Whitehead in Baby M ABC Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Jane Seymour as Maria Callas in Onassis The Richest Man in the World ABC Stockard Channing as Susan Reinert in Echoes in the Darkness CBS Ruby Dee as Elizabeth Keckley in Lincoln NBC Julie Harris as Alice in The Woman He Loved CBS Lisa Jacobs as Anne Frank in The Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank CBS Individual performances edit Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Robin Williams ABC Presents a Royal Gala ABC Mikhail Baryshnikov Great Performances Celebrating Gershwin PBS Ray Charles Irving Berlin s 100th Birthday Celebration CBS Billy Crystal An All Star Toast to the Improv HBO Julie Kavner The Tracey Ullman Show Fox Directing edit Directing Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Hooperman ABC Pilot Gregory Hoblit Cheers NBC Backseat Becky Up Front James Burrows The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd NBC Here Comes That Cold Wind Off the River Jay Tarses The Golden Girls NBC Old Friends Terry Hughes It s Garry Shandling s Show Showtime No Baby No Show Alan Rafkin Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series St Elsewhere NBC Weigh In Way Out Mark Tinker China Beach ABC Pilot Rod Holcomb L A Law NBC Beauty and Obese Sam Weisman L A Law NBC Full Marital Jacket Win Phelps L A Law NBC Handroll Express Kim Friedman L A Law NBC The Wizard of Odds Gregory HoblitOutstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program Great Performances PBS Celebrating Gershwin Patricia Birch and Humphrey Burton Irving Berlin s 100th Birthday Celebration CBS Walter C Miller Late Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special NBC Hal Gurnee The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Anniversary Reunion CBS David Grossman Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special Lincoln NBC Lamont Johnson The Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank CBS John Erman Billionaire Boys Club NBC Marvin J Chomsky Echos in the Darkness CBS Glenn Jordan The Taking of Flight 847 The Uli Derickson Story NBC Paul WendkosWriting edit Writing Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Frank s Place CBS The Bridge Hugh Wilson Cheers NBC Home Is the Sailor Glen Charles and Les Charles Designing Women CBS Killing All the Right People Linda Bloodworth Thomason It s Garry Shandling s Show Showtime It s Angelica s Show Part 2 Sam Simon Tom Gammill and Max Pross It s Garry Shandling s Show Showtime No Baby No Show Alan Zweibel and Garry Shandling The Wonder Years ABC Pilot Neal Marlens and Carol Black Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Thirtysomething ABC Business as Usual Paul Haggis and Marshall Herskovitz Beauty and the Beast CBS Pilot Ron Koslow China Beach ABC Pilot John Sacret Young L A Law NBC Beauty and Obese Terry Louise Fisher and David E Kelley L A Law NBC Full Marital Jacket Story by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise FisherTeleplay by Terry Louise Fisher and David E Kelley St Elsewhere NBC The Last One Story by Tom Fontana John Tinker and Channing GibsonTeleplay by Bruce Paltrow and Mark TinkerOutstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program Jackie Mason on Broadway HBO Jackie Mason Late Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special NBC The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Anniversary Reunion CBS The Tracey Ullman Show Fox Ginny Redux Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special The Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank CBS William Hanley Baby M ABC Part I James Steven Sadwith Billionaire Boys Club NBC Part I Gy Waldron Foxfire CBS Susan Cooper The Murder of Mary Phagan NBC Story by Larry McMurtryTeleplay by Jeffrey Lane and George Stevens Jr Most major nominations editNetworks with multiple major nominations note 1 Network Number ofNominationsNBC 69CBS 32ABC 24Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominationsL A Law Drama NBC 15Cheers Comedy 9Baby M Miniseries ABC 6The Golden Girls Comedy NBCSt Elsewhere DramaThe Attic The Hiding of Anne Frank Special CBS 5Thirtysomething Drama ABCBillionaire Boys Club Miniseries NBC 4Foxfire Special CBSLincoln Miniseries NBCBeauty and the Beast Drama CBS 3Frank s Place ComedyIt s Garry Shandling s Show ShowtimeIrving Berlin s 100th Birthday Celebration Variety CBSLate Night with David Letterman 6th Anniversary Special NBCThe Murder of Mary Phagan MiniseriesThe Tracey Ullman Show Variety FoxThe Ann Jillian Story Special NBC 2Cagney amp Lacey Drama CBSChina Beach ABCThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Comedy NBCGreat Performances Celebrating Gershwin Variety PBSHooperman Comedy ABCInherit the Wind Special NBCIrving Berlin s 100th Birthday Celebration Variety CBSNewhart ComedyNight Court NBCOnassis The Richest Man in the World Special ABCThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Anniversary Reunion Variety CBSThe Taking of Flight 847 The Uli Derickson Story Special NBCThe Wonder Years Comedy ABCMost major awards editNetworks with multiple major awards note 1 Network Number ofAwardsNBC 11ABC 8CBS 6Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwardsThirtysomething Drama ABC 3The Golden Girls Comedy NBC 2Inherit the Wind SpecialNotes a b Major constitutes the categories listed above Program Acting Directing and Writing Does not include the technical categories References edit PBS Rumpole Back in Emmy Race as a Drama Los Angeles Times August 20 1988 Emmys com list of 1988 Nominees amp WinnersExternal links editEmmys com list of 1988 Nominees amp Winners 40th Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 40th Primetime Emmy Awards amp oldid 1183685491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
