41st Primetime Emmy Awards
1989 American television programming awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1989 American television programming awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 41st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 17, 1989. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The ceremony saw the guest acting categories double, as they were now based on gender as well as genre. Two networks, Lifetime and USA Network, received their first major nominations this year.
41st Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosted by | John Larroquette |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Cheers (3) |
Most nominations | L.A. Law (15) |
Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers |
Outstanding Drama Series | L.A. Law |
Outstanding Miniseries | War and Remembrance |
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | The Tracey Ullman Show |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | Fox |
After being nominated and losing for the previous four years, Cheers regained the title of Outstanding Comedy Series. L.A. Law also won Outstanding Drama Series after losing the previous year. For the second straight year, L.A. Law received 15 major nominations, making it the first show ever to receive more than 14 major nominations multiple times. With nine main cast acting nominations, L.A. Law tied the record set by Hill Street Blues in 1982.
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Network | Number of Nominations |
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NBC | 57 |
ABC | 40 |
CBS | 35 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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L.A. Law | Drama | NBC | 15 |
Lonesome Dove | Miniseries | CBS | 9 |
The Wonder Years | Comedy | ABC | 9 |
Cheers | NBC | 6 | |
The Golden Girls | |||
Murphy Brown | CBS | ||
Thirtysomething | Drama | ABC | |
My Name Is Bill W. | Special | 5 | |
Roe vs. Wade | NBC | ||
War of Remembrance | Miniseries | ABC | |
I Know My First Name Is Steven | NBC | 4 | |
The Tracey Ullman Show | Variety | Fox | |
Beauty and the Beast | Drama | CBS | 3 |
Late Night with David Letterman | Variety | NBC | |
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Special | HBO | |
Saturday Night Live | Variety | NBC | |
Wiseguy | Drama | CBS | |
China Beach | ABC | 2 | |
D.C. Follies | Variety | Syndicated | |
Designing Women | Comedy | CBS | |
In the Heat of the Night | Drama | NBC | |
Newhart | Comedy | CBS | |
A Perfect Spy | Miniseries | PBS | |
Tap Dance in America | Variety | ||
The Women of Brewster Place | Miniseries | ABC |
Network | Number of Awards |
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NBC | 15 |
ABC | 7 |
CBS | 5 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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Cheers | Comedy | NBC | 3 |
Murphy Brown | CBS | 2 | |
L.A. Law | Drama | NBC | |
Roe vs. Wade | Special | ||
Thirtysomething | Drama | ABC |
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