1995 American television programming awards
The 47th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 10, 1995. The ceremony was hosted by Jason Alexander and Cybill Shepherd . It was broadcast on Fox .
Frasier won its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and led all shows with five major wins. For the second straight year, a freshman drama series came into the ceremony with a bevy of major nominations, but failed to win for Outstanding Drama Series . ER led all shows with 11 major nominations and won three major awards, but lost the top prize to NYPD Blue , which was in a similar situation to ER the previous year .
Candice Bergen's win for the seventh season of Murphy Brown made her the third performer to win five Emmys for playing the same character. She declined to be submitted for any future seasons of the show.
Marvin Hamlisch 's win made him the sixth person to become an EGOT .
Winners and nominees [ edit ] [1]
Programs [ edit ] Lead performances [ edit ] Mandy Patinkin as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in Chicago Hope (CBS) (Episode: "Over the Rainbow")
Supporting performances [ edit ] Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe in Cybill (CBS) (Episode: "Starting on the Wrong Foot") Ray Walston as Henry Bone in Picket Fences (CBS) (Episode: "Final Judgement") Judy Davis as Diane in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC) Shirley Knight as Peggy Buckey in Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
Directing [ edit ] The 67th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Jeff Margolis
Writing [ edit ] Frasier (NBC): "An Affair to Forget" – Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano Frasier (NBC): "The Matchmaker " – Joe Keenan Friends (NBC): "The One Where Underdog Gets Away" – Jeff Greenstein and Jeff Strauss The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "Hank's Night in the Sun" – Peter Tolan The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show" – Garry Shandling and Peter Tolan Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (NBC) – Alison Cross
Most major nominations [ edit ] Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1] Network No. of Nominations NBC 56 CBS 32 HBO 27 ABC 20
Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network No. of Nominations ER Drama NBC 11 NYPD Blue ABC 7 The Burning Season Movie HBO 6 Frasier Comedy NBC Indictment: The McMartin Trial Movie HBO The Larry Sanders Show Comedy Seinfeld NBC Citizen X Movie HBO 5 Friends Comedy NBC The Piano Lesson Movie CBS Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story NBC Chicago Hope Drama CBS 4 Barbra Streisand: The Concert Variety HBO 3 Buffalo Girls Miniseries CBS Mad About You Comedy NBC My So-Called Life Drama ABC Roseanne Comedy The 67th Annual Academy Awards Variety 2 Cybill Comedy CBS Dennis Miller Live Variety HBO Joseph Miniseries TNT Late Show with David Letterman Variety CBS Picket Fences Drama Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher Variety Comedy Central The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC A Woman of Independent Means Miniseries The X-Files Drama Fox
Most major awards [ edit ] Networks with multiple major awards[note 1] Network No. of Awards NBC 14 HBO 7 CBS 6 ABC 3
Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network No. of Awards Frasier Comedy NBC 5 ER Drama 3 Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Movie Barbra Streisand: The Concert Variety HBO 2 The Burning Season Movie Indictment: The McMartin Trial Picket Fences Drama CBS
Notes ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]