44th Primetime Emmy Awards

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44th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateAugust 30, 1992
Location Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by Tim Allen
Kirstie Alley
Dennis Miller
Highlights
Most awards
Most nominationsNorthern Exposure (9)
Outstanding Comedy Series Murphy Brown
Outstanding Drama Series Northern Exposure
Outstanding Miniseries A Woman Named Jackie
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox
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The 44th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 30, 1992. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. [1] It was hosted by Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley and Dennis Miller, and directed by Walter C. Miller. [2] Presenters included Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, Scott Bakula, Candice Bergen, Corbin Bernsen, Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, and Cindy Crawford. [2] The program was written by Buddy Sheffield and Bruce Vilanch. [3] Over 300 million people watched the ceremony in 30 countries.

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A rule change, instituted for this year only, stated that regular and guest performers would compete in the same category. There could be lead guest or supporting guest. This rule allowed Hollywood stalwarts such as Kirk Douglas, who appeared in one episode of the anthology series Tales from the Crypt, and Christopher Lloyd, who guest-starred on Road to Avonlea, to be nominated for the leading actor award (and, in Lloyd's case, to win). However, the rule also meant that, for instance, Harrison Page got nominated as a lead on Quantum Leap alongside Scott Bakula, even though Page appeared in a supporting role in one episode while Bakula starred in every installment, and Shirley Knight got nominated for one episode of Law & Order while the regular cast didn't receive any nominations. The rule was reverted the following year.

On the comedy side, Murphy Brown won Outstanding Comedy Series for the second time, winning three major awards on the night, the most for a comedy series. On the drama side, L.A. Law 's strangle hold on Outstanding Drama Series came to an end, as Northern Exposure took home the award. Northern Exposure also won three major awards and received nine major nominations, which tied for the most in each category. For the first time in its run, The Golden Girls , then in its seventh and final season, was not nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series.

For the first time, the Lead Actor, Drama award went outside the Big Four television networks to a cable network show: Christopher Lloyd in Road to Avonlea , from the Disney Channel.

After being on the air for thirty years, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson finally heard its name called when its final season won for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Program. The show was first nominated for the category in 1964 and was 0/13 before this ceremony.

As of the 2021 Emmy ceremony, this was the last year where the Big Four broadcast networks received all the nominations in both the Comedy and Drama Series categories.

Winners and nominees

[4]

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

  • Michael Jeter as Herman Stiles in Evening Shade (CBS) (Episodes: "Herman in Charge" + "Hasta la Vista")
  • Richard Dysart as Leland McKenzie Jr. in L.A. Law (NBC) (Episodes: "Monkey on My Back Lot" + "P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead")
    • Edward Asner as Walter Kovacs in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (CBS) (Episodes: "Knock, Knock" + "Happy Birthday or Else")
    • John Corbett as Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "Only You" + "Burning Down the House")
    • Richard Kiley as Doug in The Ray Bradbury Theater (USA) (Episode: "The Utterly Perfect Murder")
    • Jimmy Smits as Victor Sifuentes in L.A. Law (NBC) (Episodes: "Steal It Again, Sam" + "Say Goodnight, Gracie")
    • Dean Stockwell as Al Calavicci in Quantum Leap (NBC) (Episodes: "The Leap Back: June 15, 1945" + "Dreams: February 28, 1979")
  • Valerie Mahaffey as Eve in Northern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "The Bumpy Road to Love" + "Lost and Found" + "Our Wedding")
    • Mary Alice as Marguerite Peck in I'll Fly Away (NBC) (Episodes: "Hard Lessons" + "A Dangerous Comfort")
    • Barbara Barrie as Mrs. Bream in Law & Order (NBC) (Episode: "Vengeance")
    • Conchata Ferrell as Susan Bloom in L.A. Law (NBC) (Episodes: "Spleen It to Me, Lucy" + "P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead")
    • Cynthia Geary as Shelly Tambo in Northern Exposure (CBS) (Episodes: "Oy, Wilderness" + "Get Real")
    • Marg Helgenberger as KC Kolowski in China Beach (ABC) (Episodes: "100 Klicks Out" + "The Always Goodbye")
    • Kay Lenz as Maggie Zombro in Reasonable Doubts (NBC) (Episodes: "One Woman's Word" + "Maggie Finds Her Soul")
  • Amanda Plummer as Lusia Weiss in Miss Rose White (NBC)
    • Anne Bancroft as Kate Jerome in Broadway Bound (ABC)
    • Bibi Besch as Lisa Carter in Doing Time on Maple Drive (Fox)
    • Penny Fuller as Kate Ryan in Miss Rose White (NBC)
    • Maureen Stapleton as Tanta Perla in Miss Rose White (NBC)

Individual performances

Directing

  • Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King Cole (PBS) – Patricia Birch

Writing

  • The 64th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
    • In Living Color (Fox)
    • Late Night with David Letterman (NBC)
    • Saturday Night Live (NBC)
    • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC)

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Nominations
NBC57
CBS33
ABC25
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Nominations
Northern ExposureDramaCBS9
Murphy BrownComedy8
SeinfeldNBC
Miss Rose WhiteMovie7
CheersComedy6
I'll Fly AwayDrama
Broadway BoundMovieABC5
L.A. LawDramaNBC
China BeachABC4
Law & OrderNBC
Quantum Leap
RoseanneComedyABC
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonVarietyNBC
The 64th Annual Academy AwardsABC3
Brooklyn BridgeComedyCBS
Doing Time on Maple DriveMovieFox
Evening ShadeComedyCBS
I'll Fly Away: PilotMovieNBC
Late Night with David LettermanVariety
The Trials of Rosie O'NeillDramaCBS
Unforgettable, with Love: Natalie Cole Sings the Songs of Nat King ColeVarietyPBS
Without Warning: The James Brady StoryMovieHBO
The Burden of ProofMiniseriesABC2
CoachComedy
The Golden GirlsNBC
Homefront: "Pilot"MovieABC
In Living ColorVarietyFox
Mrs. CageMoviePBS
Road to AvonleaDramaDisney
Saturday Night LiveVarietyNBC
WingsComedy

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Awards
NBC10
CBS8
ABC5
HBO2
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Awards
Miss Rose WhiteMovieNBC3
Murphy BrownComedyCBS
Northern ExposureDrama
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonVarietyNBC2
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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