47th Primetime Emmy Awards

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47th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Date
  • September 10, 1995
    (Ceremony)
  • September 9, 1995
    (Creative Arts Awards)
Location Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by Jason Alexander
Cybill Shepherd
Highlights
Most awards Frasier (5)
Most nominations ER (11)
Outstanding Comedy Series Frasier
Outstanding Drama Series NYPD Blue
Outstanding Miniseries Joseph
Outstanding Variety Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox
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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.

Contents

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

[1]

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

  • 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

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Nominations
NBC 56
CBS 32
HBO 27
ABC 20
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Nominations
ER Drama NBC 11
NYPD Blue ABC 7
The Burning SeasonMovie HBO 6
Frasier Comedy NBC
Indictment: The McMartin TrialMovie HBO
The Larry Sanders Show Comedy
Seinfeld NBC
Citizen XMovie HBO 5
Friends Comedy NBC
The Piano LessonMovie CBS
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story NBC
Chicago HopeDrama CBS 4
Barbra Streisand: The ConcertVariety HBO 3
Buffalo GirlsMiniseries CBS
Mad About YouComedy NBC
My So-Called LifeDrama ABC
RoseanneComedy
The 67th Annual Academy AwardsVariety2
CybillComedy CBS
Dennis Miller LiveVariety HBO
JosephMiniseries TNT
Late Show with David LettermanVariety CBS
Picket FencesDrama
Politically Incorrect with Bill MaherVariety Comedy Central
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC
A Woman of Independent MeansMiniseries
The X-FilesDrama Fox

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNo. of
Awards
NBC12
HBO8
CBS5
ABC2
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNo. of
Awards
FrasierComedyNBC5
ERDrama3
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer StoryMovie
Barbra Streisand: The ConcertVarietyHBO2
The Burning SeasonMovie
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Picket FencesDramaCBS
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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