THE PEACOCK NETWORK STRUTS : HOT NBC LEADS TALLY, FOLLOWED BY CABLE'S HBO.Byline: Janet Weeks Daily News Staff Writer NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. proved it's not only the ``Must See TV'' network but the ``Must Win'' company as well, as the Peacock took the most awards and most of the top categories at the 48th annual Prime-time Emmy Awards on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. . Already the ratings leader, NBC turned its popular success into an artistic triumph by capturing 20 Emmys. Although the total is eight fewer than last year, the awards came in a series of important divisions. Peacock shows ``Frasier'' and ``ER'' won top comedy and dramatic series, respectively, and the network's Ted Danson-Mary Steenburgen miniseries ``Gulliver's Travels'' tied Fox's ``The X-Files'' as the most-honored show of the evening with five statuettes. It was the third straight best-comedy win for ``Frasier,'' a sophisticated sitcom set in Seattle. NBC also won for freshman sitcom ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' and ratings-winning comedy ``Friends.'' HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy followed NBC as the most-honored network with 14 wins, one fewer than last year but more than ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , which earned 12, and CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , which netted 11. This is the first year a cable company has placed second in the annual Emmy tally. In one aspect, the ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium Civic Auditorium is a name commonly used for a city's auditorium and/or arena. Canada
And unlike past years, there were no sweeping individual winners. ``ER'' was a top winner and also a big loser, failing in 16 of 17 nominated categories. ``Chicago Hope,'' nominated for 15 awards, won only two. HBO's ``The Larry Sanders For the television show and fictional character, see . Larry Sanders (born in New York) is an Oxfordshire County Councillor. He has lived in Oxford since 1969. He was trained professionally as a social worker and lawyer. Show,'' up for 12 comedy categories, captured just one. Of ``The X-Files' '' five awards, only one was in a televised category; the rest were technical honors handed out at a separate banquet on Saturday. ``Frasier'' won four awards, including a nod for writing and two technical honors (sound mixing and multi-camera editing). Two HBO movies won three awards each, the World War II drama ``Tuskegee Airmen'' and ``Rasputin.'' Indeed, the cable network had a banner year. The awards honored newcomers and those shut out in the past. Among them: The first Emmy for NBC's hit comedy ``Friends'' went to director Michael Lembeck Michael Lembeck(born June 251948) is an American actor and director. He is the son of the late actor Harvey Lembeck. Lembeck was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1948. He began acting in the late-1960s and directing in the 1970s. . Freshman comedy ``3rd Rock From the Sun,'' an NBC midseason replacement In North American Television a midseason replacement is a television show that premieres in the second half of a television season usually between January and April. Midseason replacements usually take place after a show that was in the fall schedule was canceled or put on hiatus. series and big ratings winner, won its first Emmy for lead actor John Lithgow John Arthur Lithgow (IPA: [ˈʤɔn ˈlɪθɡaʊ]) (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. . Supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista for a comedy series, the first award of the evening, went to Rip Torn, who plays Arthur in HBO's hip Hollywood talk-show sendup ``The Larry Sanders Show.'' Torn's Emmy was the first for the cable comedy, which had been nominated a collective 18 times in 1995, '94 and '93 but had never won. Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus This article is about the American actress. For the French actress, see Julie Dreyfus. Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus[1] (born January 13, 1961) is an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award-winning American actress and comedian who gained , who had been shut out of five previous nominations, won her first statuette for supporting actress. Louis-Dreyfus plays Elaine on NBC's ``Seinfeld.'' Moments before her name was read, she mouthed the word ``Please.'' In a similar moment, Helen Hunt won her first Emmy for her lead role in the NBC sitcom ``Mad About You.'' Hunt had been nominated three times previously. She thanked Candice Bergen, who declined a nomination this year for ``Murphy Brown.'' Bergen set a record last year for winning five Emmys in row for the newsroom-based sitcom. Tom Hulce won his first Emmy for his portrayal of Peter Patrone in TNT's ``The Heidi Chronicles.'' Hulce, who had been nominated once before, called the honor a ``sweet marker'' in his career. He thanked ``Frasier's'' David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Screen Actors Guild, Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his co-starring role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier alongside Kelsey Grammer. , who played Patrone on Broadway, for being too busy for the TV project. Helen Mirren won her first Emmy (Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries) for PBS' ``Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness.'' She had been nominated twice before for her role in the occasional series. Of course, several TV vetera`ns were honored, too, including Tyne Daly, who, winning her fifth Emmy, made history as the winningest dramatic actress. She won Sunday for her supporting role on CBS's canceled ``Christy.'' And Ray Walston, a fixture on TV since playing one of the medium's original alien on ``My Favorite Martian My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to September 4, 1966 for 107 episodes (75 in black and white 1963-1965, 32 color 1965-1966). The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin (the Martian) and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara. ,'' won his second Emmy for CBS' ``Picket Fences,'' which, like ``Christy,'' will not return this fall. His ``Picket Fences'' co-star Kathy Baker picked up her third Emmy for lead actress in a drama for her portrayal of Jill Brock. She beat out Angela Lansbury, who lost for the 16th time. She was nominated for the canceled CBS series ``Murder, She Wrote,'' for which she received 12 of those nominations. ``This wasn't supposed to happen again,'' Baker said. Dennis Franz also became a multiple winner when he went home for a second year with the lead actor in a drama series award for his role as Detective Sipowicz on ABC's ``NYPD Blue.'' Director John Frankenheimer, who won best directing of a miniseries for TNT's ``Andersonville,'' collected his third Emmy. He captured the first in 1956. ``I'm overwhelmed by this,'' he said, calling the Turner production about a Civil War prisoners camp ``a fabulous experience.'' Fox's creepy paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. drama ``The X-Files,'' which swept the technical Emmys Saturday night with four awards, was kept to just one Emmy, for writer Darin Morgan. This year's broadcast was hosted by the affable Paul Reiser, a previous host of the Grammys, whose opening monologue took shots at the medium being honored. Reiser took the stage just after the orchestra played a medley of TV theme songs. Reiser also announced that the Emmys broadcast was being beamed to 600 million people in more than 100 nations. And the Emmy went to . . . COMEDY Series: ``Frasier'' Lead Actor: John Lithgow, ``3rd Rock From the Sun'' Lead Actress: Helen Hunt, ``Mad About You'' Supporting Actor: Rip Torn, ``The Larry Sanders Show'' Supporting A`ctress: Julia Louis Dreyfuss, ``Seinfeld'' DRAMA Series: ``ER'' Lead Actor: Dennis Franz, ``NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA) NYPD New York Play Development Blue'' Lead Actress: Kathy Baker, ``Picket Fences'' Supporting Actor: Ray Walston, ``Picket Fences'' Supporting Actress: Tyne Daly, ``Christy'' CAPTION(S): 6 Photos, Box Photo: (1-2-3--color) MUST SEE TV NBC is proud as a peacock "Proud as a Peacock" was the advertising campaign used by the NBC television and radio networks from 1979 to 1981, used to help introduce the "Proud N", a logo that would be used until 1986. The campaign By 1979, NBC had fallen to third place in the ratings. , taking top honors with 20 Emmys Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, above, won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Below left, John Lithgow celebrates his award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. ``Frasier's David Hyde Pierce and Jane Leeves ham it up Verb 1. ham it up - exaggerate one's acting ham, overact, overplay dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays before their show was named Outstanding Comedy Series for the third year in a row. (1,2) Hans Gutknecht/Daily News (3) Phil McCarten/Daily News (4) The academy gave a thumbs up to Rip Torn for supporting actor in a comedy series, but HBO's ``The Larry Sanders Show'' - nominated for 12 awards - captured just the one. (5) Nominated three times before, Helen Hunt finally takes home an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series on NBC's ``Mad About You.'' (6) Tyne Daly becomes the winningest dramatic actress in Emmy history as she's honored for her supporting work on CBS' canceled ``Christy.'' Hans Gutknecht/Daily News Box: And the Emmy went to . . . (see text) |
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