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{{Short description|1998 American television programming awards}}

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• Frasier
• George Wallace
• NYPD Blue (3){edih}

• ER
• NYPD Blue (8){edih}

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series>Outstanding Comedy Series| award1_winner = FrasierPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series>Outstanding Drama Series| award2_winner = The PracticePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series>Outstanding MiniseriesFrom the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)>From the Earth to the MoonPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series>Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series| award4_winner = Late Show with David Letterman49th Primetime Emmy Awards>49thPrimetime Emmy Awards}}51st Primetime Emmy Awards>51st}}The 50th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 13, 1998. It was broadcast on NBC.When Frasier was announced as the winner of Outstanding Comedy Series, Emmy history was made. The NBC sitcom became the first show to win one of the two main series prizes five consecutive years. This record has since been passed by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, whose winning streak was ten years, but for the main two genres, it was not matched until 2014, when the ABC sitcom Modern Family won its fifth consecutive award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Frasier tied for the most major wins overall with three.The Practice won Outstanding Drama Series. For the second straight year, medical drama ER came into the night as the most nominated program, but once again walked away empty handed, going 0/8 in major categories.Ally McBeal became the first hour-long series to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series since Love, American Style in 1971.This year saw the Emmys move to a new venue, the Shrine Auditorium, marking the return of the award ceremony to Los Angeles for the first time since the 1976 Emmy Awards, following a 20-year residency at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium outside L.A. in Pasadena.As of the 2023 Emmy Awards ceremony, this is the last year where all the nominees for Outstanding Drama Series were from the broadcast networks.

Winners and nominees

Emmys.com list of 1998 Nominees & Winners

Programs

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• Frasier (NBC)
  • 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
  • Ally McBeal (Fox)
  • The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
  • Seinfeld (NBC)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Drama Series}}

• The Practice (ABC)
  • ER (NBC)
  • Law & Order (NBC)
  • NYPD Blue (ABC)
  • The X-Files (Fox)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series}}

• Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
  • Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
  • Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (ABC)
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)
  • Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special}}

• The 51st Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
  • The 70th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
  • Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (ABC)
  • Cinderella (ABC)
  • (Garth: Live from Central Park) (HBO)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Made for Television Movie}}

• (Don King: Only in America) (HBO)
  • 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
  • A Bright Shining Lie (HBO)
  • Gia (HBO)
  • What the Deaf Man Heard (CBS)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Miniseries}}

• From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)
  • George Wallace (TNT)
  • Merlin (NBC)
  • Moby Dick (USA)
  • More Tales of the City (Showtime)

Acting

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Lead performances{| class"wikitable" width"100%" {{Award category

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series}}

• Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane in Frasier (NBC) (Episode: "Frasier's Imaginary Friend")
  • Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty in Spin City (ABC) (Episode: "The Goodbye Girl")
  • John Lithgow as Dr. Dick Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC) (Episode: "Stuck with Dick")
  • Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman in Mad About You (NBC) (Episode: "The Conversation")
  • Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders in The Larry Sanders Show (HBO) (Episode: "Flip")

{{Award categoryOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series}}

• Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman in Mad About You (NBC) (Episode: "Moody Blues")
  • Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase in Veronica's Closet (NBC) (Episode: "Pilot")
  • Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan in Ellen (ABC) (Episode: "Neighbors")
  • Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery in Dharma & Greg (ABC) (Episode: "Haus Arrest")
  • Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal in Ally McBeal (Fox) (Episode: "One Hundred Tears Away")
  • Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor in Home Improvement (ABC) (Episode: "Bright Christmas")

{{Award categoryOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series}}

• Andre Braugher as Frank Pembleton in (Homicide: Life on the Street) (NBC) (Episode: "(Fallen Heroes (Homicide: Life on the Street)|Fallen Heroes)", Part 2)
  • David Duchovny as FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files (Fox) (Episode: "Redux II")
  • Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene in ER (NBC) (Episode: "Family Practice")
  • Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue (ABC) (Episode: "The One That Got Away")
  • Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone in NYPD Blue (ABC) (Episode: "Lost Israel")

{{Award categoryOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series}}

• Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin in Chicago Hope (CBS) (Episode: "Cabin Fever")
  • Gillian Anderson as Dr. Dana Scully in The X-Files (Fox) (Episode: "All Souls")
  • Roma Downey as Monica in Touched by an Angel (CBS) (Episode: "The Spirit of Liberty Moon")
  • Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway in ER (NBC) (Episode: "Carter's Choice")
  • Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (CBS) (Episode: "Point Blank")

{{Award categoryOutstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie}}

• Gary Sinise as George Wallace in George Wallace (TNT)
  • Jack Lemmon as Juror 8 in 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
  • Sam Neill as Merlin in Merlin (NBC)
  • Ving Rhames as Don King in Don King: Only in America (HBO)
  • Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab in Moby Dick (USA)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie}}

• Ellen Barkin as Glory Marie Jackson in Before Women Had Wings (ABC)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis as Maggie Green in Nicholas' Gift (CBS)
  • Judy Davis as Gladwyn Ritchie in The Echo of Thunder (CBS)
  • Olympia Dukakis as Mrs. Anna Madrigal in More Tales of the City (Showtime)
  • Angelina Jolie as Gia Carangi in Gia (HBO)
  • Sigourney Weaver as Lady Claudia Hoffman in (Snow White: A Tale of Terror) (Showtime)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program}}

• Billy Crystal in The 70th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
  • Garth Brooks in Garth: Live from Central Park (HBO)
  • Michael Crawford in Michael Crawford in Concert (PBS)
  • Jay Leno in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC)
  • David Letterman in Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
  • Tracey Ullman in Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

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Supporting performances{| classwikitable width"100%" {{Award category

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series}}

• David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier (NBC) (Episodes: "The Maris Counselor" + "First Date")
  • Jason Alexander as George Costanza in Seinfeld (NBC) (Episode: "The Strike")
  • Phil Hartman as Bill McNeal in NewsRadio (NBC) (posthumously)
  • Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley in The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
  • Rip Torn as Arthur in The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series}}

• Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends (NBC) (Episode: "The One with Ross's Wedding")
  • Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe in Cybill (CBS) (Episode: "The Golden Years")
  • Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC)
  • Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon in Frasier (NBC) (Episodes: "Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name" + "First Date")
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes in Seinfeld (NBC)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series}}

• Gordon Clapp as Greg Medavoy in NYPD Blue (ABC)
  • Héctor Elizondo as Dr. Phillip Watters in Chicago Hope (CBS) (Episodes: "Psychodrama" + "Bridge Over Troubled Watters")
  • Steven Hill as Adam Schiff in Law & Order (NBC)
  • Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton in ER (NBC)
  • Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter in ER (NBC)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series}}

• Camryn Manheim as Ellenor Frutt in The Practice (ABC) (Episodes: "Checkmate" + "Axe Murderer")
  • Kim Delaney as Diane Russell in NYPD Blue (ABC)
  • Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver in ER (NBC)
  • Della Reese as Tess in Touched by an Angel (CBS)
  • Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet in ER (NBC)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie}}

• George C. Scott as Juror 3 in 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
  • Hume Cronyn as Juror 9 in 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
  • Gregory Peck as Father Mapple in Moby Dick (USA)
  • Martin Short as Frik in Merlin (NBC)
  • J. T. Walsh as Ray Percy in Hope (TNT)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie}}

• Mare Winningham as Lurleen Wallace in George Wallace (TNT)
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Morgan Le Fey in Merlin (NBC)
  • Julie Harris as Leonora Nelson in Ellen Foster (CBS)
  • Judith Ivey as Lucille in What the Deaf Man Heard (CBS)
  • Angelina Jolie as Cornelia Wallace in George Wallace (TNT)

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Directing{| class"wikitable" width"100%" {{Award category

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series}}

• The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "Flip" – Todd Holland
  • 3rd Rock from the Sun (NBC): "Dick and the Other Guy" – Terry Hughes
  • Ally McBeal (Fox): "Cro-Magnon" – Allan Arkush
  • Ally McBeal (Fox): "Pilot" – James Frawley
  • Dharma & Greg (ABC): "Pilot" – James Burrows

{{Award categoryOutstanding Directing for a Drama Series}}

• Brooklyn South (CBS): "Pilot" – Mark Tinker
• NYPD Blue (ABC): "Lost Israel", Part 2 – Paris Barclay
  • Chicago Hope (CBS): "Brain Salad Surgery" – Bill D'Elia
  • ER (NBC): "Ambush" – Thomas Schlamme
  • The X-Files (Fox): "The Post-Modern Prometheus" – Chris Carter

{{Award categoryOutstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program}}

• The 70th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) – Louis J. Horvitz
  • Cinderella (ABC) – Robert Iscove
  • Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (MTV) – Bruce Gowers
  • Garth: Live from Central Park (HBO) – Marty Callner
  • Stomp Out Loud (HBO) – Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas
  • Tracey Takes On... (HBO): "Smoking" – Don Scardino

{{Award categoryOutstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie}}

• George Wallace (TNT) – John Frankenheimer
  • 12 Angry Men (Showtime) – William Friedkin
  • Don King: Only in America (HBO) – John Herzfeld
  • From the Earth to the Moon (HBO): "Part I" – Tom Hanks
  • Merlin (NBC) – Steve Barron

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Writing{| class"wikitable" width"100%" {{Award category

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series}}

• The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "Flip" – Peter Tolan and Garry Shandling
  • Ally McBeal (Fox): "Time of Life" – David E. Kelley
  • Ellen (ABC): "Emma" – Lawrence Broch
  • Frasier (NBC): "The Ski Lodge" – Joe Keenan
  • The Larry Sanders Show (HBO): "Putting the 'Gay' Back in Litigation" – Richard Day, Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck

{{Award categoryOutstanding Writing for a Drama Series}}

• NYPD Blue (ABC): "Lost Israel", Part 2 – {{StoryTeleplay|s=David Milch and Bill Clark|t=David Milch and Nicholas Wootton}}
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC): "The Subway" – James Yoshimura
  • NYPD Blue (ABC): "Lost Israel", Part 1 – {{StoryTeleplay|s=Ted Mann, Bill Clark and Meredith Stiehm|t=David Milch and Ted Mann}}
  • The Practice (ABC): "Betrayal" – David E. Kelley
  • The X-Files (Fox): "The Post-Modern Prometheus" – Chris Carter

{{Award categoryOutstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program}}

• Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
  • The Chris Rock Show (HBO)
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC)
  • Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
  • Mr. Show with Bob and David (HBO)

{{Award categoryOutstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie}}

• Don King: Only in America (HBO) – Kario Salem
  • From the Earth to the Moon (HBO): "Part II" – Graham Yost
  • Gia (HBO) – Jay McInerney and Michael Cristofer
  • Merlin (NBC) – {{StoryTeleplay|s=Edward Khmara|t=David Stevens and Peter Barnes}}
  • More Tales of the City (Showtime) – Nicholas Wright

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Most major nominations{| class"wikitable"Creative Arts Emmy Award>technical categories.

! Network! No. ofNominationsstyle="text-align:center"| NBC| 49style="text-align:center"| HBO| 29style="text-align:center"| ABC| 25style="text-align:center"| CBS| 19style="text-align:center"| Fox| 13{| class="wikitable"|+Programs with multiple major nominations! Program! Category! Network! No. ofNominationsstyle="text-align:center"| ERDrama| NBC8style="text-align:center"| NYPD Blue| ABCstyle="text-align:center"| The Larry Sanders Show| Comedy| HBO| 7style="text-align:center"| Merlin| Miniseries| NBC| 6style="text-align:center"| 12 Angry Men| Movie| Showtime5style="text-align:center"| Ally McBealComedy| Foxstyle="text-align:center"| Frasier| NBCstyle="text-align:center"| George Wallace| Miniseries| TNTstyle="text-align:center"| The X-Files| Drama| Foxstyle="text-align:center"| 3rd Rock from the Sun| Comedy| NBC4style="text-align:center"| Don King: Only in America| Movie| HBOstyle="text-align:center"| The 70th Annual Academy Awards| Variety| ABC3style="text-align:center"| Chicago Hope| Drama| CBSstyle="text-align:center"| From the Earth to the Moon| MiniseriesHBOstyle="text-align:center"| Garth: Live from Central Park| Varietystyle="text-align:center"| Gia| Moviestyle="text-align:center"| Late Show with David Letterman| Variety| CBSstyle="text-align:center"| Moby DickMiniseries| USAstyle="text-align:center"| More Tales of the City| Showtimestyle="text-align:center"| The Practice| Drama| ABCstyle="text-align:center"| Seinfeld| Comedy| NBCstyle="text-align:center"| Tracey Takes On...Variety| HBOstyle="text-align:center"| Cinderella| ABC2style="text-align:center"| Dennis Miller Live| HBOstyle="text-align:center"| Dharma & GregComedyABCstyle="text-align:center"| Ellenstyle="text-align:center"| Homicide: Life on the StreetDramaNBCstyle="text-align:center"| Law & Orderstyle="text-align:center"| Mad About You| Comedystyle="text-align:center"| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno| Varietystyle="text-align:center"| Touched by an Angel| DramaCBSstyle="text-align:center"| What the Deaf Man Heard| Movietechnical categories.">

Most major awards{| class"wikitable"Creative Arts Emmy Award>technical categories.

! Network! No. ofAwardsstyle="text-align:center"| ABC| 9style="text-align:center"| HBO7style="text-align:center"| NBCstyle="text-align:center"| CBS| 5style="text-align:center"| TNT| 3{| class="wikitable"|+Programs with multiple major awards! Program! Category! Network! No. ofAwardsstyle="text-align:center"| Frasier| Comedy| NBC3style="text-align:center"| George Wallace| Miniseries| TNTstyle="text-align:center"| NYPD Blue| DramaABCstyle="text-align:center"| The 70th Annual Academy Awards| Variety2style="text-align:center"| Don King: Only in America| MovieHBOstyle="text-align:center"| The Larry Sanders Show| Comedystyle="text-align:center"| The Practice| Drama| ABC

Notes

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In Memoriam

Patrick Stewart presented a clip tribute to the TV actors who had died: Red Skelton, Shari Lewis, Lloyd Bridges, Roy Rogers, singer John Denver, Robert Young, dancer Jerome Robbins, sports narrator Harry Caray, Frank Sinatra, singer Buffalo Bob, E. G. Marshall, J. T. Walsh, Sonny Bono, Phil Hartman, and Chris Farley. As an interesting note, Gary Sinise won the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of George Wallace on the day that the latter died.

References

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External links

• Emmys.com list of 1998 Nominees & Winners
• {{IMDb event|0000223/1998}}

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