17th CableACE Awards

Winners and nominees

Movie or Miniseries

• Citizen X
• The Burning Season

• Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season
• John Goodman – Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
• Tommy Lee Jones – The Good Old Boys
• Raúl Juliá – Down Came a Blackbird
• James Woods – Indictment: The McMartin Trial

  Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Linda Hamilton – A Mother's Prayer
• Laura Dern – Down Came a Blackbird
• Marlee Matlin – Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story
• Vanessa Redgrave – Down Came a Blackbird
• Mercedes Ruehl – Indictment: The McMartin Trial

  Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• Jeffrey DeMunn – Citizen X
• Robert Carlyle – Cracker
• Tony Haygarth – The Infiltrator
• Ben Kingsley – Joseph
• Max Von Sydow – Citizen X

  Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Jean Marsh – Fatherland
• Lolita Davidovich – Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Shirley Knight – Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Kay Lenz – Shame II: The Secret
• Diana Rigg – Screen Two

  Directing a Movie or Miniseries

• John Frankenheimer – The Burning Season
• Tim Fywell – Cracker
• Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X
• Mick Jackson – Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Jean Stewart – Cracker

  Writing for a Movie or Miniseries

• Stanley Price – Screen Two
• Joseph Dougherty – Witch Hunt
• Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X
• John Hopkins and Toshiro Ishido – Hiroshima
• Jimmy McGovern – Cracker

  Comedy Series

• The Larry Sanders Show
• Dream On
• Exit 57
• The State

  Actor in a Comedy Series

• Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• Brian Benben – Dream On
• Howie Mandel – Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies
• Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show
• Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show

  Actress in a Comedy Series

• Wendie Malick – Dream On
• Denny Dillon – Dream On
• Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show
• Jodi Lennon – Exit 57
• Amy Sedaris – Exit 57

  Directing a Comedy Series

• Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show
• Robby Benson – Dream On
• Robert Ginty – Dream On
• John Landis – Dream On
• Alan Myerson – The Larry Sanders Show

  Writing a Comedy Series

• Drake Sather, Garry Shandling, and Peter Tolan – The Larry Sanders Show
• H. Jon Benjamin, Loren Bouchard, Bill Braudis, Dom Irrera, Jonathan Katz, Karen LeBlanc, Annette LeBlanc Cate, Will Lebow, Richard Luongo, Andre Lyman, Julianne Shapiro, Laura Silverman, Tom Snyder, and Mark Usher – Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
• Maya Forbes – The Larry Sanders Show
• Maya Forbes, Steve Levitan, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• Paul Simms – The Larry Sanders Show

  Dramatic Series

• The Outer Limits
• Avonlea
• Tales From the Crypt
• The Showtime 30-Minute Movie

  Dramatic or Theatrical Special

• Cosmic Slop
• Cosmic Slop
• Cosmic Slop
• Tokyo Bound

  Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• John Hurt – Picture Windows
• Beau Bridges – The Outer Limits
• Larry Drake – The Outer Limits
• Kiefer Sutherland – Fallen Angels
• Jim True – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie

  Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Paula Jai Parker – Cosmic Slop
• Jackie Burroughs – Avonlea
• Jennifer Grey – Fallen Angels
• Isabella Rossellini – Tales From the Crypt
• Helen Shaver – The Outer Limits

  Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Stuart Gillard – The Outer Limits
• Jim McBride – Fallen Angels
• Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie
• Steven Soderbergh – Fallen Angels
• Robert Zemeckis – Tales From the Crypt

  Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie
• John Boorman – Picture Windows
• Trey Ellis – Cosmic Slop
• Ted Henning and Stephen Kay – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie
• Frank Pugliese – Fallen Angels

  Animated Special or Series

• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
• Duckman
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Rugrats

  Comedy Special

• HBO Comedy Hour
• South Bank Show
• South Bank Show
• South Bank Show
• State of the Union: Undressed

  Standup Comedy Special or Series

• Full Frontal Comedy
• A&E's An Evening at the Improv
• HBO Comedy Hour
• HBO Comedy Hour
• The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student

  Performance in a Comedy Special

• Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy – HBO Comedy Hour
• Danny Bonaduce, Franklin Cover, Frank Gorshin, Robert Hegyes, Sherman Hemsley, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, Ron Palillo, Isabel Sanford, and Adam West – 1995 MTV Movie Awards
• Karen Hines – Married Life
• Dennis Miller – State of the Union: Undressed

  Directing a Comedy Special

• Anthony Morina – The Clinic
• Ken Finkleman – Married Life
• Vince Paterson – In Search of Dr. Seuss

  News Special or Series

• Rwanda: Cry Justice
• CNN Presents
• CNN Presents
• New Religions: The Cult Question
• Vietnam: Coming to Terms

  Talk Show Series

• Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• Ask E. Jean
• Charles Grodin
• Four on the Floor
• Inside the Actors Studio

  Documentary Series

• Desmond Morris' The Human Animal
• 20th Century
• A Baby's World
• Biography
• VH1 to 1

  Entertainment Host

• Garry Shandling – HBO Comedy Hour
• Bobby Collins – Stand Up Spotlight
• John Henson – Talk Soup
• Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• Dennis Miller – Dennis Miller Live

  Writing an Entertainment Special

• Jeff Cesario, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Greg Greenburg, and Kevin Rooney – Dennis Miller Live
• Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl – The MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special
• Rosie O'Donnell – HBO Comedy Hour
• Marilyn Kentz and Caryl Kristensen – The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student
• Rita Rudner – HBO Comedy Hour

  Program Interviewer

• Jane Wallace – Under Scrutiny with Jane Wallace
• Larry King – Larry King Live
• Cal Thomas – Cal Thomas

  Sports Information Series

• MTV Sports
• Inside the NFL
• The Sporting Life With Jim Huber
• The Sports Reporters
• Up Close: Primetime

  Sports Host

• Keith Olbermann – SportsCenter
• Chris Berman
• Jim Lampley
• Dan Patrick
• Al Trautwig

  Sports Commentator/Analyst

• Dick Schaap – The Sports Reporters
• Doug Collins
• Peter Gammons
• Dick Vitale