47th Primetime Emmy Awards


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.
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 15 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

Programs

Outstanding Comedy SeriesOutstanding Drama Series

  • NYPD Blue,
  • * Chicago Hope,
  • * ER,
  • * Law & Order,
  • * The X-Files,
    • Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy SeriesOutstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
  • * Dennis Miller Live,
  • * Late Show with David Letterman,
  • * MTV Unplugged,
  • * Politically Incorrect,
  • ,
  • * The 67th Annual Academy Awards,
  • * AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg,
  • * A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman,
  • * Eagles: Hell Freezes Over,
    • Outstanding Made for Television MovieOutstanding Miniseries
  • ,
  • * The Burning Season,
  • * Citizen X,
  • * The Piano Lesson,
  • * ',
  • Joseph, '
  • * Buffalo Girls,
  • * Children of the Dust,
  • * Martin Chuzzlewit,
  • * A Woman of Independent Means'',

    • Acting

    Lead performances

    Supporting performances

    Guest performances

    Directing

    Writing

    Most major nominations

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