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42nd Primetime Emmy Awards

1990 American television programming awards

Field	Value
name	42nd Primetime Emmy Awards
date	{{unbulleted list
location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
hosts	Candice Bergen
Jay Leno
Jane Pauley
most_awards	L.A. Law (3)
most_nominations	L.A. Law (11)
award1_type	Outstanding Comedy Series
award1_winner	Murphy Brown
award2_type	Outstanding Drama Series
award2_winner	L.A. Law
award3_type	Outstanding Miniseries
award3_winner	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
award4_type	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
award4_winner	In Living Color
network	Fox
previous	41st
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	43rd

| September 16, 1990 (Ceremony) | September 15, 1990 (Creative Arts Awards) Jay Leno Jane Pauley

The 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 16, 1990. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Two networks, The Family Channel and The Disney Channel, received their first major nominations.

For its second season, Murphy Brown won Outstanding Comedy Series and one other major award. Defending champion Cheers received the most major nominations for a comedy series with 9 and Newhart finished its series run with 21 major nominations, but not a single win. On the drama side, L.A. Law won Outstanding Drama Series for the third time in four years and also won three major awards, receiving the most major nominations for a drama series with 11. This became the first year that every cast member of The Golden Girls wasn't nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

This ceremony was remembered for the circumstance that three major categories resulted in ties, the most ever for one ceremony.

A clip of The Simpsons presenting the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series can be seen on the DVD boxset of the second season as a special feature.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Individual performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

Network	Number of
Nominations
NBC	47
ABC
CBS	35
HBO	11

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Nominations
L.A. Law	Drama	NBC	11
Cheers	Comedy	9
Twin Peaks	Drama	ABC	7
Murphy Brown	Comedy	CBS	6
Thirtysomething	Drama	ABC
Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow	Variety	HBO	4
The Golden Girls	Comedy	NBC
The Kennedys of Massachusetts	Miniseries	ABC
A Killing in a Small Town	Special	CBS
The Wonder Years	Comedy	ABC
Caroline?	Special	CBS	3
China Beach	Drama	ABC
Designing Women	Comedy	CBS
The Famous Teddy Z
The Final Days	Special	ABC
Quantum Leap	Drama	NBC
Saturday Night Live	Variety
The Tracey Ullman Show	Fox
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards	CBS	2
The 62nd Academy Awards	ABC
Age-Old Friends	Special	HBO
''The Best of 'The Tracey Ullman Show'''	Variety	Fox
Coach	Comedy	ABC
Family of Spies	Miniseries	CBS
The Image	Special	HBO
In Living Color	Variety	Fox
The Incident	Special	CBS
Murder in Mississippi	NBC
Newhart	Comedy	CBS
Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration	Variety	ABC
Small Sacrifices	Miniseries

Most major awards

Network	Number of
Awards
ABC	10
CBS	9
NBC	8
HBO	3
Fox	2

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Awards
L.A. Law	Drama	NBC	3
Age-Old Friends	Special	HBO	2
Caroline?	CBS
Cheers	Comedy	NBC
Murphy Brown	CBS
Thirtysomething	Drama	ABC
The Wonder Years	Comedy

;Notes

References

[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990 Emmys.com list of 1990 Nominees & Winners]

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