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43rd Primetime Emmy Awards

1991 American television programming awards

Field	Value
name	43rd Primetime Emmy Awards
date	August 25, 1991
location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
host	Dennis Miller
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jerry Seinfeld
network	Fox
most_awards	Cheers (4)
most_nominations	Cheers (9)
award1_type	Outstanding Comedy Series
award1_winner	Cheers
award2_type	Outstanding Drama Series
award2_winner	L.A. Law
award3_type	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries
award3_winner	Separate but Equal
award4_type	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program
award4_winner	The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
previous	42nd
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	44th

Jamie Lee Curtis Jerry Seinfeld

The 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, August 25, 1991. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, presenting 27 awards. The network TNT received its first major nomination at this ceremony.

For its ninth season, Cheers won Outstanding Comedy Series for the fourth time, tying All in the Familys record. Cheers spinoff Frasier would later break this record, ultimately winning five in a row. Cheers also received the most major nominations (9) and major awards (4) during the ceremony. The drama field also saw a four-time winner crowned as L.A. Law won Outstanding Drama Series for the fourth time in five years. This tied the record set by Hill Street Blues whose four wins came consecutively. James Earl Jones joined an exclusive club, as he won two acting Emmys for his work on two different series.

John Gielgud's win for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special made him the fourth person to become an EGOT.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Individual performances

Directing

Writing

Miscellaneous

Most major nominations

Network	No. of
Nominations
NBC	46
ABC	36
CBS	31

Program	Category	Network	No. of
Nominations
Cheers	Comedy	NBC	9
L.A. Law	Drama	8
Murphy Brown	Comedy	CBS	7
Thirtysomething	Drama	ABC	6
Decoration Day	Miniseries/Special	NBC	5
The Josephine Baker Story	HBO
Sarah, Plain and Tall	CBS
Separate but Equal	ABC
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards	Variety	4
China Beach	Drama
Evening Shade	Comedy	CBS
In Living Color	Variety	Fox
Paris Trout	Miniseries/Special	Showtime
Coach	Comedy	ABC	3
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Lifetime
The Golden Girls	NBC
Late Night with David Letterman	Variety
Quantum Leap	Drama
Seinfeld	Comedy
Designing Women	CBS	2
Gabriel's Fire	Drama	ABC
The Kennedy Center Honors	Variety	CBS
Long Road Home	Miniseries/Special	NBC
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson	Variety	CBS
Northern Exposure	Drama
Twin Peaks	ABC
The Wonder Years	Comedy

Most major awards

Network	No. of
Awards
ABC	11
NBC	8
CBS	2
HBO
PBS

Program	Category	Network	No. of
Awards
Cheers	Comedy	NBC	4
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards	Variety	ABC	3
Gabriel's Fire	Drama	2
The Josephine Baker Story	Miniseries/Special	HBO
L.A. Law	Drama	NBC
Murphy Brown	Comedy	CBS
Separate but Equal	Miniseries/Special	ABC
Thirtysomething	Drama

;Notes

Presenters

The awards were presented by the following people:

Presenter(s)	Award(s)
Burt Reynolds
Loni Anderson	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Victoria Principal	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Jane Seymour
John Goodman	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Corbin Bernsen
Christina Applegate	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Craig T. Nelson
Jerry Van Dyke	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Beatrice Arthur
Betty White
Rue McClanahan
Estelle Getty	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Kirk Cameron
Chelsea Noble	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special
Richard Mulligan
Park Overall	Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special
Mary-Kate Olsen
Ashley Olsen
Bob Saget	Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Special
Crystal Bernard
Alan Thicke	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special
The cast of Designing Women	Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or Special
Richard Lewis	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
Jimmy Smits
Susan Dey	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special
Sela Ward
Julianne Phillips
Fred Savage	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special
Gilbert Gottfried	Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
Rob Morrow
Jeannine Taylor	Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program
Faith Ford
Mike Myers	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Jason Priestley
Shannen Doherty
Luke Perry	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Falk	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Harry Hamlin
Nicolette Sheridan	Outstanding Drama Series
Sam Kinison	Outstanding Editing for a Series – Multi-Camera Production
Keenan Ivory Wayans	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries
Macaulay Culkin	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Marilu Henner
Carol Kane
Christopher Lloyd	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Carol Burnett	Outstanding Comedy Series

Tribute

A stand-alone tribute was presented to actor Michael Landon by his fellow Little House on the Prairie co-stars Melissa Gilbert and Merlin Olsen. Before the tribute, Gilbert briefly eulogized Lee Remick, Bert Convy, Harry Reasoner and Colleen Dewhurst.

References

[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991 Emmys.com list of 1991 Nominees & Winners]
"Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 1991". Emmys.com.
"1990–1991 Emmy Awards". infoplease.com.
King, Susan. (2021-09-17). "1991 Emmys flashback: Black performers make history, 'Cheers' and 'L.A. Law' each win #4".
"43rd Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners".
(8 February 2017). "43rd Primetime Emmy Awards - 1991".

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