"ER," television's top-rated program, received a leading 17 nominations Thursday for the 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, including a bid in a new category aimed at recognizing social value.
TV's other medical drama, "Chicago Hope," received 15 bids as the second-most-nominated show. Awards will be given out in September.Among the networks, NBC received 88 nominations, followed by CBS with 67 and HBO with 66. ABC, which received 55 bids, was edged by the cable network for the second year in a row.
The President's Award, a new category that recognizes the program that best explores social, educational or medical issues, drew the majority of its nominees from cable TV. They included "A&E Biography," "Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial," "The Celluloid Closet" and "Survivors of the Holocaust." The sole broadcast entry was "ER."
Other nominees in the outstanding drama series category were "Law & Order," "NYPD Blue" and "The X-Files."
Among comedies, cable's "The Larry Sanders Show" received the most bids with 12, followed by "Frasier" with 11. "Frasier" has won the Emmy for best comedy series the past two years. The other comedy nominees were "Friends," "Mad About You" and "Seinfeld."
The most-nominated miniseries was "Gulliver's Travels" with 10.
George Clooney and Anthony Edwards of "ER" earned best dramatic actor nominations along with Andre Braugher of "Homicide" and Dennis Franz and Jimmy Smits of "NYPD Blue."
Stars of two canceled series were among the nominees for outstanding lead actress in a drama - Kathy Baker of "Picket Fences" and Angela Lansbury of "Murder, She Wrote." Other actress nominees were Gillian Anderson of "The X-Files," Christine Lahti of "Chicago Hope" and Sherry String-field of "ER."
For Lansbury, it was her 12th nomination. She has never won an Emmy.
"This is my last chance, my last hurrah," Lansbury said by telephone from her Los Angeles area home. "Murder, She Wrote" concluded its 12th and final season in the spring.
"I'm very proud to be nominated again," she said.
Best lead comedy actor nominees were 1995 winner Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier," John Lithgow of the new series "3rd Rock From the Sun," Paul Reiser of "Mad About You," Jerry Seinfeld of "Seinfeld" and Garry Shandling of "The Larry Sanders Show."
For outstanding actress in a comedy series, the nominees were Ellen DeGeneres of "Ellen," Fran Drescher of "The Nanny," Helen Hunt of "Mad About You," Patricia Richardson of "Home Improvement" and Cybill Shepherd of "Cybill."
In addition to "Gulliver's Travels," other miniseries nominees were "Andersonville," "Hiroshima," "Moses" and "Pride & Prejudice."
In the made-for-television movie category, bids went to "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story," "The Heidi Chronicles," "The Late Shift," "Truman" and the "Tuskegee Airmen."
A total of 375 nominations were announced in pre-dawn ceremonies. Hosts were actress-comedian Tracey Ullman and Richard H. Frank, president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held Sept. 8 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and will be broadcast live by ABC, part of a rotation deal the academy struck with the four broadcast networks.
Reiser of "Mad About You" has been named host of this year's ceremony, with Oprah Winfrey and Michael J. Fox helping introduce various segments.
Dick Clark is producing the ceremony, which will salute the 50th anniversary of television.
Award winners will be determined by peer panels.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 48th Annual Prime-time Emmy Awards, announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences:
1. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION FOR A SERIES: "Cybill: Wedding Bell Blues," CBS; "Murder One: Chapter One," ABC; "Murder She Wrote: Nan's Ghost," CBS; "NYPD Blue: Hollie and the Blowfish," ABC; "The X-Files: Jose Chung's From Outer Space," Fox.
2. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Andersonville: Part 1," TNT; "Gulliver's Travels: Part One," NBC; "Harvest of Fire (Hallmark Hall of Fame)," CBS; "Rasputin," HBO; "Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire," CBS.
3. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; "The Best of Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO; "Magicians' Favorite Magicians," CBS; "Muppets Tonight: With Special Guest Star Tony Bennett," ABC; "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Show 914," NBC.
4. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING FOR A SERIES: "Chicago Hope," CBS; "ER," NBC; "Frasier," NBC; "Homicide: Life on the Street," NBC; "Picket Fences," CBS; "Sein-feld," NBC.
5. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING FOR A MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: "The Boys Next Door (Hallmark Hall of Fame)" CBS; "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo," CBS; "The Late Shift," HBO; "Truman," HBO; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO.
6. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY: "Comic Relief VII," HBO; "Ice Princess," HBO; "1995 Miss America Pageant," NBC; "1995 MTV Video Music Awards," MTV; "Pride & Prejudice: Part 1," A&E.
7. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES: "Babylon 5: Comes the Inquisitor," syndicated; "Chicago Hope: Leave of Absence," CBS; "ER: Hell and High Water," NBC; "Murder One: Chapter One," ABC; "The X-Files: Grotesque," Fox.
8. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Andersonville: Part 2," TNT; "Gul-liver's Travels: Part 1," NBC; "Harrison, Cry of the City," UPN; "Norma Jean and Marilyn," HBO; "Rasputin," HBO; "Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy: Part 2," CBS.
9. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUMING FOR A SERIES: "Cybill: Where's Zoey?," CBS; "JAG: Smoked," NBC; "The Nanny: The Kibbutz," CBS; "Picket Fences: Three Weddings and a Meltdown," CBS.
10. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUMING FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "The Christmas Box," CBS.
11. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A SERIES: "Avonlea: What a Tangled Web We Weave," Disney; "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: When a Child Is Born Part I," CBS; "Remember WENN: Hillary Booth Registered Nurse," AMC; "Sisters: Don't Go to Springfield," NBC; "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Muse," syndicated.
12. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Andersonville: Part 2," TNT; "Gulliver's Travels: Part 1," NBC; "Lily Dale," Showtime; "Pride & Prejudice: Part 1," A "Rasputin," HBO.
13. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM: "Barbara Mandrell: Steppin' Out," TNN; "The Best of Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO; "Muppets Tonight: With Special Guest Star Garth Brooks," ABC.
14. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES: "Friends: The One After the Superbowl," NBC; "The Larry Sanders Show: Arthur After Hours," HBO; "The Larry Sanders Show: I Was a Teenage Lesbian," HBO; "Seinfeld: The Soup Nazi," NBC; "3rd Rock From the Sun: Pilot," NBC.
15. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES: "Chicago Hope: Leave of Absence," CBS; "ER: The Healers," NBC; "ER: Hell and High Water," NBC; "Murder One: Chapter One," ABC; "NYPD Blue: Backboard Jungle," ABC.
16. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; "The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS; "Late Show With David Letterman: Episode 503," CBS; "Marsalis on Music: Sousa to Satchmo," PBS; "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: Show 914," NBC.
17. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story," Lifetime; "Andersonville," TNT; "Gulliver's Travels," NBC; "The Heidi Chronicles," TNT; "The Late Shift," HBO.
18. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING FOR A SERIES - SINGLE CAMERA PRODUCTION: "Chicago Hope: Leave of Absence," CBS; "ER: Hell and High Water," NBC; "ER: The Healers," NBC; "JAG: Pilot," NBC; "NYPD Blue: Death in the Family," ABC.
19. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL - SINGLE CAMERA PRODUCTION: "Andersonville: Part 2," TNT; "Gulliver's Travels: Part 1," NBC; "Hiroshima: Part 1," Show-time; "Truman," HBO; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO
20. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING FOR SERIES - MULTI-CAMERA PRODUCTION: "Frasier: The Adventures of Bad Boy and Dirty Girl," NBC; "Frasier: The Show Where Diane Comes Back," NBC; "Home Improvement: The Longest Day," ABC; "Murphy Brown: Up in Smoke," CBS; "Seinfeld: The Rye," NBC.
21. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL, MULTI-CAMERA PRODUCTION: "Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny," NBC; "The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS; "Pavarotti on Miami Beach," PBS; "Sinatra: 80 Year My Way," ABC; "20 Years of Comedy on HBO," HBO.
22. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND TITLE SEQUENCES: "Caroline in the City," NBC; "Central Park West," CBS; "Discovery Journal," Discovery Channel.
23. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIRSTYLING FOR A SERIES: "Chicago Hope: Right to Life," CBS; "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: When a Child Is Born," CBS; "Saturday Night Live: Quentin Tarantino," NBC; "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Our Man Bashir," syndicated; "Star Trek: Voyager: Persistence of Vision," UPN; "3rd Rock From the Sun: The Dicks They Are a Changin," NBC.
24. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIRSTYLING FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "The Best of Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO; "Bye Bye Birdie," ABC; "Gulliver's Travels: Part 1," NBC; "The Heidi Chronicles," TNT; "Norma Jean and Marilyn," HBO.
25. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION (ELECTRONIC) FOR A COMEDY SERIES: "Dave's World: Writing Wrongs," CBS; "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Burnin' Down the House," NBC; "Home Improvement: Room Without a View," ABC; "The John Larroquette Show: Here We Go Again," NBC; "Living Single: A Raze in Harlem," Fox; "Sister, Sister: Thanksgiving in Hawaii Part 2," WB.
26. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A DRAMA SERIES, VARIETY SERIES, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; "The 38th Annual Grammy Awards," CBS; "Muppets Tonight: With Special Guest Star Tony Bennett," ABC; "Neil Diamond . . . Under a Tennessee Moon," ABC; "The 1995 Tony Awards," CBS.
27. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FOR A SERIES: "Chicago Hope: Quiet Riot," CBS; "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Visitor," UPN; "Star Trek: Voyager: Threshold," UPN; "Wings: Death Becomes Him," NBC.
28. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP FOR A MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Alien Nation: Body & Soul," Fox; "The Best of Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO; "Kissinger and Nixon," TNT; "The Late Shift," HBO; "Truman," HBO.
29. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES: "Diagnosis Murder: Mind Over Murder," CBS: "Picture Windows: Language of the Heart," Showtime; "SeaQuest 2032: Brave New World," NBC; "Space: Above and Beyond: The River of Stars," Fox; "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Our Man Bashir," syndicated.
30. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: "Annie: A Royal Adventure!" ABC; "The Canterville Ghost," ABC; "Larry McMurty's Dead Man's Walk, Part 1," ABC; "Norma Jean and Marilyn," HBO; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO.
31. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC DIRECTION: "Bye Bye Birdie," ABC; "Christmas in Washington," NBC; "The 39th Pablo Casals Festival," A "Peter and the Wolf," ABC; "Sinatra: 80 Years My Way," ABC.
32. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC AND LYRICS: "Bye Bye Birdie: Let's Settle Down," ABC; "Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree: The Perfect Tree," CBS; "People: A Musical Celebration: Children of the World," Disney Channel; "The Simpsons: Who Shot Mr. Burns: Senor Burns," Fox; "The Walt Disney Company and McDonalds Presents the American Teacher Awards: Come On In," Disney Channel.
33. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC: "Central Park West," CBS; "Chicago Hope," CBS; "JAG," NBC; "Murder One," ABC; "Nowhere Man," UPN.
34. GUEST ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES: Tim Conway, "Coach: The Gardener," ABC; Griffin Dunne, "Frasier: The Friend," NBC; Mandy Patinkin, "The Larry Sanders Show: Eight," HBO; Larry Thomas, "Seinfeld: The Soup Nazi," NBC; Harris Yulin, "Frasier: A Word to the Wiseguy," NBC.
35. ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES: Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier," NBC; John Lithgow, "3rd Rock From the Sun," NBC; Paul Reiser, "Mad About You," NBC; Jerry Seinfeld, "Seinfeld," NBC; Garry Shandling, "The Larry Sanders Show," HBO.
36. GUEST ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES: Peter Boyle, "The X-Files: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," Fox; Danny Glover, "Fallen Angels: Red Wind," Showtime; Michael Jeter, "Chicago Hope: A Coupla Stiffs," CBS; Richard Pryor, "Chicago Hope: Stand," CBS; Rip Torn, "Chicago Hope: Hello Goodbye," CBS.
37. ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES: Andre Braugher, "Homicide: Life on the Street," NBC; George Clooney, "ER," NBC; Anthony Edwards, "ER," NBC; Dennis Franz, "NYPD Blue," ABC; Jimmy Smits, "NYPD Blue," ABC.
38. ACTOR, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: Alec Baldwin, "Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire," CBS; Beau Bridges, "Kissinger and Nixon," TNT; Laurence Fishburne, "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO; Alan Rickman, "Rasputin," HBO; Gary Sinise, "Truman," HBO.
39. GUEST ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES: Shelley Long, "Frasier: The Show Where Diane Comes Back," NBC; Rosie O'Donnell, "The Larry Sanders Show: Eight," HBO; Marlo Thomas, "Friends: The One With the Lesbian Wedding," NBC; Betty White, "The John Larroquette Show: Here We Go Again," NBC; Irene Worth, "Remember WENN: A Rock and a Soft Place," AMC.
40. ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES: Ellen DeGeneres, "Ellen," ABC; Fran Drescher, "The Nanny," CBS; Helen Hunt, "Mad About You," NBC; Patricia Richardson, "Home Improvement," ABC; Cybill Shepherd, "Cybill," CBS.
41. GUEST ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES: Louise Fletcher, "Picket Fences," CBS; Penny Fuller, "ER," NBC; Carol Kane, "Chicago Hope," CBS; Amanda Plummer, "The Outer Limits," Showtime; Maureen Staple-ton, "Avonlea," Disney; Lily Tomlin, "Homicide: Life on the Street," NBC.
42. ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES: Gillian Anderson, "The X-Files," Fox; Kathy Baker, "Picket Fences," CBS; Christine Lahti, "Chicago Hope," CBS; Angela Lansbury, "Murder, She Wrote," CBS; Sherry Stringfield, "ER," NBC.
43. ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: Ashley Judd, "Norman Jean and Marilyn," HBO; Jessica Lange, "Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire," CBS; Helen Mirren, "Prime Suspect: Scent of Darkness," PBS; Mira Sorvino, "Norma Jean and Marilyn," HBO; Sela Ward, "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch," Lifetime.
44. SUPPORTING ACTOR, COMEDY SERIES: Jason Alexander, "Seinfeld," NBC; David Hyde Pierce, "Frasier," NBC; Michael Richards, "Seinfeld," NBC; Jeffrey Tambor, "The Larry Sanders Show," HBO; Rip Torn, "The Larry Sanders Show," HBO.
45. SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES: Hector Elizondo, "Chicago Hope," CBS; James McDaniel, "NYPD Blue," ABC; Stanley Tucci, "Murder One," ABC; Ray Walston, "Picket Fences," CBS; Noah Wylie, "ER," NBC.
46. SUPPORTING ACTOR, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: Andre Braugher, "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO; John Goodman, "Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire," CBS; Tom Hulce, "The Heidi Chronicles," TNT; Ian McKellen, "Rasputin," HBO; Treat Williams, "The Late Shift," HBO.
47. SUPPORTING ACTRESS, COMEDY SERIES: Christine Baranski, "Cybill," CBS; Janeane Garofalo, "The Larry Sanders Show," HBO; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Seinfeld," NBC; Jayne Meadows Allen, "High Society," CBS; Renee Taylor, "The Nanny," CBS.
48. SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES: Barbara Bosson, "Murder One," ABC; Tyne Daly, "Christy," CBS; Sharon Lawrence, "NYPD Blue," ABC; Julianna Margulies, "ER," NBC; Gail O'Grady, "NYPD Blue," ABC.
49. SUPPORTING ACTRESS, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: Kathy Bates, "The Late Shift," HBO; Greta Scacchi, "Rasputin," HBO; Diana Scarwid, "Truman," HBO; Mare Winningham, "The Boys Next Door," CBS; Alfre Woodard, "Gulliver's Travels," NBC.
50. INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE, VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM: Tony Bennett, "Tony Bennett Live By Request: A Valentine Special," A Ellen DeGeneres, "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; Tracey Ullman, "The Best of Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO; Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal, "Comic Relief VII," HBO.
51. PRESIDENT'S AWARD: "A&E Biography," A "Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial," AMC; "The Celluloid Closet," HBO; "ER," NBC; "Survivors of the Holocaust," PBS.
52. COMEDY SERIES: "Frasier," NBC; "Friends," NBC; "The Larry Sanders Show," HBO; "Mad About You," NBC; "Seinfeld," NBC.
53. DRAMA SERIES: "Chicago Hope," CBS; "ER," NBC; "Law & Order," NBC; "NYPD Blue," ABC; "The X-Files," Fox.
54. MINISERIES: "Andersonville," TNT; "Gulliver's Travels," NBC; "Hiroshima," Showtime; "Moses," TNT; "Pride & Prejudice," A&E.
55. TELEVISION MOVIE: "Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story," Lifetime; "The Heidi Chronicles," TNT; "The Late Shift," HBO; "Truman," HBO; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO.
56. VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES: "Dennis Miller Live," HBO; "Late Show With David Letterman," CBS; "Muppets Tonight," ABC; "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher," HBO; "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," NBC.
57. VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; "The Best of Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO; "Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane," HBO; "The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS; "Sinatra: 80 Years My Way," ABC.
58. CULTURAL PROGRAM: "Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Make For These Times," Disney; "Gregorian Chant: Songs of the Spirit," PBS; "Itzhak Perlman: In The Fielder's House (Great Performances)," PBS; "Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines (Great Performances)," PBS; "Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies," A&E.
59. CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: "Avonlea," Disney; "LeVar Burton Presents - A Reading Rainbow Special: Act Against Violence," PBS; "Marsalis on Music," PBS; "Nick News Special: Clearing the Air - Kids Talk to the President About Smoking," Nickelodeon; "Peter and the Wolf," ABC.
60. INFORMATIONAL SPECIAL: "Andersonville Diaries," TNT; "The Battle Over Citizen Kane (The American Experience)," PBS; "The Celluloid Closet," HBO; "Survivors of the Holocaust," TBS.
61. INFORMATIONAL SERIES: "A&E Biography," A "The Beatles Anthology," ABC; "The Private Life of Plants," TBS; "Time Life's Lost Civilizations," NBC; "TV Nation," Fox.
62. ANIMATED PROGRAM (For programming one hour or less): "Cow and Chicken in No Smoking," Cartoon Network; "Dexter's Laboratory," Cartoon Network; "Duckman," USA; "A Pinky & the Brain Christmas Special," WB.
63. SOUND EDITING FOR A SERIES: "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Halloween III," CBS; "Law & Order: Hot Pursuit," NBC; "Party Of Five: The Wedding," Fox; "Sliders: Invasion," Fox; "Strange Luck: The Liver Wild," Fox; "The X-Files: Nisei," Fox.
64. SOUND EDITING, MINISERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Dead by Sunset: Part 1," NBC; "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo: Part 1," CBS; "Peter Benchley's The Beast: Part 2," NBC; "The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best," CBS; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO.
65. SOUND MIXING, COMEDY SERIES OR A SPECIAL: "Cybill: Zing!" CBS; "Frasier: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," NBC; "Home Improvement: A Taylor Runs Through It," ABC; "Mad About You: New Year's Eve," NBC; "Seinfeld: The Cadillac," NBC.
66. SOUND MIXING, VARIETY OR MUSIC SERIES OR A SPECIAL: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; "Annie Lennox . . . In The Park," Disney Channel; "Bonnie Raitt `Road Tested,' " PBS; "Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound," PBS; "Sinatra: 80 Years My Way," ABC.
67. SOUND MIXING, DRAMA SERIES: "American Gothic: Damned If You Don't," CBS; "Chicago Hope: Quiet Riot," CBS; "ER: Hell and High Water," NBC; "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: Don't Tug On Superman's Cape," ABC; "NYPD Blue: Heavin' Can Wait," ABC; "The X-Files: Nisei," Fox.
68. SOUND MIXING, DRAMA MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: "Andersonville: Part 2," TNT; "Gulliver's Travels: Part 1," NBC; "Harvest of Fire (Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation)," CBS; "Truman," HBO; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO.
69. TECHNICAL DIRECTION-CAMERA-VIDEO, SERIES: "Home Improvement: The Longest Day," ABC; "The John Larroquette Show: Here We Go Again," NBC; "Muppets Tonight: With Special Guest Star Cindy Crawford," ABC; "Saturday Night Live: Starring Christopher Walken and Musical Guest Joan Osborne," NBC; "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, No. 914," NBC.
70. TECHNICAL DIRECTION-CAMERA-VIDEO, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: "The 68th Annual Academy Awards," ABC; "The 38th Annual Grammy Awards," CBS; "The Kennedy Center Honors," CBS; "Sinatra: 80 Years My Way," ABC.
71. WRITING, COMEDY SERIES: "Frasier: Moon Dance," NBC; "The Larry Sanders Show: Arthur After Hours," HBO; "The Larry Sanders Show: Roseanne's Return," HBO; "The Larry Sanders Show: Hank's Sex Tape," HBO; "Seinfeld: The Soup Nazi," NBC.
72. WRITING, DRAMA SERIES: "ER: The Healers," NBC; "ER: Hell and High Water," NBC; "Murder One: Chapter One," ABC; "NYPD Blue: The Backboard Jungle," ABC; "The X-Files: Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," Fox.
73. WRITING, VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM: "Dennis Miller Live," HBO; "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," NBC; "Late Show With David Letterman Video Special II," CBS; "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher," Comedy Central; "Tracey Takes On . . . ," HBO.
74. WRITING, MINISERIES OR SPECIAL: "Gulliver's Travels," NBC; "The Late Shift," HBO; "Pride & Prejudice," A "Truman," HBO; "Tuskegee Airmen," HBO.
75. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT, INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING: "The Celluloid Closet," photography, HBO; "The Celluloid Closet," sound, HBO; "The Beatles Anthology: Part Two," ABC; "The Private Life of Plants," TBS; "The Battle Over Citizen Kane (The American Experience)," PBS; "The Beatles Anthology: Part Two," ABC; "The Celluloid Closet," HBO; "The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful," TNT; "Hollywood's Amazing Animal Actors," TBS; "Survivors of the Holocaust," TBS;