50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Here are the nominees and winners (marked with a "**") for the 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Michael J. Fox as Michael Flaherty - Spin City (ABC)
• ** Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane - Frasier (NBC)
• John Lithgow as Dr. Dick Solomon - 3rd Rock From The Sun (NBC)
• Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman - Mad About You (NBC)
• Garry Shandling as Larry Sanders - The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• ** Andre Braugher as Frank Pembleton - Homicide: Life On The Street (NBC)
• David Duchovny as Fox Mulder - The X-Files (FOX)
• Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene - ER (NBC)
• Dennis Franz as Andy Sipowicz - NYPD Blue (ABC)
• Jimmy Smits as Bobby Simone - NYPD Blue (ABC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

• Jack Lemmon as Juror #8 - 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
• Sam Neill as Merlin - Merlin (NBC)
• Ving Rhames as Don King - Don King: Only In America (HBO)
• ** Gary Sinise as George Wallace - George Wallace (TNT)
• Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab - Moby Dick (USA)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Kirstie Alley as Veronica Chase - Veronica's Closet (NBC)
• Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan - Ellen (ABC)
• Jenna Elfman as Dharma Montgomery - Dharma & Greg (ABC)
• Calista Flockhart as Ally McBeal - Ally McBeal (FOX)
• ** Helen Hunt as Jamie Buchman - Mad About You (NBC)
• Patricia Richardson as Jill Taylor - Home Improvement (ABC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully - The X-Files (FOX)
• Roma Downey as Monica - Touched By An Angel (CBS)
• ** Christine Lahti as Dr. Kate Austin - Chicago Hope (CBS)
• Julianna Margulies as Carol Hathaway - ER (NBC)
• Jane Seymour as Dr. Michaela Quinn - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE

• ** Ellen Barkin as Glory Marie - Before Women Had Wings (ABC)
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Maggie Green - Nicholas' Gift (CBS)
• Judy Davis as Gladwyn - The Echo Of Thunder (CBS)
• Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal - More Tales Of The City (Showtime)
• Angelina Jolie as Gia - Gia (HBO)
• Sigourney Weaver as Claudia Hoffman - Snow White: A Tale Of Terror (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Jason Alexander as George Costanza - Seinfeld (NBC)
• Phil Hartman as Bill - NewsRadio (NBC)
• ** David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane - Frasier (NBC)
• Jeffrey Tambor as Hank Kingsley - The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Rip Torn as Arthur - The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• ** Gordon Clapp as Detective Greg Medavoy - NYPD Blue (ABC)
• Hector Elizondo as Dr. Phillip Watters - Chicago Hope (CBS)
• Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff - Law & Order (NBC)
• Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton - ER (NBC)
• Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter - ER (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE

• Hume Cronyn as Juror #9 - 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
• Gregory Peck as Father Mapple - Moby Dick (USA)
• ** George C. Scott as Juror #3 - 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
• Martin Short as Frik - Merlin (NBC)
• J.T. Walsh as Ray Percy - Hope (TNT)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Christine Baranski as Maryann Thorpe - Cybill (CBS)
• Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon - 3rd Rock From The Sun (NBC)
• ** Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay - Friends (NBC)
• Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon - Frasier (NBC)
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes - Seinfeld (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Kim Delaney as Diane Russell - NYPD Blue (ABC)
• Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver - ER (NBC)
• ** Camryn Manheim as Ellenor Frutt - The Practice (ABC)
• Della Reese as Tess - Touched By An Angel (CBS)
• Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet - ER (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE

• Helena Bonham Carter as Morgan - Merlin (NBC)
• Julie Harris as Leonora - Ellen Foster (CBS)
• Judith Ivey as Lucille - What The Deaf Man Heard (CBS)
• Angelina Jolie as Cornelia Wallace - George Wallace (TNT)
• ** Mare Winningham as Lurleen Wallace - George Wallace (TNT)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Hank Azaria as Nat - Mad About You (NBC)
• Lloyd Bridges as Izzy Mandelbaum - Seinfeld (NBC)
• ** Mel Brooks as Uncle Phil - Mad About You (NBC)
• John Cleese as Dr. Neesam - 3rd Rock From The Sun (NBC)
• Nathan Lane as Professor Twilley - Mad About You (NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Bruce Davison as Jake - Touched By An Angel (CBS)
• Vincent D'Onofrio as John Lange - Homicide: Life On The Street (NBC)
• Charles Durning as Thomas Finnegan - Homicide: Life On The Street (NBC)
• ** John Larroquette as Joey Heric - The Practice (ABC)
• Charles Nelson Reilly as Jose Chung - Millennium (FOX)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

• Carol Burnett as Theresa Stemple - Mad About You (NBC)
• Jan Hooks as Vicki Dubcek - 3rd Rock From The Sun (NBC)
• Patti LuPone as Zora - Frasier (NBC)
• Bette Midler as Caprice Feldman - Murphy Brown (CBS)
• ** Emma Thompson as Herself - Ellen (ABC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

• Veronica Cartwright as Cassandra Spender - The X-Files (FOX)
• Swoosie Kurtz as Tina-Marie Chambliss - ER (NBC)
• ** Cloris Leachman as Aunt Mooster - Promised Land (CBS)
• Lili Taylor as Marty Glenn - The X-Files (FOX)
• Alfre Woodard as Dr. Roxanne Turner - Homicide: Life On The Street (NBC)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY OR MUSIC PROGRAM

• Garth Brooks - Garth Live From Central Park (HBO)
• Michael Crawford - Michael Crawford In Concert (PBS)
• ** Billy Crystal - The 70th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
• Jay Leno - The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC)
• David Letterman - Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)
• Tracey Ullman - Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

• Ally McBeal (FOX)
• ** Frasier (NBC)
• The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Seinfeld (NBC)
• 3rd Rock From The Sun (NBC)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

• ER (NBC)
• Law & Order (NBC)
• NYPD Blue (ABC)
• ** The Practice (ABC)
• The X-Files (FOX)

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES

• More Tales Of The City (Showtime)
• ** From The Earth To The Moon (HBO)
• George Wallace (TNT)
• Merlin (NBC)
• Moby Dick (USA)

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE

• A Bright Shining Lie (HBO)
• ** Don King: Only In America (HBO)
• Gia (HBO)
• 12 Angry Men (Showtime)
• What The Deaf Man Heard (CBS)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

• Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
• ** Late Show With David Letterman (CBS)
• Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher (ABC)
• The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC)
• Tracey Takes On... (HBO)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SPECIAL

• The 70th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
• Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (ABC)
• Garth Live From Central Park (HBO)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella [The Wonderful World of Disney] (ABC)
• ** The 1997 Tony Awards (CBS)

OUTSTANDING CLASSICAL MUSIC-DANCE PROGRAM

• Blue Suede Shoes - Ballet Rocks! (PBS)
• The Metropolitan Opera Presents Carmen (PBS)
• Paul McCartney's Standing Stone (A&E)
• Variety And Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now [Great Performances/Dance In America] (PBS)
• ** Yo-Yo Ma Inspired By Bach (PBS)

OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)

• Absent Minded Inventions And The Search For Flubber With Bill Nye The Science Guy (ABC)
• ** Muppets Tonight (Disney Channel)
• Nick News Special Edition: Divorce: Caught in the Middle (Nickelodeon)
• ** Nick News Special Edition: What Are You Staring At? (Nickelodeon)
• The Wubbulous World Of Dr. Seuss (Nickelodeon)

OUTSTANDING NON-FICTION SPECIAL

(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)

• American Masters-Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes On 60 Minutes (PBS)
• Dead Blue: Surviving Depression (HBO)
• ** Discovery Sunday - Vietnam POWs: Stories Of Survival (Discovery Channel)
• 4 Little Girls (HBO)
• Wolves At Our Door (Discovery Channel)

OUTSTANDING NON-FICTION SERIES

(Area Award: Possibility of one or more than one award.)

• ** The American Experience (PBS)
• Biography (A&E)
• Desmond Morris' The Human Sexes (TLC)
• Discover Magazine (Discovery Channel)
• Inside The Actors Studio (Bravo)

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM

(For programming one hour or less.)

• Cow And Chicken "Free Inside, Journey To The Center Of Cow, I.R. Pixie Faerie" (Cartoon Network)
• Dexter's Laboratory "Dyno-might & Lab-retto" (Cartoon Network)
• King Of The Hill "Texas City Twister" (FOX)
• ** The Simpsons "Trash Of The Titans" (FOX)
• South Park "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" (Comedy Central)