17th CableACE Awards

The 17th Annual CableACE Awards were held on December 6, 1995. Below are the nominees and winners from that ceremony in the major categories.[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Winners in bold.[3][4]

Movie or Miniseries

  • Citizen X (HBO)
  • The Burning Season (HBO)
  • Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (Lifetime)
  • Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
  • Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TNT)

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

  • Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season (HBO)
  • John Goodman – Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TNT)
  • Tommy Lee Jones – The Good Old Boys (TNT)
  • Raúl Juliá – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
  • James Woods – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

  • Linda Hamilton – A Mother's Prayer (USA)
  • Laura Dern – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
  • Marlee Matlin – Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (Lifetime)
  • Vanessa Redgrave – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
  • Mercedes Ruehl – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

  • Jeffrey DeMunn – Citizen X (HBO)
  • Robert Carlyle – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)
  • Tony Haygarth – The Infiltrator (HBO)
  • Ben Kingsley – Joseph (TNT)
  • Max Von Sydow – Citizen X (HBO)

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

Directing a Movie or Miniseries

  • John Frankenheimer – The Burning Season (HBO)
  • Tim Fywell – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)
  • Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (HBO)
  • Mick Jackson – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
  • Jean Stewart – Cracker (Episode: "Men Should Weep") (A&E)

Writing for a Movie or Miniseries

  • Stanley Price – Screen Two (Episode: "Genghis Cohn") (A&E)
  • Joseph Dougherty – Witch Hunt (HBO)
  • Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (HBO)
  • John Hopkins and Toshiro Ishido – Hiroshima (Showtime)
  • Jimmy McGovern – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)

Comedy Series

Actor in a Comedy Series

Actress in a Comedy Series

Directing a Comedy Series

  • Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Doubt of the Benefit") (HBO)
  • Robby Benson – Dream On (Episode: "Try Not to Remember") (HBO)
  • Robert Ginty – Dream On (Episode: "Bess, You Is Not My Woman Now") (HBO)
  • John Landis – Dream On (Episode: "The Courtship of Martin's Father") (HBO)
  • Alan Myerson – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Arthur's Crisis") (HBO)

Writing a Comedy Series

Dramatic Series

  • The Outer Limits (Showtime)
  • Avonlea (Disney Channel)
  • Tales From the Crypt (HBO)
  • The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Showtime)

Dramatic or Theatrical Special

  • Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Space Traders") (HBO)
  • Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Tang") (HBO)
  • Cosmic Slop (Episode: "The First Commandment") (HBO)
  • Tokyo Bound (International Channel)

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

  • Stuart Gillard – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)
  • Jim McBride – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Fearless") (Showtime)
  • Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Grandpa's Funeral") (Showtime)
  • Steven Soderbergh – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Professional Man") (Showtime)
  • Robert Zemeckis – Tales From the Crypt (Episode: "You, Murderer") (HBO)

Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

  • Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Grandpa's Funeral") (Showtime)
  • John Boorman – Picture Windows (Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing") (Showtime)
  • Trey Ellis – Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Space Traders") (HBO)
  • Ted Henning and Stephen Kay – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Two Over Easy") (Showtime)
  • Frank Pugliese – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Love and Blood") (Showtime)

Animated Special or Series

Comedy Special

  • HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side") (HBO)
  • South Bank Show (Episode: "British Comedy Special") (Bravo)
  • South Bank Show (Episode: "Dawn French and Large Women") (Bravo)
  • South Bank Show (Episode: "Lenny Henry: African-American Humor") (Bravo)
  • State of the Union: Undressed (Comedy Central)

Standup Comedy Special or Series

  • Full Frontal Comedy (Showtime)
  • A&E's An Evening at the Improv (A&E)
  • HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rosie O'Donnell") (HBO)
  • HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Women of the Night IV Hosted by Tracey Ullman") (HBO)
  • The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student (Showtime)

Performance in a Comedy Special

Directing a Comedy Special

News Special or Series

  • Rwanda: Cry Justice (CNN International)
  • CNN Presents (Episode: "America Mourns") (CNN)
  • CNN Presents (Episode: "Kingdom of Cocaine") (CNN)
  • New Religions: The Cult Question (MTV)
  • Vietnam: Coming to Terms (CNN)

Talk Show Series

Documentary Series

  • Desmond Morris' The Human Animal (TLC)
  • 20th Century (A&E)
  • A Baby's World (TLC)
  • Biography (A&E)
  • VH1 to 1 (VH1)

Entertainment Host

  • Garry Shandling – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "The 1995 Young Comedians Special") (HBO)
  • Bobby Collins – Stand Up Spotlight (VH1)
  • John Henson – Talk Soup (E!)
  • Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
  • Dennis Miller – Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Writing an Entertainment Special

Program Interviewer

Sports Information Series

Sports Host

Sports Commentator/Analyst

References

  1. ^ "HBO Leads the Pack With 89 CableACE Nominations : Television: Nods for 'Larry Sanders,' 'Dream On' push network ahead of Showtime, which garners 36". LA Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Shandling, HBO Top Cable Awards : Television: The star and his 'Larry Sanders Show' each get four CableACE honors. HBO wins 27 of the 81 prizes". LA Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. ^ "IT'S HBO AGAIN AT CABLEACES". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ "HBO AND GARRY SHANDLING'S 'LARRY SANDERS SHOW' LEAD CABLEACE AWARDS". AP News Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.