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41st Primetime Emmy Awards

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Hosted by
  
John Larroquette

Network
  
Fox

Date
  
September 17, 1989 (Ceremony) September 16, 1989 (Creative Arts Awards)

Location
  
Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California

The 41st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 17, 1989. The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The ceremony saw the guest acting categories double, as they were now based on gender as well as genre. Two networks, Lifetime, and USA, received their first major nominations this year.

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After being nominated and losing the previous four years Cheers regained the title of Outstanding Comedy Series. L.A. Law also won Outstanding Drama Series after losing the previous year. For the second straight year, L.A. Law received 15 major nominations, making it the first show ever to receive more than 14 major nominations multiple times. With nine main cast acting nominations, L.A. Law tied the record set by Hill Street Blues in 1982.

Most major nominations

By network
  • NBC – 57
  • ABC – 40
  • CBS – 35
    • By program
  • L.A. Law (NBC) – 15
  • The Wonder Years (ABC) – 11
  • Lonesome Dove (CBS) – 9
  • The Golden Girls (NBC) / Murphy Brown (CBS) / thirtysomething (ABC) – 7
  • Cheers (NBC) – 6

    • Most major awards

    By network
  • NBC – 15
  • ABC – 7
  • CBS – 5
    • By program
  • Cheers (NBC) / Murphy Brown (CBS) – 3
  • L.A. Law (NBC) / Midnight Caller (NBC) / Roe vs. Wade (NBC) / thirtysomething (ABC) – 2
    • Notes

    References

    41st Primetime Emmy Awards Wikipedia
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