17th CableACE Awards

Winners and nominees

Movie or Miniseries

• The Burning Season
• Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• John Goodman – Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
• Tommy Lee Jones – The Good Old Boys
• Raúl Juliá – Down Came a Blackbird
• James Woods – ''Indictment: The McMartin Trial''

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Laura Dern – Down Came a Blackbird
• Marlee Matlin – Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story
• Vanessa Redgrave – Down Came a Blackbird
• Mercedes Ruehl – ''Indictment: The McMartin Trial''

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• Robert Carlyle – Cracker
• Tony Haygarth – The Infiltrator
• Ben Kingsley – Joseph
• Max Von Sydow – ''Citizen X''

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Lolita Davidovich – Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Shirley Knight – Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Kay Lenz – Shame II: The Secret
• Diana Rigg – ''Screen Two''

Directing a Movie or Miniseries

• Tim Fywell – Cracker
• Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X
• Mick Jackson – Indictment: The McMartin Trial
• Jean Stewart – ''Cracker''

Writing for a Movie or Miniseries

• Joseph Dougherty – Witch Hunt
• Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X
• John Hopkins and Toshiro Ishido – Hiroshima
• Jimmy McGovern – ''Cracker''

Comedy Series

• Dream On
• Exit 57
• The State

Actor in a Comedy Series

• Brian Benben – Dream On
• Howie Mandel – Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies
• Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show
• Rip Torn – ''The Larry Sanders Show''

Actress in a Comedy Series

• Denny Dillon – Dream On
• Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show
• Jodi Lennon – Exit 57
• Amy Sedaris – ''Exit 57''

Directing a Comedy Series

• Robby Benson – Dream On
• Robert Ginty – Dream On
• John Landis – Dream On
• Alan Myerson – ''The Larry Sanders Show''

Writing a Comedy Series

• H. Jon Benjamin, Loren Bouchard, Bill Braudis, Dom Irrera, Jonathan Katz, Karen LeBlanc, Annette LeBlanc Cate, Will Lebow, Richard Luongo, Andre Lyman, Julianne Shapiro, Laura Silverman, Tom Snyder, and Mark Usher – Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
• Maya Forbes – The Larry Sanders Show
• Maya Forbes, Steve Levitan, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• Paul Simms – ''The Larry Sanders Show''

Dramatic Series

• Avonlea
• Tales From the Crypt
• The Showtime 30-Minute Movie

Dramatic or Theatrical Special

• Cosmic Slop
• Cosmic Slop
• Tokyo Bound

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Beau Bridges – The Outer Limits
• Larry Drake – The Outer Limits
• Kiefer Sutherland – Fallen Angels
• Jim True – ''The Showtime 30-Minute Movie''

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Jackie Burroughs – Avonlea
• Jennifer Grey – Fallen Angels
• Isabella Rossellini – Tales From the Crypt
• Helen Shaver – ''The Outer Limits''

Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Jim McBride – Fallen Angels
• Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie
• Steven Soderbergh – Fallen Angels
• Robert Zemeckis – ''Tales From the Crypt''

Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

• John Boorman – Picture Windows
• Trey Ellis – Cosmic Slop
• Ted Henning and Stephen Kay – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie
• Frank Pugliese – ''Fallen Angels''

Animated Special or Series

• Duckman
• Rocko's Modern Life
• Rugrats

Comedy Special

• South Bank Show
• South Bank Show
• South Bank Show
• State of the Union: Undressed

Standup Comedy Special or Series

• A&E's An Evening at the Improv
• HBO Comedy Hour
• HBO Comedy Hour
• The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student

Performance in a Comedy Special

• Danny Bonaduce, Franklin Cover, Frank Gorshin, Robert Hegyes, Sherman Hemsley, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, Ron Palillo, Isabel Sanford, and Adam West – 1995 MTV Movie Awards
• Karen Hines – Married Life
• Dennis Miller – ''State of the Union: Undressed''

Directing a Comedy Special

• Ken Finkleman – Married Life
• Vince Paterson – ''In Search of Dr. Seuss''

News Special or Series

• CNN Presents
• CNN Presents
• New Religions: The Cult Question
• Vietnam: Coming to Terms

Talk Show Series

• Ask E. Jean
• Charles Grodin
• Four on the Floor
• Inside the Actors Studio

Documentary Series

• 20th Century
• A Baby's World
• Biography
• VH1 to 1

Entertainment Host

• Bobby Collins – Stand Up Spotlight
• John Henson – Talk Soup
• Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• Dennis Miller – ''Dennis Miller Live''

Writing an Entertainment Special

• Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl – The MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special
• Rosie O'Donnell – HBO Comedy Hour
• Marilyn Kentz and Caryl Kristensen – The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student
• Rita Rudner – ''HBO Comedy Hour''

Program Interviewer

• Larry King – Larry King Live
• Cal Thomas – ''Cal Thomas''

Sports Information Series

• Inside the NFL
• The Sporting Life With Jim Huber
• The Sports Reporters
• Up Close: Primetime

Sports Host

• Chris Berman
• Jim Lampley
• Dan Patrick
• Al Trautwig

Sports Commentator/Analyst

• Doug Collins
• Peter Gammons
• Dick Vitale