19th CableACE Awards

Winners and nominees

Movie

• ''Mandela and de Klerk''

Miniseries

• ''Ivanhoe''

Actor in a Miniseries or Movie

• Robert Duvall – The Man Who Captured Eichmann
• Ben Kingsley – Weapons of Mass Distraction
• Mandy Patinkin – The Hunchback
• Sidney Poitier – ''Mandela and de Klerk''

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Bonnie Bedelia – Any Mother's Son
• Blythe Danner – A Call to Remember
• Jena Malone – Bastard Out of Carolina
• Helen Mirren – ''Losing Chase''

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• Obba Babatunde – Miss Evers' Boys
• Joe Don Baker – George Wallace
• Louis Gossett Jr. – Inside
• Arliss Howard – ''The Man Who Captured Eichmann''

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Faye Dunaway – The Twilight of the Golds
• Angelina Jolie – George Wallace
• Cicely Tyson – Riot
• Alfre Woodard – ''Member of the Wedding''

Directing a Movie or Miniseries

• Allan Arkush – Elvis Meets Nixon
• Kevin Bacon – Losing Chase
• Joe Dante – The Second Civil War
• Joseph Sargent – ''Mandela and de Klerk''

Writing a Movie or Miniseries

• Lionel Chetwynd – The Man Who Captured Eichmann
• Marshall Frady and Paul Monash – George Wallace
• William Nicholson – Crime of the Century
• Reginald Rose – ''12 Angry Men''

Dramatic Series

• ''Stargate: SG-1''

Dramatic or Theatrical Special

• ''Tales from the Crypt''

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Kirk Acevedo – Oz
• Terry Kinney – ''Oz''

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Susan Gibney – Bedtime
• Helen Shaver – ''Poltergeist: The Legacy''

Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Ron Rifkin – The Outer Limits
• David Strathairn – In the Gloaming
• Henry Winkler – Dead Man's Gun
• Harris Yulin – ''La Femme Nikita''

Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Anne De Salvo – Lifetime Women's Festival
• Alix Elias – Lifetime Women's Festival
• Amy Hargreaves – Flashback
• Dianne Wiest – ''Avonlea''

Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Nick Gomez – Oz
• Sturla Gunnarsson – Dead Man's Gun
• Walter Hill – Perversions of Science
• Christopher Reeve – ''In the Gloaming''

Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Lewis B. Chesler and Ed Redlich – Strangers
• Tom Fontana – Oz
• Rupert Holmes – Remember WENN
• Howard Rodman – ''The Hunger''

Comedy Series

• ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''

Actor in a Comedy Series

• Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show
• Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show
• Robert Wuhl – ''Arli$$''

Actress in a Comedy Series

• Amanda Bynes – All That
• Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show
• Kerri Kenney – Viva Variety
• Tracey Ullman – ''Tracey Takes On...''

Directing a Comedy Series

• Alan Meyerson – The Larry Sanders Show
• John Riggi – The Larry Sanders Show
• Don Scardino – Tracey Takes On...
• Mike Tollin – ''Arli$$''

Writing a Comedy Series

• Judd Apatow, John Markus, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• Jeff Cesario – The Larry Sanders Show
• Becky Hartman-Edwards, John Riggi, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show
• Jon Vitti – ''The Larry Sanders Show''

Entertainment Host

• Paul Gilmartin and Annabelle Gurwitch – Dinner and a Movie
• Craig Kilborn – The Daily Show
• Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• Dennis Miller – ''Dennis Miller Live''

Informational or Documentary Host

• Ed Feldman and Joe L'Erario – Furniture to Go
• Steve Irwin – Ten Deadliest Snakes in the World
• Charles Kuralt – I Remember
• Emeril Lagasse – ''Emeril Live''

Program Interviewer

• Tom Brokaw – InterNight
• Bob Costas – InterNight
• Katie Couric – InterNight
• Charles Grodin – ''Charles Grodin''

Magazine Host

• Michael Burger and Christina Ferrare – Home and Family
• Bryant Gumbel – Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
• Richard Jeni – What a World
• Kurt Loder – ''Week in Rock''

Newscaster

• Steve Aveson – Discovery News
• Brian Williams – ''The News with Brian Williams''

Animated Programming Special or Series

• ''Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid!''

Children's Special or Series – 6 and Younger

• ''Little Bear''

Children's Special – 7 and Older

• ''The Wind in the Willows''

Children's Series – 7 and Older

• ''Ready or Not''

Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series

• ''WAM! Goes to Washington''

Writing a Children's Special or Series

• Franklyn Ajaye and Barry Douglas – Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special
• Anne-Marie Cunniffe and Linda Ellerbee – Nick News
• Bruce Harmon – Flashback
• Jeff Kindley – ''Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes''

Music Special or Series

• ''Live By Request''

Performance in a Music Special or Series

• k.d. lang – Hard Rock Live Presented by Pontiac Sunfire
• George Michael and Stevie Wonder – Honors '97
• Mandy Patinkin – Leonard Bernstein's New York
• Tina Turner – ''Tina Turner's Wildest Dreams Concert''

Directing A Music Special or Series

• Marty Callner – Diva Las Vegas
• Marty Callner – Garth Live From Central Park
• David Mallet – Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live in Miami
• Beth McCarthy – ''1996 MTV Video Music Awards''

Comedy Special

• ''Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragi-Comedy): The Power of HIV-Positive Thinking''

Stand-up Comedy Special or Series

• ''HBO Comedy Hour''

Directing a Comedy Special

• Terri McCoy – HBO Comedy Hour
• Rocco Urbisci – HBO Comedy Hour
• Chuck Vinson – ''HBO Comedy Hour''

Writing an Entertainment Special

• Jeff Cesario – HBO Comedy Half-Hour
• David Feldman, Jim Hanna, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Dennis Miller, and Rick Overton – Dennis Miller Live
• Ray Romano – ''HBO Comedy Half-Hour''

Performing Arts Special or Series

• ''Naked Classics''

Variety Special or Series

• ''Viva Variety''

Game Show Special or Series

• ''Win Ben Stein's Money''

Educational Special or Series

• ''The Ultimate Guide: Snakes''

Public Affairs Special or Series

• ''America Undercover''

Environmental/Nature Documentary Special

• ''Wildlife Adventures''

Entertainment/Cultural Documentary Special

• ''Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End''

Historical Documentary Special or Series

• ''Nuremberg''

Documentary Special

• ''Taxicab Confessions''

Documentary Series

• ''Understanding''

Documentary Limited Series

• ''Raging Planet''

Directing a Documentary Special

• Monte Bramer – Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
• Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag – America Undercover
• Marc Levin – CIA: America's Secret Warriors
• Richard Matthews – ''National Geographic Explorer''

Writing a Documentary Special

• David Darlow – Survival in the Sky
• Greg Kandra and Bob Waldman – Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road
• John Rubin and Dixon Steele – National Geographic Explorer
• Georgia Searle – ''Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western''

Talk Show Series

• ''Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher''

Magazine Show Special or Series

• ''Sex in the 90's IX: The Safest Sex of All''

News Special or Series

• ''Investigative Reports''

Extended News/Public Affairs Coverage

• ''TWA 800''

Informational Series

• ''Petcetera''

Recreation and Leisure Special or Series

• ''Wildlife Encounters''

Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series

• ''Super Highway Robbery''

Sports Events Coverage Special

• ''NCAA Women's Tournament/Final 4''

Sports Events Coverage Series

• ''Tour de France''

Sports News Series

• ''SportsWeekly''

Sports Information Series

• ''The Sports Reporters''

Sports Information Special

• ''NBA at 50''

Sports Host

• Chris Berman – NFL Countdown, NFL Primetime, and Baseball Tonight
• Vince Cellini – CNN/Sports Illustrated
• Fred Hickman – CNN/Sports Illustrated
• Bob Page – Page One and ''MSG SportsDesk''

Sports Play-by-Play Announcer

• Marv Albert – New York Knicks Basketball
• Jon Miller – ESPN Major League Baseball
• Mike Patrick – ESPN Sunday Night NFL and ESPN College Basketball
• Dick Stockton – ''NBA on TNT''

Sports Commentator/Analyst

• Steve Albert, Bobby Czyz, and Ferdie Pacheco – The Sound and the Fury: Holyfield vs. Tyson II
• Tom Jackson – NFL Countdown
• Joe Morgan – ESPN Major League Baseball
• Dick Vitale – ''ESPN NCAA Basketball''

Directing Live Sports Events Coverage Special or Series

• Douglas Holmes – Stanley Cup Finals
• Bobby Lewis – Rangers Hockey
• Marc Payton – ESPN Major League Baseball
• Bill Webb – ''Yankees Baseball''

Fictional Short-Form Programming Special or Series

• ''Ted the Head''

Non-Fictional Short-Form Programming Special or Series

• ''Legacy of Pain/Children of the Holocaust''