18th CableACE Awards

The 18th Annual CableACE Awards were held on November 16, 1996. Below are the nominees[1] and the winners from that ceremony in the major categories.[2][3]

Winners and nominees

Winners in bold.

Movie or Miniseries

Dramatic Series

Comedy Series

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

  • Donna MurphyLifestories: Families in Crisis (Episode: "Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
  • Tina LiffordAmerica's Dream (Episode: "Long Black Song") (HBO)
  • Cherie LunghiStrangers (Episode: "The One You Love") (HBO)
  • Amanda Plummer – The Outer Limits (Episode: "A Stitch in Time") (Showtime)
  • Maureen StapletonAvonlea (Episode: "What a Tangled Web We Weave") (Disney Channel)

Actor in a Comedy Series

Actress in a Comedy Series

Children's Special or Series – 6 and Younger

Children's Series – 7 and Older

Children's Special – 7 and Older

Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series

Animated Programming Special or Series

Comedy Special

  • 20 Years of Comedy on HBO (HBO)
  • HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Hazelle!") (HBO)
  • Mr. Show (HBO)

Variety Special or Series

Music Special or Series

Documentary Special

Documentary Series

Talk Show Series

Program Interviewer

News Special or Series

  • Investigative Reports (Episode: "Seized by the Law") (A&E)
  • Chernobyl: Legacy of a Meltdown (CNN)
  • Investigative Reports (Episode: "Danger on the Rails") (A&E)
  • Return to the Hot Zone (CNN)
  • War on the Cocaine Cartel (CNN)

Newscaster

Sports News Series

Sports Information Series

Sports Host

Performing Arts Special or Series

  • B.B. King: The Blues Summit (A&E)
  • My Life With Handel (Ovation)
  • The South Bank Show (Episode: "Elaine Paige") (Bravo)
  • The South Bank Show (Episode: "Luciano Pavarotti") (Bravo)
  • Still/Here (Ovation)

References

  1. ^ "CableAce Award Nominations Announced". Associated Press. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. ^ "1996 CableAce Awards". Associated Press. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ "CableACE Nominations Are Dominated by HBO". LA Times. Retrieved 6 September 2015.