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  1989

Comedy Series, Brown Like Me (Murphy Brown)

  • BARNET KELLMAN, Director
  • BOB JEFFORDS, Unit Production Manager
  • NED E. DAVIS, First Assistant Director
  • BARBARA GELMAN, Second Assistant Director
  • MARGE MULLEN, Technical Coordinator

Dramatic Series, Night, I'm In The Nude (L.A. Law)

  • ERIC LANEUVILLE, Director
  • PHILIP GOLDFARB, Unit Production Manager
  • ROBERT DOHERTY, First Assistant Director
  • RICARDO MATTA, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Daytime, Jacob Have I Loved (Wonderworks)

  • VICTORIA HOCHBERG, Director
  • RICHARD FEURY, Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director
  • CHITRA MOJTABAI, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America (Great Performances)

  • DON MISCHER, Director
  • LESLEY MAYNARD, Associate Director
  • HENRY NEIMARK, CHARLES R. VINSON,Stage Managers

Documentary/Actuality, The Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here To Make Music

  • PETER ROSEN, Director
  • KAREN McLAUGHLIN, Associate Director
  • TIMOTHY WILDE, Stage Manager

Sports, 1989 U.S. Open Tennis (CBS Sports)

  • ROBERT A. FISHMAN, Director
  • LANCE BARROW, ALLAN BRUM,
  • STEVEN H. SCHEER, SUZANNE SMITH
  • COLLEEN A. KOLIBAS, CHARLES E. WILL, Associate Directors
  • ROB BRUCE-BARON, JAMES WALL, RONNI FISHER, Stage Managers

Dramatic Specials, War and Remembrance

  • DAN CURTIS, Director
  • EPHRAIM RED SCHAFFER, Unit Production Manager
  • BRANKO LUSTIG, First Assistant Director
  • SERGIO MIMICA, Second Assistant Director

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1988

Comedy Series, Pilot, Wonder Years

  • STEVE MINER, Director
  • JEFFREY SILVER, Unit Production Manager
  • MICHAEL GREEN and BRUCE
  • CHEVILLAT, First Assistant Directors
  • JODI EHRLICH, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Night, Therapy (thirtysomething)

  • MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ, Director
  • LINDSLEY PARSONS III, Unit Production Manager
  • CRAIG BEAUDINE, First Assistant Director
  • ROGER MILLS, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Daytime, Gangs (CBS Schoolbreak Special)

  • JESUS SALVADOR TREVINO, Director
  • MARK ALLAN, Unit Production Manager
  • RICHARD ESPINOSA, First Assistant Director
  • GILBERT CASTRO, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, One Hundredth Birthday Celebration, Irving Berlin

  • WALTER C. MILLER, Director
  • WENDY CORNELL, Unit Production Manager
  • ELLEN BROWN, Associate Director
  • HENRY NEIMARK, Stage Manager

Documentary/Actuality, On the Move (Great Performances)

  • MERRILL BROCKWAY, Director

Sports, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland Athletics (World Series NBC Sports)

  • HARRY J. COYLE, Director
  • JOSEPH MICHAELS, Associate Director
  • FRANCESCA BELLINI, Stage Manager

Dramatic Special, Lincoln

  • LAMONT JOHNSON, Director
  • BRUCE SHURLEY, Unit Production Manager
  • JERRY GRANDEY, First Assistant Director
  • ERIC WALL, Second Assistant Director

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1987

Comedy Series, My Name is Alex (Family Ties)

  • WILL MACKENZIE, Director
  • TONY CSIKI, Associate Director
  • ANDREW McCOLLUGH, Stage Manager

Dramatic Series, Night, Pilot, thirtysomething

  • MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ, Director
  • STEVE McEVEETY, Unit Production Manager
  • PETER GRIES, First Assistant Director
  • DAWN EASTERLING, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Daytime Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story (Afterschool Special)

  • VICTORIA HOCHBERG, Director
  • CAROL POLAKOFF, Unit Production Manager
  • BOB DAHLIN, First Assistant Director
  • JODI EHRLICH, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Julie Andrews - Sound of Christmas (Special)

  • DWIGHT HEMION, Director
  • DEBBIE LIEBLING, Associate Director

Documentary/Actuality, The Kingdom Divided (God and Politics) (Public Affairs Television)

  • ELENA MANNES, Director

Sports, Syracuse/Indiana (NCAA Basektball Championship - CBS Sports)

  • ROBERT A. FISHMAN, Director
  • STEVE SCHOER and ERIC MANN,Associate Directors

Dramatic Special, Foxfire

  • JUD TAYLOR, Director
  • MURRAY SCHWARTZ, Unit Production Manager
  • FRED BLANKFEIN, First Assistant Director
  • JOHN EYLER, Second Assistant Director

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1986

Comedy Series, Isn't It Romantic (Golden Girls)

  • TERRY HUGHES, Director
  • GARY SHIMOKAWA, LEX PASSARIS,Associate Directors
  • TOM CARPENTER, JANE GREENE, Stage Managers
  • ROBERT SPINA, ELLEN DEUTSCH, Production Associates

Dramatic Series, Night, Atomic Shakespeare (Moonlighting)

  • WILL MACKENZIE, Director
  • RICHARD LEARMAN, Unit Production Manager
  • SKIP BEAUDINE, First Assistant Director
  • LEIGH A. WEBB, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Daytime, Wanted: The Perfect Guy (Afterschool Special)

  • CATLIN ADAMS, Director
  • LEWIS GOULD, First Assistant Director
  • TONY ADLER, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Liberty Weekend

  • WALTER C. MILLER, Director
  • GREGG SILLS, Unit Production Manager
  • ELLEN BROWN, Associate Director
  • DAVID WADER, Stage Manager
  • DEBBIE PASETTA, Production Associate

Documentary/Actuality, Eugene O'Neill - A Glory of Ghosts (American Masters)

  • PERRY MILLER ADATO, Director
  • BRUCE NALEPINSKI, First Assistant Director
  • PETER PASTORELLI, Second Assistant Director

Sports, New York Mets vs. Boston Red Sox (World Series of Baseball)

  • HARRY J. COYLE, Director
  • JOE MICHAELS, Associate Director
  • BOB VAN RY, Stage Manager

Dramatic Specials, Nobody's Child

  • LEE GRANT, Director

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1985

Comedy Series, Pilot episode, Golden Girls

  • JAY SANDRICH, Director
  • HARRY WATERSON, Unit Production Manager
  • GARY SHIMOKAWA, Associate Director
  • TOM CARPENTER, DOUG TOBIN, Stage Managers
  • LAURIE GILBERT, Production Assistant

Dramatic Show, Night, My Fair David (Moonlighting)

  • WILL MACKENZIE, Director
  • F.A. MILLER, Unit Production Manager
  • SKIP BEAUDINE, First Assistant Director
  • LEIGH WEBB, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Show, Day The Day the Senior Class Got Married (Schoolbreak Special)

  • CRAIG SANDY TUNG, Director
  • NAN BERNSTEIN, Unit Production Manager
  • MARK McGANN, First Assistant Director
  • BARBARA RAVIS, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Motown Returns to the Apollo

  • DON MISCHER, Director
  • JAN CORNELL, Associate Director
  • CHARLES R. VINSON, HENRY L. NEIMARK, AL BRODERICK, ELECTA BROWN, JIMMY BAYLOR, ERNEST BAXTER, JR., Stage Managers

Sports, Tour de France

  • ANDY J. KINDLE, DAVID MICHAELS, Directors
  • MARK WOLFF, Associate Director
  • Documentary/Actuality, Homage to Chagall: The Colors of Love
  • HARRY RASKY, Director

Dramatic Special, An Early Frost

  • JOHN ERMAN, Director
  • ART SEIDEL, Unit Production Manager
  • STEVE McEVEETY, First Assistant Director
  • MIKE SCHILZ, Second Assistant Director

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1984

Comedy Series, Pilot episode, The Bill Cosby Show

  • JAY SANDRICH, Director
  • CARL LAUTEN, Associate Director
  • CHUCK RALLEN VINSON, ELECTA BROWN, Stage Managers

Dramatic Shows, Night, The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall (Hill Street Blues)

  • THOMAS CARTER, Director
  • BURT BLUESTEIN, Unit Production Manager
  • HERB ADELMAN, First Assistant Director
  • JACK PHILBRICK, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Shows, Daytime, Mom's On Strike (After School Special)

  • JOAN DARLING, Director
  • CAROL POLAKOFF, Unit Production Manager
  • IRA HALBERSTADT, First Assistant Director
  • STEVE WERTIMER, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, Baryshnikov by Tharp With American Ballet Theatre

  • DON MISCHER & TWYLA THARP, Directors
  • JAN CORNELL, Associate Director

Sports, Super Bowl XVIII

  • SANDY GROSSMAN, Director
  • JOEL ARONOWITZ, Technical Director
  • JOAN VITRANO, BOB DUNPHY, MIKE
  • BURKS, BOB DEKAS, Associate Directors
  • RICHARD NELSON, Stage Manager

Documentary/Actuality, The Journey Within (The Body Human)

  • ALFRED R. KELMAN, Director

Dramatic Specials, The Dollmaker

  • DANIEL PETRIE, Director
  • JOHN WILSON, Unit Production Manager
  • GARY DAIGLER, First Assistant Director
  • KATTERLI FRAUENFELDER, Second Assistant Director

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1983

Comedy Series, Showdown, Pt. II (Cheers)

  • JAMES BURROWS, Director
  • PENNY ADAMS FLOWERS, Unit Production Manager
  • THOMAS LOFARO, First Assistant Director
  • BRIAN ELLIS, Second Assistant Director
  • GIL CLASEN, Technical Coordinator

Dramatic Show, Daytime, The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (After School Special)

  • SHARRON MILLER, Director
  • PAUL DEASON, Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director
  • LESLIE WALDMAN, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Night, Life in the Minors (Hill Street Blues)

  • JEFF BLECKNER, Director
  • SASCHA SCHNEIDER, Unit Production Manager
  • HERB ADELMAN, First Assistant Director
  • CONRAD IRVING and JACK PHILBRICK, Second Assistant Directors

Musical/Variety, A Lincoln Center Special: New York City Ballet Tribute to George Balanchine

  • EMILE ARDOLINO, Director
  • JAY MILLARD, Associate Director
  • HENRY NEIMARK, Stage Manager

Documentary/Actuality, Willie Loman Comes To China (Our Times with Bill Moyers)

  • HARRY MOSES, Director

Dramatic Specials, Special Bulletin

  • EDWARD ZWICK, Director
  • JOHN ROGERS, Unit Production Manager
  • TONY BRAND, Associate Director
  • IRWIN MARCUS, Stage Manager

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1982

Comedy Series, Where There's a Will, There's a War (M*A*S*H)

  • ALAN ALDA, Director
  • DAVID HAWKS, Unit Production Manager/Assistant Director
  • CATHY KINSOCK, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Personal Foul (Hill Street Blues)

  • DAVID ANSPAUGH, Director
  • CAL NAYLOR, Unit Production Manager
  • RICK WALLACE, First Assistant Director
  • DALE WHITE, JACK PHILBRICK,
  • Second Assistant Directors

Musical/Variety, Shirley MacLaine - Illusions

  • DON MISCHER, Director
  • JAN CORNELL, Associate Director
  • PETER BARTH, Stage Manager

Documentary/Actuality, Carl Sandburg, Echoes and Silences

  • PERRY MILLER ADATO, Director

Dramatic Specials, Inside the Third Reich

  • MARVIN J. CHOMSKY, Director
  • JOHN C. CHULAY, First Assistant Director

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1981

Comedy Series, The Life You Save (M*A*S*H)

  • ALAN ALDA, Director
  • DAVID HAWKS, Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director
  • CATHY KINSOCK, Second Assistant Director

Dramatic Series, Hill Street Station (Hill Street Blues)

  • ROBERT BUTLER, Director
  • ROBERT S. MENDELSOHN, Unit Production Manager
  • R. JOHN SLOSSER, First Assistant Director
  • CARL P. DUBLICLAY, Second Assistant Director

Musical/Variety, The Spellbound Child (Dance in America)

  • EMILE ARDOLINO, Director
  • JAY MILLARD, Associate Director
  • HENRY NEIMARK, Stage Manager

Actuality, Command Performance at Ford's Theatre - The Stars Meet the President

  • STAN HARRIS, Director
  • ELLEN BROWN, Associate Director
  • JOHN SPRAGUE, JOE DICSO, TONY
  • MARSHALL, Stage Managers

Documentary, Great Movie Stunts:Raiders of the Lost Ark

  • ROBERT GUENETTE, Director
  • MICHAEL HYNE, Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director

Special, Skokie

  • HERBERT WISE, Director
  • BRUCE S. PUSTIN, Unit Production Manager
  • RON BOZMAN, First Assistant Director
  • PENNY FINKELMAN, Second Assistant Director

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1980

Dramatic Series, Lou (Lou Grant)

  • ROGER YOUNG, Director
  • ROBERT S. MENDELSOHN, Unit Production Manager
  • R. JOHN SLOSSER, First Assistant Director
  • CARL P. DUBLICLAY, Second Assistant Director

Comedy Series, Fog (Barney Miller)

  • NOAM PITLIK, Director
  • CHESTER JACKSON, Associate Director
  • LEE GRANT, ED DUZIK, Stage Managers

Actuality, The Kennedy Center Honors

  • DON MISCHER, Director
  • JAN CORNELL, Associate Director
  • SHELLEY JENSEN, HENRY NEIMARK,
  • PETER ALEX, Stage Managers

Documentary (tie winners)

  • PERRY MILLER ADATO, Director, A Painter's Diary
  • ALFRED R. KELMAN, Director, Body Beautiful

Musical/Variety, IBM Presents Baryshnikov on Broadway

  • DWIGHT HEMION, Director
  • RITA SCOTT, Associate Director
  • TED RAY, MIKE ERWIN, Stage Managers

Special Shogun

  • JERRY LONDON, Director
  • WALLACE WORSLEY, BEN CHAPMAN, Unit Production Managers
  • PHIL COOK, CHARLES ZIARKO, First Assistant Directors
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