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Winners of 18th annual CableACE Awards

By   |   Nov. 17, 1996

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 -- The winners of the 18th annual CableACE Awards, including those presented Saturday in ceremonies televised live from Los Angeles and in non-televised ceremonies, were: Educational or instructional special or series: 'Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial,' AMC. Public affairs special or series: 'Investigative Reports: Wife Beaters,' A&E. Entertainment/cultural documentary special: 'The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera,' Independent Film Channel. Environmental/nature documentary special: 'To Love or To Kill: Man vs. Animal: America Undercover,' HBO. Documentary special: 'Survivors of the Holocaust,' TBS. Documentary series: 'The Revolutionary War,' The Learning Channel. Talk show series: 'Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,' Comedy Central. Magazine show special or series: 'The Other Europe,' The Travel Channel. News special or series: 'Investigative Reports: Seized by the Law,' A&E. Extended news or public affairs coverage: 'CNN's Coverage of Russian Elections,' CNN. Recreation and leaisure special or series: 'Lonely Planet: Central Asia,' The Travel Channel. Business or consumer programming special or series: 'The Money Club, ' CNBC. Sports events coverage special: 'Baltimore Orioles Baseball: Ripken's 2,131st Game,' Home Team Sports. Sports events coverage series: 'ESPN Sunday Night NFL,' ESPN. Sports news series: 'Sports Tonight,' CNN. Sports information series: 'Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel,' HBO. Sports information special: 'The Journey of the African-American Athlete,' HBO. Music special or series: 'South Bank Show: Wynton Marsalis,' Bravo. Comedy special: '20 Years of Comedy on HBO,' HBO. Comedy series: 'The Larry Sanders Show,' HBO.

Stand-up copmedy special or series: 'HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Judy Gold,' HBO. Movie or miniseries: 'Truman,' HBO. Dramatic or theatrical special: 'America's Dream: 'Long Black Song, '' HBO. Dramatic series: 'The Outer Limits,' Showtime. Performing arts special or series: 'B.B. King: The Blues Summit,' A&E. Variety special or series: 'Tracey Takes On...,' HBO. Game show special or series: 'Debt,' Lifetime. Children's special or series, 6 and younger: 'The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: Tale of Flopsy Bunny and Mrs. Tittlemouse,' The Family Channel. Children's special, 7 and older: 'Nickelodeon Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (4 Points),' Nickelodeon. Children's series, 7 and older: 'The Composers' Specials,' HBO. more

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Children's educational or informational special or series: 'Nick News,' Nickelodeon. Fictional short-form special or series: 'Inside Eddie Johnson,' Nickelodeon. Non-fictional short-form special or series: 'Poisoned Pen,' CNN. Animated special or series: 'Duckman,' USA Network. Performance, music special or series: Tony Bennett, 'Tony Bennett Live by Request: A Valentine's Special.' Performance, comedy special: Julia Sweeney, 'Lifetime Applauds: The Fight Against Breast Cancer.' Actor, comedy series: Garry Shandling, 'The Larry Sanders Show.' Actress, comedy series: Tracey Ullman, 'Tracey Takes On....' Actor, movie or miniseries: Gary Sinise, 'Truman.' Actress, movie or miniseries: Sela Ward,' 'Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story.' Supporting actor, movie or miniseries: Tom Hulce, 'The Heidi Chronicles.' Supporting actress, movie or miniseries: Amanda Plummer, 'The Right to Remain Silent.' Actor, dramatic special or series: Danny Glover, 'America's Dream: 'Long Black Song.'' Actress, dramatic special or series: Donna Murphy, 'Someone Had To Be Benny.' Entertainment host: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams, 'Comic Relief VII.' Informational or documentary host: David Attenborough, 'The Private Life of Plants.' Program interviewer: Roy Firestone, 'Up Close Prime Time.' Magazine host: Ian Wright, 'Lonely Planet: Central Asia.' Newscaster: Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff, 'Inside Politics.' Sports host: Chris Berman, 'Baseball Tonight,' 'NFL Halftime,' 'SportsCenter.' Sports play-by-play announcer: Jon Miller, 'ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.' Sports commentator/analyst: Tom Jackson, 'NFL GameDay.' Directing, documentary special: Deborah Dickson, Susan Froemke, Albert Maysles, 'Letting Go: A Hospice Journey.' Directing, live sports event coverage special or series: Marc Payton, 'ESPN Sunday Night NFL.' Directing, music special or series: Chuck Vinson, 'Sinbad's Summer Jam: '70s Soul Music Festival.' Directing, comedy special: Denis Leary, 'National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins: Lust.' Directing, comedy series: Todd Holland, 'The Larry Sanders Show: Arthur After Hours.' Directing, movie or miniseries: Robert Markowitz, 'The Tuskegee Airmen.' more

Directing, dramatic special or series: Bill Duke, 'America's Dream: 'The Boy Who Painted Christ Black.'' Writing, documentary special: Martin Davidson, 'Biography: Muhammad Ali.' Writing, entertainment special: Dennis Miller, 'HBO Comedy Hour: Dennis Miller: 'Citizen Arcane.'' Writing, comedyseries: Judd Apstrow, Jeff Cesario, Garry Shandling, 'The Larry Sanders Show: The Bump.' Writing, movie or miniseries: John Kane, 'Daisies in December.' Writing, dramatic special or series: Ron Stacker Thompson, Ashley Tyler, 'America's Dream: 'The Boy Who Painted Christ Black.'' Writing, children's special or series: Bruce Harmon, 'Someone Had To Be Benny.' Editing, documentary special or series: Barry Reynolds, 'To Love or to Kill: Man vs. Animal: America Undercover.' Editing, comedy or music special or series: Darren Kloomok, 'Remember WENN: On the Air.' Editing, dramatic special, series, movie or miniseries: Lisa Fruchtman, 'Truman.' Art direction, comedy or music special or series: Jimmy Cuomo, Kelly Van Patter, A West, 'Adventures in Wonderland.' Art direction, dramatic special, series, movie or miniseries: Michael Z. Hanan, Doug Mowat, Edward L. Rubin, 'Andersonville.' Director of photography, comedy or music special or series: Dave Sperling, 'Remember WENN.' Cinematography, movie or miniseries: William Wages, 'Riders of the Purple Sage.' Costume design: Dinah Collin, 'Pride and Prejudice.' Makeup: Cathy Berkely, Ron Berkely, Bari Burman, Tom Burman, 'Tracey Takes On....' Original song: Giles Paquin, Al Simmons, Vonnie von Helmolt, Ken Whitely, 'Counting Feathers/I Collect Rocks' from 'Short Stuff.' Original score: Ron Ramin, 'Rent-A-Kid.' International informational special or series: 'The Dying Rooms,' Cinemax. International documentary special or series: 'Metropolis: The Tower Without Ends,' The Learning Channel. International dramatic special or movie: 'The War Between Us,' Lifetime. International cultural/performing arts special or series: 'Cirque du Soleil: Saltimbanco,' Bravo. International children's programming special or series: 'The Return of the Borrowers,' TNT.