18th CableACE Awards explained
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
- Danny Glover – America's Dream (Episode: "Long Black Song") (HBO)
- Ben Cross – (Episode: "The Substitute") (Showtime)
- Mark Harmon – Strangers (Episode: "The Visit") (HBO)
- Michael Shulman – (Episode: "Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
- Wesley Snipes – America's Dream (Episode: "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") (HBO)
Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series
- Donna Murphy – Lifestories: Families in Crisis (Episode: "Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
- Tina Lifford – America's Dream (Episode: "Long Black Song") (HBO)
- Cherie Lunghi – Strangers (Episode: "The One You Love") (HBO)
- Amanda Plummer – The Outer Limits (Episode: "A Stitch in Time") (Showtime)
- Maureen Stapleton – Avonlea (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
- Survivors of the Holocaust (TBS)
- Investigative Reports (Episode: "Kamikaze") (A&E)
- Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (HBO)
- (HBO)
- Rain of Ruin (History)
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)
Notes and References
- Web site: CableAce Award Nominations Announced . Associated Press . 11 August 2014.
- Web site: 1996 CableAce Awards . Associated Press . 11 August 2014.
- Web site: CableACE Nominations Are Dominated by HBO. LA Times. 6 September 2015.