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47th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 10, 1995
Site	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Creative Arts Awards	September 9, 1995
Host	Jason Alexander Cybill Shepherd
TV in the United States
Network	Fox
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The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 10, 1995. The awards show was hosted by Jason Alexander and Cybill Shepherd. It was broadcast on Fox. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Frasier
  • Friends
  • The Larry Sanders Show
  • Mad About You
  • Seinfeld

Outstanding Drama Series

• NYPD Blue
  • Chicago Hope
  • ER
  • Law & Order
  • The X-Files

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Kelsey Grammer for playing Frasier Crane on Frasier
  • John Goodman for playing Dan Conner on Roseanne
  • Paul Reiser for playing Paul Buchman on Mad About You
  • Jerry Seinfeld for playing himself on Seinfeld
  • Garry Shandling for playing Larry Sanders on The Larry Sanders Show

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Mandy Patinkin for playing Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope
  • George Clooney for playing Dr. Doug Ross on ER
  • Anthony Edwards for playing Dr. Mark Greene on ER
  • Dennis Franz for playing Andy Sipowicz on NYPD Blue
  • Jimmy Smits for playing Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Candice Bergen for playing Murphy Brown on Murphy Brown
  • Roseanne Barr for playing Roseanne Conner on Roseanne
  • Ellen DeGeneres for playing Ellen Morgan on Ellen
  • Helen Hunt for playing Jamie Buchman on Mad About You
  • Cybill Shepherd for playing Cybill Sheridan on Cybill

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Baker for playing Jill Brock on Picket Fences
  • Claire Danes for playing Angela Chase on My So-Called Life
  • Angela Lansbury for playing Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote
  • Sherry Stringfield for playing Dr. Susan Lewis on ER
  • Cicely Tyson for playing Carrie Grace Battle on Sweet Justice

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• David Hyde Pierce for playing Niles Crane on Frasier
  • Jason Alexander for playing George Costanza on Seinfeld
  • Michael Richards for playing Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld
  • David Schwimmer for playing Ross Geller on Friends
  • Rip Torn for playing Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Ray Walston for playing Henry Bone on Picket Fences
  • Hector Elizondo for playing Dr. Phillip Watters on Chicago Hope
  • James Earl Jones for playing Neb Langston on Under One Roof
  • Eriq La Salle for playing Dr. Peter Benton on ER
  • Noah Wyle for playing Dr. John Carter on ER

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Christine Baranski for playing Maryann Thorpe on Cybill
  • Lisa Kudrow for playing Phoebe Buffay on Friends
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus for playing Elaine Benes on Seinfeld'
  • Laurie Metcalf for playing Jackie Harris on Roseanne
  • Liz Torres for playing Mahalia Sanchez on The John Larroquette Show

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Julianna Margulies for playing Nurse Carol Hathaway on ER
  • Barbara Babcock for playing Dorothy Jennings on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  • Tyne Daly for playing Alice Henderson on Christy
  • Sharon Lawrence for playing Sylvia Costas on NYPD Blue
  • Gail O'Grady for playing Donna Abandando on NYPD Blue