17th CableACE Awards
# 17th CableACE Awards

The 17th Annual CableACE Awards were held on December 6, 1995. Below are the nominees and winners from that ceremony in the major categories.

## Winners and nominees

Winners in bold.

### Movie or Miniseries

* Citizen X (HBO)
* The Burning Season (HBO)
* Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (Lifetime)
* Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
* Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TNT)

### Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

* Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season (HBO)
* John Goodman – Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TNT)
* Tommy Lee Jones – The Good Old Boys (TNT)
* Raúl Juliá – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
* James Woods – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

### Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

* Linda Hamilton – A Mother's Prayer (USA)
* Laura Dern – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
* Marlee Matlin – Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (Lifetime)
* Vanessa Redgrave – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
* Mercedes Ruehl – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

### Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

* Jeffrey DeMunn – Citizen X (HBO)
* Robert Carlyle – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)
* Tony Haygarth – The Infiltrator (HBO)
* Ben Kingsley – Joseph (TNT)
* Max Von Sydow – Citizen X (HBO)

### Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

* Jean Marsh – Fatherland (HBO)
* Lolita Davidovich – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
* Shirley Knight – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
* Kay Lenz – Shame II: The Secret (Lifetime)
* Diana Rigg – Screen Two (Episode: "Genghis Cohn") (A&E)

### Directing a Movie or Miniseries

* John Frankenheimer – The Burning Season (HBO)
* Tim Fywell – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)
* Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (HBO)
* Mick Jackson – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
* Jean Stewart – Cracker (Episode: "Men Should Weep") (A&E)

### Writing for a Movie or Miniseries

* Stanley Price – Screen Two (Episode: "Genghis Cohn") (A&E)
* Joseph Dougherty – Witch Hunt (HBO)
* Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (HBO)
* John Hopkins and Toshiro Ishido – Hiroshima (Showtime)
* Jimmy McGovern – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)

### Comedy Series

* The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Dream On (HBO)
* Exit 57 (Comedy Central)
* The State (MTV)

### Actor in a Comedy Series

* Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Brian Benben – Dream On (HBO)
* Howie Mandel – Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies (Showtime)
* Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

### Actress in a Comedy Series

* Wendie Malick – Dream On (HBO)
* Denny Dillon – Dream On (HBO)
* Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Jodi Lennon – Exit 57 (Comedy Central)
* Amy Sedaris – Exit 57 (Comedy Central)

### Directing a Comedy Series

* Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Doubt of the Benefit") (HBO)
* Robby Benson – Dream On (Episode: "Try Not to Remember") (HBO)
* Robert Ginty – Dream On (Episode: "Bess, You Is Not My Woman Now") (HBO)
* John Landis – Dream On (Episode: "The Courtship of Martin's Father") (HBO)
* Alan Myerson – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Arthur's Crisis") (HBO)

### Writing a Comedy Series

* Drake Sather, Garry Shandling, and Peter Tolan – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Doubt of the Benefit") (HBO)
* H. Jon Benjamin, Loren Bouchard, Bill Braudis, Dom Irrera, Jonathan Katz, Karen LeBlanc, Annette LeBlanc Cate, Will Lebow, Richard Luongo, Andre Lyman, Julianne Shapiro, Laura Silverman, Tom Snyder, and Mark Usher – Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
* Maya Forbes – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The Fourteenth Floor") (HBO)
* Maya Forbes, Steve Levitan, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Roseanne's Return") (HBO)
* Paul Simms – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Hank's Divorce") (HBO)

### Dramatic Series

* The Outer Limits (Showtime)
* Avonlea (Disney Channel)
* Tales From the Crypt (HBO)
* The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Showtime)

### Dramatic or Theatrical Special

* Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Space Traders") (HBO)
* Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Tang") (HBO)
* Cosmic Slop (Episode: "The First Commandment") (HBO)
* Tokyo Bound (International Channel)

### Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

* John Hurt – Picture Windows (Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing") (Showtime)
* Beau Bridges – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)
* Larry Drake – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Message") (Showtime)
* Kiefer Sutherland – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Love and Blood") (Showtime)
* Jim True – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Two Over Easy") (Showtime)

### Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

* Paula Jai Parker – Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Tang") (HBO)
* Jackie Burroughs – Avonlea (Disney Channel)
* Jennifer Grey – Fallen Angels (Episode: "A Dime a Dance") (Showtime)
* Isabella Rossellini – Tales From the Crypt (Episode: "You, Murderer") (HBO)
* Helen Shaver – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)

### Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

* Stuart Gillard – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)
* Jim McBride – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Fearless") (Showtime)
* Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Grandpa's Funeral") (Showtime)
* Steven Soderbergh – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Professional Man") (Showtime)
* Robert Zemeckis – Tales From the Crypt (Episode: "You, Murderer") (HBO)

### Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

* Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Grandpa's Funeral") (Showtime)
* John Boorman – Picture Windows (Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing") (Showtime)
* Trey Ellis – Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Space Traders") (HBO)
* Ted Henning and Stephen Kay – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Two Over Easy") (Showtime)
* Frank Pugliese – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Love and Blood") (Showtime)

### Animated Special or Series

* Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
* Duckman (USA)
* Rocko's Modern Life (Nickelodeon)
* Rugrats (Nickelodeon)

### Comedy Special

* HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side") (HBO)
* South Bank Show (Episode: "British Comedy Special") (Bravo)
* South Bank Show (Episode: "Dawn French and Large Women") (Bravo)
* South Bank Show (Episode: "Lenny Henry: African-American Humor") (Bravo)
* State of the Union: Undressed (Comedy Central)

### Standup Comedy Special or Series

* Full Frontal Comedy (Showtime)
* A&E's An Evening at the Improv (A&E)
* HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rosie O'Donnell") (HBO)
* HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Women of the Night IV Hosted by Tracey Ullman") (HBO)
* The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student (Showtime)

### Performance in a Comedy Special

* Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side") (HBO)
* Danny Bonaduce, Franklin Cover, Frank Gorshin, Robert Hegyes, Sherman Hemsley, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, Ron Palillo, Isabel Sanford, and Adam West – 1995 MTV Movie Awards (MTV)
* Karen Hines – Married Life (Comedy Central)
* Dennis Miller – State of the Union: Undressed (Comedy Central)

### Directing a Comedy Special

* Anthony Morina – The Clinic (Comedy Central)
* Ken Finkleman – Married Life (Comedy Central)
* Vince Paterson – In Search of Dr. Seuss (TNT)

### News Special or Series

* Rwanda: Cry Justice (CNN International)
* CNN Presents (Episode: "America Mourns") (CNN)
* CNN Presents (Episode: "Kingdom of Cocaine") (CNN)
* New Religions: The Cult Question (MTV)
* Vietnam: Coming to Terms (CNN)

### Talk Show Series

* Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
* Ask E. Jean (America's Talking)
* Charles Grodin (CNBC)
* Four on the Floor (VH1)
* Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo)

### Documentary Series

* Desmond Morris' The Human Animal (TLC)
* 20th Century (A&E)
* A Baby's World (TLC)
* Biography (A&E)
* VH1 to 1 (VH1)

### Entertainment Host

* Garry Shandling – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "The 1995 Young Comedians Special") (HBO)
* Bobby Collins – Stand Up Spotlight (VH1)
* John Henson – Talk Soup (E!)
* Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
* Dennis Miller – Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

### Writing an Entertainment Special

* Jeff Cesario, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Greg Greenburg, and Kevin Rooney – Dennis Miller Live (Episode: "America: Where Did Our Sense of Humor Go?") (HBO)
* Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl – The MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (Comedy Central)
* Rosie O'Donnell – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rosie O'Donnell") (HBO)
* Marilyn Kentz and Caryl Kristensen – The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student (Showtime)
* Rita Rudner – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rita Rudner: Married Without Children") (HBO)

### Program Interviewer

* Jane Wallace – Under Scrutiny with Jane Wallace (FX)
* Larry King – Larry King Live (CNN)
* Cal Thomas – Cal Thomas (CNBC)

### Sports Information Series

* MTV Sports (MTV)
* Inside the NFL (HBO)
* The Sporting Life With Jim Huber (CNN)
* The Sports Reporters (ESPN)
* Up Close: Primetime (ESPN)

### Sports Host

* Keith Olbermann – SportsCenter (ESPN)
* Chris Berman (ESPN)
* Jim Lampley (HBO)
* Dan Patrick (ESPN)
* Al Trautwig (Madison Square Garden Network)

### Sports Commentator/Analyst

* Dick Schaap – The Sports Reporters (ESPN)
* Doug Collins (TNT)
* Peter Gammons (ESPN)
* Dick Vitale (ESPN)
