38th Primetime Emmy Awards

The Winners of the 1986 Primetime Emmy Awards are as follows:

Outstanding Drama Series — L.A. Law (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Bruce Willis, Moonlighting
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series — Sharon Gless, Cagney and Lacey
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — John Hillerman, Magnum, P.I.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series — Bonnie Bartlett, St. Elsewhere
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series — Alfre Woodard, L.A. Law — Pilot
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series — Gregory Hoblit, L.A. Law — Pilot
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series — Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, L.A. Law: Venus Butterfly
Outstanding Comedy Series - The Golden Girls (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Michael J. Fox, Family Ties
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series — Rue McClanahan, The Golden Girls
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — John Larroquette, Night Court
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Jackee Harry, 227
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series — John Cleese, Cheers : Simon Says
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series — Terry Hughes, The Golden Girls : Isn't It Romantic
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series — Gary David Goldberg and Alan Uger, Family Ties : `A,' My Name Is Alex
Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special — Hallmark Hall of Fame: Promise (CBS)

Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program — The 1987 Tony Awards (CBS)
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program - Robin Williams, A Carol Burnett Special — Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program — Don Mischer, The Kennedy Center Honors — A Celebration of the Performing Arts
Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program — Steve O'Donnell, Sandy Frank, Joe Toplyn, Chris Elliott, Matt Wickline, Jeff Martin, Gerard Mulligan, Randy Cohen, Larry Jacobson, Kevin Curran, Fred Graver, Adam Resnick and David Letterman, Late Night With David Letterman — Fifth Anniversary Special -

Outstanding Miniseries - A Year in the Life (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special - James Woods, Hallmark Hall of Fame: Promise
Outstanding Lead Actress in Miniseries or a Special — Gena Rowlands, The Betty Ford Story
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special - Dabney Coleman, Sworn to Silence
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special - Piper Laurie, Hallmark Hall of Fame: Promise
Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special — Glenn Jordan, Hallmark Hall of Fame: Promise
Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special — Richard Friedenberg, teleplay; Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and Richard Friedenberg, story, Hallmark Hall of Fame: Promise

Outstanding Informational Series - (tie) Smithsonian World (PBS), American Masters: Unknown Chaplin (PBS)
Outstanding Informational Special — Great Performances: Dance in America: Agnes, the Indomitable DeMille (PBS)

Outstanding Children's Program (Prime Time) - Jim Henson's the Story Teller: Hans My Hedgehog (NBC)
Outstanding Children's Series (Daytime) - Sesame Street (PBS)
Outstanding Children's Special (Daytime) - ABC Afterschool Special: Wanted: The Perfect Guy (ABC)

Outstanding Animated Program (Daytime) - Jim Henson's Muppet Babies (CBS)
Outstanding Animated Program (Prime Time) - Cathy (CBS)

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show - The $25,000 Pyramid (CBS)

Outstanding Talk/Service Show - The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated)

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