# 18th CableACE Awards

The 18th Annual CableACE Awards were held on November 16, 1996. Below are the nominees and the winners from that ceremony in the major categories.

## Winners and nominees

Winners in bold.

### Movie or Miniseries

* Truman (HBO)
* The Late Shift (HBO)
* Sophie and the Moonhanger (Lifetime)
* Soul of the Game (HBO)
* The Tuskegee Airmen (HBO)

### Dramatic Series

* The Outer Limits (Showtime)
* Avonlea (Disney Channel)
* Strangers (HBO)

### Comedy Series

* The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Exit 57 (Comedy Central)
* Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Comedy Central)

### Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

* Gary Sinise – Truman (HBO)
* Robbie Coltrane – Cracker (Episode: "Brotherly Love") (A&E)
* Laurence Fishburne – The Tuskegee Airmen (HBO)
* Carl Lumbly – Nightjohn (Disney Channel)
* Courtney B. Vance – The Affair (HBO)

### Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

* Sela Ward – Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (Lifetime)
* Anne Bancroft – Homecoming (Showtime)
* Kerry Fox – The Affair (HBO)
* Lela Rochon – Mr. and Mrs. Loving (Showtime)
* Cicely Tyson – The Road to Galveston (USA)

### Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

* Tom Hulce – The Heidi Chronicles (TNT)
* Jason Bernard – Sophie and the Moonhanger (Lifetime)
* Dennis Boutsikaris – Chasing the Dragon (Lifetime)
* Andre Braugher – The Tuskegee Airmen (HBO)
* Stephen Root – The Road to Galveston (USA)

### Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

* Amanda Plummer – The Right to Remain Silent (Showtime)
* Christine Lahti – The Four Diamonds (Disney Channel)
* Laura San Giacomo – The Right to Remain Silent (Showtime)
* Alison Steadman – Pride and Prejudice (A&E)
* Shelley Winters – Mrs. Munck (Showtime)

### Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

* Danny Glover – America's Dream (Episode: "Long Black Song") (HBO)
* Ben Cross – Poltergeist: The Legacy (Episode: "The Substitute") (Showtime)
* Mark Harmon – Strangers (Episode: "The Visit") (HBO)
* Michael Shulman – Lifestories: Families in Crisis (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

* Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Brian Benben – Dream On (HBO)
* Michael McKean – Dream On (HBO)
* Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

### Actress in a Comedy Series

* Tracey Ullman – Tracey Takes On... (HBO)
* Denny Dillon – Dream On (HBO)
* Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Penny Johnson – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
* Wendie Malick – Dream On (HBO)

### Children's Special or Series – 6 and Younger

* The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (Episode: "The Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies & Mrs. Tittlemouse") (The Family Channel)
* A Chanukah Mitzvah (Jewish TV Network)
* Allegra's Window (Nickelodeon)
* Gullah Gullah Island (Nickelodeon)
* Little Bear (Nickelodeon)

### Children's Series – 7 and Older

* The Composers' Specials (HBO)
* Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Nickelodeon)
* Flash Forward (Disney Channel)
* Space Cases (Nickelodeon)
* The Secret World of Alex Mack (Nickelodeon)

### Children's Special – 7 and Older

* Nickelodeon Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (Episode: "4 Points") (Nickelodeon)
* Family Video Diaries (Episode: "Before You Go: A Daughter's Diary") (HBO)
* Johnny & Clyde (Showtime)
* Nick News (Episode: "The Body Trap") (Nickelodeon)
* The Little Riders (Disney Channel)

### Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series

* Nick News (Nickelodeon)
* Justice Factory (Court TV)
* Teen Summit (Episode: "Living on the Street . . . On the Real") (BET)
* The Big Help Stories (Nickelodeon)

### Animated Programming Special or Series

* Duckman (USA)
* Courage the Cowardly Dog (Episode: "The Chicken from Outer Space") (Cartoon Network)
* Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
* Ren & Stimpy (Nickelodeon)
* Rocko's Modern Life (Nickelodeon)

### Comedy Special

* 20 Years of Comedy on HBO (HBO)
* HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Hazelle!") (HBO)
* Mr. Show (HBO)

### Variety Special or Series

* Tracey Takes On... (HBO)
* Dennis Miller Live (HBO)
* Lifetime Applauds (Episode: "The Fight Against Breast Cancer") (Lifetime)
* Midnight Mac Starring Bernie Mac (HBO)

### Music Special or Series

* The South Bank Show (Episode: "Wynton Marsalis") (Bravo)
* The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (HBO)
* VH1 Duets (VH1)
* VH1 Honors (VH1)
* VH1 Storytellers (VH1)

### Documentary Special

* Survivors of the Holocaust (TBS)
* Investigative Reports (Episode: "Kamikaze") (A&E)
* Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (HBO)
* Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (HBO)
* Rain of Ruin (History)

### Documentary Series

* The Revolutionary War (TLC)
* Biography (A&E)
* Crime Science (A&E)
* Lost & Found (FX)
* Mysteries of the Bible (A&E)

### Talk Show Series

* Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
* Charles Grodin (CNBC)
* Larry King Live (CNN)
* Reflections on the Silver Screen (AMC)
* The Howard Stern Show (E!)

### Program Interviewer

* Roy Firestone – Up Close Primetime (ESPN)
* Larry King – Larry King Live (CNN)
* Howard Stern – The Howard Stern Show (E!)
* Mary Tillotson – CNN and Company (CNN)

### 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

* Bernard Shaw and Judy Woodruff – Inside Politics (CNN)
* Joie Chen and Miles O'Brien – CNN Saturday/Sunday Morning News (CNN)
* Leon Harris and Donna Kelley – CNN Morning News (CNN)

### Sports News Series

* Sports Tonight (CNN)
* Baseball Tonight (ESPN)
* NFL Game Day (ESPN)
* NFL Prime Monday (ESPN)
* SportsCenter (ESPN)

### Sports Information Series

* Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (HBO)
* Outside the Lines (ESPN)
* Peak Performance (TLC)
* The Sports Reporters (ESPN)
* Up Close Primetime (ESPN)

### Sports Host

* Chris Berman – Baseball Tonight, NFL Halftime, and SportsCenter (ESPN)
* Verne Lundquist (TBS)
* Keith Olbermann (ESPN)
* Bob Page (Madison Square Garden)
* Al Trautwig (Madison Square Garden)

### 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)