The 19th Annual CableACE Awards ceremony was held on November 14, 1997, and was the final edition of the CableACE Awards. Below are the nominees[1] and the winners from that ceremony in the main categories.[2]

Winners and nominees edit

Winners in bold:.

Movie edit

Miniseries edit

Actor in a Miniseries or Movie edit

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries edit

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries edit

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries edit

Directing a Movie or Miniseries edit

Writing a Movie or Miniseries edit

Dramatic Series edit

Dramatic or Theatrical Special edit

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series edit

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series edit

Guest Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series edit

Guest Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series edit

  • Glenn CloseIn the Gloaming (HBO)
  • Anne De SalvoLifetime Women's Festival (Episode: "Women Without Implants") (Lifetime)
  • Alix Elias – Lifetime Women's Festival (Episode: "Lois Lives a Little") (Lifetime)
  • Amy Hargreaves – Flashback (HBO)
  • Dianne WiestAvonlea (Disney Channel)

Directing a Dramatic Special or Series edit

Writing a Dramatic Special or Series edit

Comedy Series edit

Actor in a Comedy Series edit

Actress in a Comedy Series edit

Directing a Comedy Series edit

  • Todd HollandThe Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Everybody Loves Larry") (HBO)
  • Alan Meyerson – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Ellen, Or Isn't She?") (HBO)
  • John RiggiThe Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Artie and Angie and Hank and Hercules") (HBO)
  • Don ScardinoTracey Takes On... (Episode: "Vegas") (HBO)
  • Mike TollinArli$$ (Episode: "The Client's Best Interest") (HBO)

Writing a Comedy Series edit

  • Peter TolanThe Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "My Name Is Asher Kingsley") (HBO)
  • Judd Apatow, John Markus, and Garry ShandlingThe Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Ellen, or Isn't She?") (HBO)
  • Jeff CesarioThe Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Pain Equals Funny") (HBO)
  • Becky Hartman-Edwards, John Riggi, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The New Writer") (HBO)
  • Jon VittiThe Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Everybody Loves Larry") (HBO)

Entertainment Host edit

Informational or Documentary Host edit

Program Interviewer edit

Magazine Host edit

Newscaster edit

Animated Programming Special or Series edit

Children's Special or Series – 6 and Younger edit

Children's Special – 7 and Older edit

  • Family Video Diaries (Episode: "Bong & Donnell") (HBO)
  • In His Father's Shoes (Showtime)
  • Nick News (Episode: "Kids and Guns") (Nickelodeon)
  • Stick Stickly (Episode: "Stuck") (Nickelodeon)
  • The Wind in the Willows (The Family Channel)

Children's Series – 7 and Older edit

Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series edit

  • Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes (HBO)
  • Jaws & Claws (The Discovery Channel)
  • Nick News (Episode: "Peace on Earth") (Nickelodeon)
  • Pop Sci (The Discovery Channel)
  • WAM! Goes to Washington (WAM!)

Writing a Children's Special or Series edit

  • Jon Cooksey, Katie Ford, Ali Marie Matheson, Mark Palmer, J. David Stem, and David WeissRugrats (Episode: "Mother's Day") (Nickelodeon)
  • Franklyn Ajaye and Barry Douglas – Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special (HBO)
  • Anne-Marie Cunniffe and Linda EllerbeeNick News (Episode: "Peace on Earth") (Nickelodeon)
  • Bruce Harmon – Flashback (HBO)
  • Jeff Kindley – Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes (HBO)

Music Special or Series edit

Performance in a Music Special or Series edit

Directing A Music Special or Series edit

Comedy Special edit

Stand-up Comedy Special or Series edit

Directing a Comedy Special edit

Writing an Entertainment Special edit

Performing Arts Special or Series edit

  • Leonard Bernstein's New York (Ovation)
  • The 40th Annual Pablo Casals Festival (A&E)
  • Follow the Moonstone (Ovation)
  • Naked Classics (Episode: "The Prodigy") (Bravo)

Variety Special or Series edit

Game Show Special or Series edit

Educational Special or Series edit

  • Great Books (TLC)
  • Addicted (HBO)
  • The Bomb Detectives (The Discovery Channel)
  • Transplant: The Clock is Ticking (TLC)
  • The Ultimate Guide: Snakes (The Discovery Channel)

Public Affairs Special or Series edit

  • America Undercover (Episode: "Talked to Death") (HBO)
  • 27th & Prospect: One Year in the Fight Against Drugs (HBO)
  • Final Take: Megan's Law (Lifetime)
  • America Undercover (Episode: "A Kill for a Kill") (HBO)
  • America Undercover (Episode: "Memphis P.D. War on the Streets") (HBO)

Environmental/Nature Documentary Special edit

  • Great Siberian Grizzly (Animal Planet)
  • Galapagos: Beyond Darwin (The Discovery Channel)
  • National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "Lords of the Everglades") (TBS)
  • National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "Savage Garden") (TBS)
  • Wildlife Adventures (Episode: "Survival of the Yellowstone Wolves") (TBS)

Entertainment/Cultural Documentary Special edit

  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TNT)
  • Ballyhoo! The Hollywood Sideshow (AMC)
  • Biography (Episode: "Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown") (A&E)
  • The Burger and The King: The Life & Cuisine of Elvis Presley (Cinemax)
  • Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (Cinemax)

Historical Documentary Special or Series edit

Documentary Special edit

Documentary Series edit

Documentary Limited Series edit

Directing a Documentary Special edit

Writing a Documentary Special edit

  • Sam Hurst and Ned JudgeThe Coming Plague (TBS)
  • David DarlowSurvival in the Sky (Episode: "Blaming the Pilot") (TLC)
  • Greg Kandra and Bob Waldman – Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road (A&E)
  • John Rubin and Dixon Steele – National Geographic Explorer (Episode: "Savage Garden") (TBS)
  • Georgia Searle – Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TNT)

Talk Show Series edit

Magazine Show Special or Series edit

  • Moms of a Lifetime Special (Lifetime)
  • The Beef (The Family Channel)
  • National Geographic Explorer (TBS)
  • Sex in the 90's IX: The Safest Sex of All (MTV)

News Special or Series edit

  • Investigative Reports (Episode: "Meth's Deadly High") (A&E)
  • The Death of a Princess (CNN)
  • Discovery News (The Discovery Channel)
  • Inside North Korea (CNN)
  • Investigative Reports (Episode: "Death of Vince Foster") (A&E)

Extended News/Public Affairs Coverage edit

Informational Series edit

Recreation and Leisure Special or Series edit

  • Lonely Planet (Episode: "Ethiopia") (Travel)
  • American Voices (CNN)
  • Dinner with Oprah (Lifetime)
  • Road Rules (MTV)
  • Wildlife Encounters (Travel)

Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series edit

  • You're on Your Own (CNBC)
  • CyberLife (The Discovery Channel)
  • Cyberspace (Episode: "Through the Looking Glass") (TLC)
  • Investigative Reports (Episode: "Hooked on a Dream: America's Lotteries") (A&E)
  • Super Highway Robbery (TLC)

Sports Events Coverage Special edit

Sports Events Coverage Series edit

Sports News Series edit

Sports Information Series edit

Sports Information Special edit

  • Sports on the Silver Screen (HBO)
  • Breaking Through: Our Turn to Play (Lifetime)
  • Football America (TNT)
  • Long Shots: The Life and Times of the American Basketball Association (HBO)
  • NBA at 50 (TNT)

Sports Host edit

Sports Play-by-Play Announcer edit

Sports Commentator/Analyst edit

Directing Live Sports Events Coverage Special or Series edit

  • Bob DunphyThe Sound and the Fury: Holyfield vs. Tyson II (Showtime)
  • Douglas Holmes – Stanley Cup Finals (ESPN)
  • Bobby Lewis – Rangers Hockey (Madison Square Garden Network)
  • Marc Payton – ESPN Major League Baseball (ESPN)
  • Bill Webb – Yankees Baseball (Madison Square Garden Network)

Fictional Short-Form Programming Special or Series edit

  • Lifetime Women's Festival (Episode: "The Undertaker") (Lifetime)
  • The Girl with Her Head Coming Off (Nickelodeon)
  • Short Films by Short People (Episode: "The Adventures of Sam Digital in the 21st Century") (Nickelodeon)
  • Ted the Head (Nickelodeon)

Non-Fictional Short-Form Programming Special or Series edit

  • Rent (CNN)
  • Before and After Jackie (SportsChannel)
  • Director of the Month (TCM)
  • The Good Father (CNN)
  • Legacy of Pain/Children of the Holocaust (CNN)

References edit

  1. ^ "CableAce Nominations". Variety. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "CableAce Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 11, 2014.