CableACE Awards: 1987

CableACE

Date:	20 January
Host:	Bernadette Peters; Garry Shandling
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Date:	20 January
Host:	Bernadette Peters; Garry Shandling
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The ceremony is broadcast live on WTBS.

Actor in a Dramatic Series


Winners:
	"Hitchhiker, The" (1983) - Gary Busey - For episode "WGOD". "Ray Bradbury Theater, The" (1985) - Peter O'Toole (I) - For episode "Banshee".
Other Nominees:
	"Hitchhiker, The" (1983) - Michael O'Keefe (I) - For episode "Man's Best Friend". "Oxbridge Blues" (1984) - Ben Kingsley - For episode "Sleeps Six". "Ray Bradbury Theater, The" (1985) - Jeff Goldblum - For episode "Town Where No One Got Off".

Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special


Winner:
	Sunday in the Park with George (1986) (TV) - Mandy Patinkin
Other Nominees:
	As Is (1986) (TV) - Robert Carradine As Is (1986) (TV) - Jonathan Hadary Biko Inquest, The (1984) (TV) - Albert Finney Grown-Ups (1985) (TV) - Charles Grodin (I) Half a Lifetime (1986) (TV) - Keith Carradine

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Mussolini and I (1985) (TV) - Anthony Hopkins
Other Nominees:
	"Tender Is the Night" (1985) - John Heard Act of Vengeance (1986) (TV) - Wilford Brimley Murrow (1986) (TV) - Dabney Coleman Murrow (1986) (TV) - Daniel J. Travanti

Actor in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Stuart Pankin
Other Nominees:
	"Bizarre" (1980) - John Byner "Brothers" (1984) - Philip Charles MacKenzie "Brothers" (1984) - Brandon Maggart "Brothers" (1984) - Robert Walden "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Art Carney - For episode "The Emperor's New Clothes". "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - James Earl Jones - For episode "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp".

Actress in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special


Winner:
	Sunday in the Park with George (1986) (TV) - Bernadette Peters
Other Nominees:
	Grown-Ups (1985) (TV) - Marilu Henner Grown-Ups (1985) (TV) - Jean Stapleton Knockback (1984) (TV) - Pauline Collins

Actress in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Oxbridge Blues" (1984) - Susan Sarandon - For episode "He'll See You Now".
Other Nominees:
	"Hitchhiker, The" (1983) - Kirstie Alley - For episode "Out Of The Night". "Hitchhiker, The" (1983) - Jenny Seagrove - For episode "Killer". "Paper Chase, The" (1978) - Lainie Kazan "Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" (1984) - Kate Reid (I) - For episode "Trouble Is My Business".

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	As Summers Die (1986) (TV) - Beah Richards
Other Nominees:
	"Tender Is the Night" (1985) - Mary Steenburgen As Summers Die (1986) (TV) - Bette Davis

Actress in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Lucy Webb (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Brothers" (1984) - Robin Riker "Brothers" (1984) - Hallie Todd "Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Anne Bloom "Washingtoon" (1985) - Beverly Archer

Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries

Original Music


Nominees:
	"Ray Bradbury Theater, The" (1985) - John Massari - For episode "Banshee".

Performance in a Music Special


Winner:
	Sisters in the Name of Love (1986) (TV) - Patti LaBelle
Other Nominees:
	Phil Collins: No Jacket Required - Sold Out (1986) (TV) - Phil Collins (I) Pointer Sisters in Paris, The (1986) (TV) - Anita Pointer; June Pointer; Ruth Pointer Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1985) (V) - Barbra Streisand Sisters in the Name of Love (1986) (TV) - Gladys Knight Sisters in the Name of Love (1986) (TV) - Dionne Warwick Standing Room Only: Liza in London (1986) (TV) - Liza Minnelli Tragédie de Carmen, La (1983) - H�l�ne Delavault

Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Paper Chase, The" (1978) - Lynn Roth (executive producer); Ernest A. Losso (producer) - For "The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year" (season title).

Informational Special


Nominees:
	Change of Heart (1987) (TV) - John A. Burrows Jr. (executive producer); William Riead (producer/director/writer) - Awarded as: "On Borrowed Time".

Performance in a Comedy Special


Winner:
	Comic Relief (1986/I) (TV) - Robin Williams (I)
Other Nominees:
	Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Billy Crystal Special (1986) (TV) - Billy Crystal Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special, The (1986) (TV) - Garry Shandling Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985) (TV) - Martin Short (I) On Location: Robert Klein on Broadway (1986) (TV) - Robert Klein (I)