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were held on Sunday, September 19, 1993. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC and was hosted by Angela Lansbury.

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received its first major nomination at this ceremony. For its fourth season, ''

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'' won its first, and only,

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'' was once again nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. It was nominated for all eleven years that it ran and won four times. This tied the record set by ''

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'' which also went 11/11, but only won once. On the drama side, ''

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'' was the defending champion and was seen heavily as the favourite coming into the ceremony being the most nominated show with nine major nominations—but in a major upset, ''

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'' took home Outstanding Drama Series. ''Northern Exposure'' set the dubious record for the largest shutout of all time, as it lost all 11 major nominations; including its

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s nominations, the record increases to 0/16. This record would later be tied by ''

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, but both of these records were later broken by ''

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'' (0/17) in

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, and again by ''

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'' (0/21) in

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. With David Clennon's win for Outstanding Comedy Guest Actor, this was the first time

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won an Acting Emmy.

Winners and nominees

Emmys.com list of 1993 Nominees & Winners
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References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1993 Nominees & Winners
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