CableACE Awards: 1985

CableACE

Date:	3 December
Host:	Joe Piscopo; Shelley Duvall
Location:	Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Date:	3 December
Host:	Joe Piscopo; Shelley Duvall
Location:	Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The ceremony is taped and broadcast on WTBS.

Actor in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Ray Bradbury Theater, The" (1985) - James Coco
Other Nominees:
	"Maximum Security" (1984) - Robert Desiderio "Maximum Security" (1984) - Geoffrey Lewis (I) "Maximum Security" (1984) - Trinidad Silva

Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special


Winner:
	Englishman Abroad, An (1983) (TV) - Alan Bates (I)
Other Nominees:
	'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985) (TV) - Matthew Broderick (I) Answers (????) (TV) - Burgess Meredith Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1985) (TV) - Rip Torn

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Undergrads, The (1985) (TV) - Art Carney
Other Nominees:
	Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) - Robert Preston (I) Guardian, The (1984) (TV) - Louis Gossett Jr. Guardian, The (1984) (TV) - Martin Sheen Ratings Game, The (1984) (TV) - Danny DeVito

Actor in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Brothers" (1984) - Philip Charles MacKenzie
Other Nominees:
	"Bizarre" (1980) - John Byner "Brothers" (1984) - Brandon Maggart "Brothers" (1984) - Robert Walden "Steambath" (1983) - José Pérez (II)

Actress in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special


Winner:
	Laundromat, The (1985) (TV) - Amy Madigan
Other Nominees:
	Answers (????) (TV) - Eileen Brennan (I) Heartbreak House (1986) (TV) - Rosemary Harris (I)

Actress in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Tenko" (1981) - Ann Bell (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Susan Sarandon - For episode "Beauty And The Beast". "Paper Chase, The" (1978) - Andra Millian

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Sakharov (1984) (TV) - Glenda Jackson
Other Nominees:
	"Jane Eyre" (1983) - Zelah Clarke Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) - Mary Tyler Moore Forbidden (1984) - Jacqueline Bisset

Actress in a Comedy or Music Program


Winner:
	"Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Lucy Webb (I)

Actress in a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Valerie Perrine - For episode "Three Little Pigs". "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Jean Stapleton - For episode "Cinderella". "Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Anne Bloom "Solo" (1981) - Felicity Kendal

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


Winner:
	Blue Yonder, The (1985) (TV) - Hiro Narita

Performance in a Music Special


Winner:
	Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1985) (TV) - Tina Turner
Other Nominees:
	Bette Midler: Art or Bust (1984) (V) - Bette Midler Elvis: One Night with You (1984) (TV) - Elvis Presley Shirley MacLaine (????) (TV) - Shirley MacLaine Stevie Wonder Comes Home (????) (TV) - Stevie Wonder

Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Paper Chase, The" (1978) - Lynn Roth (executive producer); Ernest A. Losso (producer) - For "The Paper Chase: The Second and Third Years" (season title).

Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	"Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1980) - Bavaria Atelier [de]

Performance in a Comedy Special


Winner:
	Joe Piscopo Video, The (1985) (V) - Joe Piscopo
Other Nominees:
	Father Guido Sarducci Goes to College (1985) - Don Novello Gallagher: Over Your Head (1984) (TV) - Gallagher Last Polka, The (1985) (TV) - John Candy Last Polka, The (1985) (TV) - Eugene Levy


Awarded to:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Shelley Duvall