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CableACE Awards: 1989

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Date:	15 January
Host:	Harry Anderson (I)
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

ACE

Date:	15 January
Host:	Harry Anderson (I)
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	Ten cable networks telecast the show simultaneously: BET, CBN Family Channel, Discovery, FNN, Lifetime, Movietime, Nick at Nite, Superstation TBS, TNT and USA.

Actor in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Vietnam War Story" (1987) - Wesley Snipes - For episode "An Old Ghost Walks the Earth".
Other Nominees:
	"Pulaski" (1987) - David Andrews (I) "Ray Bradbury Theater, The" (1985) - Michael Ironside - For episode "The Fruit At The Bottom Of The Bowl". Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - Tate Donovan - For the segment "R&R". Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - Todd Graff - For the segment "Separated".

Actor in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special


Winner:
	Intimate Contact (1987) (TV) - David Massey
Other Nominees:
	Oedipus at Colonus (1984) (TV) - Anthony Quayle Oedipus the King (1984) (TV) - John Gielgud Tidy Endings (1988) (TV) - Harvey Fierstein

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Mandela (1987) (TV) - Danny Glover
Other Nominees:
	Into the Homeland (1987) (TV) - Powers Boothe Life Story (1987) (TV) - Jeff Goldblum Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Val Kilmer Steal the Sky (1988) (TV) - Ben Cross (I)

Actor in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	All-Star Toast to the Improv, An (1988) (V) - Billy Crystal
Other Nominees:
	"It's Garry Shandling's Show." (1986) - Garry Shandling "Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Stuart Pankin "Yes, Prime Minister" (1986) - Nigel Hawthorne

Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special


Winner:
	Tidy Endings (1988) (TV) - Stockard Channing
Other Nominees:
	Antigone (1984) (TV) - Juliet Stevenson Intimate Contact (1987) (TV) - Claire Bloom (I) Oedipus the King (1984) (TV) - Claire Bloom (I)

Actress in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Tanner '88" (1988) - Pamela Reed
Other Nominees:
	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) - Kate Trotter - For episode "Hunted". "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) - Lindsay Wagner (I) - For episode "Prism". "Ray Bradbury Theater, The" (1985) - Mary Morris (I) - For episode "There Was An Old Woman". Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - Cynthia Bain (I) - For the segment "R&R".

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Mandela (1987) (TV) - Alfre Woodard
Other Nominees:
	Baja Oklahoma (1988) (TV) - Lesley Ann Warren Clinton and Nadine (1988) (TV) - Ellen Barkin Gotham (1988) (TV) - Virginia Madsen

Actress in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Lucy Webb (I)
Other Nominees:
	"It's Garry Shandling's Show." (1986) - Molly Cheek "It's Garry Shandling's Show." (1986) - Jennifer Tilly

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Laguna Heat (1987) (TV) - Rip Torn
Other Nominees:
	Clinton and Nadine (1988) (TV) - Morgan Freeman (I) Friendship in Vienna, A (1988) (TV) - Edward Asner Life Story (1987) (TV) - Alan Howard (I) Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Charles Durning

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Life Story (1987) (TV) - Juliet Stevenson
Other Nominees:
	Baja Oklahoma (1988) (TV) - Swoosie Kurtz Friendship in Vienna, A (1988) (TV) - Jane Alexander (I) Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss (1988) (TV) - Dorothy Lyman

Directing a Dramatic Series


Nominees:
	Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - David Burton Morris - For the segment "R&R".

Directing a Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Mandela (1987) (TV) - Philip Saville

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


Winner:
	Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Mikael Salomon

Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Comedy or Dramatic Series


Winner:
	Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - Jack Wallner

Writing a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Yes, Prime Minister" (1986) - Antony Jay; Jonathan Lynn

Writing a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - Cindy Lou Johnson; Patrick Sheane Duncan - For the segment "R&R".

Writing a Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Mandela (1987) (TV) - Ronald Harwood

Art Direction for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Vincent M. Cresciman

Costume Design for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Charles Buehler Mandela (1987) (TV) - Michael Robbie

Editing for a Dramatic Special or Series/Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries


Winner:
	Mandela (1987) (TV) - Ralph Sheldon
Other Nominees:
	Vietnam War Story II (1988) (V) - Marco Zappia - For the segment "Separated".

Original Score


Nominees:
	Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Charles Bernstein (I) Mandela (1987) (TV) - Richard Hartley (I)

Music Special


Nominees:
	Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) (V) - Michael Jackson (I) (executive producer); Suzanne De Passe (executive producer); Burl Hechtman (producer); Suzanne Coston (producer); George Paige (I) (producer)

Comedy Special


Nominees:
	Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988) (TV) - Kevin Bright (executive producer/producer); Merrill Markoe (executive producer/director); John Axness (producer)

Performance in a Comedy Special


Winner:
	Comic Relief '87 (1987) (TV) - Robin Williams (I)

Make-Up


Nominees:
	Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Pamela S. Westmore

Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, The (1987) (TV) - Michael Campus (I) (executive producer/writer); Yoram Ben-Ami (producer) Mandela (1987) (TV) - Herbert Brodkin (executive producer); Robert Berger (III) (producer); Dickie Bamber (producer)

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Awarded to:
	HBO [us] - For the production of high-impact programming as exemplified by Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) (TV).