The 18th Annual CableACE Awards were held on November 16, 1996. Below are the nominees[1] and the winners from that ceremony in the major categories.[2][3]
Winners in bold.
Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series
Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series
- Donna Murphy – Lifestories: Families in Crisis (Episode: "Someone Had to be Benny") (HBO)
- Tina Lifford – America's Dream (Episode: "Long Black Song") (HBO)
- Cherie Lunghi – Strangers (Episode: "The One You Love") (HBO)
- Amanda Plummer – The Outer Limits (Episode: "A Stitch in Time") (Showtime)
- Maureen Stapleton – Avonlea (Episode: "What a Tangled Web We Weave") (Disney Channel)
Actress in a Comedy Series
Children's Special or Series – 6 and Younger
Children's Series – 7 and Older
Children's Special – 7 and Older
Animated Programming Special or Series
Comedy Special
- 20 Years of Comedy on HBO (HBO)
- HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Hazelle!") (HBO)
- Mr. Show (HBO)
Variety Special or Series
News Special or Series
- Investigative Reports (Episode: "Seized by the Law") (A&E)
- Chernobyl: Legacy of a Meltdown (CNN)
- Investigative Reports (Episode: "Danger on the Rails") (A&E)
- Return to the Hot Zone (CNN)
- War on the Cocaine Cartel (CNN)
- B.B. King: The Blues Summit (A&E)
- My Life With Handel (Ovation)
- The South Bank Show (Episode: "Elaine Paige") (Bravo)
- The South Bank Show (Episode: "Luciano Pavarotti") (Bravo)
- Still/Here (Ovation)