Merlin, the Docs, the Moon and the Stars at the Top

Here is the complete list of nominations for the 50th annual nighttime Emmy Awards, as announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. They cover programs aired between June 1, 1997, and May 31, 1998.

PROGRAMS

* Comedy series: “Ally McBeal,” Fox; “Frasier,” NBC; “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; “Seinfeld,” NBC; “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC.

* Drama series: “ER,” NBC; “Law & Order,” NBC; “NYPD Blue,” ABC; “The Practice,” ABC; “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Miniseries: “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City,” Showtime; “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; “George Wallace,” TNT; “Merlin,” NBC; “Moby Dick,” USA.

* Movie: “A Bright Shining Lie,” HBO; “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; “Gia,” HBO; “12 Angry Men,” Showtime; “What the Deaf Man Heard,” CBS.

* Variety, music or comedy series: “Dennis Miller Live,” HBO; “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,” ABC; “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” NBC; “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO.

* Variety, music or comedy special: “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; “Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope,” ABC; “Garth Live From Central Park,” HBO; “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC; “The 1997 Tony Awards,” CBS.

* Classical music-dance program: “Blue Suede Shoes--Ballet Rocks!,” PBS; “The Metropolitan Opera Presents Carmen,” PBS; “Paul McCartney’s Standing Stone,” A&E; “Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now,” PBS; “Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach,” PBS.

* Children’s program: “Absent Minded Inventions and the Search for Flubber With Bill Nye the Science Guy,” ABC; “Muppets Tonight,” Disney; “Nick News Special Edition: Divorce--Caught in the Middle,” Nickelodeon; “Nick News Special Edition: What Are You Staring At?,” Nickelodeon; “The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss,” Nickelodeon.

* Non-fiction special: “American Masters: Don Hewitt--90 Minutes on 60 Minutes,” PBS; “Dead Blue: Surviving Depression,” HBO; “Vietnam POWs--Stories of Survival,” Discovery; “4 Little Girls,” HBO; “Wolves at Our Door,” Discovery.

* Non-fiction series: “The American Experience,” PBS; “Biography,” A&E; “Desmond Morris’ The Human Sexes,” TLC; “Discover Magazine,” Discovery; “Inside the Actors Studio,” Bravo.

* Animated program (one hour or less): “Cow and Chicken,” Cartoon; “Dexter’s Laboratory,” Cartoon; “King of the Hill,” Fox; “The Simpsons,” Fox; “South Park,” Comedy.

* Commercial: “American Express--Virtual Reality,” Propaganda Films; “Apple Computer--Think Different,” TBWA Chiat/Day; “AT&T-Freshman;,” Gartner; “Hallmark--Working Mother,” Lieberman Productions; “Pella Windows--The Elopement,” Coppos Films.

ACTING

* Actor, comedy series: Michael J. Fox, “Spin City,” ABC; Kelsey Grammer, “Frasier,” NBC; John Lithgow, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC; Paul Reiser, “Mad About You,” NBC; Garry Shandling “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO.

* Actor, drama series: Andre Braugher, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” NBC; David Duchovny, “The X-Files,” Fox; Anthony Edwards, “ER,” NBC; Dennis Franz, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Jimmy Smits, “NYPD Blue,” ABC.

* Actor, miniseries or movie: Jack Lemmon, “12 Angry Men,” Showtime; Sam Neill, “Merlin,” NBC; Ving Rhames, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Gary Sinise, “George Wallace,” TNT; Patrick Stewart, “Moby Dick,” USA.

* Actress, comedy series: Kirstie Alley, “Veronica’s Closet,” NBC; Ellen DeGeneres, “Ellen,” ABC; Jenna Elfman, “Dharma & Greg,” ABC; Calista Flockhart, “Ally McBeal,” Fox; Helen Hunt, “Mad About You,” NBC; Patricia Richardson, “Home Improvement,” ABC.

* Actress, drama series: Gillian Anderson, “The X-Files,” Fox; Roma Downey, “Touched by an Angel,” CBS; Christine Lahti, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; Julianna Margulies, “ER,” NBC; Jane Seymour, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” CBS.

* Actress, miniseries or movie: Ellen Barkin, “Before Women Had Wings,” ABC; Jamie Lee Curtis, “Nicholas’ Gift,” CBS; Judy Davis, “The Echo of Thunder,” CBS; Olympia Dukakis, “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City,” Showtime; Angelia Jolie, “Gia,” HBO; Sigourney Weaver, “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” Showtime.

* Supporting actor, comedy series: Jason Alexander, “Seinfeld,” NBC; Phil Hartman, “NewsRadio,” NBC; David Hyde Pierce, “Frasier,” NBC; Jeffrey Tambor, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; Rip Torn, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO.

* Supporting actor, drama series: Gordon Clapp, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Hector Elizondo, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; Steven Hill, “Law & Order,” NBC, Eriq La Salle, “ER,” NBC; Noah Wyle, “ER,” NBC.

* Supporting actor, miniseries or movie: Hume Cronyn, “12 Angry Men,” Showtime; Gregory Peck, “Moby Dick,” USA; George C. Scott, “12 Angry Men,” Showtime; Martin Short, “Merlin,” NBC; J.T. Walsh, “Hope,” TNT.

* Supporting actress, comedy: Christine Baranski, “Cybill,” CBS; Kristen Johnston, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC; Lisa Kudrow, “Friends,” NBC; Jane Leeves, “Frasier,” NBC; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Seinfeld,” NBC.

* Supporting actress, drama series: Kim Delaney, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Laura Innes, “ER,” NBC, Camryn Manheim, “The Practice,” ABC; Della Reese, “Touched by an Angel,” CBS; Gloria Reuben, “ER,” NBC.

* Supporting actress, miniseries or movie: Helena Bonham Carter, “Merlin,” NBC; Julie Harris, “Ellen Foster,” CBS; Judith Ivey, “What the Deaf Man Heard,” CBS; Angelina Jolie, “George Wallace,” TNT; Mare Winningham, “George Wallace,” TNT.

* Guest actor, comedy series: Hank Azaria, “Mad About You,” NBC; Lloyd Bridges, “Seinfeld,” NBC; Mel Brooks, “Mad About You,” NBC; John Cleese, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC; Nathan Lane, “Mad About You,” NBC.

* Guest actor, drama series: Bruce Davison, “Touched by an Angel,” CBS; Vincent D’Onofrio, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” NBC; Charles Durning, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” NBC; John Larroquette, “The Practice,” ABC; Charles Nelson Reilly, “Millennium,” Fox.

* Guest actress, comedy series: Carol Burnett, “Mad About You,” NBC; Jan Hooks, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC; Patti LuPone, “Frasier,” NBC; Bette Midler, “Murphy Brown,” CBS; Emma Thompson, “Ellen,” ABC.

* Guest actress, drama series: Veronica Cartwright, “The X-Files,” Fox; Swoosie Kurtz, “ER,” NBC; Cloris Leachman, “Promised Land,” CBS; Lili Taylor, “The X-Files,” Fox; Alfre Woodard, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” NBC.

* Performance in a variety or music program: Garth Brooks, “Garth Live From Central Park,” HBO; Michael Crawford, “Michael Crawford in Concert,” PBS; Billy Crystal, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Jay Leno, “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” NBC; David Letterman, “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; Tracey Ullman, “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO.

WRITING

* Comedy series: David E. Kelley, “Ally McBeal (Theme of Life),” Fox; Lawrence Broch, “Ellen (Emma),” ABC; Joe Keenan, “Frasier (The Ski Lodge),” NBC; Richard Day, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, “The Larry Sanders Show (Putting the ‘Gay’ Back in Litigation),” HBO; Peter Tolan, Garry Shandling, “The Larry Sanders Show (Flip),” HBO.

* Drama series: James Yoshimura, “Homicide: Life on the Street (The Subway),” NBC; David Milch, Ted Mann, “NYPD Blue (Lost Israel),” ABC; Nicholas Wootton, David Milch, “NYPD Blue (Lost Israel--Part 2),” ABC; David E. Kelley, “The Practice (Betrayal),” ABC; Chris Carter, “The X-Files (The Post-Modern Prometheus),” Fox.

* Variety or music show: Louis CK, Lance Crouther, Jon Hayman, Paul Kozlowski, Ali Leroy, Chris Rock, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Wanda Sykes-Hall, Steve O’Donnell, Greg Greenberg, “The Chris Rock Show,” HBO; Eddie Feldmann, Dennis Miller, David Feldman, Leah Krinsky, Jim Hanna, David Weiss, Jose Arroyo, “Dennis Miller Live,” HBO; Jonathan Groff, Brian Kiley, Janine DiTullio, Chris Albers, Tommy Blacha, Brian McCann, Brian Reich, Michael Gordon, Mike Sweeney, Greg Cohen, Ellie Barancik, Brian Stack, Andy Richter, Conan O’Brien, “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” NBC; Rob Burnett, Jon Beckerman, Tim Long, Gabe Abelson, Michael Barrie, Carter L. Bays, Will Forte, Eric Kaplan, David Letterman, Jim Mulholland, Gerry Mulligan, Rodney Rothman, Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel, Craig Thomas, Joe Toplyn, Steve Young, “Late Show With David Letterman,” CBS; David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Jay Johnston, Bill Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Dino Stamatopoulos, Mike Stoyanov, Paul F. Tompkins, Mike Upchurch, “Mr. Show With Bob and David,” HBO.

* Miniseries or movie: Nicholas Wright, “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City,” Showtime; Kario Salem, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Graham Yost, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 2),” HBO; Jay McInerney, Michael Cristofer, “Gia,” HBO; David Stevens, Peter Barnes, Edward Khmara, “Merlin,” NBC.

DIRECTING

* Comedy series: Allan Arkush, “Ally McBeal (Cro-Magnon),” Fox; James Frawley, “Ally McBeal (Pilot),” Fox; James Burrows, “Dharma & Greg (Pilot),” ABC; Todd Holland, “The Larry Sanders Show (Flip),” HBO; Terry Hughes, “3rd Rock From the Sun (Dick and the Other Guy),” NBC.

* Drama series: Mark Tinker, “Brooklyn South (Pilot),” CBS; Bill D’Elia, “Chicago Hope (Brain Salad Surgery),” CBS; Thomas Schlamme, “ER (Ambush),” NBC; Paris Barclay, “NYPD Blue (Lost Israel--Part 2),” ABC; Chris Carter, “The X-Files (The Post-Modern Prometheus),” Fox.

* Variety or music program: Louis J. Horvitz, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Bruce Gowers, “Fleetwood Mac ‘The Dance,’ ” MTV; Marty Callner, “Garth Live From Central Park,” HBO; Robert Iscove, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC; Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas, “Stomp Out Loud,” HBO; Don Scardino, “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO.

* Miniseries or movie: John Herzfeld, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Tom Hanks, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 1),” HBO; John Frankenheimer, “George Wallace,” TNT; Steve Barron, “Merlin,” NBC; William Friedkin, “12 Angry Men,” Showtime.

OTHER

* Art direction, series: Peter Politanoff, Diane O’Connell, “Ally McBeal,” Fox; John S. Shaffner, Anne H. Ahrens, “Dharma & Greg,” ABC; Michael Baugh, Cate Bangs, William Vail, “Nothing Sacred,” ABC; Herman Zimmerman, Randy McIlvain, Laura Richarz, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” syn.; Graeme Murray, Greg Loewen, Shirley Inget, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Art direction, miniseries or movie: Normand Sarrazin, Lise Ethier, Ann Grenier, “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City,” Showtime; Michael Baugh, William Vail, “Buffalo Soldiers,” TNT; Richard Toyon, Kitty Doris-Bates, Seth Reed, Amy Wells, Michele Poulik, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Roger Hall, John King, Mike Boone, Karen Brookes, “Merlin,” NBC; Leslie Binns, Andrew Walpole, Peter Kendall, Jill Eden, “Moby Dick,” USA.

* Art direction, variety or music program: Roy Christopher, Steve Olson, Keaton Walker, Dorothy Christopher, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Bob Keene, Brian Stonestreet, “The 40th Annual Grammy Awards,” CBS; Randy Ser, Edward L. Rubin, Julie Kaye Fanton, “Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC; Steve Kimmel, Maggie Goldman, Ben Oshman, “Stomp Out Loud,” HBO; Chez Cherry, Chip Dox, Yvette Knight, “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO.

* Cinematography, series: James Bagdonas, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; Michael McMurray, “Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict,” syn.; Hugo Cortina, “JAG,” CBS; Constantine Makris, “Law & Order,” NBC; Joel Ransom, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Cinematography, miniseries or movie: William Wages, “Buffalo Soldiers,” TNT; Ron Garcia, “The Day Lincoln Was Shot,” TNT; Gale Tattersall, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Alan Caso, “George Wallace,” TNT; Sergei Kozlov, “Merlin,” NBC; Eric Van Haren Noman, “What the Deaf Man Heard,” CBS.

* Casting, series: Jeanie Bacharach, Sharon Jetton, “Ally McBeal,” Fox; John Levey, Barbara Miller, “ER,” NBC; Jeff Greenberg, “Frasier,” NBC; Lou Digiaimo, Pat Moran, Brett Goldstein, “Homicide: Life on the Street,” NBC; Suzanne Ryan, “Law & Order,” NBC; Junie Lowry Johnson, “NYPD Blue,” ABC.

* Casting, miniseries or movie: Robi Reed-Humes, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Meg Liberman, Marc Hirschfeld, Sharon Klein, Mark Fincannon, Lisa Mae Wells Fincannon, Craig Fincannon, Deborah Brown, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Iris Grossman, “George Wallace,” TNT; Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, “Gia,” HBO; Lynn Kressel, Noel Davis, “Merlin,” NBC.

* Choreography: Daniel Ezralow, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Marguerite Derricks, Peggy Holmes, “Fame L.A.,” syn.; Anita Mann, “1997 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon,” syn.; Rob Marshall, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC.

* Costuming, series: Loree Parral, Shelly Levine, Michelle Roth, “Ally McBeal,” Fox; Shawn Holly Cookson, Terry Gordon, “The Nanny,” CBS; LuEllyn Harper, Monique Long, “NewsRadio,” NBC.

* Costuming, miniseries, movie or special: Amy Stofsky, “The Pentagon Wars,” HBO.

* Costume design, series: Audrey M. Bansmer, “Frasier,” NBC; Dan Moore, “The Magnificent Seven,” CBS; Carolyn Grifel, “Remember WENN,” AMC; Robert Blackman, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” syn.; Melina Root, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC.

* Costume design, miniseries or movie: Denis Sperdouklis, “Armistead Maupin’s More Tales of the City,” Showtime; Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Robert Turturice, “Gia,” HBO; Ann Holowood, “Merlin,” NBC; Marit Allen, Charles Knode, “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” Showtime.

* Costume design, variety or music program: Bob Mackie, “Blue Suede Shoes-Ballet Rocks!,” PBS; Ellen Mirojnick, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC; Jane Ruhm, “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO.

* Single-camera picture editing, series: Thomas R. Moore, “Ally McBeal,” Fox; Alec Smight, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; Kevin Casey, “ER,” NBC; Heather MacDougall, “The X-Files,” Fox; Casey Rohrs, “The X-Files,” Fox; Lynne Willingham, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Single-camera picture editing, miniseries or movie: Steve Cohen, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Laurie Grotstein, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 1),” HBO; Richard Pearson, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 4),” HBO; Eric Sears, “Gia,” HBO; Colin Green, “Merlin,” NBC.

* Multi-camera picture editing, series: Janet Ashikaga, “Frasier,” NBC; Ron Volk, “Frasier,” NBC; Leslie Tolan, Paul Anderson, Sean Lambert, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; Tucker Wiard, “Murphy Brown,” CBS; Skip Collector, “Seinfeld,” NBC.

* Multi-camera picture editing, miniseries, movie or special: Floyd Ingram, “AMC Salute to Film Noir,” AMC; Michael Salomon, “Garth Brooks Ireland and Back,” NBC; Michael Polito, Randy Magalski, Barbara S. Bellow, Joe Wiedenmayer, Mark Muheim, “The Kennedy Center Honors,” CBS; Alan Carter, “Quincy Jones . . . The First 50 Years,” ABC; Richard Dawas, Jason Porthouse, “Stomp Out Loud,” HBO; Girish Bhargava, “Variety and Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now,” PBS.

* Makeup, series: John Vulich, John Wheaton, Jeff Farley, Mark Garbarino, Jerry Gergely, Gabriel De Cunto, Manuel Case, Cinzia Zanetti, Jason Barnett, Michael Pack Ron Pipes, “Babylon 5,” TNT; Todd A. McIntosh, John Vulich, John Maldonado, John Wheaton, Gerald Quist, Margi Latinopoulos, Dayne Johnson, Alan Friedman, Craig Reardon, Michael Blake, Robin Beauchesne, Brigette Myre-Ellis, Mark Shostrom, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” WB; Camille Calvet, Michael Westmore, Dean Jones, Karen Iverson, Mark Bussan, Ellis Burman, Karen J. Westerfield, Mary Kay Morse, Belinda Bryant, Joe Podnar, Suzanne Diaz, Jill Rockow, David Quaschnick, Bernd Rantscheff, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” syn.; Ron Berkeley, Kathy Berkeley, Thomas R. Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman, “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO; Laverne Basham, Pearl Loule, Toby Lindala, Dave Coughtry, Rachel Griffin, Robin Lindala, Leanne Rae Podavin, Brad Proctor, Geoff Redknap, Tony Wohlgemuth, Wayne Dang, Vince Yoshida, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Makeup, miniseries, movie or special: Gina Lamendola, Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Janeen Schreyer, Patty Androff, Jaime Kelman, Cheryl Nick, Keith Sayer, John Jackson, Matthew W. Mungle, “George Wallace,” TNT; Aileen Seaton, Mark Coulier, “Merlin,” NBC; Matthew W. Mungle, Ken Jennings, “Oliver Twist,” ABC; Ann Brodie, Linda Devetta, “Snow White: A Tale of Terror,” Showtime.

* Hairstyling, series: Jeri Baker, Francine Shermaine, Suzan Bagdadi, Susan Carol Swary, Dugg Kirkpatrick, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” WB; Deborah Dobson, Virginia Grobeson, Laura Lee Grubich, Christine Lee, Elaina Schulman, Jennifer Guerrero-Mazursky, Kelly Kline, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” CBS; Norma Lee, Brian A. Tunstall, Rebecca DeMorrio, Darlis Chefalo, Gloria Pasqua Casny, Kathrine Gordon, Hazel Catmull, Ruby Ford, Louisa Anthony, Barbara Ronci, Suzan Bagdadi, Jo Anne Chaney, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” syn.; Josee Normand, Charlotte Gravenor, Viviane Normand, Gloria Montemayor, Chriss McBee, Mimi Jafari, Ruby Ford, Delree Todd, Laura Connely, Hazel Catmull, Dianne Pepper, Adele Taylor, Barbara Ronci, Skip McNalley, “Star Trek: Voyager,” syn.; Audree Futterman, “Tracey Takes On . . . ,” HBO.

* Hairstyling, miniseries, movie or special: Sally Harper, Robert Harper, “The Day Lincoln Was Shot,” TNT; Leonard Drake, Pauletta O. Lewis-Irwin, Alan Scott, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Vicky Phillips, Lynda Gurasich, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Jennifer Guerrero-Mazursky, Ellin Lavar, Carla Farmer, Julia Walker, Kimberly Kimble, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC; Josee Normand, Norma Lee, “The Warlords: Battle for the Galaxy,” UPN.

* Lighting direction (electronic), comedy series,: Donald A. Morgan, “Home Improvement,” ABC; Peter Smokler, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; James Jensen, “The Nanny,” CBS; George Spiro Dibie, “Sister, Sister,” WB.

* Lighting direction (electronic), drama series, variety series, miniseries, movie or special: Robert Dickinson, Andy O’Reilly, Matt Ford, Bob Barnhart, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Richard Thorpe, “ER,” NBC; Robert Dickinson, John C. Morgan, “Fleetwood Mac ‘The Dance,’ ” MTV; Patrick Woodroffe, Bob Peterson, Mike Baldassari, Dave Hill, Dave Butzler, “Garth Live From Central Park,” HBO; Jeff Engel, Phil Callan, Tim Sheldon, “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,” ABC; Lee Rose, David Kaniski, Matt Firestone, Paul Lennon, Warwick Price, Dietrich Juengling, “Yanni: Tribute,” PBS.

* Main title design: Nicholas Livesey, “The Hunger,” Showtime; Nancy Laurence, Nancy Giandomenico, Kelly Moseley, Mark Woods, “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,” ABC; Greg Pecknold, Mark Dwyer, “Popular Science,” TLC; Bruce Bryant, Carol Johnsen, Mark Dennison, “Union Square,” NBC; Kasumi Mihori, Billy Pittard, Ed Sullivan, “The Wonderful World of Disney,” ABC.

* Music composition, series (dramatic underscore): Christophe Beck, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” WB; Jon Ehrlich, “Roar,” Fox; Alf Clausen, “The Simpsons,” Fox; Joel Goldsmith, “Stargate SG-1,” Showtime; Mark Snow, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Music composition, miniseries or movie (dramatic underscore): Mark Adler, “Forbidden Territory: Stanley’s Search for Livingston,” ABC; Michael Kamen, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Bruce Broughton, “Glory & Honor,” TNT; Don Davis, “House of Frankenstein,” NBC; Trevor Jones, “Merlin,” NBC.

* Music direction: Bill Conti, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Ian Fraser, “Michael Crawford in Concert,” PBS; Paul Bogaev, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” ABC; Alf Clausen, “The Simpsons,” Fox; Jay Chattaway, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” syn.

* Music and lyrics: Ed Alton, David Kidd, Ron Burch, for “You Don’t Know Jack” on “The Closer,” CBS; David Cross, Dino Stamatopoulos, Eban Schletter, Bill Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk, for “How High the Mountain” on “Mr. Show With Bob and David,” HBO; Alf Clausen, for “You’re Checkin’ In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center)” on “The Simpsons,” Fox; Joseph Lo Duca, for “Hearts Are Hurting” on “Xena,” syn.; Joseph Lo Duca, for “The Love of Your Love” on “Xena,” syn.

* Main title theme music: Maribeth Derry, Tom Snow, Robbie Buchanan, Richard Barton Lewis, “Fame L.A.,” syn.; Christopher Klatman, “Four Corners,” CBS; Micky Erbe, Maribeth Soloman, “Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict,” syn.; Mark Isham, “Nothing Sacred,” ABC; Mitchell Froom, “Sessions at West 54th,” PBS.

* Sound editing, series: Walter Newman, Darren Wright, Rick Camera, Darleen Stoker-Kageyama, Cathy Flynn-Morris, Tom Harris, Michael D. Dittrick, Casey Crabtree, James Bailey, “ER,” NBC; Mark Crookston, Maciek Malish, Gabrielle Reeves, Ken Gladden, Debby Ruby Winsberg, Donna Beltz, Michael Kimball, Susan Welsh, Jarmil Maupin, Jeff Charbonneau, Mike Salvetta, Gary Murello, “Millennium,” Fox; Matthew Sawelson, Dennis Gray, Brad Katona, Jay Jennings, Eric Norris, Myron Nettinga, Joe Earle, Ron Evans, Nancy May Parker, Ginger Geary, “Soldier of Fortune, Inc.,” syn.; Cindy Rabideau, Mark J. Cleary, Rick Hinson, Raymond E. Spiess III, Robert Guastini, Anna Mackenzie, William Angarola, Jay Richardson, Jimmy Moriana, Michael Broomberg, “The Visitor,” Fox; Thierry Courturier, Maciek Malish, Jay Levine, Gabrielle Reeves, Michael Goodman, Ira Leslie, Chris Fradkin, Rick Hinson, Michael Kimball, Jeff Charbonneau, Gary Marullo, Mike Salvetta, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Sound editing, miniseries, movie or special: Michael Graham, Kristi Johns, Anton Holden, Bob Costanza, Rick Crampton, Rob Webber, Adriane Marfiak, Tim Terusa, Rusty Tinsley, Rick Steele, Oliver Barth, Mark Steele, Lou Thomas, Gary Macheel, Jeff Charbonneau, Tim Chilton, Jill Schachne, “The Day Lincoln Was Shot,” TNT; J. Paul Huntsman, Gloria D’Allesandro, Carin Rodgers, George Nemzer, Timothy A. Cleveland, Mark Mangino, Paul J. Diller, Michael E. Lawshe, Karyn Foster, Terry Wilson, Dale W. Perry, Joseph T. Sabella, “Don King: Only in America,” HBO; Richard Taylor, Barbara Isaak, Tom Nist, Joe Earle, Linda L. Keim, Chris Brooks, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Tim Lewiston, John Ireland, “Merlin,” NBC; William Angarola, Ray Spiess Jr., Rick Hinson, Cindy Rabideau, Robert Guastini, Mark J. Cleary, Anna MacKenzie, Jason Lezama, Mike Marchain, Raymond E. Spiess III, Steve Bissinger, Aaron Martin, “Peter Benchley’s Creature,” ABC; Michael Graham, Greg Schorer, Kristi Johns, Suzanne Angel, Bill Bell, Mark Friedgen, Bob Costanza, Rob Webber, Gary Mancheel, Rick Steele, Lou Thomas, Adriane Marfiak, Anton Holden, Michael Lyle, David Eichhorn, Mark Steele, Tim Terusa, Rusty Tinsley, Kim Naves, Tim Chilton, Jill Schachne, “Rough Riders,” TNT.

* Sound mixing, comedy series or special: Paul Lewis, Nello Torri, Kurt Kassulke, Peter R. Kelsey, “Ally McBeal,” Fox; Dana Mark McClure, John F. Reiner, Andre Caporaso, Robert Douglass, “Frasier,” NBC; Klaus Landsberg, Charlie McDaniel III, John Bickelhaupt, “Home Improvement,” ABC; Edward L. Moskowitz, Ed Golya, John Bickelhaupt, “The Larry Sanders Show,” HBO; Jesse Peck, Todd Grace, Craig Porter, “3rd Rock From the Sun,” NBC.

* Sound mixing, variety or music series or special: Edward J. Greene, Tom Vicari, Robert Douglass, Patrick Baltzell, “The 70th Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Elliot Scheiner, Sue Pelino, “Fleetwood Mac ‘The Dance,’ ” MTV; John Harris, Don Worsham, Chris Taylor, Mark Miller, “Garth Live From Central Park,” HBO; Edward J. Greene, John Harris, Mark Hutchins, Don Worsham, Richard Maitland, “The 40th Annual Grammy Awards,” CBS; Mike Roberts, Larry Loewinger, Ken Hahn, “Stomp Out Loud,” HBO.

* Sound mixing, drama series: Russell Fager, Rusty Russell Smith, William Freesh, “Chicago Hope,” CBS; Lowell Harris, Edward J. Greene, Peter Baird, John Cevetello, “ER (Ambush),” NBC; Lowell Harris, Michael E. Jiron, A.D. Concors, Allen L. Stone, “ER (Exodus),” NBC; Joe Kenworthy, Robert Appere, Ken Burton, “NYPD Blue,” ABC; Michael Williamson, David J. West, Harry T. Andronis, Kurt Kassulke, “The X-Files,” Fox.

* Sound mixing, miniseries or movie: Tim Cooney, Larry Stensvold, Pete Elia, “Buffalo Soldiers,” TNT; Joe Foglia, Scott Millan, Brad Sherman, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 4),” HBO; Joe Foglia, Rick Ash, Adam Sawelson, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 7),” HBO; Joe Foglia, Kevin Burns, Todd Orr, “From the Earth to the Moon (Part 12),” HBO; Russell Williams II, David E. Fluhr, Adam Jenkins, “12 Angry Men,” Showtime.

* Special visual effects, series: Gary Hutzel, Judy Elkins, Gary Monak, Paul Maples, Adrian Hurley, Steve Bowen, Steve Fong, Davy T. Nethercutt, Kevin P. Bouchez, Laurie Resnick, Fredric Meininger, “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” syn.; Mitch Suskin, Paul Hill, Adam “Mojo” Lebowitz, John M. Teska, Art Codron, Greg Rainoff, Koji Kuramura, Eric Chauvin, “Star Trek: Voyager,” UPN; Bob Habros, Ted Rae, John Gajdecki, Michelle Comens, “Stargate SG-1,” Showtime; Mark Zarate, Jerry Spivack, Kevin Prendiville, Tim Bird, Lori Freitag-Hild, “Suddenly Susan,” NBC; Pedro Pires, “Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach,” PBS.

* Special visual effects, miniseries or movie: Ernest Farino, Bruce Richmond, Burt Dalton, James Roberts, “From the Earth to the Moon,” HBO; Tim Webber, Stefan Lange, Matthew Cope, Richard Conway, Tim Greenwood, George Roper, Murray Butler, Angus Wilson, Pedro Sabrosa, William Bartlett, Avtar Bains, “Merlin,” NBC; Brian Pearce, Peter Armstrong, Rob Heggie, Lisa Wang, Dale Duguid, James Rogers, Tim Crosbie, Ry Snow, Kit Amore, Jamie Doolan, Mike Logan, David Tremont, Graham Duesberry, “Moby Dick,” USA.

* Technical direction/camera/video, series: Donna Stock, Martin K. Wagner, Joel D. Binger, John J. Aguirre Sr., Terry Clark, Les Nourse, Edward Nelson, Richard Portanova, “Dennis Miller Live,” HBO; Gene Crowe, David Chameides, Hank Geving, Larry Heider, Bob Heighton, Don Lenzer, Bill Philbin, Chuck Reilly, John O’Brien, “ER,” NBC; Craig Shideler, Gary Allen, Jeff Barnes, Tina Levesque, Larry Gaudette, Marvin Shearer, Bob Kaufmann, “Home Improvement,” ABC; Donna Stock, Jacqueline Moore, Terry Clark, Sandra Harris, Paul Johnson, Thomas Luth, Edward Nelson, Michael Schwartz, Jim Velarde, Rick Labgold, “Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher,” ABC; Steven Cimino, Jan Kasoff, Michael Bennett, Carl Eckett, Barry J. Frischer, John Pinto, Gregory Aull, Frank Grisanti, “Saturday Night Live,” NBC; Michael Stramisky, Les Atkinson, Dave Banks, Kevin Fraser, Hank Geving, Dave Levisohn, Rob Palmer, Kurt Tonnessen, Bill Gardhouse Jr., Lance Gardhouse, “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” NBC.

* Technical direction/camera/video, special: Keith Winikoff, Rob Balton, Juan Barrera, Gary Childs, Rocky Danielson, Bobby Delrusso, Sam Drummy, Larry Heider, Robert Highton, Dave Hilmer, Marc Hunter, Charlie Huntley, Mark Hryma, Scott Johnson, Jay Kulick, Jeff Muhlstock, Lynn Noland, Wayne Orr, Ken Patterson, Bill Philbin, Hector Ramierz, Manny Rodriguez, Ron Sheldon, Mark Sanford, Paul Ranieri, “Garth Live From Central Park,” HBO; John B. Field, John Burdick, Helene Haviland, Charlie Huntley, Jay Millard, Lyn Noland, Bill Philbin, Hector Ramirez, Manny Rodriguez, Ron Sheldon, Chris Tufuri, Paul Ranieri, Sue Noll, “The Kennedy Center Honors,” CBS; Emmett Loughran, Miguel Armstrong, Juan Barrera, Jim Covello, John Feher, Manny Gutierrez, Jake Ostroff, David Smith, Ron Washburn, William Steinberg, “The Metropolitan Opera Presents Carmen,” PBS.

* Achievement in non-fiction programming, cinematography: Ellen Kuras, “4 Little Girls,” HBO; Richard Chisolm, Paul Goldsmith, Buddy Squires, Jerry Cotts, Nick Caloyianis, Jon Else, “National Geographic: America’s Endandered Species--Don’t Say Goodbye,” NBC; Jim Dutcher, “Wolves at Our Door,” Discovery.

* Achievement in non-fiction programming, picture editing: Michael Bloecher, William Haugse, “Assassinated: The Last Days of Kennedy & King,” TBS; Sam Pollard, “4 Little Girls,” HBO; Arnold Glassman, “Frank Capra’s American Dream,” ABC; Lenny Feinstein, “National Geographic Special: America’s Endangered Species--Don’t Say Goodbye,” NBC; Amanda Zinoman, “Trauma: Life in the ER,” TLC; Mike Harvey, Graham Knight, “Vietnam POWs: Stories of Survival,” Discovery.

* Achievement in non-fiction programming, sound editing: Glenfield Payne, Eugene Gearty, Maisie Weissman, “4 Little Girls,” HBO; Patrick M. Griffith, Lisa Hannan, “National Geographic Explorer,” TBS.

* Achievement in non-ficition programming, sound mixing: J.T. Takagi, Rolf Pardula, Skip Lievsay, “4 Little Girls,” HBO; Jamie Dutcher, “Wolves at Our Door,” Discovery.

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Leading Emmy Nominees

“From the Earth to the Moon”: 17

“ER”: 16

“The X-Files”: 16

“Merlin”: 15

“Frasier”: 11

“Ally McBeal”: 10

“The Larry Sanders Show”: 10

“NYPD Blue”: 10

“The 70th Annual Academy Awards”: 8

“Don King: Only in America”: 8

“George Wallace”: 8

“3rd Rock From the Sun”: 8

“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella*”: 7

“Tracey Takes On...”: 7

“Chicago Hope”: 6

“Gia”: 6

“Garth Live From Central Park”: 6

“Homicide: Life on the Street”: 6

“Mad About You”: 6

“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”: 6

“12 Angry Men”: 6

*”The Wonderful World of Disney”