‘Lonesome Dove’ Rounds Up Six of the Technical Emmys

The CBS miniseries “Lonesome Dove” corralled six awards Saturday night in the first round of the 41st annual Emmy Awards.

Most of the Emmys handed out in 49 categories at the Pasadena Civic Exhibition Hall by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honored programs and individual achievements in technical areas.

“Lonesome Dove,” an eight-hour miniseries based on the novel by Larry McMurtry about an arduous cattle drive, won awards in the categories of costume design, makeup, music composition, sound editing, sound mixing and casting.

Thirteen other programs garnered two awards apiece. In the series category, they were: “Beauty and the Beast” and “Murphy Brown” of CBS; “Midnight Caller,” “Night Court” and “Quantum Leap” of NBC; ABC’s “thirtysomething,” and “The Tracey Ullman Show” on Fox.

The multiple-award winners among miniseries or specials were: “The 11th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts,” “The 42nd Annual Tony Awards,” “The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter” and “The 31st Annual Grammy Awards,” all on CBS, and “War and Remembrance” on ABC.

In acting categories, Cleavon Little and Colleen Dewhurst walked away with awards for guest performances in episodes of the comedies “Dear John” and “Murphy Brown,” respectively.

Joe Spano and Kay Lenz earned similar kudos for their roles in separate episodes of the drama “Midnight Caller.”

The PBS programs “Nature” and “Lillian Gish: The Actor’s Life for Me,” an “American Masters” entry, were selected best informational series and informational special, respectively.

Here are Saturday’s winners:

Informational Special: “Lillian Gish: The Actor’s Life for Me,” “American Masters,” PBS.

Informational Series: “Nature,” PBS.

Performance, Informational Programming: Hal Holbrook (host), “Portrait of America: Alaska,” TBS (cable).

Writing, Informational Programming: John Heminway, “The Mind: Search for Mind,” PBS.

Special Event: “Cirque de Soleil: The Magic Circus,” HBO, “The 11th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts,” CBS; “The 42nd Annual Tony Awards,” CBS; “The 17th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Gregory Peck,” NBC.

Performance, Special Events: Billy Crystal (host), “The 31st Annual Grammy Awards,” CBS.

Writing, Special Events: Jeffrey Lane, “The 42nd Annual Tony Awards,” CBS.

Directing, Special Events: Dwight Hemion, “The 11th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts,” CBS.

Casting, Miniseries or Special: Lynn Kressel, “Lonesome Dove,” CBS.

Classical Program in the Performing Arts: “Bernstein at 70!,” “Great Performances,” PBS.

Children’s Program: “Free to Be . . . a Family,” ABC.

Animated Program (One Hour or Less): “Garfield: Babes and Bullets,” CBS.

Guest Actor, Comedy Series: Cleavon Little, “Dear John: Stand by Your Man,” NBC.

Guest Actor, Drama Series: Joe Spano, “Midnight Caller: The Execution of John Saringo,” NBC.

Guest Actress, Comedy Series: Colleen Dewhurst, “Murphy Brown: Mama Said,” CBS.

Guest Actress, Drama Series: Kay Lenz, “Midnight Caller: After It Happened . . .,” NBC.

Art Direction, Series: James J. Agazzi, Bill Harp, “Moonlighting: A Womb With a View,” ABC.

Art Direction, Variety or Music Program: Bernie Yeszin, Portia Iversen, “The Tracey Ullman Show,” Fox.

Art Direction, Miniseries or Special: Jan Scott, Jack Taylor, Edward J. McDonald, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” NBC.

Choreography: Walter Painter, “Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park Grand Opening,” NBC; Paula Abdul, “The Tracey Ullman Show,” Fox.

Cinematography, Series: Roy H. Wagner, “Quantum Leap” pilot, NBC.

Cinematography, Miniseries or Special: Gayne Rescher, “Shooter,” NBC.

Costuming, Series: Patrick R. Norris, Julie Glick, “thirtysomething: We’ll Meet Again,” ABC.

Costume Design, Series: Judy Evans, “Beauty and the Beast: The Outsiders,” CBS.

Costume Design, Miniseries or Special: Van Broughton Ramsey, “Lonesome Dove, Part 2,” CBS.

Costume Design, Variety or Music Program: Daniel Orlandi, “The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter,” CBS.

Editing, Series--Single-Camera Production: Steven J. Rosenblum, “thirtysomething: First Day/Last Day,” ABC.

Editing, Miniseries or Special--Single-Camera Production: Peter Zinner, John F. Burnett, “War and Remembrance, Part 10,” ABC.

Editing, Series--Multi-Camera Production: Tucker Wiard, “Murphy Brown” pilot, CBS.

Editing, Miniseries or Special--Multi-Camera Production: Mark D. West, “Dance in America: Gregory Hines Tap Dance in America,” “Great Performances,” PBS.

Hair Styling, Series: Virginia Kearns, “Quantum Leap: Double Identity,” NBC.

Hair Styling, Miniseries or Special: Betty Glasow, Stevie Hall, Elaine Bowerbank, “Jack the Ripper, Part 1,” CBS.

Lighting Direction (Electronic), Comedy Series: Mark Levin, “Who’s the Boss?: A Spirited Christmas,” ABC.

Lighting Direction (Electronic), Drama, Variety, Miniseries or Special: Robert Andrew Dickinson, “The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter,” CBS.

Makeup, Miniseries or Special: Manlio Rocchetti, Carla Palmer, Jean Black, “Lonesome Dove, Part 4,” CBS.

Music Composition, Series: Joel Rosenbaum, “Falcon Crest,” CBS.

Music Composition, Miniseries or Special: “Lonesome Dove, Part 4,” CBS.

Music Direction: Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, J. Hill, “Christmas in Washington,” NBC.

Music and Lyrics: Lee Holdridge, Melanie, “Beauty and the Beast: A Distant Shore” (song title: “The First Time I Loved Forever”), CBS.

Sound Editing, Series: William Wistrom, James Wolvington, Mace Matiosian, Wilson Dyer, Guy Tsujimoto, Gerry Sackman, “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q Who,” syndicated.

Sound Editing, Miniseries or Special: David McMoyler, Joseph Melody, Mark Steele, Rick Steele, Michael J. Wright, Gary Macheel, Stephen Grubbs, Mark Friedgen, Charles R. Beith, Scot A. Tinsley, Karla Caldwell, G. Michael Graham, George B. Bell, Kristi Johns, Jamie Gelb, “Lonesome Dove, Part 3,” CBS.

Sound Mixing, Comedy Series or Special: Klaus Landsberg, Craig Porter, Alan Patapoff, “Night Court: The Last Temptation of Mac,” NBC.

Sound Mixing, Variety or Music Series or Special: Robert Douglass, David E. Fluhr, Ed Greene, Larry Brown, “Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong,” NBC.

Sound Mixing, Drama Series: Chris Haire, Doug Davey, Richard Morrison, Alan Bernard, “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q Who,” syndicated.

Sound Mixing, Drama Miniseries or Special: Don Johnson, James L. Aicholtz, Michael Herbick, Kevin O’Connell, “Lonesome Dove, Part 4,” CBS.

Special Visual Effects: Charles Stauffel, Bill Cruse, Egil Woxholt, Bill Schirmer, Godfrey Godar, Martin Guttridge, Simon Smith, Steve Anderson, Ed Williams, “War and Remembrance,” ABC.

Technical Direction--Camera/Video for Series: Robert G. Holmes, Leigh V. Nicholson, John Repczynski, Jeffrey Wheat, Rocky Danielson, Thomas G. Tcimpidis, “Night Court: Yet Another Day in the Life,” NBC.

Technical Direction--Camera/Video for Miniseries or Special: Ron Graft, Richard G. Price, Kenneth Patterson, Greg Harms, Mark Sanford, “The Meeting,” “American Playhouse,” PBS.

Performance, Classical Music/Dance Programming: Mikhail Baryshnikov, “Dance in America: Baryshnikov Dances Balanchine,” “Great Performances,” PBS.

Sound Mixing, Special Events: Ed Greene, Don Worsham, Carroll Pratt, Paul Sandweiss, “The 31st Annual Grammy Awards,” CBS.