SCREEN

BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN 

AS GOOD AS IT GETS, TriStar Pictures, Screenplay by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks, Story by Mark Andrus

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED 

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, Warner Bros., Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson, based on the novel by James Ellroy

TELEVISION

ORIGINAL LONG FORM 

THE SUMMER OF BEN TYLER, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc., CBS, Written by Robert Inman 

ADAPTED LONG FORM 

BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA, Out of Carolina Productions, Inc., Showtime, Teleplay by Anne Meredith, based on the book by Dorothy Allison

EPISODIC DRAMA 

ENTRAPMENT (LAW & ORDER), Universal Television, NBC, Written by Rene Balcer & Richard Sweren 

EPISODIC COMEDY 

THE FATIGUES (SEINFELD), Castle Rock, NBC, Written by Gregg Kavet & Andy Robin 

DAYTIME SERIALS 

GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABC, Written by Meg Bennett, Richard Culliton, Karen Harris, Craig Heller, Janet Iacobuzio, Elizabeth Korte, Bill Levinson, Eleanor Mancusi, Patrick Mulcahey, Lynda Myles, Judith Pinsker, Mary Ryan, Courtney Simon, Michele Val Jean, Christopher Whitesell, Garin Wolf 

CHILDREN'S SCRIPT (Please note: This is a tie.)

THE SONG OF THE ZUBBLE-WUMP (THE WUBBULOUS WORLD OF DR. SEUSS), Jim Henson Productions, Written by David Steven Cohen 

ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS (SESAME STREET), Children's Television Workshop, Written by Christine Ferraro and Tony Geiss 

DOCUMENTARY CURRENT EVENTS 

WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER? (DATELINE NBC), Scripps Howard News Productions, Written by Craig Leake and Tom Brokaw 

DOCUMENTARY OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS 

THE SECRET WHITE HOUSE TAPES (INVESTIGATIVE REPORT), A&E, Written by Carol L. Fleisher and William Doyle 

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT(Please note: This is a tie.)

THE CONVICTION OF TIMOTHY MCVEIGH (CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER), CBS, Written by Jerry Cipriano, Paul Fischer, Tom Phillips 

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES (CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING), CBS, Written by Thomas A Harris 

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY 

48 HOURS, CBS, Written by Greg Kandra 

RADIO

RADIO DOCUMENTARY 

JACKIE ROBINSON: HIS LIFE AND LEGACY, CBS Radio Network, Written by Thomas A. Sabella 

NEWS -- REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT 

WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, ABC Network Radio, Written by Julia Kathan 

NEWS -- ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY 

A TIME TO DIE (PERSPECTIVE), ABC Network Radio, Written by Mike Silverstein 

ON-AIR PROMOTION 

NBC PROMOTIONS, WNBC, Written by Gabrielle Becker