CableACE Awards: 1983

CableACE

Date:	12 December
Host:	David Steinberg (I)
Location:	Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Date:	12 December
Host:	David Steinberg (I)
Location:	Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The live broadcast of the ceremony on WTBS is interrupted by a backstage fire.

Actor in a Dramatic Presentation


Winner:
	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982) (TV) - Earle Hyman
Other Nominees:
	"Philip Marlowe, Private Eye" (1984) - Powers Boothe "The Paper Chase" (1978) - John Houseman (I) - For episode "The Birthday Party". The Terry Fox Story (1983) (TV) - Robert Duvall

Actor in a Theatrical or Non-Musical Program


Winner:
	Separate Tables (1983) (TV) - Alan Bates (I)
Other Nominees:
	Deadly Game (1982) (TV) - Trevor Howard (I) Deadly Game (1982) (TV) - George Segal (I) The Sound of Murder (1982) - Michael Moriarty (I)

Actor in a Variety Program


Winner:
	Sinatra: Concert for the Americas (????) (TV) - Frank Sinatra
Other Nominees:
	"Bizarre" (1980) - John Byner "Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Stuart Pankin

Actor in a Theatrical or Musical Program


Winner:
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV) - George Hearn
Other Nominees:
	Camelot (1982) (TV) - Richard Harris (I) Pippin: His Life and Times (1981) (TV) - Ben Vereen

Actress in a Dramatic Presentation


Winner:
	Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982) (TV) - Ruby Dee (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Joan Collins - For episode "Hansel & Gretel". "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Teri Garr - For episode "The Tale of the Frog Prince". "The Paper Chase" (1978) - Jane Kaczmarek - For episode "Outline Fever".

Actress in a Theatrical or Non-Musical Program


Winner:
	Separate Tables (1983) (TV) - Julie Christie (I)
Other Nominees:
	Morning's at Seven (1982) (TV) - Maureen O'Sullivan (I) Piaf (1984) (TV) - Jane Lapotaire The Rainmaker (1982) (TV) - Tuesday Weld

Actress in a Theatrical or Musical Program


Winner:
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV) - Angela Lansbury
Other Nominees:
	Camelot (1982) (TV) - Meg Bussert

Actress in a Variety Program


Winner:
	Cher: A Celebration at Caesars (????) (TV) - Cher (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Anne Bloom "Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Audrie J. Neenan Olivia in Concert (1982) (V) - Olivia Newton-John

Directing a Dramatic Presentation


Nominees:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Eric Idle - For episode "The Tale of the Frog Prince".

Directing a Theatrical-Music Program


Winner:
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV) - Terry Hughes (I)

Writing in a Variety Program


Winner:
	"Not Necessarily the News" (1983) - Matt Neuman; Larry Arnstein; Rich Hall (I); David Hurwitz (I); Tom Kramer (II); Elaine Pope; Ron Richards (I)

Writing a Dramatic Presentation


Nominees:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - Eric Idle - For episode "The Tale of the Frog Prince".

Single Program - Theatrical: Musical


Winner:
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV) - Archer King (producer); Bonnie Burns (I) (producer); Ellen Krass (producer)

Lighting in a Dramatic Presentation - Tape


Winner:
	"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1982) - George Riesenberger; Mark J. Levin - For episode "The Nightingale".