CableACE Awards: 1988

CableACE

Date:	24 January
Host:	John Larroquette; Elayne Boosler
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Comedy or Music Special


Winner:
	Invisible Thread (1987) (TV) - Jacek Laskus

Date:	24 January
Host:	John Larroquette; Elayne Boosler
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	The ceremony is broadcast live on HBO.

Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special


Nominees:
	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) (TV) - Robert Loggia

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Cugino americano, Il (1986) - Vincent Spano

Actress in a Comedy Series

Directing a Theatrical or Dramatic Special


Nominees:
	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) (TV) - Jeremy Kagan

Directing a Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Home Fires (1987) (TV) - Michael Toshiyuki Uno

Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction for a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Home Fires (1987) (TV) - Newton Thomas Sigel

Writing a Dramatic Series


Nominees:
	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) - Jim Beaver (I); Rob Hedden - For episode "The Initiation".

Writing for a Comedy Series


Nominees:
	"Yes, Prime Minister" (1986) - Antony Jay; Jonathan Lynn - For episode "The Smoke Screen".

Art Direction: Program Graphics


Winner:
	"Night Tracks" (1983) - Jimmy Cuomo; Bill Chapman (VII); James Daniel Walker; Ron Clark (II); Craig Rice (V); John Ridgway

Art Direction for a Theatrical or Dramatic Special/Movie/Miniseries


Nominees:
	Last Innocent Man, The (1987) (TV) - Steven Legler

Editing for a Documentary Special or Series


Winner:
	Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter (1987) (TV) - David Fairfield (I); Randall Gladstein; Wayne Hudgins

Editing for a Comedy Special or Series/Music Special


Nominees:
	Paul Simon, Graceland: The African Concert (1987) (TV) - Ruth Foster (I); John Fortenberry

Dramatic Special


Winner:
	Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) (TV) - Max A. Keller (executive producer); Ron Sossi (II) (executive producer); Charles Hairston (I) (co-executive producer); Jeremy Kagan (producer/director/writer); Micheline H. Keller (producer); Amanda DiGiulio (co-producer)

Movie or Miniseries


Nominees:
	Home Fires (1987) (TV) - Edgar J. Scherick (executive producer); Gary Hoffman (I) (executive producer); Michael Barnathan (co-executive producer); Barry Jossen (producer); Ron Wolotzky (associate producer)

Children's Educational or Informational Special or Series


Winner:
	Down at Fraggle Rock... Behind the Scenes (1987) (TV) - Jim Henson; HBO


Awarded to:
	Discovery Channel [us] - For "Russia: Live From the Inside".