The 17th Annual CableACE Awards were held on December 6, 1995. Below are the nominees and winners from that ceremony in the major categories.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Winners in bold.^[3][4]

Movie or Miniseries

• Citizen X (HBO)
• The Burning Season (HBO)
• Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (Lifetime)
• Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
• Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TNT)

Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• Raúl Juliá – The Burning Season (HBO)
• John Goodman – Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (TNT)
• Tommy Lee Jones – The Good Old Boys (TNT)
• Raúl Juliá – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
• James Woods – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Linda Hamilton – A Mother's Prayer (USA)
• Laura Dern – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
• Marlee Matlin – Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story (Lifetime)
• Vanessa Redgrave – Down Came a Blackbird (Showtime)
• Mercedes Ruehl – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries

• Jeffrey DeMunn – Citizen X (HBO)
• Robert Carlyle – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)
• Tony Haygarth – The Infiltrator (HBO)
• Ben Kingsley – Joseph (TNT)
• Max Von Sydow – Citizen X (HBO)

Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

• Jean Marsh – Fatherland (HBO)
• Lolita Davidovich – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
• Shirley Knight – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
• Kay Lenz – Shame II: The Secret (Lifetime)
• Diana Rigg – Screen Two (Episode: "Genghis Cohn") (A&E)

Directing a Movie or Miniseries

• John Frankenheimer – The Burning Season (HBO)
• Tim Fywell – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)
• Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (HBO)
• Mick Jackson – Indictment: The McMartin Trial (HBO)
• Jean Stewart – Cracker (Episode: "Men Should Weep") (A&E)

Writing for a Movie or Miniseries

• Stanley Price – Screen Two (Episode: "Genghis Cohn") (A&E)
• Joseph Dougherty – Witch Hunt (HBO)
• Chris Gerolmo – Citizen X (HBO)
• John Hopkins and Toshiro Ishido – Hiroshima (Showtime)
• Jimmy McGovern – Cracker (Episode: "To Be a Somebody") (A&E)

Comedy Series

• The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Dream On (HBO)
• Exit 57 (Comedy Central)
• The State (MTV)

Actor in a Comedy Series

• Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Brian Benben – Dream On (HBO)
• Howie Mandel – Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies (Showtime)
• Jeffrey Tambor – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Rip Torn – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)

Actress in a Comedy Series

• Wendie Malick – Dream On (HBO)
• Denny Dillon – Dream On (HBO)
• Janeane Garofalo – The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
• Jodi Lennon – Exit 57 (Comedy Central)
• Amy Sedaris – Exit 57 (Comedy Central)

Directing a Comedy Series

• Todd Holland – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Doubt of the Benefit") (HBO)
• Robby Benson – Dream On (Episode: "Try Not to Remember") (HBO)
• Robert Ginty – Dream On (Episode: "Bess, You Is Not My Woman Now") (HBO)
• John Landis – Dream On (Episode: "The Courtship of Martin's Father") (HBO)
• Alan Myerson – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Arthur's Crisis") (HBO)

Writing a Comedy Series

• Drake Sather, Garry Shandling, and Peter Tolan – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Doubt of the Benefit") (HBO)
• H. Jon Benjamin, Loren Bouchard, Bill Braudis, Dom Irrera, Jonathan Katz, Karen LeBlanc, Annette LeBlanc Cate, Will Lebow, Richard Luongo, Andre Lyman, Julianne Shapiro, Laura Silverman, Tom Snyder, and Mark Usher – Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
• Maya Forbes – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "The Fourteenth Floor") (HBO)
• Maya Forbes, Steve Levitan, and Garry Shandling – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Roseanne's Return") (HBO)
• Paul Simms – The Larry Sanders Show (Episode: "Hank's Divorce") (HBO)

Dramatic Series

• The Outer Limits (Showtime)
• Avonlea (Disney Channel)
• Tales From the Crypt (HBO)
• The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Showtime)

Dramatic or Theatrical Special

• Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Space Traders") (HBO)
• Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Tang") (HBO)
• Cosmic Slop (Episode: "The First Commandment") (HBO)
• Tokyo Bound (International Channel)

Actor in a Dramatic Special or Series

• John Hurt – Picture Windows (Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing") (Showtime)
• Beau Bridges – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)
• Larry Drake – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Message") (Showtime)
• Kiefer Sutherland – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Love and Blood") (Showtime)
• Jim True – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Two Over Easy") (Showtime)

Actress in a Dramatic Special or Series

• Paula Jai Parker – Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Tang") (HBO)
• Jackie Burroughs – Avonlea (Disney Channel)
• Jennifer Grey – Fallen Angels (Episode: "A Dime a Dance") (Showtime)
• Isabella Rossellini – Tales From the Crypt (Episode: "You, Murderer") (HBO)
• Helen Shaver – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)

Directing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Stuart Gillard – The Outer Limits (Episode: "The Sandkings") (Showtime)
• Jim McBride – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Fearless") (Showtime)
• Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Grandpa's Funeral") (Showtime)
• Steven Soderbergh – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Professional Man") (Showtime)
• Robert Zemeckis – Tales From the Crypt (Episode: "You, Murderer") (HBO)

Writing a Dramatic Special or Series

• Patricia Resnick – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Grandpa's Funeral") (Showtime)
• John Boorman – Picture Windows (Episode: "Two Nudes Bathing") (Showtime)
• Trey Ellis – Cosmic Slop (Episode: "Space Traders") (HBO)
• Ted Henning and Stephen Kay – The Showtime 30-Minute Movie (Episode: "Two Over Easy") (Showtime)
• Frank Pugliese – Fallen Angels (Episode: "Love and Blood") (Showtime)

Animated Special or Series

• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (Comedy Central)
• Duckman (USA)
• Rocko's Modern Life (Nickelodeon)
• Rugrats (Nickelodeon)

Comedy Special

• HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side") (HBO)
• South Bank Show (Episode: "British Comedy Special") (Bravo)
• South Bank Show (Episode: "Dawn French and Large Women") (Bravo)
• South Bank Show (Episode: "Lenny Henry: African-American Humor") (Bravo)
• State of the Union: Undressed (Comedy Central)

Standup Comedy Special or Series

• Full Frontal Comedy (Showtime)
• A&E's An Evening at the Improv (A&E)
• HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rosie O'Donnell") (HBO)
• HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Women of the Night IV Hosted by Tracey Ullman") (HBO)
• The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student (Showtime)

Performance in a Comedy Special

• Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side") (HBO)
• Danny Bonaduce, Franklin Cover, Frank Gorshin, Robert Hegyes, Sherman Hemsley, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Shirley Jones, Dave Madden, Ron Palillo, Isabel Sanford, and Adam West – 1995 MTV Movie Awards (MTV)
• Karen Hines – Married Life (Comedy Central)
• Dennis Miller – State of the Union: Undressed (Comedy Central)

Directing a Comedy Special

• Anthony Morina – The Clinic (Comedy Central)
• Ken Finkleman – Married Life (Comedy Central)
• Vince Paterson – In Search of Dr. Seuss (TNT)

News Special or Series

• Rwanda: Cry Justice (CNN International)
• CNN Presents (Episode: "America Mourns") (CNN)
• CNN Presents (Episode: "Kingdom of Cocaine") (CNN)
• New Religions: The Cult Question (MTV)
• Vietnam: Coming to Terms (CNN)

Talk Show Series

• Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
• Ask E. Jean (America's Talking)
• Charles Grodin (CNBC)
• Four on the Floor (VH1)
• Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo)

Documentary Series

• Desmond Morris' The Human Animal (TLC)
• 20th Century (A&E)
• A Baby's World (TLC)
• Biography (A&E)
• VH1 to 1 (VH1)

Entertainment Host

• Garry Shandling – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "The 1995 Young Comedians Special") (HBO)
• Bobby Collins – Stand Up Spotlight (VH1)
• John Henson – Talk Soup (E!)
• Bill Maher – Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (Comedy Central)
• Dennis Miller – Dennis Miller Live (HBO)

Writing an Entertainment Special

• Jeff Cesario, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Eddie Feldmann, Greg Greenburg, and Kevin Rooney – Dennis Miller Live (Episode: "America: Where Did Our Sense of Humor Go?") (HBO)
• Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl – The MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (Comedy Central)
• Rosie O'Donnell – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rosie O'Donnell") (HBO)
• Marilyn Kentz and Caryl Kristensen – The Mommies: My Kid Beat Up Your Honor Student (Showtime)
• Rita Rudner – HBO Comedy Hour (Episode: "Rita Rudner: Married Without Children") (HBO)

Program Interviewer

• Jane Wallace – Under Scrutiny with Jane Wallace (FX)
• Larry King – Larry King Live (CNN)
• Cal Thomas – Cal Thomas (CNBC)

Sports Information Series

• MTV Sports (MTV)
• Inside the NFL (HBO)
• The Sporting Life With Jim Huber (CNN)
• The Sports Reporters (ESPN)
• Up Close: Primetime (ESPN)

Sports Host

• Keith Olbermann – SportsCenter (ESPN)
• Chris Berman (ESPN)
• Jim Lampley (HBO)
• Dan Patrick (ESPN)
• Al Trautwig (Madison Square Garden Network)

Sports Commentator/Analyst

• Dick Schaap – The Sports Reporters (ESPN)
• Doug Collins (TNT)
• Peter Gammons (ESPN)
• Dick Vitale (ESPN)