La seconda edizione del Premio SAG si è svolta il 24 febbraio 1996 a Los Angeles presso il Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
- Apollo 13
Kevin Bacon, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan e Gary Sinise
- Gli anni dei ricordi
Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Capshaw, Kate Nelligan e Winona Ryder
- Get Shorty
Danny DeVito, James Gandolfini, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo e John Travolta
- Gli intrighi del potere
Joan Allen, Ed Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins e James Woods
- Ragione e sentimento
Hugh Grant, Hugh Laurie, Alan Rickman, Elizabeth Spriggs, Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson, Tom Wilkinson e Kate Winslet
- E.R. - Medici in prima linea
George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle
- Chicago Hope – Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Héctor Elizondo, Thomas Gibson, Roxanne Hart, Christine Lahti, Peter MacNicol, Mandy Patinkin, Jamey Sheridan
- La famiglia Brock (Picket Fences)
Amy Aquino, Kathy Baker, Don Cheadle, Kelly Connell, Fyvush Finkel, Lauren Holly, Costas Mandylor, Holly Marie Combs, Marlee Matlin, Justin Shenkarow, Tom Skerritt, Ray Walston, Adam Wylie
- Law & Order
Benjamin Bratt, Jill Hennessey, Steven Hill, S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston
- NYPD - New York Police Department
Gordon Clapp, Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Justine Miceli, Gail O'Grady, Jimmy Smits, Nicholas Turturro
- Friends
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt Le Blanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer
- Cybill
Christine Baranski, Dedee Pfeiffer, Alan Rosenberg, Cybill Shepherd, Alicia Witt, Tom Wopat
- Frasier
Dan Butler, Peri Gilpin, Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, Jane Leeves, John Mahoney
- Innamorati pazzi
Helen Hunt, Leila Kenzle, John Pankow, Anne Ramsay, Paul Reiser
- Seinfeld
Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld