It was created by the National Cable Television Association to serve as a cable television counterpart to the Primetime Emmy Awards, which before their 40th ceremony in 1988 did not recognize cable programming.
CableACE Award Nomination: Roundhouse (1995) (Best Original Song)
Parent is the winner of a CableACE Award and two Emmys, and has been nominated for an additional twelve Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards.
He was also nominated for a CableACE Award in 1996 during his stint as host of the Animal Planet series Petcetera.
Kohan has received seven Emmy Award nominations, winning as supervising producer of Tracey Takes On...; Kohan shared a CableACE Award in 1996 for her work on that show.
Duncan is a winner of the CableACE Award for Writing for a Dramatic Series for Vietnam War Story: The Last Days and a Christopher Award for Mr. Holland's Opus, which also garnered him a Golden Globe nomination.
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Dubois won an CableACE Award for her work on the TV movie Other Women's Children based on the novel by Perri Klass, and she also two Emmy Awards for her voiceover work on the animated program The PJs.
He went on to write for NBC TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (Robert Klein segments), two seasons of Robert Klein Time for the USA Network and four seasons of the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club where he was nominated for two CableAce Awards.
In the 1997 TNT film George Wallace, directed by John Frankenheimer, Jim Folsom is played by Joe Don Baker, who was nominated for a CableACE award for his performance.
Susan Sarandon won the 1987 CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic Series for her performance in the episode "He'll See You Now".