Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 1997

Nominations

Winner	NYPD Blue	★★★★★★★★★	Dennis Franz		ABC
	Law & Order	★	Sam Waterston		NBC
	NYPD Blue	★★★★★★★★★	Jimmy Smits		ABC
	The X-Files	★★★★★★	David Duchovny		Fox
	ER	★★	Anthony Edwards		NBC