In " Stand By Your Man " , the thirteenth episode of the first season , Cleavon Little makes a guest appearance as a closeted gay man whose marriage to a woman has just ended . His performance won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series at the 41st Primetime Emmy Awards in 1989 . Judd Hirsh won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy in 1989 and was nominated again the following year
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