title: 23rd People's Choice Awards
text: # 23rd People's Choice Awards
  
  The 23rd People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1996, were held on January 12, 1997, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. They were hosted by Don Johnson and Roma Downey, and broadcast on CBS.
  
  The theme music is used for the pounding dance beats heard.
  
  Rob Reiner received a special award for his work in the motion picture and television industry.
  
  ## Awards
  
  Winners are listed first, in bold.
  
  | Favorite New TV Comedy | Favorite Female Musical Performer |
  | - | - |
  | Cosby | Reba McEntire |
  | Favorite Comedy Motion Picture | Favorite Daytime Serial |
  | The Nutty Professor | Days of Our Lives |
  | Favorite Male TV Performer | Favorite Male Musical Performer |
  | Tim Allen | Garth Brooks |
  | Favorite Female Performer In A New TV Series | Favorite Female TV Performer |
  | Brooke Shields | Oprah Winfrey |
  | Favorite Motion Picture Actor | Favorite TV Comedy |
  | Mel Gibson | Seinfeld |
  | Favorite TV Drama | Favorite Motion Picture Actress |
  | ER | Sandra Bullock |
  | Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture | Favorite Male Performer In A New TV Series |
  | Independence Day | Bill Cosby Michael J. Fox |
  | Favorite New TV Dramatic Series |
  | Millennium |
  