DGA Announces Nominees for TV Work : Television: Emmy winner Scott Winant heads the list for work on a drama series. Winners in eight categories will be announced March 16.

Scott Winant, who won an Emmy last September for his directing work on “thirtysomething,” was among the nominees announced Friday by the Directors Guild of America for outstanding directorial achievement in television for 1990.

Winant was nominated for the same episode that won him the Emmy. Also nominated in the category for prime-time dramatic series were Lesli Linka Glatter for an episode of “Twin Peaks” and Michael Zinberg for an installment of “Quantum Leap.”

The winners in eight television categories, including commercials, daytime dramatic shows, documentaries, sports and musical/variety, will be announced at the DGA’s 43rd annual awards dinner March 16.

Other nominees:

Comedy series: Peter Baldwin, “The Wonder Years,” ABC; James Burrows, “Cheers,” NBC; Barnet Kellman, “Murphy Brown,” CBS.

Dramatic Programs--Daytime: Lynn Hamrick, “Testing Dirty,” ABC; Joanna Lee, “The Fourth Man,” CBS; Mario Van Peebles, “Malcolm Takes a Shot,” CBS.

Musical/Variety: Hal Gurnee, “Late Night 8th Anniversary Special,” NBC; Jeff Margolis, “62nd Annual Academy Awards,” ABC; Paul D. Miller, “In Living Color,” Fox.

Dramatic Specials: Gilbert Cates, “Call Me Anna,” ABC; Peter Werner, “Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes,” NBC; Roger Young, “Murder in Mississippi,” NBC.

Documentary: Vincent G. Devito, “Let Me Be Brave,” CBS; Elena Mannes, “Amazing Grace,” PBS; Susan Steinberg, “Ed Murrow, This Report, Part I,” PBS.

Sports: Robert Fishman, “American League Championship Series--Game 4,” CBS; William H. Webb, “Kentucky Derby,” ABC; Doug Wilson, “Wide World of Sports,” ABC.

Commercials: James Gartner, Pizza Hut and AT&T; Leslie Dektor, Bell Atlantic, Mercedes-Benz and General Motors; Peter Smillie, FMC, UPS, Wrangler and National Council on Alcoholism; Michael Grasso, Centers for Disease Control and Hallmark; Joseph Pytka, Federal Express, Nike and Diet Pepsi.