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Prime time Emmy Awards of 1980
The 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 7, 1980, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium . The awards show was hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark and broadcast on NBC . For the second year in a row, the top series awards went to the same shows, Taxi and Lou Grant . Lou Grant was the most successful show of the night winning five major awards. It also received 14 major nominations, tying the record for most major nominations by a drama series, set by Playhouse 90 in 1959 .[citation needed ]
The ceremony was held in the midst of a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild ; in a show of support for their union, 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotted the event.[1] Powers Boothe was the only nominated actor to attend; acknowledging his presence in his acceptance speech, he remarked, "This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest."[2]
Winners and nominees
[3]
Programs
Programs
Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special
Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC)
Acting
Lead performances
Acting
in Lou Grant (CBS) (Episode: "Lou")
Annie Sullivan
in The Miracle Worker (NBC)
Supporting performances
Sherman T. Potter
in M*A*S*H (CBS) (Episode: "Old Soldiers")
B. J. Hunnicutt
in M*A*S*H (CBS)
Max Gail as Det. Stan Wojciehowicz in Barney Miller (ABC)
Howard Hesseman as Johnny Caravella in WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS)
Steve Landesberg as Sgt. Arthur Dietrich in Barney Miller (ABC)
Margaret Houlihan
in M*A*S*H (CBS) (Episode: "Are You Now, Margaret?")
Loni Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe in WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS)
Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry in Alice (CBS)
Inga Swenson as Gretchen Kraus in Benson (ABC)
Stuart Margolin as Evelyn "Angel" Martin in The Rockford Files (NBC)
Mason Adams as Charlie Hume in Lou Grant (CBS)
Noah Beery, Jr.
as Joseph Rockford in The Rockford Files (NBC)
Robert Walden as Joe Rossi in Lou Grant (CBS)
Nancy Marchand as Margaret Pynchon in Lou Grant (CBS) (Episode: "Dogs")
The Oldest Living Graduate
(NBC)
Directing
Directing
Taxi (ABC): "Louie and the Nice Girl" – James Burrows
M*A*S*H (CBS): "Bottle Fatigue" – Burt Metcalfe
M*A*S*H (CBS): "Dreams" – Alan Alda
M*A*S*H (CBS): "Period of Adjustment" – Charles S. Dubin
M*A*S*H (CBS): "Stars and Stripes" – Harry Morgan
Writing
Writing
Lou Grant (CBS): "Cop" – Seth Freeman
Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement' (CBS)
Off the Minnesota Strip (ABC) – David Chase
Amber Waves (ABC) – Ken Trevey
Attica (ABC) – James S. Henerson
Gideon's Trumpet (CBS) – David W. Rintels
Moviola (NBC): "This Year's Blonde " – James Lee
Most major nominations
Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
Network
Number of Nominations
CBS
53
NBC
23
ABC
19
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program
Category
Network
Number of Nominations
Lou Grant
Drama
CBS
14
M*A*S*H
Comedy
10
The Rockford Files
Drama
NBC
6
Moviola'
Limited
Barney Miller
Comedy
ABC
5
All Quiet on the Western Front
Special
CBS
4
Amber Waves
ABC
Soap
Comedy
Taxi
Attica
Special
3
Dallas
Drama
CBS
Family
ABC
Gideon's Trumpet
Special
CBS
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
The Miracle Worker
NBC
The Muppet Show
Variety
Syndicated
WKRP in Cincinnati
Comedy
CBS
The Associates
ABC
2
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Variety
Benson
Comedy
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Special
NBC
Goldie and Liza Together
Variety
CBS
Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement'
Skag
Drama
NBC
Most major awards
Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
Network
Number of Awards
ABC
10
CBS
NBC
4
Programs with multiple major awards
Program
Category
Network
Number of Awards
Lou Grant
Drama
CBS
5
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Variety
ABC
2
M*A*S*H
Comedy
CBS
The Miracle Worker
Special
NBC
Soap
Comedy
ABC
Taxi
Notes
References
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