33rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Appearance
33rd Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Location | Edward Asner |
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Most awards | Hill Street Blues (6) |
Most nominations | Hill Street Blues (14) |
Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi |
Outstanding Drama Series | Hill Street Blues |
Outstanding Limited Series | Shōgun |
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Lily: Sold Out |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CBS |
The 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 13, 1981. The ceremony was broadcast on
Edward Asner
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For the third consecutive year, the
Outstanding Limited Series
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Winners and nominees
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Outstanding Drama Special
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Acting
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Directing
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Most major nominations
Network | Number of Nominations |
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CBS | 52 |
ABC | 40 |
NBC | 32 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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Hill Street Blues | Drama | NBC | 14 |
Lou Grant | CBS | 10 | |
M*A*S*H | Comedy | 8 | |
Shōgun | Miniseries | NBC | |
Taxi | Comedy | ABC | |
Masada | Miniseries | 7 | |
Dallas | Drama | CBS | 5 |
Playing for Time | Special | ||
Barney Miller | Comedy | ABC | 4 |
Soap | |||
WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS | ||
The Shadow Box | Special | ABC | 3 |
The Women's Room | |||
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | Variety | CBS | 2 |
American Dream | Drama | ABC | |
Archie Bunker's Place | Comedy | CBS | |
Bitter Harvest | Special | NBC | |
The Bunker | CBS | ||
The Jeffersons | Comedy | ||
Lily: Sold Out | Variety | ||
The Muppet Show | Syndicated | ||
Musical Comedy Tonight II | PBS | ||
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | NBC |
Most major awards
Network | Number of Awards |
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CBS | 10 |
NBC | 8 |
ABC | 6 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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Hill Street Blues | Drama | NBC | 6 |
Taxi | Comedy | ABC | 5 |
Playing for Time | Special | CBS | 4 |
- Notes
- ^ technical categories.