35th Primetime Emmy Awards
| 35th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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| Location | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Hosted by | Eddie Murphy Joan Rivers |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Cheers (4) |
| Most nominations | Hill Street Blues (14) |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers |
| Outstanding Drama Series | Hill Street Blues |
| Outstanding Limited Series | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | NBC |
The 35th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 25, 1983. The ceremony was broadcast on
Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. It is remembered for the vulgar language during the ceremony, much of it from Joan Rivers who cohosted the ceremony with Eddie Murphy
. Rivers also wore nine dresses throughout the ceremony.
Despite being one of the lowest-rated shows of the season, the critically acclaimed first season of Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. NBC dominated the night, on the strength of the shows mentioned, it received 71 of the 128 major nominations, and won 19 of 25 major categories.
In its final ceremony, M*A*S*H was once again nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. M*A*S*H was nominated every year it was on the air, 11/11, winning once in 1974, this record would be tied by Cheers a decade later when it too went 11/11, finishing with four victories.
Winners and nominees
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Most major nominations
| Network | Number of Nominations |
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| NBC | 71 |
| ABC | 23 |
| CBS | 22 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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| Hill Street Blues | Drama | NBC | 14 |
| Cheers | Comedy | 9 | |
| The Thorn Birds | Limited | ABC | |
| Second City Television | Variety | NBC | 7 |
| St. Elsewhere | Drama | ||
| M*A*S*H | Comedy | CBS | 6 |
| Taxi | NBC | ||
| Buffalo Bill | 5 | ||
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Limited | Syndicated | 4 |
| Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Special | NBC | |
| Live from Lincoln Center | Variety | PBS | |
| Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | NBC | ||
| Who Will Love My Children? | Special | ABC | |
| The Winds of War | Limited | ||
| Cagney & Lacey | Drama | CBS | 3 |
| The Executioner's Song | Special | NBC | |
| Smiley's People | Limited | Syndicated | |
| Special Bulletin | Special | NBC | |
| Dynasty | Drama | ABC | 2 |
| The Jeffersons | Comedy | CBS | |
| M.A.D.D.: Mother's Against Drunk Drivers | Special | NBC | |
| Magnum, P.I. | Drama | CBS |
Most major awards
| Network | Number of Awards |
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| NBC | 19 |
| ABC | 4 |
| Programs | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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| Cheers | Comedy | NBC | 4 |
| Hill Street Blues | Drama | 3 | |
| St. Elsewhere | |||
| Taxi | Comedy | ||
| The Thorn Birds | Limited | ABC | |
| Special Bulletin | Special | NBC | 2 |
- Notes
- ^ technical categories.
