Prime time Emmy Awards of 1980
- September 7, 1980
(Ceremony) - September 6, 1980
(Creative Arts Awards)
Location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
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Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
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Hosted by | Steve Allen Dick Clark |
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Highlights |
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Most awards | Lou Grant (5) |
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Most nominations | Lou Grant (14) |
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Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi |
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Outstanding Drama Series | Lou Grant |
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Outstanding Limited Series | Edward & Mrs. Simpson |
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Outstanding Variety or Music Program | Baryshnikov on Broadway |
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Television/radio coverage |
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Network | NBC |
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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
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Programs
Programs | |
- The Miracle Worker (NBC)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (CBS)
- Amber Waves (ABC)
- Gideon's Trumpet (CBS)
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (CBS)
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Outstanding Variety or Music Program - Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC)
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Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
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| - Nancy Marchand as Margaret Pynchon in Lou Grant (CBS) (Episode: "Dogs")
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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
| - Lou Grant (CBS): "Cop" – Roger Young
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- Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) – Dwight Hemion
- The Big Show (NBC): "Mariette Hartley and Dean Martin" – Steve Binder
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (ABC) – Tony Charmoli
- The Muppet Show (Syndicated): "Liza Minnelli" – Peter Harris
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Writing
Writing | - Lou Grant (CBS): "Cop" – Seth Freeman
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- 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
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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
- ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
References
- ^ Gold, Matea; Maria Elena Fernandez and Richard Verrier (2007-12-18). "Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien to return to the air Jan. 2". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Powers Boothe Breaks Boycott At Long Emmy Show, by Barbara Holsopple, in Pittsburgh Press, September 8, 1980, pC-11
- ^ Emmys.com list of 1980 Nominees & Winners
External links
- Emmys.com list of 1980 Nominees & Winners
- 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb