30th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 30th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 17, 1978. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family which won its then record fourth Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Rockford Files. CBS continued its streak of dominance by winning its eighth straight Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, this record still stands. Actor Will Geer received three posthumous acting nominations for three different performances, but lost in each category.
For the first time in Emmy history, two shows won six major awards, All in the Family became the first show to win six major awards twice, and the miniseries Holocaust tied the record for most wins by a miniseries set the previous year by Roots.
This ceremony was interrupted for thirty minutes by a nationally televised address by then-President Jimmy Carter, joined by then-Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and then-Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in which President Carter announced the signing of the Camp David Accords.
Winners and Nominees
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Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Single performances
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series |
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series |
- Barnard Hughes as Judge Felix Rushman on Lou Grant, (Episode: "Judge"), (CBS)
- Will Geer as Franklyn Bootherstone on The Love Boat, (Episode: "The Old Man and the Runaway"), (ABC)
- David Cassidy as Officer Dan Shay on Police Story, (Episode: "A Chance to Live"), (NBC)
- Judd Hirsch as Mike Andretti on Rhoda, (Episode: "Rhoda Likes Mike"), (CBS)
- John Rubinstein as Jeff Maitland on Family, (Episode: "And Baby Makes Three"), (ABC)
- Keenan Wynn as Ben Fletcher on Police Woman, (Episode: "Good Old Uncle Ben"), (NBC)
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- Rita Moreno as Rita Capkovic on The Rockford Files, (Episode: "The Paper Palace"), (NBC)
- Patty Duke as Leslee Wexler on Having Babies III, (ABC)
- Kate Jackson as Robin on James at 16, (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC)
- Jayne Meadows as Florence Nightingale on Meeting of Minds, (Episode: "Luther, Voltaire, Plato, Nightingale"), (PBS)
- Irene Tedrow as Miss Jordan on James at 16, (Episode: "Ducks"), (ABC)
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Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series |
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series |
- Ricardo Montalban as Satangkai on How the West Was Won, (Episode: "Part II"), (ABC)
- Will Geer as Santa Claus on Eight is Enough, (Episode: "Yes, Nicholas... There is a Santa Claus"), (ABC)
- Larry Gelman as Edward Sellers on Barney Miller, (Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Fish"), (ABC)
- Harold Gould as Martin Morgenstern on Rhoda, (Episode: "Happy Anniversary"), (CBS)
- Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish on Barney Miller, (Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Fish"), (ABC)
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- Blanche Baker as Anna Weiss on Holocaust, (Episode: "Part I"), (NBC)
- Ellen Corby as Esther Walton on The Waltons, (Episode: "Grandma Comes Home"), (CBS)
- Jeanette Nolan as Granny McWhirter on The Awakening Land, (Episode: "Part I"), (NBC)
- Beulah Quo as Empress Tz'u-hsi on Meeting of Minds, (Episode: "Douglass, Tz'u-Hsi, Beccaria, De Sade"), (PBS)
- Beatrice Straight as Alice Dain Leggett on The Dain Curse, (Episode: "Part I"), (CBS)
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Directing
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series |
- Paul Bogart for All in the Family, (Episode: "Edith's 50th Birthday"), (CBS)
- Hal Cooper for Maude, (Episode: "Vivian's Decision"), (CBS)
- Burt Metcalfe, Alan Alda for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Comrades in Arms"), (CBS)
- Jerry Paris for Happy Days, (Episode: "Richie Almost Dies"), (ABC)
- Jay Sandrich for Soap, (Episode: "Episode #24"), (ABC)
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special |
Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy |
- Dwight Hemion for The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots, (ABC)
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
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Writing
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series |
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
- Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller, Barry Harman, Harve Brosten for All in the Family, (Episode: "Cousin Liz"), (CBS)
- Alan Alda for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Fallen Idol"), (CBS)
- Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine, Erik Tarloff for All in the Family, (Episode: "Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part 2"), (ABC)
- Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller for All in the Family, (Episode: "Edith's 50th Birthday"), (CBS)
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special |
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series |
- The Second Barry Manilow Special, (ABC)
- Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back, (NBC)
- The George Burns One-Man Show, (CBS)
- The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots, (ABC)
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- The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)
- America 2-Night, (Syndicated)
- The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)
- The Muppet Show, (Syndicated)
- Saturday Night Live, (NBC)
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Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay |
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation |
- George Rubino for The Last Tenant, (ABC)
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- Caryl Ledner for Mary White, (ABC)
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- NBC – 61
- ABC – 59
- CBS – 53
- PBS – 13
- By program
- Holocaust (NBC) – 11
- All in the Family (CBS) – 9
- M*A*S*H (CBS) – 7
- Family (ABC) / King (NBC) – 6
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 14
- NBC – 11
- ABC – 7
- PBS – 2
- By program
- All in the Family (CBS) / Holocaust (NBC) – 6
- Lou Grant (CBS) – 3
- Notes
- 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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