29th Primetime Emmy Awards

29th Primetime Emmy Awards
29th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 11, 1977
Location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Hosted by	Angie Dickinson; Robert Blake
Website	https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1977
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 29th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 11, 1977. The ceremony was broadcast on NBC. It was hosted by Angie Dickinson and Robert Blake.

The top shows of the night were Mary Tyler Moore, which, in its final season, won its third consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series Award, it also became the first comedy series to gain eleven major nominations (since broken). Upstairs, Downstairs, also in its final season, won its third Outstanding Drama Series Award in four years (it competed as a miniseries in 1976, and won that category too). But the overwhelming champion of the ceremony was the miniseries Roots.

Roots set several milestones and broke multiple records during the night. It became the first show to receive at least twenty major nominations (21). Adding its nominations in Creative Arts categories, its total expands to 37. Both records still stand for all shows. It was the first show to gain every nomination in an acting category. Its thirteen acting nominations tied the record set the previous year by Rich Man, Poor Man, however all of Roots' nominations came in the miniseries category, while Rich Man, Poor Man had nominations cross over into the drama series field. Roots became the first miniseries, and second show overall, along with All in the Family in 1972, to win six of seven major categories. All but one of Roots' eight episodes were nominated for major awards (Part VII).

With this ceremony, the Primetime Emmys began a long residency at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium that would continue until 1997.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) All in the Family, (CBS) Barney Miller, (ABC) The Bob Newhart Show, (CBS) MASH,* (CBS)	Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) Baretta, (ABC) Columbo, (NBC) Family, (ABC) Police Story, (NBC)
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series	Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music
Van Dyke and Company, (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) Evening at Pops, (PBS) The Muppet Show, (Syndicated) NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC)	The Barry Manilow Special, (ABC) Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek, (NBC) The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?, (CBS) Sills and Burnett at the Met, (CBS) World of Magic, (NBC)
Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy	Outstanding Limited Series
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC) Sybil, (NBC) 21 Hours at Munich, (ABC) Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking, (PBS) Raid on Entebbe, (NBC)	Roots, (ABC) The Adams Chronicles, (PBS) Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers, (NBC) Captains and the Kings, (NBC) Madame Bovary, (PBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
*Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker on All in the Family, (CBS)* Jack Albertson as Ed Brown on Chico and the Man, (NBC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on MASH,* (CBS) Hal Linden as Capt. Barney Miller on Barney Miller, (ABC) Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on Happy Days, (ABC)	*Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay on Maude* (CBS)** Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS) Suzanne Pleshette as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show (CBS) Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker on All in the Family (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
*James Garner as Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files, (NBC)* Robert Blake as Tony Baretta on Baretta, (ABC) Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo on Columbo (NBC) Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy on Quincy, M.E., (NBC) Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone on The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC)	*Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers on The Bionic Woman, (ABC)* Michael Learned as Olivia Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson on Police Woman, (NBC) Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels, (ABC) Sada Thompson as Kate Lawrence on Family, (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy
*Ed Flanders as President Harry S. Truman on Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking, (PBS)* Peter Boyle as Sen. Joseph McCarthy on Tail Gunner Joe (CBS) Peter Finch as Yitzhak Rabin on Raid on Entebbe, (NBC) Edward Herrmann as President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC) George C. Scott as The Beast on Beauty and the Beast, (NBC)	*Sally Field as Sybil on Sybil, (NBC)* Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt on Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC) Susan Clark as Amelia Earhart on Amelia Earhart, (NBC) Julie Harris as Mary Todd Lincoln on The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, (PBS) Joanne Woodward as Dr. Cornelia Wilbur on Sybil, (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
*Christopher Plummer as Roscoe Heyward on Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers* (NBC)** Stanley Baker as Gwilym Morgan on How Green Was My Valley, (PBS) Richard Jordan as Joseph Armagh on Captains and the Kings, (NBC) Steven Keats as Jay Blackman on Seventh Avenue, (NBC)	*Patty Duke as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh on Captains and the Kings, (NBC)* Dori Brenner as Rhoda Gold Blackman on Seventh Avenue, (NBC) Susan Flannery as Margot Bracken on Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers, (PBS) Eva Marie Saint as Katherine Macahan on How the West Was Won, (ABC) Jane Seymour as Marjorie Chisholm on Captains and the Kings, (NBC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
*Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly on MASH, (CBS)** Edward Asner as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Ted Knight as Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter on MASH, (CBS) Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish on Barney Miller*, (ABC)	*Mary Kay Place as Loretta Haggers on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, (Syndicated)* Georgia Engel as Georgette Franklin on Mary Tyler Moore. (CBS) Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS) Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan on MASH, (CBS) Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens on Mary Tyler Moore*, (CBS)
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
*Gary Frank as Willie Lawrence on Family* (ABC)** Noah Beery Jr. as Joseph "Rocky" Rockford on The Rockford Files, (NBC) David Doyle as John Bosley on Charlie's Angels, (ABC) Tom Ewell as Billy Truman on Baretta, (ABC) Will Geer as Zebulon Walton on The Waltons, (CBS)	*Kristy McNichol as Letitia Lawrence on Family,* (ABC)** Meredith Baxter as Nancy Lawrence Maitland on Family, (ABC) Ellen Corby as Esther Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) Lee Meriwether as Betty Jones on Barnaby Jones, (CBS) Jacqueline Tong as Daisy on Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS)
Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special	Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special
*Burgess Meredith as Joseph Welch on Tail Gunner Joe, (ABC)* Martin Balsam as Daniel Cooper on Raid on Entebbe, (NBC) Mark Harmon as Robert Dunlap on Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC) Yaphet Kotto as Idi Amin on Raid on Entebbe, (NBC) Walter McGinn as Louis Howe on Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC)	*Diana Hyland as Mickey Lubitch on The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, (ABC)* Ruth Gordon as Cecilia Weiss on The Great Houdini, (ABC) Rosemary Murphy as Sara Delano Roosevelt on Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC) Patricia Neal as Sen. Margaret Chase Smith on Tail Gunner Joe, (NBC) Susan Oliver as Neta Snook "Snookie" on Amelia Earhart, (NBC)

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
*Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler on Roots, (Episode: "Part IV"), (ABC)* John Amos as Toby on Roots, (Episode: "Part V"), (ABC) LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte on Roots, (Episode: "Part I"), (ABC) Ben Vereen as "Chicken" George Moore on Roots, (Episode: "Part VI"), (ABC)	*Beulah Bondi as Aunt Martha Corinne Walton on The Waltons, (Episode: "The Pony Cart"), (CBS)* Susan Blakely as Julie Prescott on Rich Man, Poor Man-Book II, (Episode: "Chapter 1"), (ABC) Madge Sinclair as Bell Reynolds on Roots, (Episode: "Part IV"), (ABC) Leslie Uggams as Kizzy Reynolds on Roots, (Episode: "Part VI"), (ABC) Jessica Walter as Maggie Jarris / Mrs. Reston / Mrs. McCluskey on The Streets of San Francisco, (Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part"), (ABC)
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
*Edward Asner as Capt. Davies on Roots, (Episode: "Part I"), (ABC)* Charles Durning as Billy Rice on Captains and the Kings, (Episode: "Chapter 2"), (NBC) Moses Gunn as Kintango on Roots, (Episode: "Part I"), (ABC) Robert Reed as Dr. William Reynolds on Roots, (Episode: "Part V"), (ABC) Ralph Waite as Third mate Slater on Roots, (Episode: "Part I"), (ABC)	*Olivia Cole as Mathilda on Roots, (Episode: "Part VIII"), (ABC)* Sandy Duncan as Missy Anne Reynolds on Roots, (Episode: "Part V"), (ABC) Eileen Heckart as Flo Meredith on Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Lou Proposes"), (CBS) Cicely Tyson as Binta on Roots, (Episode: "Part I"), (ABC) Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern on Rhoda, (Episode: "The Separation"), (CBS)

Directing

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
*Alan Alda for MASH, (Episode: "Dear Sigmund"), (CBS)** Paul Bogart for All in the Family, (Episode: "The Draft Dodger"), (CBS) Joan Darling for MASH,* (Episode: "The Nurses"), (CBS) Alan Rafkin for MASH,* (Episode: "Lt. Radar O'Reilly"), (CBS) Jay Sandrich for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "The Last Show"), (CBS)	*David Greene for Roots,* (Episode: "Part I"), (ABC)** Marvin J. Chomsky for Roots, (Episode: "Part III"), (ABC) Fred Coe for The Adams Chronicles, (Episode: "John Quincy Adams: President"), (PBS) John Erman for Roots, (Episode: "Part II"), (ABC) Gilbert Moses for Roots, (Episode: "Part VI"), (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special	Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy
*Dwight Hemion for America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music,* (CBS)** Steve Binder for The Barry Manilow Special, (ABC) Tony Charmoli for The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?, (CBS) Walter C. Miller for World of Magic, (NBC) Dave Powers for Sills and Burnett at the Met, (CBS)	*Daniel Petrie for Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years,* (ABC)** Fielder Cook for Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, (NBC) Tom Gries for Helter Skelter, (CBS) Irvin Kershner for Raid on Entebbe, (NBC) Jud Taylor for Tail Gunner Joe, (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
*Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show,* (CBS)** John Moffitt for Van Dyke and Company, (NBC) Dave Wilson for NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC)

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
*Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd, Bob Ellison for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "The Last Show"), (CBS)* Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold for Barney Miller, (Episode: "Quarantine, Part 2"), (ABC) Alan Alda for MASH, (Episode: "Dear Sigmund"), (CBS) David Lloyd for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Mary Midwife"), (CBS) Earl Pomerantz for Mary Tyler Moore*, (Episode: "Ted's Change of Heart"), (CBS)	*Ernest Kinoy, William Blinn for Roots, (Episode: "Part II"), (ABC)* M. Charles Cohen, for Roots, (Episode: "Part VIII"), (ABC) Roger O. Hirson for The Adams Chronicles, (Episode: "Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain"), (PBS) James Lee for Roots, (Episode: Part V"), (ABC) Tad Mosel for The Adams Chronicles, (Episode: "John Quincy Adams: President"), (PBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music, (CBS) The Barry Manilow Special, (ABC) An Evening with Diana Ross, (NBC) John Denver and Friend, (ABC) Sills and Burnett at the Met, (CBS)	NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) The Muppet Show, (Syndicated) NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC) Van Dyke and Company, (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation
*Lane Slate for Tail Gunner Joe, (NBC)* Barry Beckerman for Raid on Entebbe, (NBC) James Costigan, for Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, (ABC) Ernest Kinoy, for Victory at Entebbe, (ABC) Douglas Day Stewart, Joe Morgenstern, for The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, (ABC)	*Stewart Stern for Sybil, (NBC)* William Bast for The Man in the Iron Mask, (NBC) Steve Gethers for A Circle of Children, (CBS) John McGreevey for Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, (NBC) Carol Sobieski for Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking, (PBS)

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

ABC – 59
CBS / NBC – 48
PBS – 14

By program

Roots (ABC) – 21
Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 11
M*A*S*H (CBS) – 9
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (ABC) – 8
Family (ABC) / Raid on Entebbe (NBC) – 6

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

ABC – 13
CBS – 11
NBC – 9
PBS – 2

By program

Roots (ABC) – 6
Sybil (NBC) – 3

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

^ "1977 Primetime Emmy Awards". IMDb. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

External links

[MW_Note-2] "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

[Winners/Nominees-1] "1977 Primetime Emmy Awards". IMDb. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

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