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The20th Emmy Awards, later known as the20th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1968. The ceremony was hosted byFrank Sinatra andDick Van Dyke. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night wereGet Smart andMission: Impossible.Get Smart won three major awards, while the most nominated show was theanthology dramaCBS Playhouse with ten. It also won three major awards.

The first posthumous Acting Emmy went toMarion Lorne for her performance inBewitched, whileThe Avengers was the first non American produced nomination, having been syndicated fromABC Weekend TV, which was a part of theUnited Kingdom Independent Television Network, by ABC. However, other than sharing the same initials, the two companies were independent of each other.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

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Programs
Outstanding Comedy Series Get Smart (NBC) Bewitched (ABC) Family Affair (CBS) Hogan's Heroes (CBS) The Lucy Show (CBS)	Outstanding Dramatic Series Mission: Impossible (CBS) The Avengers (ABC) I Spy (NBC) NET Playhouse (NET) Run for Your Life (NBC) Star Trek (NBC)
Outstanding Musical or Variety Series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS)	Outstanding Musical or Variety Program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Pilot" Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Show (NBC) The Fred Astaire Show (NBC) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (CBS) Lincoln Center/Stage 5 (Syndicated) A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs Today (NBC) Camera Three (CBS) The Mike Douglas Show (Syndicated)	Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) – Roone Arledge ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) – Jim McKay 10th Winter Olympic Games (ABC) – Roone Arledge 10th Winter Olympic Games (ABC) – Dick Button The American Sportsman (ABC) The Flying Fisherman (Syndicated) NCAA Football (ABC)
Outstanding Dramatic Program Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Elizabeth the Queen" CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends" CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" NET Playhouse (NET): "Uncle Vanya" The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (ABC) Xerox Special (ABC): "Luther"

Acting

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Lead performances

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Acting
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Don Adams as Maxwell Smart inGet Smart (NBC) Richard Benjamin as Dick Hollister inHe & She (CBS) Sebastian Cabot as Mr. Giles French inFamily Affair (CBS) Brian Keith as Uncle Bill Davis inFamily Affair (CBS) Dick York as Darrin Stephens inBewitched (ABC)	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael inThe Lucy Show (CBS) Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 inGet Smart (NBC) Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens inBewitched (ABC) Paula Prentiss as Paula Hollister inHe & She (CBS) Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie inThat Girl (ABC)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott inI Spy (NBC) Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside inIronside (NBC) Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson inI Spy (NBC) Ben Gazzara as Paul Bryan inRun for Your Life (NBC) Martin Landau as Rollin Hand inMission: Impossible (CBS)	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter inMission: Impossible (CBS) Diana Rigg as Emma Peel inThe Avengers (ABC) Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley inThe Big Valley (ABC)

Supporting performances

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Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink inHogan's Heroes (CBS) Jack Cassidy as Oscar North inHe & She (CBS) William Demarest as Uncle Charley O'Casey inMy Three Sons (CBS) Gale Gordon as Mr. Theodore J. Mooney inThe Lucy Show (CBS)	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara inBewitched (ABC) Agnes Moorehead as Endora inBewitched (ABC) Marge Redmond as Sister Jacqueline inThe Flying Nun (ABC) Nita Talbot as Marya inHogan's Heroes (CBS) (Episode: "The Hostage")
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Milburn Stone as Doc inGunsmoke (CBS) (Episode: "Baker's Dozen") Joseph Campanella as Lew Wickersham inMannix (CBS) Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Gettlinger inCBS Playhouse (CBS) (Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night") Leonard Nimoy asMr. Spock inStar Trek (NBC)	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield inIronside (NBC) Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon inThe High Chaparral (NBC) Tessie O'Shea as Tessie O'Toole inThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (ABC)

Single performances

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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama

Melvyn Douglas as Peter Schermann inCBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
- Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside inNBC World Premiere Movie (NBC): "Ironside"
- Van Heflin as Robert Sloane inA Case of Libel (ABC)
- George C. Scott as John Proctor inThe Crucible (CBS)
- Eli Wallach as Douglas Lambert inCBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends"

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama

Maureen Stapleton as Mary O'Meaghan inAmong the Paths to Eden (ABC)
- Judith Anderson asQueen Elizabeth I inHallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Elizabeth the Queen"
- Geneviève Bujold asJoan of Arc inHallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Saint Joan"
- Colleen Dewhurst as Elizabeth Proctor inThe Crucible (CBS)
- Anne Jackson as Vivian Spears inCBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends"

Directing

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Directing
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Get Smart (NBC): "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" –Bruce Bilson The Monkees (NBC): "The Devil and Peter Tork" –James Frawley That Girl (ABC): "That Girl" –Danny Arnold	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends" –Paul Bogart CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" –George Schaefer The Crucible (CBS) –Alex Segal Mission: Impossible (CBS): "The Killing" –Lee H. Katzin
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Music or Variety Movin' with Nancy (NBC) –Jack Haley Jr. The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC) –Greg Garrison Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (CBS) –Dwight Hemion Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) –Gordon Wiles Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Pilot" –Bill Foster

Writing

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Writing
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy He & She (CBS): "The Coming Out Party" –Chris Hayward andAllan Burns He & She (CBS): "The Old Man and the She" –Leonard Stern andArne Sultan The Lucy Show (CBS): "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" –Milt Josefsberg andRay Singer That Girl (ABC): "The Mailman Cometh" –Danny Arnold andRuth Brooks Flippen	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" –Loring Mandel CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends" –Reginald Rose Mission: Impossible (CBS): "The Seal" –William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter NBC World Premiere Movie (NBC): "Ironside" –Don Mankiewicz
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: "Pilot" (NBC) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS): "Ronnie Schell, Kate Smith and Simon & Garfunkel"

Most major nominations

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Networks with multiple major nominations^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	43
NBC	30
ABC	20

Programs with multiple major nominations
Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Bewitched	Comedy	ABC	5
Dear Friends	Special	CBS
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Special
He & She	Comedy
Mission: Impossible	Drama
Get Smart	Comedy	NBC	4
Ironside	Drama	NBC
The Lucy Show	Comedy	CBS
The Crucible	Special		3
Family Affair	Comedy
Hogan's Heroes	Comedy
I Spy	Drama	NBC
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Variety	NBC
That Girl	Comedy	ABC
10th Winter Olympic Games	Sports		2
The Avengers	Drama
The Carol Burnett Show	Variety	CBS
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour	Variety	NBC
Elizabeth the Queen	Special	NBC
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass	Variety	CBS
NET Playhouse	Drama	NET
Run for Your Life	Drama	NBC
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Variety	CBS
Star Trek	Drama	NBC
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Special	ABC
Wide World of Sports	Sports	ABC

Most major awards

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Networks with multiple major awards^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Awards
NBC	10
CBS	9
ABC	3

Programs with multiple major awards
Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
Get Smart	Comedy	NBC	3
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Special	CBS	2
Mission: Impossible	Drama	CBS
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Variety	NBC
Wide World of Sports	Sports	ABC

Notes

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

References

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^Emmys.com list of 1968 Nominees & Winners

External links

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Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Award

(categories
winners)

Main ceremonies	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Creative Arts	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Daytime Emmy Award

(categories
winners)

Main ceremonies	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Creative Arts	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025