| 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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| Date | June 7, 1970 | |||
| Location | Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | |||
| Hosted by | David Frost Danny Thomas | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Most awards | Marcus Welby, M.D. Room 222 (3) | |||
| Most nominations | Marcus Welby, M.D. (6) | |||
| Outstanding Comedy Series | My World and Welcome to It | |||
| Outstanding Dramatic Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | |||
| Outstanding Dramatic Program | Hallmark Hall of Fame: "A Storm in Summer" | |||
| Outstanding Variety or Musical Series | The David Frost Show | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | ABC | |||
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The22nd Emmy Awards, later known as the22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on June 7, 1970. The ceremony was hosted byDavid Frost andDanny Thomas. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night wereMy World and Welcome to It, andMarcus Welby, M.D..Marcus Welby, M.D., andRoom 222 each won three major awards.My World and Welcome to It wonOutstanding Comedy Series, but was cancelled after its first season. It is currently the most recent series to win for Outstanding Comedy Series in the show's one and only season. Another oddity in the Outstanding Comedy Series category was that not one show nominatedthe previous year was nominated this year. This marks the last time that either series category (comedy or drama) has had this occur.
Gail Fisher fromMannix became the first black woman to win an Emmy Award in any category.Susan Hampshire fromThe Forsyte Saga became the firstLead Actress, Drama to win outside theBig Three television networks - fromthe NET network. Her win was also the first for aBritish produced programme.
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Outstanding Variety or Musical Program - Classical Music
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Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming
| Outstanding Children's Program |
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
| Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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| Network | Number of Nominations |
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| NBC | 32 |
| ABC | 28 |
| CBS | 9 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Drama | ABC | 6 |
| My Sweet Charlie | Special | NBC | 5 |
| Room 222 | Comedy | ABC | |
| The Bill Cosby Show | NBC | 3 | |
| David Copperfield | Special | ||
| The Forsyte Saga | Drama | NET | |
| Ironside | Drama | NBC | |
| The Mod Squad | ABC | ||
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Variety | NBC | |
| A Storm in Summer | Special | ||
| Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man | Variety | CBS | 2 |
| Bewitched | Comedy | ABC | |
| The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | |||
| Mannix | Drama | CBS | |
| My World and Welcome to It | Comedy | NBC | |
| The Name of the Game | Drama | ||
| The Second Bill Cosby Special | Variety | ||
| Sesame Street | Children's | NET | |
| The Sound of Burt Bacharach | Variety | NBC | |
| Wide World of Sports | Sports | ABC |
| Network | Number of Awards |
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| ABC | 9 |
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| CBS | 5 |
| NET | 3 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Drama | ABC | 3 |
| Room 222 | Comedy | ||
| Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man | Variety | CBS | 2 |
| My Sweet Charlie | Special | NBC | |
| My World and Welcome to It | Comedy | ||
| A Storm in Summer | Special |