Movatterモバイル変換

The31st Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, September 9, 1979. The ceremony was broadcast on theABC. It was hosted byHenry Winkler andCheryl Ladd. This ceremony is remembered for problems with thePasadena Civic Auditorium's air-conditioning.

The top shows of the night wereTaxi, which pulled an upset in theOutstanding Comedy Series field when it beatAll in the Family's final season, andLou Grant, which received 12 major nominations and won two awards includingOutstanding Drama Series.

For the first time, most of the Miniseries andTelevision Movie Categories were merged into one, this would become the standard for later ceremonies, culminating with the TV Movie and Miniseries Program Categories combining in 2011. For this year only, the comedy and variety categories were combined in acting, directing and writing. This combination would not stick, and the traditional categories returned the next year.

Winners and nominees

[edit]

^[1]

Programs

[edit]

Programs
Outstanding Comedy Series Taxi (ABC) All in the Family (CBS) Barney Miller (ABC) MASH* (CBS) Mork & Mindy (ABC)	Outstanding Drama Series Lou Grant (CBS) The Paper Chase (NBC) The Rockford Files (NBC)
Outstanding Limited Series Roots: The Next Generations (ABC) Backstairs at the White House (NBC) Blind Ambition (CBS)	Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special Friendly Fire (ABC) Dummy (CBS) First, You Cry (CBS) The Jericho Mile (ABC) Summer of My German Soldier (NBC)
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (NBC) Arthur Fiedler: Just Call Me Maestro (PBS) The Muppet Show (Syndicated) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Shirley MacLaine at the Lido (CBS)

Acting

[edit]

Lead performances

[edit]

Acting
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Carroll O'Connor asArchie Bunker inAll in the Family (CBS) Alan Alda asHawkeye Pierce inMAS*H (CBS) Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger inTaxi (ABC) Hal Linden as Capt. Barney Miller inBarney Miller (ABC) Robin Williams as Mork inMork & Mindy (ABC)	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Ruth Gordon as Dee Wilcox inTaxi (ABC) (Episode: "Sugar Mama") Katherine Helmond as Jessica Tate inSoap (ABC) Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt inAlice (CBS) Isabel Sanford asLouise Jefferson inThe Jeffersons (CBS) Jean Stapleton asEdith Bunker inAll in the Family (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Ron Leibman as Martin Kazinsky inKaz (CBS) Edward Asner asLou Grant inLou Grant (CBS) James Garner asJim Rockford inThe Rockford Files (NBC) Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy inQuincy, M.E. (NBC)	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Mariette Hartley as Dr. Caroline Fields inThe Incredible Hulk (CBS) (Episode: "Married") Barbara Bel Geddes as Eleanor Southworth Ewing Farlow inDallas (CBS) Rita Moreno as Rita Capkovic inThe Rockford Files (NBC) (Episode: "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern are Dead") Sada Thompson as Kate Lawrence inFamily (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Peter Strauss as Larry "Rain" Murphy inThe Jericho Mile (ABC) Ned Beatty as Gene Mullen inFriendly Fire (ABC) Louis Gossett Jr. as Houseman Levi Mercer inBackstairs at the White House (NBC) Kurt Russell asElvis Presley inElvis (ABC)	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special Bette Davis as Lucy Mason inStrangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (CBS) Carol Burnett as Peg Mullen inFriendly Fire (NBC) Olivia Cole as Maggie Rogers inBackstairs at the White House (NBC) Katharine Hepburn as Miss Lilly Moffat inThe Corn Is Green (CBS) Mary Tyler Moore as Betty Rollin inFirst, You Cry (CBS)

Supporting performances

[edit]

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois inSoap (ABC) Gary Burghoff asRadar O'Reilly inMASH (CBS) Danny DeVito as Louie De Palma inTaxi (ABC) Max Gail as Det. Stan Wojciehowicz inBarney Miller (ABC) Harry Morgan asSherman T. Potter inMASH (CBS)	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series Sally Struthers asGloria Bunker-Stivic inAll in the Family (CBS) (Episode: "California, Here We Are") Polly Holliday asFlorence Jean Castleberry inAlice (CBS) Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham inHappy Days (CBS) Loretta Swit asMargaret Houlihan inMAS*H (CBS)
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Stuart Margolin as Evelyn "Angel" Martin inThe Rockford Files (NBC) Mason Adams as Charlie Hume inLou Grant (CBS) Noah Beery, Jr. as Joseph Rockford inThe Rockford Files (NBC) Joe Santos as Det. Dennis Becker inThe Rockford Files (NBC) Robert Walden as Joe Rossi inLou Grant (CBS)	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Kristy McNichol as Letitia Lawrence inFamily (ABC) Linda Kelsey as Billie Newman inLou Grant (CBS) Nancy Marchand as Margaret Pynchon inLou Grant (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Marlon Brando asGeorge Lincoln Rockwell inRoots: The Next Generations (ABC) (Episode: "Part VII") Ed Flanders asPresident Calvin Coolidge inBackstairs at the White House (NBC) (Episode: "Book Two") Al Freeman, Jr. asMalcolm X inRoots: The Next Generations (ABC) (Episode: "Part VII") Robert Vaughn asPresident Woodrow Wilson inBackstairs at the White House (NBC) (Episode: "Book One") Paul Winfield as Dr. Horace Huguley inRoots: The Next Generations (ABC) (Episode: "Part V")	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special Esther Rolle as Ruth inSummer of My German Soldier (NBC) Ruby Dee as Queen Haley inRoots: The Next Generations (ABC) Colleen Dewhurst as Mrs. O'Neil inSilent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (CBS) Eileen Heckart asEleanor Roosevelt inBackstairs at the White House (NBC) Celeste Holm asFlorence Harding onBackstairs at the White House (NBC)

Directing

[edit]

Directing
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series Barney Miller (ABC): "The Harris Incident" –Noam Pitlik All in the Family (CBS): "California, Here We Are, Part II" –Paul Bogart MASH* (CBS): "Dear Sis" – Alan Alda MASH* (CBS): "Point of View" –Charles S. Dubin Soap (ABC): "Episode #27" –Jay Sandrich	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series The White Shadow (CBS): "Pilot" –Jackie Cooper Lou Grant (CBS): "Murder" –Mel Damski Lou Grant (CBS): "Prisoner" –Gene Reynolds Lou Grant (CBS): "Schools" –Burt Brinckerhoff
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special Friendly Fire (ABC) –David Greene Les Misérables (CBS) –Glenn Jordan Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (CBS) –Lou Antonio

Writing

[edit]

Writing
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series MASH* (CBS): "Inga" – Alan Alda All in the Family (CBS): "California, Here We Are - Part II" –Milt Josefsberg,Phil Sharp,Bob Schiller andBob Weiskopf MASH* (CBS): "Point of View" –Ken Levine andDavid Isaacs Saturday Night Live (NBC): "Host -Richard Benjamin" Taxi (ABC): "Blind Date" –Michael Leeson	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series Lou Grant (CBS): "Dying" –Michele Gallery Lou Grant (CBS): "Marathon" –Gene Reynolds Lou Grant (CBS): "Vet" – Leon Tokatyan The Paper Chase (CBS): "The Late Mr. Hart" –James Bridges
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special The Jericho Mile (ABC) –Story by : Patrick J. Nolan Screenplay by : Patrick J. Nolan andMichael Mann Backstairs at the White House (NBC): "Book One" – Paul Dubov and Gwen Bagni Friendly Fire (ABC) –Fay Kanin Roots: The Next Generations (ABC): "Part I" –Ernest Kinoy Summer of My German Soldier (NBC) – Jane-Howard Hammerstein

Most major nominations

[edit]

Networks with multiple major nominations^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of nominations
CBS	46
ABC	30
NBC	23

Programs with multiple major nominations
Program	Category	Network	Number of nominations
Lou Grant	Drama	CBS	12
MASH*	Comedy	CBS	9
Backstairs at the White House	Limited	CBS	8
All in the Family	Comedy	CBS	6
The Rockford Files	Drama	NBC
Roots: The Next Generations	Limited	ABC
Friendly Fire	Special		5
Taxi	Comedy		5
Barney Miller	Comedy		4
The Jericho Mile	Special		3
Soap	Comedy
Summer of My German Soldier	Special	NBC
Alice	Comedy	CBS	2
Family	Drama	ABC
First, You Cry	Special	CBS
Mork & Mindy	Comedy	ABC
The Paper Chase	Drama	NBC
Saturday Night Live	Variety	NBC
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story	Special	CBS

Most major awards

[edit]

Networks with multiple major awards^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Awards
ABC	11
CBS	9
NBC	3

Programs with multiple major awards
Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
All in the Family	Comedy	CBS	2
Friendly Fire	Special	ABC
The Jericho Mile	Special	ABC
Lou Grant	Drama	CBS
Roots: The Next Generations	Miniseries	ABC
Taxi	Comedy	ABC

Notes

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

Presenters

[edit]

References

[edit]

^Emmys.com list of 1979 Nominees & Winners

External links

[edit]

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