The34th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1982. The ceremony was broadcast onABC. It was hosted byJohn Forsythe andMarlo Thomas.
In its eighth and final season,Barney Miller finally won theEmmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, it had been nominated and lost the previous six seasons. On the drama side, it was once again all aboutHill Street Blues. It set multiple records on the night, including receiving 16 major nominations (winning four), breaking the long-held record (subsequently broken) of 14 for a comedy or drama set byPlayhouse 90 in1959. It also received nine acting nominations for regular cast members, this has since been tied byL.A. Law,The West Wing andGame of Thrones. Included in those acting nominations was another milestone,Hill Street Blues received every nomination forOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, this achievement has not been duplicated by a comedy or drama in a major acting category since. Another milestone was set byAndrea Martin, who became the first actor from a variety series, in this caseSecond City Television, to be nominated in the comedy acting field since the categories merged in1979.[citation needed]
Ingrid Bergman won her final award posthumously, forA Woman Called Golda. It was not only the fourth posthumous acting award in Emmy history, but also the second performance ever to have won from anon-Network Syndicated show.
Hill Street Blues (NBC): "Personal Foul" – Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis and Michael Wagner
Hill Street Blues (NBC): "The Second Oldest Profession" –Story by : Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco and Anthony Yerkovich Teleplay by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich andRobert Crais
Hill Street Blues (NBC): "The World According to Freedom" – Michael Wagner
