28th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out May 17, 1976. The ceremony was hosted by John Denver and Mary Tyler Moore. Winners are listed in bold with series' networks in parentheses. Note that some categories have more than one winner.

Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Achievement in any Area of Creative Technical Crafts

*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design

*"Barbary Coast" on "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" (ABC)
*"Beacon Hill" (CBS)
*"Cher" (CBS)
*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*"John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas" (ABC)
*"Mary's Incredible Dream" (CBS)
*"Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*"The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)
*"The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Choreography

*"Ann-Margret Smith Bell System Family Theatre" (NBC)
*"Gypsy in My Soul" (CBS)
*"Lola!" (ABC)
*"Mary's Incredible Dream" (CBS)
*"The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Special

*"Babe" (CBS)
*"Baretta" (ABC)
*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"Farewell to Manzanar" (NBC)
*"" (ABC)
*"Kojak" (CBS)
*"Little House on the Prairie" (NBC)
*"M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*"Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*"The Entertainer" (NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for Music-Variety

*Bob Mackie and Ret Turner for "Cher" (CBS)
*Bob Mackie for "Mitzi...Roarin' in the 20's" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama

*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*"Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*"The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" (NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing

*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"Medical Story" (NBC)
*"Police Woman" (NBC)
*"The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" (NBC)
*"The Night That Panicked America" (ABC)
*"The Six Million Dollar Man" (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing

*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"Sandburg's Lincoln" (NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title

*"Addie and the King of Hearts" (CBS)
*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"NBC's Saturday Night" (NBC)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*"The New, Original Wonder Woman" (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

*"Mitzi and A Hundred Guys" (CBS)
*"Mitzi...Roarin' In The 20's" (CBS)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Make-Up

*"Babe" (CBS)
*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"The 1975 Fashion Awards" (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series

*Jack Urbont for "Bronk" (CBS)
*John Cacavas for "Kojak" (CBS)
*David Rose for "Little House on the Prairie" (NBC)
*Alex North for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)

Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special

*Jerry Goldsmith for "Babe" (CBS)
*Billy Goldenberg for "Dark Victory" (NBC)
*Cy Coleman for "Gypsy In My Soul" (CBS)
*Jack Urbont for "Supercops" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction

*"Central Park in the Dark/A Hero's Life" (PBS)
*"Gypsy In My Soul" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material

*"Gypsy In My Soul" (CBS)
*"The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Tape Sound Mixing

*"Live from Lincoln Center" (PBS)
*"New Year's Eve at Pops" (PBS)
*"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (NBC)

Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork

*"Mary's Incredible Dream" (CBS)
*"Mitzi and A Hundred Guys" (CBS )
*"Mitzi...Roarin' In The 20's" (CBS)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing

*"" (ABC)
*"Mitzi...Roarin' In The 20's" (CBS)
*"Texaco Presents A Quarter Century of Bob Hope" (NBC)
*"The Hemingway Play" on Hollywood Television Theatre (PBS)

Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series

*"Barney Miller" (ABC)
*"Sanford and Son" (NBC)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*"Welcome Back, Kotter" (ABC)

Outstanding Children's Special

*"Huckleberry Finn" (ABC)
*"You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown" (CBS)

Outstanding Classical Music Program

*"Arthur Rubinstein-Chopin" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*"Bernstein and The New York Philharmonic" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*"Dance in America: City Center Joffrey Ballet" (PBS)
*"Live from Lincoln Center" (PBS)
*"Three by Balanchine with The New York City Ballet" (PBS)

Outstanding Film Editing for Entertainment Programming

*Henry Berman for "Babe" (CBS)
*Michael Kahn for "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Robert K. Lambert for "I Will Fight No More Forever" (ABC)
*Fred W. Berger and Stanford Tischler for "M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*Samuel E. Beetley and Ken Zemke for "Medical Story" (NBC)
*Dick Van Enger for "Medical Story" (NBC)
*Richard Bracken for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Douglas Stewart for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
* [{Rita Roland] for "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" (NBC)
*Douglas Hines for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
*Bud S. Isaacs, George Nicholson, and Tony Radecki for "The Night that Panicked America" (ABC)

pecial Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement

*"The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)

Programming and Performing Arts Emmy Awards

Acting Awards

Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series

*Roscoe Lee Browne in "Barney Miller" (ABC)
*Van Johnson in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Bill Bixby in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Norman Fell in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Gordon Jackson in "Upstairs, Downstairs" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series

*Robert Reed in "Medical Center" (CBS)
*Tony Musante in "Medical Story" (NBC)
*Edward Asner in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Bill Bixby in "The Streets of San Francisco" (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series

*Helen Hayes in "Hawaii Five-O" (CBS)
*Sheree North in "Marcus Welby, M.D." (ABC)
*Martha Raye in "McMillan and Wife" (NBC)
*Kathryn Walker in "The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*Pamela Payton-Wright in "The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)

Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Special

*Ed Flanders in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (ABC)
*Art Carney in "Katherine" (ABC)
*Ray Bolger in "The Entertainer" (NBC)

Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special

*Lilia Skala in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Rosemary Murphy in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Irene Tedrow in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Lois Nettleton in "Fear On Trial" (CBS)
*Ruth Gordon in "Rhoda" (CBS)
*Kay Lenz in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Fionnuala Flanagan in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Kim Darby in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Eileen Heckart in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special

*Jason Robards in "A Moon For The Misbegotten" (ABC)
*Edward Herrmann as Franklin Delano Roosevelt in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*William Devane in "Fear On Trial" (CBS)
*Jack Lemmon in "The Entertainer" (NBC)
*Anthony Hopkins in "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special

*Colleen Dewhurst in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (ABC)
*Susan Clark in "Babe" (CBS)
*Jane Alexander in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Sada Thompson in "The Entertainer" (NBC)

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

*Abe Vigoda as Detective Sgt. Fish in "Barney Miller" (ABC)
*Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter in "M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly in "M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*Susan Howard as Maggie Petrocelli in "Petrocelli" (NBC)
*Dorothy McGuire as Mary Jordache in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Sada Thompson in "Sandburg's Lincoln" (NBC)
*Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
*Edward Asner as Lou Grant in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
*Ellen Corby as Grandma Walton in "The Waltons" (CBS)
*Angela Baddeley as "Mrs." Kate Bridges in "Upstairs, Downstairs" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

*Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan in "M*A*S*H (CBS)
*Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern in "Rhoda" (CBS)
*Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern in "Rhoda" (CBS)
*Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
*Georgia Engel as Georgette Franklin Baxter in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

*Hal Linden as Barney Miller in "Barney Miller" (ABC)
*Jack Albertson as Ed Brown in "Chico and The Man" (NBC)
*Henry Winkler as Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli in "Happy Days" (ABC)
*Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in "M*A*S*H" (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

*Lee Grant as Fay Stewart in "Fay" (NBC)
*Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay in "Maude" (CBS)
*Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Leachman in "Phyllis" (CBS)
*Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in "Rhoda" (CBS)
*Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music

*Chevy Chase in "NBC's Saturday Night" (NBC)
*Cloris Leachman in "Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby?" (CBS)
*Tim Conway in "The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)
*Harvey Korman in "The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)
*Vicki Lawrence in "The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

*Anthony Zerbe as Lieutenant K.C. Trench in "Harry O" (ABC)
*Ray Milland as Duncan Calderwood in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Robert Reed as Teddy Boylan in "Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC)
*Michael Douglas as Steve Keller in "The Streets of San Francisco" (ABC)
*Will Geer as Grandpa Walton in "The Waltons" (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

*Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in "Columbo" (NBC)
*James Garner as Jim Rockford in "The Rockford Files" (NBC)
*Karl Malden as Lt. Mike Stone in "The Streets of San Francisco" (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

*Anne Meara in "Kate McShane" (CBS)
*Angie Dickinson as Leanne "Pepper" Anderson in "Police Woman (NBC)
*Brenda Vaccaro in "Sara" (CBS)
*Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in "The Waltons" (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series

*Peter Strauss as Rudy Jordache in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Nick Nolte as Tom Jordache in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Hal Holbrook in "Sandburg's Lincoln" (NBC)
*George Grizzard as John Adams in "The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series

*Lee Remick in "" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*Rosemary Harris as George Sand in "Notorious Woman" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)
*Susan Blakely in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Jean Marsh as Rose Buck in "Upstairs, Downstairs" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)

Writing Awards

Outstanding Writing in a Special Program: Drama or Comedy

*Joanna Lee for "Babe" (CBS)
*James Costigan for "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston, and John Korty for "Farewell to Manzanar" (NBC)
*David W. Rintels for "Fear On Trial" (CBS)
*Jeb Rosebrook and Theodore Strauss for "I Will Fight No More Forever (ABC)
*Elliott Baker for "The Entertainer" (NBC)
*J.P. Miller for "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case" (NBC)
*Nicholas Meyer and Anthony Wilson for "The Night That Panicked America"

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

*Danny Arnold and Chris Hayward for "Barney Miller" (ABC)
*Larry Gelbart and Simon Muntner for "M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds for "M*A*S*H (CBS)
*Jay Folb for "Maude (TV series)" (CBS)
*David Lloyd for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series

*Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, and Alan Zweibel for "NBC's Saturday Night" (NBC)
*Roger Beatty, Gary Belkin, Dick Clair, Rudy De Luca, Ray Jessel, Arnie Kogen, Barry Levinson, Jenna McMahon, Gene Perret, Bill Richmond, and Ed Simmons for "The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)
*Bob Arnott, John Aylesworth, Jeanine Burnier, Stuart Gillard, Phil Hahn, Coslough Johnson, Frank Peppiatt, Iris Rainer, and Ted Zeigler for "The Sonny and Cher Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special

*Fred Ebb for "Gypsy In My Soul" (CBS)
*Ann Elder, Christopher Guest, Lorne Michaels, Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, and George Yanok, for "The Lily Tomlin Special" (ABC)
*Jerry Mayer for "Mitzi...Roarin' In The 20's" (CBS)
*Allan Blye, George Burditt, Bob Einstein, Robert Illes, Steve Martin, Jack Mendelsohn, Rick Mittleman, James Stein, and Dick Van Dyke "Van Dyke & Co." (NBC)

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

*Julian Mitchell for "" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*Dean Riesner for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Sherman Yellen for "The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*Joel Oliansky for "The Law" (NBC)
*Alfred Shaughnessy for "Upstairs, Downstairs" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)

Directing Awards

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

*Alan Alda for "M*A*S*H (CBS)
*Gene Reynolds for "M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*Hal Cooper for "Maude" (CBS)
*Joan Darling for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series

*Dave Wilson for "NBC's Saturday Night" (NBC)
*Dave Powers for "The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)
*Tim Kiley for "The Sonny and Cher Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special

*Bill Davis for "John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas" (ABC)
*Tony Charmoli for "Mitzi...Roarin' in the 20's" (CBS)
*Dwight Hemion for "" (CBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

*Fielder Cook for "Beacon Hill" (CBS)
*James Cellan Jones for "" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*David Greene for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*Boris Sagal for "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*George Schaefer for "Sandburg's Lincoln" (NBC)
*Christopher Hodson for "Upstairs, Downstairs" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)

Outstanding Directing in a Special Program

*José Quintero and Gordon Rigsby for "A Moon for the Misbegotten" (ABC)
*Buzz Kulik for "Babe" (CBS)
*Daniel Petrie for "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*Lamont Johnson for "Fear On Trial" (CBS)

Awards for Series

Outstanding Comedy Series

*"All In The Family" (CBS)
*"Barney Miller" (ABC)
*"M*A*S*H" (CBS)
*"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CBS)
*"Welcome Back, Kotter" (ABC)

Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series

*"NBC's Saturday Night" (NBC)
*"The Carol Burnett Show" (CBS)

Outstanding Drama Series

*"Baretta" (ABC)
*"Columbo" (NBC)
*"Police Story" (NBC)
*"The Streets of San Francisco" (ABC)

Outstanding Limited Series

*"" for "Great Performances" (PBS)
*"Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC)
*"The Adams Chronicles" (PBS)
*"The Law" (NBC)
*"Upstairs, Downstairs" for "Masterpiece Theatre" (PBS)

Outstanding Special: Drama or Comedy

*"A Moon for the Misbegotten" (ABC)
*"Babe" (CBS)
*"Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
*"Fear On Trial" (CBS)
*"The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"(NBC)

Outstanding Special: Comedy-Variety or Music

*"Gypsy In My Soul" (CBS)
*"John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas" (ABC)
*"The Lily Tomlin Special" (ABC)
*"" (CBS)
*"" (ABC)

ports Programming Awards

Outstanding Edited Sports Series

*"ABC's Wide World of Sports" (ABC)
*"The Baseball World of Joe Garagiola" (NBC)
*"The Superstars" (ABC)
*"The Way It Was" (PBS)

Outstanding Edited Sports Series

*"Triumph and Tragedy...The Olympic Experience" (ABC)
*"XII Winter Olympic Games" (ABC)

Outstanding Live Sports Series

*"ABC's Golf" (ABC)
*"NCAA College Football" (ABC)
*"NFL Football on CBS" (CBS)
*"NFL Monday Night Football" (ABC)

Outstanding Live Sports Special

*"1975 Masters Golf Tournament" (CBS)
*"1975 World Series" (NBC)
*"NCAA Basketball Championship" (NBC)
*"Rose Bowl" (NBC)
*"The Super Bowl Today" and "Super Bowl X" (CBS)

Outstanding Sports Personality

*Joe Garagiola for "1975 World Series" (NBC)
*Jim McKay for "ABC's Wide World of Sports" (ABC)
*Heywood Hale Broun for CBS Sports Programs (CBS)
*Vin Scully for Masters Golf (CBS)
*Frank Gifford for "NFL Monday Night Football" (ABC)

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