20th Primetime Emmy Awards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
20th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 19, 1968
LocationHollywood Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byFrank Sinatra
Dick Van Dyke
Highlights
Most awardsCBS Playhouse
Get Smart (3)
Most nominationsCBS Playhouse (9)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesGet Smart
Outstanding Dramatic SeriesMission: Impossible
Outstanding Dramatic ProgramHallmark Hall of Fame: "Elizabeth the Queen"
Outstanding Musical or Variety SeriesRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC
  • ← 19th
  • Primetime Emmy Awards
  • 21st →

The 20th Emmy Awards, later known as the 20th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1968. The ceremony was hosted by Frank Sinatra and Dick Van Dyke. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were, Get Smart and Mission: Impossible. Get Smart won three major awards, while the most nominated show was the anthology drama CBS Playhouse with nine, it also won three major awards.

The first posthumous Acting Emmy went to Marion Lorne for her performance in Bewitched.

Winners and nominees[]

[1]

Programs[]

Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Dramatic Series
  • Get Smart, (NBC)
    • Bewitched, (ABC)
    • Family Affair, (CBS)
    • Hogan's Heroes, (CBS)
    • The Lucy Show, (CBS)
  • Mission: Impossible, (CBS)
    • The Avengers, (ABC)
    • I Spy, (NBC)
    • NET Playhouse, (NET)
    • Star Trek, (NBC)
    • Run for Your Life, (NBC)
Outstanding Musical or Variety Program Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
  • Rowan and 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)
  • Today, (NBC)
    • Camera Three, (CBS)
    • The Mike Douglas Show, (Syndicated)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs Outstanding Dramatic Program
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Elizabeth the Queen"), (NBC)
    • CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "Dear Friends"), (CBS)
    • CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"), (CBS)
    • NET Playhouse, (Episode: "Uncle Vanya"), (NET)
    • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, (ABC)
    • Xerox Special, (Episode: "Luther"), (ABC)

Acting[]

Lead performances[]

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

Supporting performances[]

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

Single performances[]

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama
  • Melvyn Douglas as Peter Schermann on CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"), (CBS)
    • Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside on Ironside, (Episode: "World Premiere"), (NBC)
    • Van Heflin as Robert Sloane on A Case of Libel, (ABC)
    • George C. Scott as John Proctor on The Crucible, (CBS)
    • Eli Wallach as Douglas Lambert on CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "Dear Friends"), (CBS)
  • Maureen Stapleton as Mary O'Meaghan on Among the Paths to Eden, (ABC)
    • Judith Anderson as Queen Elizabeth I on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Elizabeth the Queen"), (NBC)
    • Geneviève Bujold as Joan of Arc on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Saint Joan"), (NBC)
    • Colleen Dewhurst as Elizabeth Proctor on The Crucible, (CBS)
    • Anne Jackson as Vivian Spears on CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "Dear Friends"), (CBS)

Directing[]

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

Writing[]

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

Most major nominations[]

By network [note 1]
  • CBS – 43
  • NBC – 30
  • ABC – 20
By program
  • CBS Playhouse (CBS) – 9
  • Bewitched (ABC) / He & She (CBS) / Mission: Impossible (CBS) / Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) – 5
  • Get Smart (NBC) / Ironside (NBC) / The Lucy Show (CBS) – 4

Most major awards[]

By network [note 1]
  • NBC – 10
  • CBS – 9
  • ABC – 3
By program
  • CBS Playhouse (CBS) / Get Smart (NBC) – 3
  • Mission: Impossible (CBS) / Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) – 2
Notes
  1. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References[]

  1. ^ Emmys.com list of 1968 Nominees & Winners

External links[]

Retrieved from ""