23rd Primetime Emmy Awards

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23rd Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 9, 1971
LocationPantages Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byJohnny Carson
Highlights
Most awardsThe Bold Ones: The Senator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (4)
Most nominationsThe Bold Ones: The Senator
Hallmark Hall of Fame (9)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesAll in the Family
Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Bold Ones: The Senator
Outstanding Single Program - Drama or ComedyThe Andersonville Trial
Outstanding Variety Series - MusicalThe Flip Wilson Show
Outstanding Variety Series - TalkThe David Frost Show
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC
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The 23rd Emmy Awards, later known as the 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 9, 1971. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were All in the Family and The Bold Ones: The Senator. The Bold Ones: The Senator, along with other shows, had the most major nominations (nine) and wins (four) on the night.

Actress Lee Grant set an Emmy milestone when she joined the exclusive club of actors who were nominated for two performances in the same acting category. She won the award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, for her performance in The Neon Ceiling, she was also nominated for an episode of Columbo.

Susan Hampshire became PBS' first win in the Lead Actress, Drama category, for The First Churchills, as well as being the network's first ever Acting win. (Hampshire also won in the same category, the previous year, again beating the Big Three television networks, but from the NET network, a network which dissolved within a year, but became the direct predecessor for PBS.)

David Burns became the second posthumous performance in Emmy history to win, for ITV Sunday Night Theatre.

Winners and nominees[]

[1]

Programs[]

Outstanding Series - Comedy Outstanding Series - Drama
  • All in the Family, (CBS)
    • Arnie, (CBS)
    • Love, American Style, (ABC)
    • Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS)
    • The Odd Couple, (ABC)
Outstanding Variety Series - Musical Outstanding Variety Series - Talk
  • The David Frost Show, (Syndicated)
    • The Dick Cavett Show, (ABC)
    • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, (NBC)
Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classical Music
  • Singer Presents Burt Bacharach, (CBS)
    • Another Evening with Burt Bacharach, (NBC)
    • Harry and Lena, (ABC)
  • NET Festival, (Episode: "Leopold Stokowski"), (PBS)
    • NET Fanfare, (Episode: "Swan Lake"), (PBS)
    • NET Opera Theater, (Episode: "Queen of Spades"), (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs
  • Today, (NBC)
    • The Galloping Gourmet, (Syndicated)
  • Sesame Street, (PBS)
    • Kukla, Fran and Ollie, (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy
  • The Andersonville Trial, (PBS)
    • Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Hamlet"), (NBC)
    • Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Price"), (NBC)
    • Night Gallery, (Episode: "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar"), (NBC)
    • Vanished, (NBC)
Outstanding New Series
  • All in the Family, (CBS)
    • The Bold Ones: The Senator, (NBC)
    • The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC)
    • Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS)
    • The Odd Couple, (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
  • Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, (ABC)
  • Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker on All in the Family, (CBS)
    • Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on Mary Tyler Moore, (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
  • Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator, (NBC)
    • Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside on Ironside, (NBC)
    • Mike Connors as Joe Mannix on Mannix, (CBS)
    • Robert Young as Marcus Welby on Marcus Welby, M.D., (ABC)
  • Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough on The First Churchills, (PBS)
    • Linda Cristal as Victoria Montoya on The High Chaparral, (NBC)
    • Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad, (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
  • Edward Asner as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS)
    • Michael Constantine as Seymour Kaufman on Room 222, (ABC)
    • Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter on Here's Lucy, (CBS)
  • Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode:"Support Your Local Mother"), (CBS)
    • Agnes Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched, (ABC)
    • Karen Valentine as Alice Johnson on Room 222, (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama
  • David Burns as Mr. Solomon on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Price"), (NBC)
    • James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D., (ABC)
    • Robert Young as Senator Earl Gannon on Vanished, (NBC)
  • Margaret Leighton as Gertrude on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Hamlet"), (NBC)
    • Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair on Mannix, (CBS)
    • Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell on The Name of the Game, (NBC)
    • Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez on Marcus Welby, M.D., (ABC)

Single performances[]

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • George C. Scott as Victor Franz on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Price"), (NBC)
    • Jack Cassidy as Otis Baker on The Andersonville Trial, (PBS)
    • Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator, (Episode: "A Clear and Present Danger"), (NBC)
    • Richard Widmark as President Paul Roudebush on Vanished, (NBC)
    • Gig Young as Jones on The Neon Ceiling, (NBC)
  • Lee Grant as Carrie Miller on The Neon Ceiling, (NBC)
    • Colleen Dewhurst as Mrs. Franz on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Price"), (NBC)
    • Lee Grant as Leslie Williams on Columbo, (Episode: "Ransom for a Dead Man"), (NBC)

Directing[]

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama -
A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme
  • Jay Sandrich for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Toulouse Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists"), (CBS)
    • Alan Rafkin for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Support Your Local Mother"), (CBS)
    • John Rich for All in the Family, (Episode: "Gloria's Pregnancy"), (CBS)
  • Daryl Duke for The Bold Ones: The Senator, (Episode: "The Day the Lion Died"), (NBC)
    • John Badham for The Bold Ones: The Senator, (Episode: "A Single Blow Of A Sword"), (NBC)
    • Bob Sweeney for Hawaii Five-O, (Episode: "Over Fifty? Steal!"), (CBS)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program
  • Fielder Cook for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Price"), (NBC)
    • James Goldstone for The Bold Ones: The Senator, (Episode: "A Clear and Present Danger"), (NBC)
    • Joseph Sargent for Tribes, (ABC)
    • Peter Wood for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Hamlet"), (NBC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music
  • Mark Warren for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, (NBC)
    • Art Fisher for The Andy Williams Show, (NBC)
    • Tim Kiley for The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC)

Writing[]

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
  • James L. Brooks, Allan Burns for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Support Your Local Mother"), (CBS)
    • Bob Carroll Jr., Madelyn Davis for Here's Lucy, (Episode: "Lucy Meets the Burtons"), (CBS)
    • Norman Lear for All in the Family, (Episode: "Meet the Bunkers"), (CBS)
    • Stanley Ralph Ross for All in the Family, (Episode: "Oh, My Aching Back"), (CBS)
  • Joel Oliansky for The Bold Ones: The Senator, (Episode: "To Taste of Death But Once"), (NBC)
    • Jerrold Freedman, for The Psychiatrist, (NBC)
    • David W. Rintels for The Bold Ones: The Senator, (Episode: "A Continual Roar of Musketry"), (NBC)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music
  • Singer Presents Burt Bacharach, (CBS)
    • The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special, (CBS)
    • Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special, (NBC)
  • The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC)
    • The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)
    • Kraft Music Hall, (Episode: "Kopykats Kopy TV"), (NBC)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation
  • Tracy Keenan Wynn, Marvin Schwartz for Tribes, (ABC)
    • David Karp, for The Brotherhood of the Bell, (CBS)
    • William Read Woodfield, Allan Balter for San Francisco International Airport, (NBC)
  • Saul Levitt for The Andersonville Trial, (PBS)
    • John Barton, for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Hamlet"), (NBC)
    • Dean Riesner for Vanished, (NBC)

Most major nominations[]

By network [note 1]
  • NBC – 46
  • CBS – 29
  • ABC – 23
  • PBS – 11
By program
  • The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) / Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 9
  • Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 8
  • All in the Family (CBS) – 7
  • The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) / Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) / The Odd Couple (ABC) / Vanished (NBC) – 4

Most major awards[]

By network [note 1]
  • NBC – 14
  • CBS – 9
  • PBS – 5
  • ABC – 3
By program
  • The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) / Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) / Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 4
  • All in the Family (CBS) – 3
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 1971 Nominees & Winners

External links[]

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