32nd Primetime Emmy Awards

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32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 7, 1980 (Ceremony) September 6, 1980 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Steve Allen Dick Clark
Highlights
Most awards	Lou Grant (5)
Most nominations	Lou Grant (14)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi
Outstanding Drama Series	Lou Grant
Outstanding Limited Series	Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Outstanding Variety or Music Program	Baryshnikov on Broadway
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC
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The 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 7, 1980, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The awards show was hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark and broadcast on NBC. For the second year in a row, the top series awards went to the same shows, Taxi and Lou Grant. Lou Grant was the most successful show of the night winning five major awards. It also received 14 major nominations, tying the record for most major nominations by a drama series, set by Playhouse 90 in 1959.^{[citation needed]}

The ceremony was held in the midst of a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild; in a show of support for their union, 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotted the event.^[1] Powers Boothe was the only nominated actor to attend; acknowledging his presence in his acceptance speech, he remarked, "This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest."^[2]

Winners and nominees[]

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Programs[]

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Taxi, (ABC) Barney Miller, (ABC) M*A*S*H, (CBS) Soap, (ABC) WKRP in Cincinnati, (CBS)	Lou Grant, (CBS) Dallas, (CBS) Family, (ABC) The Rockford Files, (NBC) The White Shadow, (CBS)
Outstanding Variety or Music Program	Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special
Baryshnikov on Broadway, (ABC) The Benny Hill Show, (Syndicated) Goldie and Liza Together, (CBS) The Muppet Show, (Syndicated) Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement', (CBS)	The Miracle Worker, (NBC) Amber Waves, (ABC) Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "All Quiet on the Western Front"), (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Gideon's Trumpet"), (CBS)
Outstanding Limited Series
Edward & Mrs. Simpson, (Syndicated) Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic, (PBS) The Duchess of Duke Street, (PBS) The Scarlett O'Hara War, The Silent Lovers, This Year's Blonde, (NBC)

Acting[]

Lead performances[]

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Richard Mulligan as Burt Campbell on Soap, (Episode: "Episode 51"), (ABC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois on Benson, (ABC) Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger on Taxi, (ABC) Hal Linden as Capt. Barney Miller on Barney Miller, (ABC)	Cathryn Damon as Mary Campbell on Soap, (ABC) Katherine Helmond as Jessica Tate on Soap, (ABC) Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on Flo, (CBS) Sheree North as Dotty Wertz on Archie Bunker's Place, (CBS) Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Edward Asner as Lou Grant on Lou Grant, (Episode: "Lou"), (CBS) James Garner as Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files, (NBC) Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing on Dallas, (CBS) Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy on Quincy, M.E., (NBC)	Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing on Dallas, (Episode: "Mastectomy"), (CBS) Lauren Bacall as Kendall Warren on The Rockford Files, (Episode: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs"), (NBC) Mariette Hartley as Althea Morgan on The Rockford Files, (Episode: "Paradise Cove"), (NBC) Kristy McNichol as Letitia Lawrence on Family (ABC) Sada Thompson as Kate Lawrence on Family, (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
Powers Boothe as Jim Jones on Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, (CBS) Tony Curtis as David O. Selznick on The Scarlett O'Hara War (NBC) Henry Fonda as Clarence Earl Gideon on Gideon's Trumpet, (CBS) Jason Robards as President Franklin D. Roosevelt on F.D.R.: The Last Year, (NBC)	Patty Duke as Annie Sullivan on The Miracle Worker, (NBC) Bette Davis as Adele Malone on White Mama, (CBS) Melissa Gilbert as Helen Keller on The Miracle Worker, (NBC) Lee Remick as Margaret Sullavan on Haywire, (CBS)

Supporting performances[]

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Old Soldiers"), (CBS) Mike Farrell as B. J. Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Max Gail as Det. Stan Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller, (ABC) Howard Hesseman as Johnny Caravella on WKRP in Cincinnati, (CBS) Steve Landesberg as Sgt. Arthur Dietrich on Barney Miller, (ABC)	Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Are You Now, Margaret?"), (CBS) Loni Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati, (CBS) Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on Alice. (CBS) Inga Swenson as Gretchen Kraus on Benson, (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Stuart Margolin as Evelyn "Angel" Martin on The Rockford Files (NBC) Mason Adams as Charlie Hume on Lou Grant, (CBS) Noah Beery, Jr. as Joseph Rockford on The Rockford Files, (NBC) Robert Walden as Joe Rossi on Lou Grant, (CBS)	Nancy Marchand as Margaret Pynchon on Lou Grant, (Episode: "Dogs"), (CBS) Linda Kelsey as Billie Newman on Lou Grant, (CBS) Nina Foch as Mrs. Polk on Lou Grant, (Episode: "Hollywood"), (CBS) Jessica Walter as Melanie Townsend McIntyre on Trapper John, M.D., (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
George Grizzard as Floyd Kincaid on The Oldest Living Graduate, (NBC) Ernest Borgnine as Stanislaus Katczinsky on All Quiet on the Western Front, (CBS) John Cassavetes as Gus Caputo on Flesh and Blood, (CBS) Charles Durning as Commissioner Russell Oswald on Attica, (ABC) Harold Gould as Louis B. Mayer on The Scarlett O'Hara War, The Silent Lovers, This Year's Blonde, (NBC)	Mare Winningham as Marlene Burkhardt on Amber Waves, (ABC) Eileen Heckart as Eleanor Roosevelt on F.D.R.: The Last Year, (NBC) Patricia Neal as Paul's Mother on All Quiet on the Western Front, (CBS) Carrie Nye as Tallulah Bankhead on The Scarlett O'Hara War, (NBC)

Directing[]

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
James Burrows for Taxi, (Episode: "Louie and the Nice Girl"), (ABC) Alan Alda for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Dreams"), (CBS) Charles S. Dubin, for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Period of Adjustment"), (CBS) Burt Metcalfe for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Bottle Fatigue"), (CBS) Harry Morgan for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Stars and Stripes"), (CBS)	Roger Young for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Cop"), (CBS) Burt Brinckerhoff for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Hollywood"), (CBS) Peter Levin for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Andrew, Part II: Trial"), (CBS) Frank Perry for Skag, (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC) Gene Reynolds for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Influence"), (CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program	Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special
Dwight Hemion for Baryshnikov on Broadway, (ABC) Steve Binder for The Big Show, (NBC) Tony Charmoli for John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, (ABC) Peter Harris for The Muppet Show, (Syndicated)	Marvin J. Chomsky for Attica, (ABC) John Erman for The Scarlett O'Hara War, (NBC) William A. Graham for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, (CBS) Delbert Mann for All Quiet on the Western Front, (CBS) Joseph Sargent for Amber Waves, (ABC)

Writing[]

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Bob Colleary for Barney Miller, (Episode: "Photographer"), (ABC) Glen Charles, Les Charles for Taxi, (Episode: "Honor Thy Father"), (ABC) Stan Daniels, Ed Weinberger for The Associates, (Episode: "The Censors"), (ABC) Michael Leeson, Charlie Hauck for The Associates, (Episode: "The First Day"), (ABC) Ken Levine, David Isaacs for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Goodbye Radar, Part II"), (CBS)	Seth Freeman for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Cop"), (CBS) Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds, for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Brushfire"), (CBS) Stephen J. Cannell for Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, (Episode: "Pilot"), (ABC) Michele Gallery for Lou Grant, (Episode: "Lou"), (CBS) Abby Mann for Skag, (Episode: "Pilot"), (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program	Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special
Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement', (CBS) Carol Burnett & Company, (ABC) Goldie and Liza Together, (CBS) The Muppet Show, (Syndicated) Saturday Night Live, (NBC)	David Chase for Off the Minnesota Strip, (ABC) James S. Henerson for Attica, (ABC) James Lee for This Year's Blonde, (NBC) David W. Rintels for Gideon's Trumpet, (CBS) Ken Trevey for Amber Waves, (ABC)

Most major nominations[]

By network ^{[note 1]}

• CBS – 53
• NBC – 23
• ABC – 19

By program

• Lou Grant (CBS) – 14
• M*A*S*H (CBS) – 10
• The Rockford Files (NBC) / The Scarlet O'Hara War, The Silent Lovers, This Year's Blonde (NBC) – 6
• Barney Miller (ABC) – 5

Most major awards[]

By network ^{[note 1]}

• ABC / CBS – 10
• NBC – 4

By program

• Lou Grant (CBS) – 5
• Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) / M*A*S*H (CBS) / The Miracle Worker (NBC) / Soap (ABC) / Taxi (ABC) – 2

Notes

References[]

External links[]

• Emmys.com list of 1980 Nominees & Winners
• 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb