28th Primetime Emmy Awards

28th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 17, 1976
Location	Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California
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Host	John Denver and Mary Tyler Moore
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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.

The top show of the night was Mary Tyler Moore which won its second straight Outstanding Comedy Series award, and five major awards overall. Police Story, won Outstanding Drama Series, even though it only received one major nomination.

The television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man set numerous records. It received 17 major nominations, breaking the record held by Playhouse 90 which was set in 1959 (since broken). It also received 13 acting nominations, although some of the acting categories at this ceremony were later eliminated or combined. Despite this, it lost Outstanding Limited Series to Upstairs, Downstairs.

The Shubert Theatre had previously hosted the 1973 Emmy ceremony; it would host the ceremony a third and final time in 2001.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) All in the Family, (CBS) Barney Miller, (ABC) M*A*S*H, (CBS) Welcome Back, Kotter, (ABC)	Police Story, (NBC) Baretta, (ABC) Columbo, (NBC) The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC)
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series	Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music
NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)	Gypsy in My Soul, (CBS) The Lily Tomlin Special, (ABC) The Monty Python Show: Wide World Special, (ABC) Rocky Mountain Christmas, (CBS) Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay, (CBS)
Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy	Outstanding Limited Series
Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Babe, (CBS) Fear on Trial, (CBS) The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, (NBC) A Moon for the Misbegotten, (ABC)	Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) The Adams Chronicles, (PBS) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, (PBS) The Law, (NBC) Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Jack Albertson as Ed Brown on Chico and the Man, (NBC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Hal Linden as Capt. Barney Miller on Barney Miller, (ABC) Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on Happy Days, (ABC)	Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay on Maude (CBS) Lee Grant as Fay Stewart on Fay (NBC) Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS) Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom on Phyllis (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo on Columbo (NBC) Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone on The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC) James Garner as Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files, (NBC)	Michael Learned as Olivia Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson on Police Woman, (NBC) Anne Meara as Kate McShane on Kate McShane, (CBS) Brenda Vaccaro as Sara Yarnell on Sara, (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy
Anthony Hopkins as Bruno Richard Hauptmann on The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, (NBC) William Devane as John Henry Faulk on Fear on Trial (CBS) Edward Herrmann as President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Jack Lemmon as Archie Rice on The Entertainer, (NBC) Jason Robards as James Tyrone Jr. on A Moon for the Misbegotten, (ABC)	Susan Clark as Babe Didrikson Zaharias on Babe, (CBS) Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt on Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Colleen Dewhurst as Josie Hogan on A Moon for the Misbegotten, (ABC) Sada Thompson as Phoebe Rice on The Entertainer, (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
Hal Holbrook as President Abraham Lincoln on Lincoln (NBC) George Grizzard as John Adams on The Adams Chronicles, (PBS) Nick Nolte as Tom Jordache on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Peter Strauss as Rudy Jordache on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC)	Rosemary Harris as George Sand on Notorious Woman, (PBS) Susan Blakely as Julie Prescott on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Jean Marsh as Rose on Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) Lee Remick as Lady Randolph Churchill on Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, (PBS)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Ted Knight as Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Edward Asner as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish on Barney Miller, (ABC)	Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Georgia Engel as Georgette Franklin on Mary Tyler Moore. (CBS) Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS) Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS)
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Anthony Zerbe as Lt. Trench on Harry O, (ABC) Will Geer as Zebulon Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) Ray Milland as Duncan Calderwood on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Robert Reed as Teddy Boylan on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Michael Douglas as Steve Keller on The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC)	Ellen Corby as Esther Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges on Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) Susan Howard as Maggie Petrocelli on Petrocelli, (NBC) Dorothy McGuire as Mary Jordache on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Sada Thompson as Mary Todd Lincoln on Lincoln, (NBC)

Single performances

Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
Edward Asner as Axel Jordache on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Bill Bixby as Willie Abbott on The Streets of San Francisco, (Episode: "The Police Buff"), (ABC) Tony Musante as Dr. Paul Brandon on Medical Story, (Episode: "The Quality of Mercy"), (NBC) Robert Reed as Dr. Pat Caddison on Medical Center, (Episode: "The Fourth Sex"), (CBS)	Kathryn Walker as Abigail Adams on The Adams Chronicles, (Episode: "John Adams, Lawyer"), (PBS) Helen Hayes as Aunt Clara on Hawaii Five-O, (Episode: "Retire In Sunny Hawaii... Forever"), (CBS) Sheree North as June Monica on Marcus Welby, M.D., (Episode: "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?"), (ABC) Pamela Payton-Wright as Louisa Catherine Adams on The Adams Chronicles, (Episode: "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat"), (PBS) Martha Raye as Agatha on McMillan & Wife, (Episode: "Greed"), (NBC)
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special
Ed Flanders as Phil Hogan on A Moon for the Misbegotten, (ABC) Ray Bolger as Billy Rice on The Entertainer, (NBC) Art Carney as Thornton Alman on Katharine, (ABC)	Rosemary Murphy as Sara Delano Roosevelt on Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Lois Nettleton as Nan Claybourne on Fear on Trial, (CBS) Lilia Skala as Mlle. Souvestre on Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Irene Tedrow as Mary Hall on Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC)
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series
Gordon Jackson as Hudson on Upstairs, Downstairs, (Episode: "The Beastly Hun"), (PBS) Bill Bixby as Willie Abbott on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Roscoe Lee Browne as Charlie Jeffers on Barney Miller, (Episode: "The Escape Artist"), (ABC) Norman Fell as Smitty on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Van Johnson as Marsh Goodwin on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC)	Fionnula Flanagan as Clothilde on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Kim Darby as Virginia Calderwood on Rich Man, Poor Man, (CBS) Ruth Gordon as Carlton's Mother on Rhoda, (Episode: "Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye"), (CBS) Eileen Heckart as Flo Meredith on Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Mary's Aunt"), (CBS) Kay Lenz as Kate Jordache on Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC)

Directing

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Gene Reynolds for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Welcome to Korea"), (CBS) Alan Alda for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "The Kids"), (CBS) Hal Cooper for Maude, (Episode: "The Analyst"), (CBS) Joan Darling for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Chuckles Bites the Dust"), (CBS)	David Greene for Rich Man, Poor Man, (Episode: "Episode 8"), (ABC) Fielder Cook for Beacon Hill, (Episode: "Pilot"), (CBS) Christopher Hodson for Upstairs, Downstairs, (Episode: "Women Shall Not Weep"), (PBS) James Cellan Jones for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, (Episode: "Part IV"), (PBS) Boris Sagal for Rich Man, Poor Man, (Episode: "Episode 8"), (ABC) George Schaefer for Lincoln, (Episode: "Crossing Fox River"), (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special	Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy
Dwight Hemion for Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay, (CBS) Tony Charmoli for Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's, (CBS) Bill Davis for Rocky Mountain Christmas, (ABC)	Daniel Petrie for Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Lamont Johnson for Fear on Trial, (CBS) Buzz Kulik for Babe, (CBS) José Quintero, Gordon Rigsby for A Moon for the Misbegotten, (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
Dave Wilson for NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC) Tim Kiley for The Sonny and Cher Show, (CBS) Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
David Lloyd for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Chuckles Bites the Dust"), (CBS) Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward for Barney Miller, (Episode: "The Hero"), (ABC) Jay Folb for Maude, (Episode: "The Analyst"), (CBS) Larry Gelbart, Gene Reynolds for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "The More I See You"), (CBS) Larry Gelbart, Simon Muntner for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Hawkeye"), (CBS)	Sherman Yellen for The Adams Chronicles, (Episode: "John Adams, Lawyer"), (PBS) Julian Mitchell, for Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, (PBS) Joel Oliansky for The Law, (Episode: "Complaint Amended"), (NBC) Dean Riesner for Rich Man, Poor Man, (ABC) Alfred Shaughnessy for Upstairs, Downstairs, (Episode: "Another Year"), (PBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
The Lily Tomlin Special, (ABC) Gypsy in My Soul, (CBS) Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's, (CBS) Van Dyke and Company, (NBC)	NBC's Saturday Night, (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) The Sonny and Cher Show, (CBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation
James Costigan for Eleanor and Franklin, (ABC) Joanna Lee for Babe, (CBS) Nicholas Meyer, Anthony Wilson, for The Night that Panicked America, (ABC) J.P. Miller, for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, (NBC) Jeb Rosebrook, Theodore Strauss, for I Will Fight No More Forever, (ABC)	David W. Rintels for Fear on Trial, (CBS) Elliott Baker for The Entertainer, (NBC) Jeanne Houston, James D. Houston, John Korty for Farewell to Manzanar, (NBC)

Most major nominations

By network

• CBS – 57
• ABC – 49
• NBC – 28
• PBS – 16

By program

• Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) – 17
• Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) / M*A*S*H (CBS) – 9
• Eleanor and Franklin (CBS) – 8
• Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) – 6
• The Adams Chronicles (PBS) / Barney Miller (ABC) / Fear on Trial (CBS) / A Moon for the Misbegotten (ABC) – 5

Most major awards

By network

• CBS – 12
• ABC – 10
• NBC – 8
• PBS – 5

By program

• Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 5
• Eleanor and Franklin (CBS) – 4
• NBC's Saturday Night (NBC) / Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) – 3

Notes

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1976 Nominees & Winners
• 1976 Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database