21st Primetime Emmy Awards

21st Emmy Awards
Date	June 8, 1969 (1969-06-08)
Location	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California
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Presented by
Host	Bill Cosby and Merv Griffin
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Television/Radio coverage
Network	CBS

The 21st Emmy Awards—also known since 1974 as the 21st Primetime Emmy Awards—were handed out on June 8, 1969. The ceremony was co-hosted by Bill Cosby and Merv Griffin.

The top shows of the night were Get Smart, which won Outstanding Comedy Series for the second consecutive year, and Outstanding Dramatic Series winner NET Playhouse. NET Playhouse, from the PBS predecessor National Educational Television Network, became the first show outside of the Big Three television networks to win a top series award.

Due to several categories being combined for the ceremony, no show received more than two major wins. The most drastic rule change was that all shows that had aired more than two seasons were ineligible. The cause of this change was due to the rise in repeat winners in recent years. There was no winner in the category of Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, because the judges felt that none of the nominees were worthy of an award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Dramatic Series
Get Smart, (NBC) Bewitched, (ABC) Family Affair, (CBS) The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, (NBC) Julia, (NBC)	NET Playhouse, (NET) The F.B.I., (ABC) Ironside, (NBC) Judd, for the Defense, (ABC) Mission: Impossible, (CBS) The Name of the Game, (NBC)
Outstanding Musical or Variety Program	Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, (NBC) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, (CBS) That's Life, (ABC)	The Dick Cavett Show, (ABC) Hollywood Squares, (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs	Outstanding Dramatic Program
Games of the XIX Olympiad, (ABC) ABC's Wide World of Sports, (ABC)	Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"), (NBC) CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "The People Next Door"), (CBS) Heidi, (NBC) A Midsummer Night's Dream, (CBS) Mission: Impossible, (Episode: "The Execution"), (CBS) NET Playhouse, (Episode: "Talking to a Stranger"), (NET)

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) Brian Keith as Uncle Bill Davis on Family Affair, (CBS) Edward Mulhare as Capt. Daniel Gregg on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, (NBC) Lloyd Nolan as Dr. Morton Chegley on Julia, (NBC)	Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, (NBC) Diahann Carroll as Nurse Julia Baker on Julia, (NBC) Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 on Get Smart, (NBC) Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens on Bewitched, (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
Carl Betz as Clinton Judd on Judd, For the Defense, (ABC) Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside on Ironside, (NBC) Peter Graves as James Phelps on Mission: Impossible, (CBS) Martin Landau as Rollin Hand on Mission: Impossible, (CBS) Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon on The Wild Wild West, (CBS)	Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter on Mission: Impossible, (CBS) Joan Blondell as Lottie Hatfield on Here Comes the Brides, (ABC) Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad, (ABC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series
Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes, (CBS) Greg Morris as Barney Collier on Mission: Impossible, (CBS) Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, (NBC)	Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell on The Name of the Game, (NBC) Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield on Ironside, (NBC) Agnes Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched, (ABC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Paul Scofield as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C. on Male of the Species, (NBC) Ossie Davis as Charles Carter on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"), (NBC) David McCallum as Hamilton Cade on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"), (NBC) Bill Travers as Crichton on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Admirable Crichton"), (NBC)	Geraldine Page as Sook on The Thanksgiving Visitor, (ABC) Anne Baxter as Betty-Jean Currier on The Name of the Game, (Episode: "The Bobbie Currier Story"), (NBC) Lee Grant as Kay Gould on Judd, For the Defense, (Episode: "The Gates of Cerberus"), (ABC)
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Ned Glass as Sol Cooper on Julia, (Episode: "A Little Chicken Soup Never Hurt Anybody"), (NBC) Hal Holbrook as Chancellor Graham on The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, (Episode: "The Whole World Is Watching"), (NBC) Billy Schulman as Freddie Putnam on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"), (NBC)	Anna Calder-Marshall as Mary McNeil on Male of the Species, (NBC) Pamela Brown as Lady Brocklehurst on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Admirable Crichton"), (NBC) Irene Hervey as Beatrice Brady on My Three Sons, (Episode: "The O'Casey Scandal"), (CBS) Nancy Kovack as Bret Nicols on Mannix, (Episode: "The Girl Who Came in with the Tide"), (CBS)

Directing

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
Greg Garrison for The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, (NBC) Bill Hobin for The Bill Cosby Special, (NBC) Gordon Wiles for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, (NBC)	David Greene for CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "The People Next Door"), (CBS) Paul Bogart for CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "Secrets"), (CBS) Fielder Cook for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"), (NBC)

Writing

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, (CBS) The Carol Burnett Show,(CBS) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, (NBC)	J.P. Miller for CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "The People Next Door"), (CBS) Allan Sloane, for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Teacher, Teacher"), (NBC) Ellen M. Violett for CBS Playhouse, (Episode: "The Experiment"), (CBS)

Most major nominations

By network

• NBC – 36
• CBS – 22
• ABC – 14

By program

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 8
• Mission: Impossible (CBS) – 6
• CBS Playhouse (CBS) – 5
• Julia (NBC) – 4

Most major awards

By network

• NBC – 10
• CBS – 5
• ABC – 4

By program

• CBS Playhouse (CBS) / Get Smart (NBC) / Male of the Species (NBC) – 2

Notes

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1969 Nominees & Winners
• 1969 Emmy Awards at the Internet Movie Database