26th Primetime Emmy Awards: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|1974 American television programming awards}}

| most_awards = ''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]''<br/>''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (4)

| award4_winner = ''The Carol Burnett Show''

The '''26th Emmy Awards''', later known as the '''26th Primetime Emmy Awards''', were handed out on May 28, 1974. [[Johnny Carson]] hosted the ceremony. Winners are listed in '''bold''' and networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' and ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''. ''M*A*S*H'' and ''[[The Waltons]]'' had the most major nominations with nine. ''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]'' and ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' led the night with four major wins apiece.

For this ceremony, individual awards dubbed "Super Emmys" were given out in addition to the traditional categories. The individual categories were dropped the following year and have yet to return since.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Programs}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Outstanding Comedy Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series|Outstanding Music-Variety Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)|Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special]]}}

** ''[[Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments]]'' (CBS)

** ''[[The John Denver Show]]'' (ABC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Special – Comedy or Drama]]}}

* '''''[[The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)|The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman]]'' (CBS)'''

** ''[[Steambath (play)|Steambath]]'' (PBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series|Outstanding Limited Series]]}}

{| class="wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Acting}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]]}}

** [[Jack Klugman]] as [[Oscar Madison]] in ''The Odd Couple'' (ABC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series|Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Lead Actor in a Drama}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Lead Actress in a Drama}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie|Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Best Supporting Actor in Comedy]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series|Best Supporting Actress in Comedy]]}}

* '''Cloris Leachman as [[Phyllis Lindstrom]] in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS) (Episode: "The Lars Affair")'''

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Best Supporting Actor in Drama]]}}

** [[Michael Douglas]] as Steve Keller in ''The Streets of San Francisco'' (ABC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Best Supporting Actress in Drama]]}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music}}

* '''[[Harvey Korman]] in ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS)'''

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music}}

* '''[[Brenda Vaccaro]] in ''The Shape of Things'' (CBS)'''

{| class="wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Directing}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series|Best Directing in Comedy]]}}

* '''''M*A*S*H'' (CBS): "Carry on, Hawkeye" – [[Jackie Cooper]]'''

** ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS): "Deal Me Out" – [[Gene Reynolds]]

** ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS): "Lou's First Date" – [[Jay Sandrich]]

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Best Directing in Drama – Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme]]}}

* '''''The Blue Knight'' (NBC): "Part III" – [[Robert Butler (director)|Robert Butler]]'''

** ''The Waltons'' (CBS): "The Journey" – [[Harry Harris (director)|Harry Harris]]

** ''The Waltons'' (CBS): "The Thanksgiving Story" – [[Philip Leacock]]

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special|Best Directing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music]]}}

* '''''Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments'' (CBS) – [[Dwight Hemion]]'''

** ''Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra'' (NBC) – [[Marty Pasetta]]

** ''Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife'' (CBS) – [[Tony Charmoli]]

** ''Peggy Fleming Visits the Soviet Union'' (NBC) – [[Sterling Johnson]]

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series|Best Directing in Variety or Music]]}}

* '''''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS): "The Australia Show" – [[Dave Powers (director)|Dave Powers]]'''

** ''[[In Concert (American TV series)|In Concert]]'' (ABC): "Cat Stevens" – Joshua White

** ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'' (CBS): "Ken Berry and George Foreman" – Art Fisher

| style="vertical-align:top;" colspan="2"| {{Award category|#EEDD82| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Best Directing in Drama – Single Program – Comedy or Drama]]}}

* '''''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' – [[John Korty]] (CBS)'''

** ''A Case of Rape'' (NBC) – [[Boris Sagal]]

** ''The Execution of Private Slovik'' (NBC) – [[Lamont Johnson]]

** ''The Migrants'' (CBS) – [[Tom Gries]]

** ''Pueblo'' (ABC) – [[Anthony Page]]

{| class="wikitable"

|+ {{sronly|Writing}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Best Writing in Comedy]]}}

* '''''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS): "The Lou and Edie Story" – [[Treva Silverman]]'''

** ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS): "Hot Lips and Empty Arms" – [[Linda Bloodworth-Thomason]] and [[Mary Kay Place]]

** ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS): "The Trial of Henry Blake" – McLean Stevenson

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Best Writing in Drama]]}}

* '''''The Waltons'' (CBS): "The Thanksgiving Story" – [[Joanna Lee (writer)|Joanna Lee]]'''

** ''Kojak'' (CBS): "Death is Not a Passing Grade" – Gene R. Kearney

** ''The Waltons'' (CBS): "The Easter Story" – [[John McGreevey]]

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special|Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music]]}}

* '''''Lily'' (CBS)'''

** ''Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments'' (CBS)

** ''Paradise'' (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series|Best Writing in Variety or Music]]}}

* '''''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS): "Bernadette Peters"'''

** ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS): "The Family Show"

** ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'' (CBS): "Chuck Connors and Howard Cosell"

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Writing in Drama – Original Teleplay}}

* '''''Tell Me Where It Hurts'' (CBS) – [[Fay Kanin]]'''

** ''Cry Rape'' (CBS) – Will Lorin

** ''The Migrants'' (CBS) – [[Lanford Wilson]]

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Writing in Drama – Adaptation}}

* '''''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' (CBS) – [[Tracy Keenan Wynn]]'''

** ''The Execution of Private Slovik'' (NBC) – [[Richard Levinson]] and [[William Link]]

** ''Steambath'' (PBS) – [[Bruce Jay Friedman]]

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Actor of the Year – Series}}

* '''Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS)'''

** Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak in ''Kojak'' (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Actor of the Year – Special}}

* '''Hal Holbrook as Capt. Lloyd Bucher in ''Pueblo'' (ABC)'''

** William Holden as Bumper Morgan in ''The Blue Knight'' (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Actress of the Year – Series}}

* '''Mary Tyler MooreasMary Richards in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS)'''

** Michael LearnedasOlivia Walton in ''The Waltons'' (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Actress of the Year – Special}}

* '''Cicely TysonasJane Pittman in ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' (CBS)'''

** Mildred NatwickasGwendolyn Snoop Nicholson in ''The Snoop Sisters'' (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Supporting Actor of the Year}}

* '''Michael Moriarty as Jim O'Connor in ''The Glass Menagerie'' (ABC)'''

** Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic in ''All in the Family'' (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Supporting Actress of the Year}}

* '''Joanna MilesasLaura Wingfield in ''The Glass Menagerie'' (ABC)'''

** Cloris LeachmanasPhyllis Lindstrom in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Director of the Year – Series}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Director of the Year – Special}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Writer of the Year – Series}}

* '''Treva Silverman for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', (Episode: "The Lou And Edie Story"), (CBS)'''

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Writer of the Year – Special}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Art & Set Director of the Year}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Cinematographer of the Year}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Film Editor of the Year}}

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Musician of the Year}}

{| class="wikitable"

|+Networks with multiple major nominations<ref group="note" name="MW Note">"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the [[Creative Arts Emmy|technical categories.]]</ref>

|-

! Network !! Number of<br>Nominations

|-

| CBS || 71

|-

| NBC || 23

|-

| ABC || 18

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+Programs with multiple major nominations

|-

! Program !! Category !! Network !! Number of<br>Nominations

|-

| ''M*A*S*H'' || Comedy || rowspan="4"|CBS || rowspan="2"|9

|-

| ''The Waltons'' || Drama

|-

| ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' || Comedy || 8

|-

| ''The Carol Burnett Show'' || Variety || 7

|-

| ''All in the Family'' || Comedy || CBS || 5

|-

| ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' || Special || CBS || rowspan="5"|4

|-

| ''The Blue Knight'' || Limited || rowspan="2"|NBC

|-

| ''The Execution of Private Slovik'' || rowspan="4"|Special

|-

| ''The Glass Menagerie'' || ABC

|-

| ''The Migrants'' || rowspan="4"|CBS

|-

| ''6 Rms Riv Vu'' || rowspan="6"|3

|-

| ''Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments'' || Variety

|-

| ''Kojak'' || Drama

|-

| ''The Odd Couple'' || Comedy || ABC

|-

| ''The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour'' || Variety || CBS

|-

| ''The Streets of San Francisco'' || Drama || ABC

|-

| ''A Case of Rape'' || Special || rowspan="3"|NBC || rowspan="11"|2

|-

| ''Columbo'' || Limited

|-

| ''The Dean Martin Comedy Hour'' || rowspan="3"|Variety

|-

| ''Lily'' || CBS

|-

| ''Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra'' || rowspan="2"|NBC

|-

| ''McCloud'' || Limited

|-

| ''Pueblo'' || Special || ABC

|-

| ''The Shape of Things'' || Variety || CBS

|-

| ''The Snoop Sisters'' || Limited || NBC

|-

| ''Steambath'' || Special || rowspan="2"|PBS

|-

| ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' || Drama

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+Networks with multiple major awards<ref group="note" name="MW Note">"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the [[Creative Arts Emmy|technical categories.]]</ref>

|-

! Network !! Number of<br>Awards

|-

| CBS || 27

|-

| ABC || 6

|-

| NBC || 5

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|+Programs with multiple major awards

|-

! Program !! Category !! Network !! Number of<br>Awards

|-

| ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' || Special || rowspan="4"|CBS || rowspan="2"|4

|-

| ''The Carol Burnett Show'' || Variety

|-

| ''M*A*S*H'' || rowspan="2"|Comedy || rowspan="2"|3

|-

| ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''

|-

| ''The Blue Knight'' || Limited || NBC || rowspan="4"|2

|-

| ''The Glass Menagerie'' || Special || ABC

|-

| ''Lily'' || Variety || rowspan="2"|CBS

|-

| ''The Waltons'' || Drama

|}