30th Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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(Creative Arts Awards) | |||
Location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California | |||
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | |||
Hosted by | Alan Alda | |||
Highlights | ||||
Most awards | All in the Family Holocaust (6) | |||
Most nominations | Holocaust (11) | |||
Outstanding Comedy Series | All in the Family | |||
Outstanding Drama Series | The Rockford Files | |||
Outstanding Limited Series | Holocaust | |||
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series | The Muppet Show | |||
Television/radio coverage | ||||
Network | CBS | |||
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The 30th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 17, 1978. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family, which won its then record fourth Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Rockford Files. CBS continued its streak of dominance by winning its eighth straight Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, this record still stands. Actor Will Geer received three posthumous acting nominations for three different performances, but lost in each category.
For the first time in Emmy history, two shows won six major awards, All in the Family became the first show to win six major awards twice, and the miniseries Holocaust tied the record for most wins by a miniseries set the previous yearbyRoots.
This ceremony was interrupted for thirty minutes by a nationally televised address by then-President Jimmy Carter, joined by then-Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and then-Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in which President Carter announced the signing of the Camp David Accords.
Rita Moreno's win made her the third person to become an EGOT.
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Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series
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Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music
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Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series
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Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special
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Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special
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Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music
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Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music
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Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
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Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
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Outstanding Single Performance
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Outstanding Single Performance
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
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Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special
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Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
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Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special
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Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
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Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay
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Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation
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Network | Number of Nominations |
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NBC | 61 |
ABC | 59 |
CBS | 53 |
PBS | 13 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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Holocaust | Limited | NBC | 11 |
All in the Family | Comedy | CBS | 9 |
M*A*S*H | 7 | ||
Saturday Night Live | Variety | NBC | |
Family | Drama | ABC | 6 |
King | Limited | NBC | |
The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 5 |
Lou Grant | Drama | ||
The Muppet Show | Variety | Syndicated | |
Rhoda | Comedy | ||
Barney Miller | ABC | 4 | |
A Family Upside Down | Special | NBC | |
The Gathering | ABC | ||
Our Town | NBC | ||
Soap | Comedy | ABC | |
The Waltons | Drama | CBS | |
Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Limited | ABC | |
The Awakening Land | NBC | 3 | |
The Dain Curse | Drama | CBS | |
The Defection of Simas Kudirka | Special | ||
Happy Days | Comedy | ABC | |
Meeting of Minds | Drama | PBS | |
The Rockford Files | Drama | NBC | |
The Second Barry Manilow Special | Variety | ABC | |
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | |||
Verna: USO Girl | Special | PBS | |
Alice | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
American 2-Night | Variety | Syndicated | |
Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | NBC | ||
Breaking Up | Special | ABC | |
Columbo | Drama | NBC | |
The George Burns One-Man Show | Variety | CBS | |
How the West Was Won | Drama | ABC | |
I, Claudius | Limited | PBS | |
James at 15/16 | Drama | NBC | |
Jesus of Nazareth | Special | ||
The Last Hurrah | |||
Maude | Comedy | CBS | |
Quincy, M.E. | Drama | NBC | |
The Paul Simon Special | Variety | ||
Something for Joey | Special | CBS | |
Taxi!!! | NBC | ||
Three's Company | Comedy | ABC | |
World of Magic | Variety | NBC |
Network | Number of Awards |
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CBS | 14 |
NBC | 11 |
ABC | 7 |
PBS | 2 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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All in the Family | Comedy | CBS | 6 |
Holocaust | Limited | NBC | |
The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 3 |
Lou Grant | Drama | ||
The Rockford Files | Drama | NBC | 2 |