31st Primetime Emmy Awards
- September 9, 1979
(Ceremony) - September 8, 1979
(Creative Arts Awards)
Cheryl Ladd
Friendly Fire
The Jericho Mile
Lou Grant
Roots: The Next Generations
Taxi (2)
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The 31st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 9, 1979. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC. It was hosted by Henry Winkler and Cheryl Ladd. This ceremony is remembered for problems with the Pasadena Civic Auditorium's air-conditioning.
The top shows of the night were Taxi, which pulled an upset in the Outstanding Comedy Series field when it beat All in the Family's final season, and Lou Grant, which received 12 major nominations and won two awards including Outstanding Drama Series.
For the first time, most of the miniseries and Television movie categories were merged into one, this would become the standard for later ceremonies, culminating with the TV Movie and Miniseries program categories combining in 2011. For this year only, the comedy and variety categories were combined in acting, directing, and writing. This combination would not stick, and the traditional categories returned the next year.
Winners and nominees
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Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program
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Directing
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Most major nominations
Network | Number of nominations |
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CBS | 46 |
ABC | 30 |
NBC | 23 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of nominations |
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Lou Grant | Drama | CBS | 12 |
M*A*S*H | Comedy | 9 | |
Backstairs at the White House | Limited | CBS | 8 |
All in the Family | Comedy | 6 | |
The Rockford Files | Drama | NBC | |
Roots: The Next Generations | Limited | ABC | |
Friendly Fire | Special | 5 | |
Taxi | Comedy | ||
Barney Miller | 4 | ||
The Jericho Mile | Special | 3 | |
Soap | Comedy | ||
Summer of My German Soldier | Special | NBC | |
Alice | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
Family | Drama | ABC | |
First, You Cry | Special | CBS | |
Mork & Mindy | Comedy | ABC | |
The Paper Chase | Drama | NBC | |
Saturday Night Live | Variety | ||
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Special | CBS |
Most major awards
Network | Number of Awards |
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ABC | 11 |
CBS | 9 |
NBC | 3 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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All in the Family | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
Friendly Fire | Special | ABC | |
The Jericho Mile | |||
Lou Grant | Drama | CBS | |
Roots: The Next Generations | Miniseries | ABC | |
Taxi | Comedy |
- Notes
- ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
References
- ^ Emmys.com list of 1979 Nominees & Winners
External links
- Emmys.com list of 1979 Nominees & Winners
- 31st Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb
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