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21st Primetime Emmy Awards

1969 American television programming awards

Field	Value
name	21st Emmy Awards
date
location	Santa Monica Civic Auditorium,
Santa Monica, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
hosts	Bill Cosby
Merv Griffin
network	CBS
most_awards	1968 Summer Olympics
Get Smart
Male of the Species
The People Next Door (2)
most_nominations	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Teacher, Teacher"
Mission: Impossible (6)
award1_type	Outstanding Comedy Series
award1_winner	Get Smart
award2_type	Outstanding Dramatic Series
award2_winner	NET Playhouse
award3_type	Outstanding Dramatic Program
award3_winner	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Teacher, Teacher"
award4_type	Outstanding Variety or Music Series
award4_winner	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
previous	20th
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	22nd

Santa Monica, California Merv Griffin Get Smart Male of the Species The People Next Door (2) Mission: Impossible (6) 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 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

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Writing

Withdrawal of award

The category Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role did not receive a winner, as it was ruled by the judges that the person who garnered the most votes (and therefore the de facto winner) Billy Schulman, was unfit to receive the prize as there were concerns that Schulmann, who was neurodivergent, would be incapable of delivering a speech according to producers' standards.

According to George Gent for the New York Times:

Lefferts said he wished that Billy had been allowed to compete like any other actor, adding: "I think many of us are retarded in many important ways and we will try to make things better."

Later, Lefferts expressed "shock" over a CBS decision not to allow young Schulman to go up on the stage to receive his award, despite the fact that he had received his mother’s approval. Instead, the camera panned to the youngster.

Most major nominations

Network	Number of
Nominations
NBC	36
CBS	22
ABC	14

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Nominations
Mission: Impossible	Drama	CBS	6
Teacher, Teacher	Special	NBC
Julia	Comedy	4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Variety
19th Summer Olympics	Sports	ABC	3
Bewitched	Comedy
Get Smart	NBC
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Ironside	Drama
Judd, for the Defense	ABC
The Name of the Game	NBC
The People Next Door	Special	CBS
The Admirable Crichton	NBC	2
The Bill Cosby Special	Variety
The Carol Burnett Show	CBS
The Dean Martin Show	NBC
Family Affair	Comedy	CBS
Male of the Species	Special	NBC
NET Playhouse	Drama	NET
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Variety	CBS

Most major awards

Network	Number of
Awards
NBC	11
CBS	5
ABC	4

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Awards
19th Summer Olympics	Sports	ABC	2
Get Smart	Comedy	NBC
Male of the Species	Special
The People Next Door	CBS

;Notes

References

O'Neil, Thomas. (2000). "The Emmys". [[Berkley Publishing Group]].
[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1969 Emmys.com list of 1969 Nominees & Winners]
(1969-06-09). "N.B.C.'s 'Teacher, Teacher' Voted Best TV Drama (Published 1969)".

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