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30th Primetime Emmy Awards

1978 American television programming awards

Field	Value
name	30th Primetime Emmy Awards
date	{{unbulleted list
location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
host	Alan Alda
network	CBS
most_awards	All in the Family
Holocaust (6)
most_nominations	Holocaust (11)
award1_type	Outstanding Comedy Series
award1_winner	All in the Family
award2_type	Outstanding Drama Series
award2_winner	The Rockford Files
award3_type	Outstanding Limited Series
award3_winner	Holocaust
award4_type	Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series
award4_winner	The Muppet Show
previous	29th
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	31st

| September 17, 1978 (Ceremony) | September 9, 1978 (Creative Arts Awards) Holocaust (6)

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 year by Roots.

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.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

Network	Number of
Nominations
NBC	61
ABC	59
CBS	53
PBS	13

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Nominations
Holocaust	Limited	NBC	11
All in the Family	Comedy	CBS	9
MASH*	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

Most major awards

Network	Number of
Awards
CBS	14
NBC	11
ABC	7
PBS	2

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Awards
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

;Notes

References

[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1978 Emmys.com list of 1978 Nominees & Winners]

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