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31st Primetime Emmy Awards

1979 American television programming awards

1979 American television programming awards

FieldValue
name31st Primetime Emmy Awards
date{{unbulleted list
locationPasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
presenterAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
hostsHenry Winkler
Cheryl Ladd
most_awardsAll in the Family
Friendly Fire
The Jericho Mile
Lou Grant
Roots: The Next Generations
Taxi (2)
most_nominationsLou Grant (12)
award1_typeOutstanding Comedy Series
award1_winnerTaxi
award2_typeOutstanding Drama Series
award2_winnerLou Grant
award3_typeOutstanding Limited Series
award3_winnerRoots: The Next Generations
award4_typeOutstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program
award4_winnerSteve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin
networkABC
previous30th
mainPrimetime Emmy Awards
next32nd

| 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)

The 31st Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, September 9, 1979. The ceremony was broadcast on the 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

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

NetworkNumber of
nominations
CBS46
ABC30
NBC23
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
nominations
Lou GrantDramaCBS12
MASH*Comedy9
Backstairs at the White HouseLimitedCBS8
All in the FamilyComedy6
The Rockford FilesDramaNBC
Roots: The Next GenerationsLimitedABC
Friendly FireSpecial5
TaxiComedy
Barney Miller4
The Jericho MileSpecial3
SoapComedy
Summer of My German SoldierSpecialNBC
AliceComedyCBS2
FamilyDramaABC
First, You CrySpecialCBS
Mork & MindyComedyABC
The Paper ChaseDramaNBC
Saturday Night LiveVariety
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil StorySpecialCBS

Most major awards

NetworkNumber of
Awards
ABC11
CBS9
NBC3
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
All in the FamilyComedyCBS2
Friendly FireSpecialABC
The Jericho Mile
Lou GrantDramaCBS
Roots: The Next GenerationsMiniseriesABC
TaxiComedy

;Notes

Presenters

  • Hal Linden
  • Melissa Gilbert and Louis Gossett Jr.
  • Ken Howard and Ron Howard
  • Gary David Goldberg
  • Bonnie Franklin
  • Norman Fell
  • Pam Dawber
  • Tim Conway
  • Robert Conrad
  • John Houseman
  • Penny Marshall
  • Ricardo Montalban
  • Mary Tyler Moore
  • Donna Pescow
  • Victoria Principal
  • Robert Urich
  • Marlo Thomas and Richard Thomas
  • David L. Wolper

References

References

  1. [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1979 Emmys.com list of 1979 Nominees & Winners]
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