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38th Primetime Emmy Awards

1986 American television programming awards

Field	Value
name	38th Primetime Emmy Awards
date	{{unbulleted list
location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
hosts	David Letterman
Shelley Long
network	NBC
most_awards	Cagney & Lacey (4)
most_nominations	The Cosby Show (13)
award1_type	Outstanding Comedy Series
award1_winner	The Golden Girls
award2_type	Outstanding Drama Series
award2_winner	Cagney & Lacey
award3_type	Outstanding Miniseries
award3_winner	Peter the Great
award4_type	Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program
award4_winner	The Kennedy Center Honors
previous	37th
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	39th

| September 21, 1986 (Ceremony) | September 6, 1986 (Creative Arts Awards) Shelley Long

The 38th Primetime Emmy Awards were presented on September 21, 1986, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The Emmy ceremony was cohosted by David Letterman and Shelley Long. During the ceremony, Letterman saluted Grant Tinker, who had stepped down as chairman of NBC due to its parent company, RCA, having been acquired by General Electric. The ceremony was also memorable for the presentation of the Governors' Award to Red Skelton, presented by comedy legend Lucille Ball, who in his acceptance speech said he had missed being on TV for the previous 16 years.

This year's ceremony saw the return of the guest acting category. The top shows of the night were The Golden Girls which won Outstanding Comedy Series and two other major awards. The Golden Girls became the first series to gain three nominations in a lead acting category, they would repeat this feat multiple times. For the second straight year Cagney & Lacey won for Outstanding Drama Series, and led all shows with four major wins. With help from the guest acting category, The Cosby Show with 13 nominations broke the record for most major nominations by a comedy series of 11 set by The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1977. This record has since been surpassed.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Guest performances

Individual performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

Network	Number of
Nominations
NBC	79
CBS	39
ABC	13

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Nominations
The Cosby Show	Comedy	NBC	13
St. Elsewhere	Drama	9
The Golden Girls	Comedy	9
Moonlighting	Drama	ABC
Cheers	Comedy	NBC	8
An Early Frost	Special
Cagney & Lacey	Drama	CBS	7
Death of a Salesman	Special	5
Hill Street Blues	Drama	NBC
Love Is Never Silent	Special
Amos	CBS	4
Family Ties	Comedy	NBC
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry	Special	CBS	3
Newhart	Comedy
The 28th Annual Grammy Awards	Variety	2
The 40th Annual Tony Awards
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder	NBC
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Amazing Stories	Drama
Dress Gray	Miniseries
Great Performances: "Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III"	Variety	PBS
Kate & Allie	Comedy	CBS
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy	Miniseries	PBS
Magnum, P.I.	Drama	CBS
Murder, She Wrote
Night Court	Comedy	NBC
Peter the Great	Miniseries
Resting Place	Special	CBS
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Variety	NBC

Most major awards

Network	Number of
Awards
NBC	17
CBS	9

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Awards
Cagney & Lacey	Drama	CBS	4
The Golden Girls	Comedy	NBC	3
St. Elsewhere	Drama
The Cosby Show	Comedy	2
Death of a Salesman	Special	CBS
Love Is Never Silent	NBC

;Notes

References

[http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1986 Emmys.com list of 1986 Nominees & Winners]

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