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27th Primetime Emmy Awards

1975 American television programming awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 27th Emmy Awards, later known as the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1975. There was no host this year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

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The top shows of the night were The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Upstairs, Downstairs which won its second straight Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. M*A*S*H led all shows with nine major nominations heading into the ceremony, but only won one award. The Mary Tyler Moore Show led all shows with five major wins. Upstairs, Downstairs became the first non-American drama to win the outstanding drama award twice and was the third win in five years for a British produced drama.

This is the 1st ceremony where one network received all the nominations in a Series category. It would not happen again until the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Winners and nominees

[1] Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

Programs

Programs
  • An Evening with John Denver (ABC)
    • Lily (ABC)
    • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Acting

Supporting performances

  • Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in The Waltons (CBS)
    • Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
    • Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife (NBC)
  • Patrick McGoohan as Col. Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo (NBC): "By Dawn's Early Light"
    • Lew Ayres as Beaumont in Kung Fu (ABC): "The Vanishing Image"
    • Harold Gould as Andrea Basic in Police Story (NBC): "Fathers and Sons"
    • Harry Morgan as Bartford Hamilton Steele in M*A*S*H (CBS): "The General Flipped at Dawn"
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music
  • Jack Albertson in Cher (CBS)
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music

Directing

Directing
  • M*A*S*H (CBS): "O.R." – Gene Reynolds
    • M*A*S*H (CBS): "Alcoholics Unanimous" – Hy Averback
    • M*A*S*H (CBS): "Bulletin Board" – Alan Alda
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "A Sudden Storm" – Bill Bain
    • Benjamin Franklin (CBS): "The Ambassador" – Glenn Jordan
    • Kojak (CBS): "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" – David Friedkin
    • Kojak (CBS): "I Want to Report a Dream..." – Telly Savalas
    • The Streets of San Francisco (ABC): "The Mask of Death" – Harry Falk
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Alan Alda" – Dave Powers
    • Cher (CBS): "Bette Midler, Flip Wilson and Elton John" – Art Fisher

Writing

Writing
  • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS)
    • Lily (ABC)
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Alan Alda"
    • Cher (CBS): "Raquel Welch, Tatum O'Neal and Wayne Rogers"
  • Clarence Darrow (NBC) – David W. Rintels
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Most major nominations

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Most major awards

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Notes
  1. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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