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29th Primetime Emmy Awards

1977 American television programming awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

29th Primetime Emmy Awards
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The 29th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 11, 1977. The ceremony was broadcast on NBC. It was hosted by Angie Dickinson and Robert Blake.

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The top shows of the night were Mary Tyler Moore, which, in its final season, won its third consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series Award, it also became the first comedy series to gain eleven major nominations (since broken). Upstairs, Downstairs, also in its final season, won its third Outstanding Drama Series Award in four years (it competed as a miniseries in 1976, and won that category too). But the overwhelming champion of the ceremony was the miniseries Roots.

Roots set several milestones and broke multiple records during the night. It became the first show to receive at least twenty major nominations (21). Adding its nominations in Creative Arts categories, its total expands to 37. Both records still stand for all shows. It was the first show to gain every nomination in an acting category. Its thirteen acting nominations tied the record set the previous year by Rich Man, Poor Man. Roots became the first miniseries, and second show overall, along with All in the Family in 1972, to win six of seven major categories. All but one of Roots' eight episodes were nominated for major awards (Part VII).

Other distinctions included Mary Kay Place winning a Major Acting award for a TV show (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) that had no major network, only broadcast in Syndication - the first time this rare feat has occurred. Also, with actress Rita Moreno's win for her guest appearance on The Muppet Show, she became the third person after Richard Rodgers and Helen Hayes to achieve all four major entertainment awards (EGOT).

With this ceremony, the Primetime Emmys began a long residency at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium that would continue until 1997.

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Winners and nominees

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Programs

Programs
  • The Barry Manilow Special (ABC)
    • Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (NBC)
    • The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (CBS)
    • Sills and Burnett at the Met (CBS)
    • World of Magic (NBC)

Acting

Lead performances

Acting

Supporting performances

  • Gary Frank as Willie Lawrence in Family (ABC) (Episode: “Lovers and Strangers”)
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music

Single performances

Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series
  • Edward Asner as Capt. Davies in Roots (ABC): "Part I"
    • Charles Durning as Billy Rice in Captains and the Kings (NBC): "Chapter 2"
    • Moses Gunn as Kintango in Roots (ABC): "Part I"
    • Robert Reed as Dr. William Reynolds in Roots (ABC): "Part V"
    • Ralph Waite as Third Mate Slater in Roots (ABC): "Part I"

Directing

Directing
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Eydie Gormé" – Dave Powers
  • America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (CBS) – Dwight Hemion
    • The Barry Manilow Special (ABC) – Steve Binder
    • The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (CBS) – Tony Charmoli
    • Sills and Burnett at the Met (CBS) – Dave Powers
    • World of Magic (NBC) – Walter C. Miller

Writing

Writing
  • Roots (ABC): "Part II" – Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn
    • The Adams Chronicles (PBS): "Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain" – Roger O. Hirson
    • The Adams Chronicles (PBS): "John Quincy Adams: President" – Tad Mosel
    • Roots (ABC): "Part V" – James Lee
    • Roots (ABC): "Part VIII" – M. Charles Cohen
  • America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (CBS)
  • Saturday Night (NBC): "Sissy Spacek"
    • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Eydie Gormé"
    • The Muppet Show (Syndicated): "Paul Williams"
    • Saturday Night (NBC): "Elliott Gould"
    • Van Dyke and Company (NBC): "John Denver"
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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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