25th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 20, 1973
Location	Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Johnny Carson
Highlights
Most awards	The Waltons (5)
Most nominations	The Waltons (9)
Outstanding Comedy Series	All in the Family
Outstanding Drama Series	The Waltons
Outstanding Limited Series	Tom Brown's Schooldays
Outstanding Variety Musical Series	The Julie Andrews Hour
Television/radio coverage
Network	ABC
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The 25th Emmy Awards, later known as the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 20, 1973. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. This would be the final ceremony that included daytime categories, as the Daytime Emmy Awards premiered the next year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were All in the Family which won its third consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Waltons. The Waltons, in its first season, had the most major nominations heading into the ceremony (9), and won the most major awards on the night with five.

Winners and nominees

Source:^[1]

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series - Continuing
All in the Family, (CBS) MASH, (CBS) Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Maude, (CBS) Sanford and Son*, (NBC)	The Waltons, (CBS) Cannon, (CBS) Columbo, (NBC) Hawaii Five-O, (CBS) Kung Fu, (ABC) Mannix, (CBS)
Outstanding Variety Musical Series	Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music
The Julie Andrews Hour, (ABC) The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) The Dick Cavett Show, (ABC) The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, (CBS)	Liza with a Z, (NBC) Applause, (CBS) Once Upon a Mattress, (CBS) The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (for Van Alexander), (Syndicated)[1][2]
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama	Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime
The Edge of Night, (CBS) Days of Our Lives, (NBC) The Doctors, (NBC) One Life to Live, (ABC)	Dinah's Place, (NBC) The Hollywood Squares, (NBC) Jeopardy!, (NBC) The Mike Douglas Show, (Syndicated) Password All Stars, (ABC)
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Entertainment/Fictional
A Picture of Us, (NBC) ABC Afterschool Special, (Episode: "The Last of the Curlews"), (ABC) In the News, (CBS) Make a Wish, (ABC)	Sesame Street, (PBS) The Electric Company, (PBS) Zoom, (PBS) You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown, (CBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming	Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy
ABC's Wide World of Sports, (ABC) Games of the XX Olympiad, (ABC) Games of the XX Olympiad, (ABC) NFL Monday Night Football, (ABC) ABC College Football, (ABC) Super Bowl VII, (NBC)	A War of Children, (CBS) That Certain Summer (ABC) Long Day's Journey into Night, (ABC) The Marcus-Nelson Murders, (CBS) The Red Pony, (NBC)
Outstanding New Series	Outstanding Limited Series
America, (NBC) The Julie Andrews Hour, (ABC) Kung Fu, (ABC) MASH, (CBS) Maude,* (CBS) The Waltons, (CBS)	Tom Brown's Schooldays, (PBS) The Last of the Mohicans, (PBS) The Life of Leonardo da Vinci, (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
*Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, (ABC)* Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on MASH,* (CBS) Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford on Sanford and Son, (NBC) Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker on All in the Family, (CBS) Tony Randall as Felix Unger on The Odd Couple, (ABC)	*Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on Mary Tyler Moore* (Episode:"Put on a Happy Face") (CBS)** Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay on Maude, (CBS) Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker on All in the Family (CBS)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing)	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing)
*Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton on The Waltons, (CBS)* David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine on Kung Fu (ABC) Mike Connors as Joe Mannix on Mannix, (CBS) William Conrad as Frank Cannon on Cannon, (CBS) Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo on Columbo, (NBC)	*Michael Learned as Olivia Walton on The Waltons, (CBS)* Lynda Day George as Casey on Mission: Impossible, (CBS) Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan on McMillan & Wife, (NBC)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes)	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes)
*Anthony Murphy as Tom Brown on Tom Brown's Schooldays, (PBS)* John Abineri as Chingachgook on The Last of the Mohicans (PBS) Philippe Leroy as Leonardo da Vinci on The Life of Leonardo da Vinci, (CBS)	*Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp on Vanity Fair, (PBS)* Vivien Heilbron as Rachel Verinder on The Moonstone, (PBS) Margaret Tyzack as Bette on Cousin Bette, (PBS)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy
*Ted Knight as Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS)* Edward Asner as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly on MASH, (CBS) Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic on All in the Family, (CBS) McLean Stevenson as Henry Blake on MASH, (CBS)	*Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on Mary Tyler Moore* (Episode:"Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis To New York"), (CBS)** Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic on All in the Family, (CBS)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama
*Scott Jacoby as Nick Salter on That Certain Summer, (ABC)* James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley on Marcus Welby, M.D., (ABC) Will Geer as Zebulon Walton on The Waltons, (CBS)	*Ellen Corby as Esther Walton on The Waltons, (CBS)* Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair on Mannix, (CBS) Nancy Walker as Mildred on McMillan & Wife, (NBC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
*Laurence Olivier as James Tyrone Sr. on Long Days Journey into Night,* (ABC)** Henry Fonda as Carl Tiflin on The Red Pony, (NBC) Hal Holbrook as Doug Salter on That Certain Summer, (ABC) Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak on The Marcus-Nelson Murders, (CBS)	*Cloris Leachman as Victoria Douglas on A Brand New Life, (ABC)* Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing on Applause, (CBS) Hope Lange as Janet Salter on That Certain Summer, (ABC)

Directing

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme
*Jay Sandrich for Mary Tyler Moore,* (Episode: "It's Whether You Win or Lose"), (CBS)** Gene Reynolds for MASH,* (Episode: "Pilot"), (CBS) John Rich, Bob LaHendro for All in the Family, (Episode: "The Bunkers And The Swingers"), (CBS)	*Jerry Thorpe for Kung Fu,* (Episode: "An Eye for an Eye"), (ABC)** Edward M. Abroms for Columbo, (Episode: "The Most Dangerous Match"), (NBC) Lee Philips for The Waltons, (Episode: "The Love Story"), (CBS)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program
*Bob Fosse for Liza with a Z,* (NBC)** Martin Charnin, Dave Wilson for Get Happy, (NBC) Stan Harris for Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly, (CBS) Walter C. Miller for You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, (CBS) Dave Powers, Ron Field for Once Upon a Mattress, (CBS)	*Joseph Sargent for The Marcus-Nelson Murders, (CBS)* Lamont Johnson for That Certain Summer, (ABC) George Schaefer for A War of Children, (NBC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music
*Bill Davis for The Julie Andrews Hour,* (ABC)** Tim Kiley for The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC) Art Fisher for The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, (CBS)

Writing

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
*Michael Ross, Bernard West, Lee Kalcheim for All in the Family, (Episode: "The Bunkers And The Swingers"), (CBS)* Allan Burns, James L. Brooks for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "The Good-Time News"), (CBS) Larry Gelbart for MASH*, (Episode: "Pilot"), (CBS)	*John McGreevey for The Waltons, (Episode: "The Scholar"), (CBS)* Steven Bochco, for Columbo, (Episode: "Étude in Black"), (NBC) Earl Hamner Jr. for The Waltons, (Episode: "The Love Story"), (CBS)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music
Acts of Love and Other Comedies, (ABC) The Lily Tomlin Show, (CBS) Liza with a Z, (NBC)	The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC) The Julie Andrews Hour, (ABC)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation
*Abby Mann for The Marcus-Nelson Murders* (CBS)** David Karp for Hawkins, (Episode: "Hawkins on Murder"), (CBS) Richard Levinson, William Link, for That Certain Summer, (ABC)	*Eleanor Perry for The House Without a Christmas Tree, (CBS)* Ron Bishop, Robert Totten for The Red Pony, (NBC) Ellen M. Violett for Go Ask Alice, (ABC)

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

CBS – 64
ABC – 31
NBC – 28
PBS – 14

By program

The Waltons (CBS) – 9
Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 8
All in the Family (CBS) / M*A*S*H (CBS) – 7
That Certain Summer (ABC) – 5
Columbo (NBC) / The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC) / Kung Fu (ABC) / The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS) – 4

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

CBS – 17
ABC – 11
PBS – 6
NBC – 5

By program

The Waltons (CBS) – 5
Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 4

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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