26th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 28, 1974
LocationPantages Theatre,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byJohnny Carson
Highlights
Most awardsThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Carol Burnett Show (4)
Most nominationsM*A*S*H
The Waltons (9)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesM*A*S*H
Outstanding Drama SeriesUpstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Limited SeriesColumbo
Outstanding Music-Variety SeriesThe Carol Burnett Show
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC
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The 26th Emmy Awards, later known as the 26th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 28, 1974. Johnny Carson hosted the ceremony. Winners are listed in bold and networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were M*A*S*H and Upstairs, Downstairs. M*A*S*H and The Waltons had the most major nominations with nine. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and The Carol Burnett Show led the night with four major wins apiece.

For this ceremony, individual awards dubbed "Super Emmys" were given out in addition to the traditional categories. The individual categories were dropped the following year and have yet to return since.

Winners and nominees

[1]

Programs

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Acting
Best Lead Actor in a Drama
Best Lead Actress in a Drama

Supporting performances

Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music
  • Harvey Korman in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
    • Foster Brooks in The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC)
    • Tim Conway in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)
Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music

Directing

Directing
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "The Australia Show" – Dave Powers
    • In Concert (ABC): "Cat Stevens" – Joshua White
    • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Ken Berry and George Foreman" – Art Fisher

Writing

Writing
  • The Waltons (CBS): "The Thanksgiving Story" – Joanna Lee
    • Kojak (CBS): "Death is Not a Passing Grade" – Gene R. Kearney
    • The Waltons (CBS): "The Easter Story" – John McGreevey
  • Lily (CBS)
    • Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (CBS)
    • Paradise (CBS)
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Bernadette Peters"
    • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "The Family Show"
    • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Chuck Connors and Howard Cosell"
Best Writing in Drama – Original Teleplay
Best Writing in Drama – Adaptation

Super Emmys

The Primetime Super Emmy Award was a set of 14 awards that were given in conjunction with the traditional Emmy Awards at the 1974 ceremony.

Winners of a traditional Emmy would then compete against their genre counterpart from the same category (comedy vs. drama for "Series", miniseries vs. telefilm for "Special"). This format would prove to be the Super Emmy's undoing. In order to vote on a Super Emmy winner, the traditional Emmy winners had to be announced well before the ceremony.

Several members of the Television Academy were against implementing the new awards. Super Emmy winners Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore were some of the loudest detractors. Both threatened to resign from the academy if they were installed. During their acceptance speeches, Moore said that comparing comedic and dramatic television was "apples to oranges". Alda went one step further in his speech "it's comparing apples to oranges to Volkswagens."[2]

The Super Emmy was never awarded again.

Acting

Actor of the Year – Series
  • Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (CBS)
    • Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak in Kojak (CBS)
Actor of the Year – Special
  • Hal Holbrook as Capt. Lloyd Bucher in Pueblo (ABC)
    • William Holden as Bumper Morgan in The Blue Knight (NBC)
Actress of the Year – Series
  • Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
    • Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in The Waltons (CBS)
Actress of the Year – Special
  • Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (CBS)
    • Mildred Natwick as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson in The Snoop Sisters (NBC)
Supporting Actor of the Year
  • Michael Moriarty as Jim O'Connor in The Glass Menagerie (ABC)
    • Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic in All in the Family (CBS)
Supporting Actress of the Year
  • Joanna Miles as Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (ABC)
    • Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)

Directing

Director of the Year – Series
  • Robert Butler for The Blue Knight, (Episode: "Part III"), (NBC)
    • Jackie Cooper for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Carry on, Hawkeye"), (CBS)
Director of the Year – Special
  • Dwight Hemion for Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments, (CBS)
    • John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, (CBS)

Writing

Writer of the Year – Series
  • Treva Silverman for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, (Episode: "The Lou And Edie Story"), (CBS)
    • Joanna Lee for The Waltons, (Episode: "The Thanksgiving Story"), (CBS)
Writer of the Year – Special
  • Fay Kanin for Tell Me Where it Hurts, (CBS)
    • Tracy Keenan Wynn for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, (CBS)

Craft categories

Art & Set Director of the Year
  • Jan Scott & Charles Kreiner for The Lie (CBS)
    • Brian Bartholomew for Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (CBS)
Cinematographer of the Year
  • Ted Voigtlander for It's Good to Be Alive (CBS)
    • Harry L. Wolf for Columbo: "Any Old Port in a Storm" (NBC)
Film Editor of the Year
Musician of the Year
  • Jack Parnell, Ken Welch, and Mitzie Welch for Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments (CBS)

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
Network Number of
Nominations
CBS 71
NBC 23
ABC 18
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network Number of
Nominations
M*A*S*H Comedy CBS 9
The Waltons Drama
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Comedy 8
The Carol Burnett Show Variety 7
All in the Family Comedy CBS 5
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Special CBS 4
The Blue Knight Limited NBC
The Execution of Private Slovik Special
The Glass Menagerie ABC
The Migrants CBS
6 Rms Riv Vu 3
Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments Variety
Kojak Drama
The Odd Couple Comedy ABC
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Variety CBS
The Streets of San Francisco Drama ABC
A Case of Rape Special NBC 2
Columbo Limited
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour Variety
Lily CBS
Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra NBC
McCloud Limited
Pueblo Special ABC
The Shape of Things Variety CBS
The Snoop Sisters Limited NBC
Steambath Special PBS
Upstairs, Downstairs Drama

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
Network Number of
Awards
CBS 27
ABC 6
NBC 5
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network Number of
Awards
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Special CBS 4
The Carol Burnett Show Variety
M*A*S*H Comedy 3
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Blue Knight Limited NBC 2
The Glass Menagerie Special ABC
Lily Variety CBS
The Waltons Drama
Notes
  1. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

  1. ^ Emmys.com list of 1974 Nominees & Winners
  2. ^ O'Neil, Thomas. "1973-74. A Super S*M*A*S*H Night." The Emmys: The Ultimate, Unofficial Guide to the Battle of TV's Best Shows and Greatest Stars. New York: Perigee, 2000. 173-174.

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