28th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Date | May 17, 1976 |
Location | Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosted by | John Denver Mary Tyler Moore |
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Most awards | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (5) |
Most nominations | Rich Man, Poor Man (17) |
Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
Outstanding Drama Series | Police Story |
Outstanding Limited Series | Upstairs, Downstairs |
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series | NBC's Saturday Night |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | ABC |
The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out on May 17, 1976. The ceremony was hosted by John Denver and Mary Tyler Moore. Winners are listed in bold with series' networks in parentheses.
The top show of the night was Mary Tyler Moore which won its second straight Outstanding Comedy Series award, and five major awards overall. Police Story, won Outstanding Drama Series, even though it only received one major nomination.
The television miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man set numerous records. It received 17 major nominations, breaking the record held by Playhouse 90 which was set in 1959 (since broken). It also received 13 acting nominations, although some of the acting categories at this ceremony were later eliminated or combined. Despite this, it lost Outstanding Limited Series to Upstairs, Downstairs.
The Shubert Theatre had previously hosted the 1973 Emmy ceremony; it would host the ceremony a third and final time in 2001.
Winners and nominees
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Single performances
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Most major nominations
[edit]Network | Number of Nominations |
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CBS | 57 |
ABC | 49 |
NBC | 28 |
PBS | 16 |
Programs | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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Rich Man, Poor Man | Limited | ABC | 17 |
M*A*S*H | Comedy | CBS | 9 |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |||
Eleanor and Franklin | Special | ABC | 8 |
The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 6 |
Upstairs, Downstairs | Limited | PBS | |
The Adams Chronicles | 5 | ||
Barney Miller | Comedy | ABC | |
Fear on Trial | Special | CBS | |
A Moon for the Misbegotten | ABC | ||
Babe | Special | CBS | 4 |
The Entertainer | NBC | ||
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Limited | PBS | |
Rhoda | Comedy | CBS | |
Saturday Night | Variety | NBC | |
The Streets of San Francisco | Drama | ABC | |
Lincoln | Special | NBC | 3 |
Maude | Comedy | CBS | |
The Waltons | Drama | ||
Columbo | NBC | 2 | |
Gypsy in My Soul | Variety | CBS | |
The Law | Limited | NBC | |
The Lily Tomlin Special | Variety | ABC | |
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Special | NBC | |
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's | Variety | CBS | |
Rocky Mountain Christmas | ABC | ||
The Sonny and Cher Show | CBS | ||
Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay |
Most major awards
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CBS | 12 |
ABC | 10 |
NBC | 8 |
PBS | 5 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Comedy | CBS | 5 |
Eleanor and Franklin | Special | 4 | |
Saturday Night | Variety | NBC | |
Rich Man, Poor Man | Limited | ABC | 3 |
The Adams Chronicles | PBS | 2 | |
The Waltons | Drama | CBS |
- Notes
- ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.