The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out on May 17, 1976. The ceremony was hosted by John Denver and Mary Tyler Moore. 37 awards were presented. Winners are listed in bold with series' networks in parentheses.
The top show of the night was The Mary Tyler Moore Show 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 Emmys.com list of 1976 Nominees & Winners
Programs
+ The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) All in the Family (CBS) Barney Miller (ABC) M*A*S*H (CBS) Welcome Back, Kotter (ABC) Police Story (NBC) Baretta (ABC) Columbo (NBC) The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) Saturday Night (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Gypsy in My Soul (CBS) The Lily Tomlin Special (ABC) The Monty Python Show: Wide World Special (ABC) Rocky Mountain Christmas (ABC) Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay (CBS) Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) Babe (CBS) Fear on Trial (CBS) The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (NBC) A Moon for the Misbegotten (ABC) Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) The Adams Chronicles (PBS) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (PBS) The Law (NBC) Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC)
Acting
Lead performances + Jack Albertson as Ed Brown in Chico and the Man (NBC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (CBS) Hal Linden as Capt. Barney Miller in Barney Miller (ABC) Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli in Happy Days (ABC) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Chuckles Bites the Dust") Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay in Maude (CBS) Lee Grant as Fay Stewart in Fay (NBC) Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in Rhoda (CBS) Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in Phyllis (CBS) Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (NBC) James Garner as Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files (NBC) Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson in Police Woman (NBC) Anne Meara as Kate McShane in Kate McShane (CBS) Brenda Vaccaro as Sara Yarnell in Sara (CBS) Anthony Hopkins as Bruno Richard Hauptmann in The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (NBC) William Devane as John Henry Faulk in Fear on Trial (CBS) Edward Herrmann as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) Jack Lemmon as Archie Rice in The Entertainer (NBC) Jason Robards as James Tyrone Jr. in A Moon for the Misbegotten (ABC) Susan Clark as Babe Didrikson Zaharias in Babe (CBS) Jane Alexander as Eleanor Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) Colleen Dewhurst as Josie Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten (ABC) Sada Thompson as Phoebe Rice in The Entertainer (NBC) Hal Holbrook as President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (NBC) George Grizzard as John Adams in The Adams Chronicles (PBS) Nick Nolte as Tom Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) Peter Strauss as Rudy Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) Rosemary Harris as George Sand in Notorious Woman (PBS) Susan Blakely as Julie Prescott in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) Jean Marsh as Rose in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) Lee Remick as Lady Randolph Churchill in Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (PBS)
Supporting performances
Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Ted's Wedding") Edward Asner as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly in M*A*S*H (CBS) Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (CBS) Abe Vigoda as Det. Phil Fish in Barney Miller (ABC) Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Georgia Engel as Georgette Franklin in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda (CBS) Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan in M*A*S*H (CBS) Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern in Rhoda (CBS) Anthony Zerbe as Lt. Trench in Harry O (ABC) Michael Douglas as Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) Will Geer as Zebulon Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Ray Milland as Duncan Calderwood in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) Robert Reed as Teddy Boylan in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) Susan Howard as Maggie Petrocelli in Petrocelli (NBC) Dorothy McGuire as Mary Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC) Sada Thompson as Mary Todd Lincoln in Lincoln (NBC) Chevy Chase in Saturday Night (NBC) Tim Conway in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Harvey Korman in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Vicki Lawrence in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Cloris Leachman in Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby? (CBS)
Single performances
Edward Asner as Axel Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapters 1 & 2" Bill Bixby as Jerry Schilling in The Streets of San Francisco (ABC): "The Police Buff" Tony Musante as Dr. Paul Brandon in Medical Story (NBC): "The Quality of Mercy" Robert Reed as Dr. Pat Caddison in Medical Center (CBS): "The Fourth Sex" Kathryn Walker as Abigail Adams in The Adams Chronicles (PBS): "John Adams, Lawyer" Helen Hayes as Aunt Clara in Hawaii Five-O (CBS): "Retire In Sunny Hawaii... Forever" Sheree North as June Monica in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC): "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?" Pamela Payton-Wright as Louisa Catherine Adams in The Adams Chronicles (PBS): "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" Martha Raye as Agatha in McMillan & Wife (NBC): "Greed" Ed Flanders as Phil Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten (ABC) Ray Bolger as Billy Rice in The Entertainer (NBC) Art Carney as Thornton Alman in Katherine (ABC) Rosemary Murphy as Sara Delano Roosevelt in Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) Lois Nettleton as Nan Claybourne in Fear on Trial (CBS) Lilia Skala as Mlle. Souvestre in Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) Irene Tedrow as Mary Hall in Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) Gordon Jackson as Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "The Beastly Hun" Bill Bixby as Willie Abbott in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapter 8" Roscoe Lee Browne as Charlie Jeffers in Barney Miller (ABC): "The Escape Artist" Norman Fell as Smitty in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapter 7" Van Johnson as Marsh Goodwin in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapters 9 & 10" Fionnula Flanagan as Clothilde in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapters 3 & 4" Kim Darby as Virginia Calderwood in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapters 3 & 4" Ruth Gordon as Carlton's Mother in Rhoda (CBS): "Kiss Your Epaulets Goodbye" Eileen Heckart as Flo Meredith in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Mary's Aunt" Kay Lenz as Kate Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Chapters 11 & 12"
Directing + M*A*S*H (CBS): "Welcome to Korea" – Gene Reynolds M*A*S*H (CBS): "The Kids" – Alan Alda The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Chuckles Bites the Dust" – Joan Darling Maude (CBS): "The Analyst" – Hal Cooper Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Episode 8" – David Greene Beacon Hill (CBS): "Pilot" – Fielder Cook Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (PBS): "Part IV" – James Cellan Jones Lincoln (NBC): "Crossing Fox River" – George Schaefer Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Episode 5" – Boris Sagal Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "Women Shall Not Weep" – Christopher Hodson Saturday Night (NBC): "Paul Simon" – Dave Wilson The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Maggie Smith" – Dave Powers The Sonny and Cher Show (CBS): "Premiere" – Tim Kiley Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay (CBS) – Dwight Hemion Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (CBS) – Tony Charmoli Rocky Mountain Christmas (ABC) – Bill Davis Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) – Daniel Petrie Babe (CBS) – Buzz Kulik Fear on Trial (CBS) – Lamont Johnson A Moon for the Misbegotten (ABC) – José Quintero and Gordon Rigsby
Writing + The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Chuckles Bites the Dust" – David Lloyd Barney Miller (ABC): "The Hero" – Danny Arnold and Chris Hayward M*A*S*H (CBS): "Hawkeye" – Larry Gelbart and Simon Muntner M*A*S*H (CBS): "The More I See You" – Larry Gelbart and Gene Reynolds Maude (CBS): "The Analyst" – Jay Folb The Adams Chronicles (PBS): "John Adams, Lawyer" – Sherman Yellen Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (PBS): "Lady Randolph" – Julian Mitchell The Law (NBC): "Complaint Amended" – Joel Oliansky Rich Man, Poor Man (ABC): "Episode 1" – Dean Riesner Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "Another Year" – Alfred Shaughnessy The Lily Tomlin Special (ABC) Gypsy in My Soul (CBS) Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (CBS) Van Dyke and Company (NBC) Saturday Night (NBC): "Elliott Gould" The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Jim Nabors" The Sonny and Cher Show (CBS): "Premiere" Eleanor and Franklin (ABC) – James Costigan Babe (CBS) – Joanna Lee I Will Fight No More Forever (ABC) – Theodore Strauss and Jeb Rosebrook The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (NBC) – J.P. Miller The Night that Panicked America (ABC) – Fear on Trial (CBS) – David W. Rintels The Entertainer (NBC) – Elliott Baker Farewell to Manzanar (NBC) – Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston and John Korty
Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofNominations CBS 57 ABC 49 NBC 28 PBS 16
+Programs with multiple major nominations Programs Category Network Number ofNominations 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 +Networks with multiple major awards Network Number ofAwards CBS 12 ABC 10 NBC 8 PBS 5
+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards 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
References
External links Emmys.com list of 1976 Nominees & Winners