1973 Primetime Emmy Awards
The 25th Emmy Awards
Main categories
Drama series
(Outstanding Drama Series - Continuing)
* The Waltons (The Waltons) (CBS)
- Cannon (Cannon) (CBS)
- Columbo (Columbo) (NBC)
- Hawaii Five-O (CBS)
- Kung Fu (Kung Fu) (ABC)
- Mannix (Mannix) (CBS)
Comedy series
(Outstanding Comedy Series)
* All In The Family (CBS)
- M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H) (CBS)
- Maude (CBS)
- Sanford and Son (NBC)
- Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) (CBS)
Drama / Comedy mini-series or TV movie
(Outstanding Drama / Comedy - Limited Episodes)
* A War of Children (CBS)
* Tom Brown's Schooldays (PBS)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (ABC)
- That Certain Summer (ABC)
- The Last of the Mohicans (PBS)
- Leonardo da Vinci (The Live of Leonardo Da Vinci)
- Kojak - Operation in Manhattan (Kojak) (The Marcus Nelson Murder Case) (Episode: The Marcus-Nelson Murders) (CBS)
- The final say is Tilby (The Red Pony) (NBC)
Outstanding new series
(Outstanding New Series)
* America (NBC)
- Kung Fu (Kung Fu) (ABC)
- M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H) (CBS)
- Maude (CBS)
- The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC)
- The Waltons (The Waltons) (CBS)
main actor
Leading actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing))
* Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton in The Waltons (The Waltons)
- William Conrad as Frank Cannon in Cannon (Cannon)
- Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (Columbo)
- David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (Kung Fu)
- Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in Mannix (Mannix)
Leading actor in a comedy series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series)
* Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
- Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son
- Tony Randall as Felix Unger in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
Main actor (individual service)
(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
* Anthony Murphy as Tom Brown in Tom Brown's Schooldays
- Laurence Olivier as James Tyrone Sr. on Long Day's Journey Into Night
- Hal Holbrook as Doug Salter in That Certain Summer
- John Abineri as Chingachgook in The Last of the Mohicans
- Phillipe Leroy as Leonardo Da Vinci in Leonardo da Vinci (The Life of Leonardo da Vinci)
- Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Kojak) (Episode: The Marcus Nelson Murder Case) (Episode: The Marcus-Nelson Murders)
- Henry Fonda as Carl Tiflin in The Last Word Has Tilby (The Red Pony)
Leading actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing))
* Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in Die Waltons (The Waltons)
- Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan in McMillan & Wife
- Linda Day George as Lisa Casey in Cobra, Take Over (Mission: Impossible)
Leading actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series)
* Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay in Maude
Leading actress (individual performance)
(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
* Cloris Leachman as Victoria Douglas in A Brand New Life
* Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair
- Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing in Applause
- Margaret Tyzack as Cousin Bette in Cousin Bette
- Hope Lange as Janet Salter in That Certain Summer
- Vivien Heilbron as Rachel Verinder in The Moonstone
supporting cast
Supporting actor in a drama
(Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama)
* Scott Jacoby as Nick Salter in That Certain Summer
- James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley in Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Marcus Welby, MD)
- Will Geer as Grandpa in The Waltons (The Waltons)
Supporting actor in a comedy
(Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy)
* Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Rob Reiner as Michael 'Meathead' Stivic in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- McLean Stevenson as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Gary Burghoff as Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Edward Asner as Lou Grant in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Supporting actress in a drama
(Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama)
* Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in The Waltons (The Waltons)
- Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair in Mannix (Mannix)
- Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife
Supporting actress in a comedy
(Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy)
* Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker-Stivic in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Supporting actor in a music or variety show
Outstanding Achievement by a Supporting Performer in Music or Variety
* Tim Conway on The Carol Burnett Show
- Liza Minnelli at A Royal Gala Variety Performance
- Lily Tomlin in Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
- Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show
Director
Directing a drama / single episode in a series
(Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and / or Theme)
* Jerry Thorpe for Kung Fu (Episode: Caine and the Blood Vengeance) (Kung Fu) (Episode: An Eye for an Eye) (ABC)
- Edward M. Abroms for Columbo (Episode: Chess the Killer) (Columbo) (Episode: The Most Dangerous Match) (NBC)
- Lee Philips for The Waltons (Episode: The Encounter With Jenny) The Waltons (Episode: The Love Story) (CBS)
Directed a comedy series
(Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy)
* Jay Sandrich for Oh Mary (Episode: Poker, Bad Luck, and Breakdowns) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Episode: It's Whether You Win Or Lose) (CBS)
- Bob La Hendro & John Rich for All In The Family (All In the Family) (Episode: The Bunkers And The Swingers) (CBS)
- Gene Reynolds for M * A * S * H (Episode: Mobile Army Surgery Hospital - Pilot) M * A * S * H (Episode: M * A * S * H - The Pilot) (CBS)
script
Script for a drama series
(Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama)
* John McGreevey for The Waltons (episode: The Schoolgirl) The Waltons (episode: The Scholar) (CBS)
- Earl Hamner Junior for The Waltons (Episode: The Encounter With Jenny) The Waltons (Episode: The Love Story) (CBS)
- Steven Bochco for Columbo (Episode: Etude in Black) Columbo (Episode: Etude in Black) (NBC)
Screenplay for a comedy series
(Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy)
* Lee Kalcheim & Michael Ross & Bernie West for All In The Family (All In the Family) (Episode: The Bunkers And The Swingers)
- Larry Gelbart for M * A * S * H (Episode: Mobile Army Surgery Hospital - Pilot) M * A * S * H (Episode: M * A * S * H - The Pilot) (CBS)
- James L. Brooks & Allan Burns for Oh Mary (Episode: News of Laughing) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Episode: The Good-Time News) (CBS)