Primetime Emmy Awards 1974
The 26th Emmy Awards
Main categories
Drama series
(Outstanding Drama Series)
* The house on Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs) (PBS)
- Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Kojak) (CBS)
- Police Story - Always On Action (Police Story) (NBC)
- The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco) (ABC)
- The Waltons (The Waltons) (CBS)
Comedy series
(Outstanding Comedy Series)
* M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H) (CBS)
- All In The Family (CBS)
- Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) (CBS)
- Odd Couple (The Odd Couple) (ABC)
Drama / Comedy mini-series or TV movie
(Outstanding Limited Series)
* The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (CBS)
- Columbo (Columbo) (NBC)
- 6 Rms Riv Vu (CBS)
- A Sheriff in New York (McCloud) (NBC)
- Steambath (PBS)
- The Blue Knight (NBC)
- The Execution of Private Slovik (NBC)
- The Migrants (CBS)
main actor
Leading actor in a drama / drama series
(Best Lead Actor in a Drama / Drama Series)
* Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak - deployment in Manhattan (Kojak)
* Hal Holbrook as Capt. Lloyd Bucher in Pueblo
- Alan Alda as Paul Friedman in 6 Rms Riv Vu
- William Conrad as Frank Cannon in Cannon (Cannon)
- Martin Sheen as Eddie Slovik in The Execution of Private Slovik
- Laurence Olivier as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
- Dick Van Dyke as Charlie Lester in The Morning After
- Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco)
- Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton in Die Waltons (The Waltons)
Leading actor in a comedy series
(Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)
* Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son
- Tony Randall as Felix Unger in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
- Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
Leading actor in a limited series
(Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series)
* William Holden as Bumper Morgan in The Blue Knight
- Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (Columbo)
- Dennis Weaver as Sam McCloud in A Sheriff in New York (McCloud)
Leading actress in a drama / drama series
(Best Lead Actress in a Drama / Drama Series)
* Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in Die Waltons (The Waltons)
* Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman in Die Geschichte der Jane Pittman (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman)
- Carol Burnett as Anne Miller in 6 Rms Riv Vu
- Elizabeth Montgomery as Ellen Harrod in A Case of Rape
- Jeanette Nolan as Sally Fergus in Dirty Sally
- Katharine Hepburn as Amanda Wingfield in Die Glasmenagerie (The Glass Menagerie)
- Cloris Leachman as Viola Barlow in Aufbruch ins Glück (The Migrants)
- Jean Marsh as Rose in Das Haus am Eaton Place (Upstairs, Downstairs)
Leading actress in a comedy series
(Best Lead Actress 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 in a limited series
(Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series)
* Mildred Natwick as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson in The Snoop Sisters
- Helen Hayes as Ernesta Snoop in The Snoop Sisters
- Lee Remick as Cassie Walters in The Blue Knight
supporting cast
Supporting actor in a drama
(Best Supporting Actor in Drama)
* Michael Moriarty as Jim O'Connor in The Glass Menagerie
- Sam Waterston as Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
- Michael Douglas as Inspector Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco)
- Will Geer as Grandpa in The Waltons (The Waltons)
Supporting actor in a comedy
(Best Supporting Actor in Comedy)
* Rob Reiner as Michael 'Meathead' Stivic in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- Gary Burghoff as Corporal Walter Eugene O'Reilly in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- McLean Stevenson as Lt. Colonel Henry Blake in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Edward Asner as Lou Grant in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Supporting actress in a drama
(Best Supporting Actress in Drama)
* Joanna Miles as Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
- Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife
- Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in Die Waltons (The Waltons)
Supporting actress in a comedy
(Best Supporting Actress in Comedy)
* Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker-Stivic in All In The Family (All In The Family)
- Loretta Swit as Major Margaret Houlihan in M * A * S * H (M * A * S * H)
- Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Supporting actor in comedy variety show, variety show or music
(Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music)
* Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show
- Tim Conway on The Carol Burnett Show
- Foster Brooks as himself on The Dean Martin Comedy Hour
Supporting Actor of the Year
(Supporting Actor of the Year)
Michael Moriarty as Jim O'Connor in The Glass Menagerie
Supporting Actress of the Year
(Supporting Actress of the Year)
Joanna Miles as Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
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)
* Robert Butler for The Blue Knight (Episode: Part III) (NBC)
- Harry Harris for The Waltons (Episode: The Wedding by the Sea) (The Waltons - Episode: The Journey) (CBS)
- Philip Leacock for The Waltons (The Waltons - Episode: The Thanksgiving Story) (CBS)
Directed a comedy series
(Best Directing in Comedy)
* Jackie Cooper for M * A * S * H (Episode: Sister, Friend and Great Guy) (M * A * S * H - Episode: Carry on, Hawkeye) (CBS)
- Gene Reynolds for M * A * S * H (Episode: Sex, Games, and Others) (M * A * S * H - Episode: Deal Me Out) (CBS)
- Jay Sandrich for Oh Mary (Episode: Rendezvous With Lou) (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Episode: Lou's First Date) (CBS)
Directing a comedy variety show, variety show or music show
(Best Directing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music)
* Dwight Hemion for Barbra Streisand ... And Other Musical Instruments (CBS)
* Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show (Episode: The Australia Show) (CBS)
- Joshua White for In Concert Cat Stevens: Moon & Star (ABC)
- Marty Pasetta for Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (NBC)
- Tony Charmoli for Mitzi ... A Tribute to the American Housewife (CBS)
- Sterling Johnson for Peggy Fleming Visits the Soviet Union (NBC)
- Art Fisher for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (Episode with Ken Berry and George Foreman) (CBS)
script
Script for a drama series
(Best Writing in Drama)
* Joanna Lee for The Waltons (The Waltons - Episode: The Thanksgiving Story) (CBS)
- Gene R. Kearney for Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (Episode: Dead people don't take an exam) (Kojak - Episode: Death is Not a Passing Grade) (CBS)
- John McGreevey for The Waltons (The Waltons - Episode: The Easter Story) (CBS)
Screenplay for a comedy series
(Best Writing in Comedy)
* Treva Silverman for Oh Mary (Episode: Scenes from a Marriage) (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Episode: The Lou And Edie Story) (CBS)
- McLean Stevenson for M * A * S * H (Episode: Truly, Catastrophic Conditions) (M * A * S * H - The Trial of Henry Blake) (CBS)
- Linda Bloodworth & Mary Kay Place for M * A * S * H (Episode: Hot Lips in Top Form) (M * A * S * H - Hot Lips and Empty Arms) (CBS)