Primetime Emmy Awards 1971
The 23rd Emmy Awards
Main categories
Drama series
(Outstanding Dramatic Series)
* The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC)
- The Boss (Ironside) (NBC)
- Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Marcus Welby, MD) (ABC)
- NET Playhouse (PBS)
- The First Churchills Masterpiece Theater (PBS)
Comedy series
(Outstanding Series - Comedy)
* All In The Family (CBS)
- Arnie (Arnie) (CBS)
- Love, American Style (ABC)
- Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) (CBS)
- Odd Couple (The Odd Couple) (ABC)
Single program drama / comedy
(Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy)
* The Andersonville Trial (PBS)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: Hamlet) (NBC)
- Night Gallery (Episode: They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar) (NBC)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: The Price) (NBC)
- Vanished (NBC)
main actor
Leading actor in a drama series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series)
* Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe in The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in Der Chef (Ironside)
- Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in Mannix (Mannix)
- Robert Young as Dr. Marcus Welby in Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Marcus Welby, MD)
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)
- Ted Bessell as Donald Hollinger in Sweet But A Little Crazy (That Girl)
- Bill Bixby as Tom Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie's Father
- Tony Randall as Felix Unger in Männerwirtschaft (The Odd Couple)
Main actor (individual service)
(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
* George C. Scott as Victor Franz in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: The Price)
- Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe in The Bold Ones: The Senator (Episode: A Clear and Present Danger)
- Jack Cassidy as Otis Baker in The Andersonville Trial
- Gig Young as Jones in The Neon Ceiling
- Richard Widmark as President Paul Roudebush in Vanished
Leading actress in a drama series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series)
* Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in The First Churchills
- Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon in High Chaparral (The High Chaparral)
- Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes in Twen-Police (The Mod Squad)
Leading actress in a comedy series
(Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series)
* Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All In The Family (All In the Family)
- Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie in Sweet, But A Little Crazy (That Girl)
- Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Leading actress (individual performance)
(Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
* Lee Grant as Carrie Miller in The Neon Ceiling
- Lee Grant as Leslie Williams in Columbo (Episode: Ransom for a Dead) (Columbo - Episode: Ransom For a Dead Man)
- Colleen Dewhurst as Mrs. Franz in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: The Price)
supporting cast
Supporting actor in a drama
(Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama)
* David Burns as Mr. Solomon in Hallmark Hall of Fame (Episode: The Price) posthumously
- James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley in Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Marcus Welby, MD)
- Robert Young as Sen. Earl Gannon in Vanished
Supporting actor in a comedy
(Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy)
* Edward Asner as Lou Grant in Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
- Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter in Here's Lucy
- Michael Constantine as Principal Seymour Kaufman in Room 222
Supporting actress in a drama
(Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama)
* Margaret Leighton as Gertrude Hallmark Hall of Fame (episode: Hamlet)
- Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair in Mannix (Mannix)
- Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez in Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Marcus Welby, MD)
- Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell in The Name of the Game
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)
- Agnes Moorehead as Endora in Bewitched (Bewitched)
- Karen Valentine as Alice Johnson in Room 222
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)
* Daryl Duke for The Bold Ones: The Senator (episode: The Day the Lion Died) (NBC)
- Bob Sweeney for Hawaii Five-Zero (Episode: Age Doesn't Protect You From Theft) (Hawaii Five-O - Episode: Over Fifty? Steal!) (CBS)
- John Badham for The Bold Ones: The Senator (Episode: A Single Blow Of A Sword) (NBC)
Directed a comedy series
(Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy)
* Jay Sandrich for Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Episode: Toulouse Lautrec Is One Of My Favorite Artists) (CBS)
- John Rich for All In The Family (All In the Family - Episode: Gloria's Pregnancy) (CBS)
- Alan Rafkin for Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Episode: Support Your Local Mother) (CBS)
Directing a comedy series, variety show or music
(Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music)
* Sterling Johnson for Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley (NBC)
* Mark Warren for Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (episode with Orson Welles) (NBC)
- Martin Charnin & Walter C. Miller for George M! (NBC)
- Roger Englander for New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts: Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra (CBS)
- Art Fisher for Andy Williams Show (The Andy Williams Show - Episode: Andy Williams Christmas Show) (NBC)
- Tim Kiley for The Flip Wilson Show (episode dated September 17, 1970) (NBC)
script
Script for a drama series
(Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama)
* Joel Oliansky for The Bold Ones: The Senator (Episode: To Taste of Death But Once) (NBC)
- David W. Rintels for The Bold Ones: The Senator (Episode: A Continual Roar of Musketry ", parts I & II) (NBC)
- Jerrold Freedman for The Psychiatrist (NBC)
Screenplay for a comedy series
(Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy)
* James L. Brooks & Allan Burns for Oh Mary (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Episode: Support Your Local Mother) (CBS)
- Norman Lear for All In the Family (All In the Family - Episode: Meet the Bunkers) (CBS)
- Stanley Ralph Ross for All In the Family (All In the Family - Episode: Oh, My Aching Back) (CBS)
- Bob Carroll & Madelyn Davis for Here's Lucy (Episode: Lucy Meets the Burtons)