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26th Primetime Emmy Awards
1974 American television programming awards
1974 American television programming awards
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 26th Primetime Emmy Awards |
| date | May 28, 1974 |
| location | Pantages Theatre, |
| Los Angeles, California | |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| host | Johnny Carson |
| network | NBC |
| most_awards | *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* |
| *The Carol Burnett Show* (4) | |
| most_nominations | *M*A*S*H* |
| *The Waltons* (9) | |
| award1_type | Outstanding Comedy Series |
| award1_winner | *M*A*S*H* |
| award2_type | Outstanding Drama Series |
| award2_winner | *Upstairs, Downstairs* |
| award3_type | Outstanding Limited Series |
| award3_winner | *Columbo* |
| award4_type | Outstanding Music-Variety Series |
| award4_winner | *The Carol Burnett Show* |
| previous | [25th](25th-primetime-emmy-awards) |
| main | Primetime Emmy Awards |
| next | [27th](27th-primetime-emmy-awards) |
Los Angeles, California The Carol Burnett Show (4) The Waltons (9)
The 26th Emmy Awards, later known as the 26th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 28, 1974. Johnny Carson hosted the ceremony. Winners are listed in bold and networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were MASH* and Upstairs, Downstairs. MASH* and The Waltons had the most major nominations with nine. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and The Carol Burnett Show led the night with four major wins apiece.
For this ceremony, individual awards dubbed "Super Emmys" were given out in addition to the traditional categories. The individual categories were dropped the following year and have yet to return since.
Winners and nominees
Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Directing
Writing
Super Emmys
The Primetime Super Emmy Award was a set of 14 awards that were given in conjunction with the traditional Emmy Awards at the 1974 ceremony.
Winners of a traditional Emmy would then compete against their genre counterpart from the same category (comedy vs. drama for "Series", miniseries vs. telefilm for "Special"). This format would prove to be the Super Emmy's undoing. In order to vote on a Super Emmy winner, the traditional Emmy winners had to be announced well before the ceremony.
Several members of the Television Academy were against implementing the new awards. Super Emmy winners Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore were some of the loudest detractors. Both threatened to resign from the academy if they were installed. During their acceptance speeches, Moore said that comparing comedic and dramatic television was "apples to oranges". Alda went one step further in his speech "it's comparing apples to oranges to Volkswagens."
The Super Emmy was never awarded again.
Acting
Directing
Writing
Craft categories
Most major nominations
| Network | Number of |
|---|---|
| Nominations | |
| CBS | 71 |
| NBC | 23 |
| ABC | 18 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominations | |||
| *M*A*S*H* | Comedy | CBS | 9 |
| *The Waltons* | Drama | ||
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | Comedy | 8 | |
| *The Carol Burnett Show* | Variety | 7 | |
| *All in the Family* | Comedy | CBS | 5 |
| *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* | Special | CBS | 4 |
| *The Blue Knight* | Limited | NBC | |
| *The Execution of Private Slovik* | Special | ||
| *The Glass Menagerie* | ABC | ||
| *The Migrants* | CBS | ||
| *6 Rms Riv Vu* | 3 | ||
| *Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments* | Variety | ||
| *Kojak* | Drama | ||
| *The Odd Couple* | Comedy | ABC | |
| *The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour* | Variety | CBS | |
| *The Streets of San Francisco* | Drama | ABC | |
| *A Case of Rape* | Special | NBC | 2 |
| *Columbo* | Limited | ||
| *The Dean Martin Comedy Hour* | Variety | ||
| *Lily* | CBS | ||
| *Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra* | NBC | ||
| *McCloud* | Limited | ||
| *Pueblo* | Special | ABC | |
| *The Shape of Things* | Variety | CBS | |
| *The Snoop Sisters* | Limited | NBC | |
| *Steambath* | Special | PBS | |
| *Upstairs, Downstairs* | Drama |
Most major awards
| Network | Number of |
|---|---|
| Awards | |
| CBS | 27 |
| ABC | 6 |
| NBC | 5 |
| Program | Category | Network | Number of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awards | |||
| *The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman* | Special | CBS | 4 |
| *The Carol Burnett Show* | Variety | ||
| *M*A*S*H* | Comedy | 3 | |
| *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* | |||
| *The Blue Knight* | Limited | NBC | 2 |
| *The Glass Menagerie* | Special | ABC | |
| *Lily* | Variety | CBS | |
| *The Waltons* | Drama |
;Notes
References
References
- [http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1974 Emmys.com list of 1974 Nominees & Winners]
- O'Neil, Thomas. "1973-74. A Super SMASH Night." The Emmys: The Ultimate, Unofficial Guide to the Battle of TV's Best Shows and Greatest Stars. New York: Perigee, 2000. 173-174.
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