24th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 24th Emmy Awards, later known as the 24th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 6, 1972. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family and Elizabeth R. All in the Family set numerous records during the night, it became the first show to win six major awards, (although one came in a tie, this record would be broken by other shows that won six major awards outright). It also became the first non-anthology drama to receive at least ten major nominations.
A milestone was set when All in the Family and Columbo each received every nomination in a major category, both for writing. This feat has become extremely rare as the field of nominees expanded to five and later six. Glenda Jackson also made history by receiving three acting nominations for the same performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R, rules changes have made this impossible in later ceremonies.
Winners and Nominees
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Programs
| Outstanding Series - Comedy |
Outstanding Series - Drama |
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| Outstanding Variety Series - Musical |
Outstanding Variety Series - Talk |
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| Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music |
Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classical Music |
- 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, (NBC)
- The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC)
- The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, (CBS)
- Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center, (CBS)
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- Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna, (CBS)
- Heifetz, (NBC)
- The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China, (NBC)
- The Trial of Mary Lincoln, (PBS)
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| Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama - Programs |
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs |
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| Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming |
Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy |
- ABC's Wide World of Sports, (ABC)
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- Brian's Song, (ABC)
- All in the Family, (Episode: "Sammy's Visit"), (CBS)
- Elizabeth R, (Episode: "The Lion's Club"), (PBS)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Snow Goose"), (NBC)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII, (Episode: "Jane Seymour"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding New Series |
- Elizabeth R, (PBS)
- Columbo, (NBC)
- Sanford and Son, (NBC)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII, (PBS)
- The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, (CBS)
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Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Single performances
| Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
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- Keith Michell as King Henry VIII on The Six Wives of Henry VIII, (Episode: "Catherine Howard"), (CBS)
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- Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I on Elizabeth R, (Episode: "The Shadow in the Sun"), (PBS)
- Helen Hayes as Sophie Tate Curtis on Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate, (ABC)
- Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I on Elizabeth R, (Episode: "The Lion's Club"), (PBS)
- Patricia Neal as Olivia Walton on The Waltons, (Episode: "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"), (CBS)
- Susannah York as Jane Eyre on Jane Eyre, (NBC)
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Directing
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama -
A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme |
- John Rich for All in the Family, (Episode: "Sammy's Visit"), (CBS)
- Peter Baldwin for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda"), (CBS)
- Jay Sandrich for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music |
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program |
- Walter C. Miller, Martin Charnin for 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, (NBC)
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| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music |
- Art Fisher for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, (CBS)
- Tim Kiley for The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC)
- Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)
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Writing
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy |
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama |
- Burt Styler for All in the Family, (Episode: "Edith's Problem"), (Story by Steve Zacharias) (CBS)
- Phil Mishkin, Alan J. Levitt for All in the Family, (Episode: "Mike's Problem"), (CBS)
- Burt Styler, Norman Lear for All in the Family, (Episode: "The Saga of Cousin Oscar"), (CBS)
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| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music |
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music |
- The Trial of Mary Lincoln, (PBS)
- Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center, (CBS)
- 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, (NBC)
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- The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS)
- The Flip Wilson Show, (NBC)
- The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, (CBS)
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| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay |
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation |
- Allan Sloane for To All My Friends on Shore, (CBS)
- John D.F. Black for Thief, (ABC)
- Jack Sher, for Goodbye Raggedy Ann, (CBS)
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- William Blinn for Brian's Song, (ABC)
- Paul Gallico for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Snow Goose"), (NBC)
- Earl Hamner Jr., for The Waltons, (Episode: "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story"), (CBS)
- Tracy Keenan Wynn for The Glass House, (CBS)
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 47
- NBC – 38
- ABC – 21
- PBS – 11
- By program
- All in the Family (CBS) – 10
- Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 8
- Columbo (NBC) – 7
- Brian's Song (ABC) / Elizabeth R (PBS) – 6
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) / The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS) – 5
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 14
- NBC – 8
- PBS – 6
- ABC – 5
- By program
- All in the Family (CBS) – 6
- Elizabeth R (PBS) – 4
- Brian's Song (ABC) – 3
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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