27th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 27th Emmy Awards, later known as the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1975. There was no host this year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

27th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 19, 1975
LocationHollywood Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Highlights
Most awardsThe Mary Tyler Moore Show (5)
Most nominationsM*A*S*H (9)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Drama SeriesUpstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Limited SeriesBenjamin Franklin
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music SeriesThe Carol Burnett Show
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

The top shows of the night were Mary Tyler Moore, and Upstairs, Downstairs which won its second straight Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. M*A*S*H led all shows with nine major nominations heading into the ceremony, but only won one award. Mary Tyler Moore led all shows with five major wins. Upstairs, Downstairs became the first non-American drama to win the outstanding drama award twice and was the third win in five years for a British produced drama.

This is the 1st ceremony where one network received all the nominations in a Series category. It would not happen again until the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Winners and nominees

[1] Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

Programs

Programs
  • An Evening with John Denver (ABC)
    • Lily (ABC)
    • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS)

Lead performances

Acting

Supporting performances

  • Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in The Waltons (CBS)
    • Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
    • Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife (NBC)
  • Patrick McGoohan as Col. Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo (NBC): "By Dawn's Early Light"
    • Lew Ayres as Beaumont in Kung Fu (ABC): "The Vanishing Image"
    • Harold Gould as Andrea Basic in Police Story (NBC): "Fathers and Sons"
    • Harry Morgan as Bartford Hamilton Steele in M*A*S*H (CBS): "The General Flipped at Dawn"
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music
  • Jack Albertson in Cher (CBS)
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music

Directing

Directing
  • M*A*S*H (CBS): "O.R." – Gene Reynolds
    • M*A*S*H (CBS): "Alcoholics Unanimous" – Hy Averback
    • M*A*S*H (CBS): "Bulletin Board" – Alan Alda
  • Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "A Sudden Storm" – Bill Bain
    • Benjamin Franklin (CBS): "The Ambassador" – Glenn Jordan
    • Kojak (CBS): "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" – David Friedkin
    • Kojak (CBS): "I Want to Report a Dream..." – Telly Savalas
    • The Streets of San Francisco (ABC): "The Mask of Death" – Harry Falk
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Alan Alda" – Dave Powers
    • Cher (CBS): "Bette Midler, Flip Wilson and Elton John" – Art Fisher

Writing

Writing
  • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS)
    • Lily (ABC)
  • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Alan Alda"
    • Cher (CBS): "Raquel Welch, Tatum O'Neal and Wayne Rogers"
  • Clarence Darrow (NBC) – David W. Rintels

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Nominations
CBS55
ABC33
NBC24
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
M*A*S*HComedyCBS9
The Mary Tyler Moore Show8
QB VIISpecialABC7
Queen of the Stardust BallroomCBS6
Upstairs, DownstairsDramaPBS
The Carol Burnett ShowVarietyCBS5
Cher
KojakDrama
Love Among the RuinsSpecialABC
The Missiles of October
RhodaComedyCBS
All in the Family4
Benjamin FranklinLimited
McCloudNBC
The Streets of San FranciscoDramaABC
The WaltonsCBS
ColumboLimitedNBC3
The LawSpecial
Police StoryDrama
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me NowVarietyCBS
Clarence DarrowSpecialNBC2
The Count of Monte Cristo
An Evening with John DenverVarietyABC
HustlingSpecial
LilyVariety
McMillan & WifeLimitedNBC
The Odd CoupleComedyABC

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Awards
CBS16
ABC10
NBC5
PBS3
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
The Mary Tyler Moore ShowComedyCBS5
Love Among the RuinsSpecialABC4
The Carol Burnett ShowVarietyCBS3
Upstairs, DownstairsDramaPBS
Benjamin FranklinLimitedCBS2
CherVariety
ColumboLimitedNBC
An Evening with John DenverVarietyABC
QB VIISpecial
The WaltonsDramaCBS
Notes
  1. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

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