Primetime Emmy Awards 1971
The 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards · Held May 9, 1971 · 20 categories · everything in 1971
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner The Bold Ones: The Senator · David Levinson
- Nominee Ironside · Cy Chermak
- Nominee Marcus Welby, M.D. · David Victor, David J. O'Connell
- Nominee NET Playhouse
- Nominee The First Churchills
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner All in the Family · Norman Lear
- Nominee Arnie · Rick Mittleman
- Nominee Love, American Style · Bill Idelson, Harvey Miller
- Nominee The Mary Tyler Moore Show · James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, David Davis
- Nominee The Odd Couple · Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall, Jerry Davis
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner The David Frost Show · David Frost
- Winner The Flip Wilson Show · Flip Wilson
- Nominee Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Dick Martin, Dan Rowan
- Nominee The Carol Burnett Show · Carol Burnett
- Nominee The Dick Cavett Show · Dick Cavett
- Nominee The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Johnny Carson
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Hal Holbrook · The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Nominee Raymond Burr · Ironside
- Nominee Mike Connors · Mannix
- Nominee Robert Young · Marcus Welby, M.D.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Susan Hampshire · The First Churchills
- Nominee Linda Cristal · The High Chaparral
- Nominee Peggy Lipton · The Mod Squad
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Jack Klugman · The Odd Couple
- Nominee Carroll O'Connor · All in the Family
- Nominee Ted Bessell · That Girl
- Nominee Bill Bixby · The Courtship of Eddie's Father
- Nominee Tony Randall · The Odd Couple
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Jean Stapleton · All in the Family
- Nominee Marlo Thomas · That Girl
- Nominee Mary Tyler Moore · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner George C. Scott · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee A Clear and Present Danger
- Nominee Jack Cassidy · The Andersonville Trial
- Nominee Gig Young · The Neon Ceiling
- Nominee Richard Widmark · Vanished
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Lee Grant · The Neon Ceiling
- Nominee Colleen Dewhurst · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Ransom for a Dead Man
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner David Burns · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee James Brolin · Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Nominee Vanished
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Margaret Leighton · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Gail Fisher · Mannix
- Nominee Elena Verdugo · Marcus Welby, M.D.
- Nominee Susan Saint James · The Name of the Game
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Ed Asner · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Gale Gordon · Here's Lucy
- Nominee Michael Constantine · Room 222
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Valerie Harper · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Agnes Moorehead · Bewitched
- Nominee Karen Valentine · Room 222
- Nominee Mary Tyler Moore · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Daryl Duke · The Day the Lion Died from The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Winner Fielder Cook · The Price from Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee James Goldstone · A Clear and Present Danger
- Nominee John Badham · A Single Blow of a Sword from The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Nominee Peter Wood · Hamlet from Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Bob Sweeney · Over Fifty? Steal! from Hawaii Five-O
- Nominee Joseph Sargent · Tribes
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Jay Sandrich · Toulouse Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee John Rich · Gloria's Pregnancy from All in the Family
- Nominee Alan Rafkin · Support Your Local Mother from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Fielder Cook · The Price
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Winner Mark Warren · Orson Welles from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
- Nominee Christmas Show from The Andy Williams Show
- Nominee Tim Kiley · David Frost, James Brown and The Muppets from The Flip Wilson Show
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Joel Oliansky · To Taste of Death But Once from The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Nominee David W. Rintels · A Continual Roar of Musketry from The Bold Ones: The Senator
- Nominee Jerrold Freedman · The Psychiatrist from Four in One
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Allan Burns · Support Your Local Mother from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh Davis · Lucy Meets the Burtons from Here's Lucy
- Nominee Norman Lear · Meet the Bunkers from All in the Family
- Nominee Stanley Ralph Ross · Oh, My Aching Back from All in the Family
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
- Winner Bonanza
- Nominee The Name of the Game · Billy Goldenberg