Primetime Emmy Awards 1976
The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held May 17, 1976 · 28 categories · everything in 1976
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Police Story · Liam O'Brien
- Nominee Baretta · Bernard L. Kowalski, Howie Horwitz
- Nominee Columbo
- Nominee The NBC Mystery Movie
- Nominee The Streets of San Francisco · Quinn Martin
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee All in the Family · Hal Kanter, Heywood Kling
- Nominee Barney Miller · Chris Hayward
- Nominee M*A*S*H
- Nominee Welcome Back, Kotter · Alan Sacks, George Yanok
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner Upstairs, Downstairs · John Hawkesworth
- Nominee Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill · Stella Richman
- Nominee Rich Man, Poor Man · Harve Bennett
- Nominee The Adams Chronicles · Jac Venza, Paul Bogart, Robert Costello, James Cellan Jones, Fred Coe
- Nominee The Law
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Peter Falk · Columbo
- Nominee James Garner · The Rockford Files
- Nominee Karl Malden · The Streets of San Francisco
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Michael Learned · The Waltons
- Nominee Anne Meara · Kate McShane
- Nominee Angie Dickinson · Police Woman
- Nominee Brenda Vaccaro · Sara
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Jack Albertson · Chico and the Man
- Nominee Hal Linden · Barney Miller
- Nominee Henry Winkler · Happy Days
- Nominee Alan Alda · M*A*S*H
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Mary Tyler Moore · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Lee Grant · Fay
- Nominee Bea Arthur · Maude
- Nominee Cloris Leachman · Phyllis
- Nominee Valerie Harper · Rhoda
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Hal Holbrook · Lincoln
- Winner Anthony Hopkins · The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
- Nominee Jason Robards · A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Nominee Edward Herrmann · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee William Devane · Fear on Trial
- Nominee Peter Strauss · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Nick Nolte · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee George Grizzard · The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee Jack Lemmon · The Entertainer
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Susan Clark · Babe
- Nominee Colleen Dewhurst · A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Nominee Jane Alexander · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Sada Thompson · The Entertainer
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Anthony Zerbe · Harry O
- Nominee Ray Milland · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Robert Reed · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Michael Douglas · The Streets of San Francisco
- Nominee Will Geer · The Waltons
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Ellen Corby · The Waltons
- Nominee Mary Todd Lincoln · Lincoln
- Nominee Susan Howard · Petrocelli
- Nominee Dorothy McGuire · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Angela Baddeley · Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Ted Knight · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Abe Vigoda · Barney Miller
- Nominee Gary Burghoff · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Harry Morgan · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Ed Asner · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Betty White · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Loretta Swit · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Julie Kavner · Rhoda
- Nominee Nancy Walker · Rhoda
- Nominee Valerie Harper · Rhoda
- Nominee Georgia Engel · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Ed Flanders · A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Nominee Art Carney · Katherine
- Nominee Ray Bolger · The Entertainer
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Rosemary Murphy · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Lilia Skala · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Irene Tedrow · Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Lois Nettleton · Fear on Trial
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner David Greene · Episode 8 from Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee George Schaefer · Crossing Fox River from Lincoln
- Nominee Boris Sagal · Episode 5 from Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee James Cellan Jones · Part IV from Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
- Nominee Fielder Cook · Pilot from Beacon Hill
- Nominee Christopher Hodson · Women Shall Not Weep from Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Gene Reynolds · Welcome to Korea from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Joan Darling · Chuckles Bites the Dust from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Hal Cooper · The Analyst from Maude
- Nominee Alan Alda · The Kids from M*A*S*H
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Daniel Petrie · Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Winner Dave Wilson · Paul Simon from Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Dave Powers · Maggie Smith from The Carol Burnett Show
- Nominee Tim Kiley · Premiere from The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Sherman Yellen · John Adams, Lawyer from The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee Alfred Shaughnessy · Another Year from Upstairs, Downstairs
- Nominee Joel Oliansky · Complaint Amended from The Law
- Nominee Dean Riesner · Episode 1 from Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Julian Mitchell · Lady Randolph from Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner David Lloyd · Chuckles Bites the Dust from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Larry Gelbart · Hawkeye from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Jay Folb · The Analyst from Maude
- Nominee Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward · The Hero from Barney Miller
- Nominee Gene Reynolds · The More I See You from M*A*S*H
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Winner Chevy Chase · Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Gordon Jackson · Upstairs, Downstairs
- Nominee Roscoe Lee Browne · Barney Miller
- Nominee Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Ed Asner · Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Fionnula Flanagan · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Ruth Gordon · Rhoda
- Nominee Kay Lenz · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Kim Darby · Rich Man, Poor Man
- Nominee Eileen Heckart · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Winner Vicki Lawrence · The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
- Winner Gypsy in My Soul · William O. Harbach, Cy Coleman, Fred Ebb, Shirley MacLaine
- Nominee Rocky Mountain Christmas
- Nominee Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay
- Nominee The Lily Tomlin Special
- Nominee The Monty Python Show: Wide World Special · Ian MacNaughton
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner James Costigan · Eleanor and Franklin
- Winner David W. Rintels · Fear on Trial
- Nominee Joanna Lee · Babe
- Nominee Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston, John Korty · Farewell to Manzanar
- Nominee Theodore Strauss · I Will Fight No More Forever
- Nominee Elliott Baker · The Entertainer
- Nominee J.P. Miller · The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
- Nominee Nicholas Meyer · The Night that Panicked America