Primetime Emmy Awards 1977
The 29th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 11, 1977 · 29 categories · everything in 1977
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Upstairs, Downstairs
- Nominee Baretta
- Nominee Columbo
- Nominee Family · Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg, Mike Nichols
- Nominee Police Story
- Nominee The NBC Mystery Movie
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee All in the Family · Milt Josefsberg
- Nominee Barney Miller · Roland Kibbee
- Nominee M*A*S*H · Allan Katz, Don Reo, Burt Metcalfe
- Nominee The Bob Newhart Show · Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Michael Zinberg
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner Roots · David L. Wolper
- Nominee Captains and the Kings · Roy Huggins
- Nominee Madame Bovary · Richard Beynon
- Nominee The Adams Chronicles · Jac Venza, Robert Costello, Fred Coe, James Cellan Jones
- Nominee The Moneychangers · Ross Hunter
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner Van Dyke and Company · Dick Van Dyke
- Nominee Evening at Pops
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lorne Michaels
- Nominee The Carol Burnett Show · Carol Burnett
- Nominee The Muppet Show · Jim Henson, David Lazer, Jack Burns, Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Eren Ozker, John Lovelady, Jerry Nelson
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner James Garner · The Rockford Files
- Nominee Robert Blake · Baretta
- Nominee Peter Falk · Columbo
- Nominee Jack Klugman · Quincy, M.E.
- Nominee Karl Malden · The Streets of San Francisco
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Lindsay Wagner · The Bionic Woman
- Nominee Kate Jackson · Charlie's Angels
- Nominee Sada Thompson · Family
- Nominee Angie Dickinson · Police Woman
- Nominee Michael Learned · The Waltons
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Carroll O'Connor · All in the Family
- Nominee Hal Linden · Barney Miller
- Nominee Jack Albertson · Chico and the Man
- Nominee Henry Winkler · Happy Days
- Nominee Alan Alda · M*A*S*H
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Bea Arthur · Maude
- Nominee Jean Stapleton · All in the Family
- Nominee Valerie Harper · Rhoda
- Nominee Suzanne Pleshette · The Bob Newhart Show
- Nominee Betty White · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Mary Tyler Moore · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Ed Flanders · Plain Speaking
- Winner Christopher Plummer · The Moneychangers
- Nominee George C. Scott · Beauty and the Beast
- Nominee Richard Jordan · Captains and the Kings
- Nominee Edward Herrmann · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
- Nominee Stanley Baker · How Green Was My Valley
- Nominee Peter Finch · Raid on Entebbe
- Nominee Steven Keats · Seventh Avenue
- Nominee Peter Boyle · Tail Gunner Joe
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Patty Duke · Captains and the Kings
- Winner Sally Field · Sybil
- Nominee Susan Clark · Amelia Earhart
- Nominee Jane Seymour · Captains and the Kings
- Nominee Jane Alexander · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
- Nominee Eva Marie Saint · How the West Was Won
- Nominee Dori Brenner · Seventh Avenue
- Nominee Joanne Woodward · Sybil
- Nominee Julie Harris · The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
- Nominee Susan Flannery · The Moneychangers
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Gary Frank · Family
- Nominee Tom Ewell · Baretta
- Nominee David Doyle · Charlie's Angels
- Nominee Noah Beery Jr. · The Rockford Files
- Nominee Will Geer · The Waltons
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Kristy McNichol · Family
- Nominee Lee Meriwether · Barnaby Jones
- Nominee Meredith Baxter · Family
- Nominee Ellen Corby · The Waltons
- Nominee Jacqueline Tong · Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Gary Burghoff · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Abe Vigoda · Barney Miller
- Nominee Harry Morgan · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Ed Asner · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Ted Knight · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Mary Kay Place · Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Nominee Loretta Swit · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Valerie Harper · Rhoda
- Nominee Julie Kavner · Rhoda
- Nominee Georgia Engel · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Betty White · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Burgess Meredith · Tail Gunner Joe
- Nominee Mark Harmon · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
- Nominee Walter McGinn · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
- Nominee Yaphet Kotto · Raid on Entebbe
- Nominee Martin Balsam · Raid on Entebbe
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Diana Hyland · The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
- Nominee Susan Oliver · Amelia Earhart
- Nominee Rosemary Murphy · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
- Nominee Patricia Neal · Tail Gunner Joe
- Nominee Ruth Gordon · The Great Houdini
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner David Greene · Part I from Roots
- Nominee Fred Coe · John Quincy Adams: President from The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee John Erman · Part II from Roots
- Nominee Marvin J. Chomsky · Part III from Roots
- Nominee Gilbert Moses · Part VI from Roots
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Alan Alda · Dear Sigmund from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Alan Rafkin · Lt. Radar O'Reilly from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Paul Bogart · The Draft Dodger from All in the Family
- Nominee Jay Sandrich · The Last Show from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Joan Darling · The Nurses from M*A*S*H
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Winner Dave Powers · Eydie Gormé from The Carol Burnett Show
- Nominee John Moffitt · John Denver from Van Dyke and Company
- Nominee Dave Wilson · Paul Simon from Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Ernest Kinoy, William Blinn · Part II from Roots
- Nominee Roger O. Hirson · Charles Francis Adams: Minister to Great Britain from The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee Tad Mosel · John Quincy Adams: President from The Adams Chronicles
- Nominee James Lee · Part V from Roots
- Nominee M. Charles Cohen · Part VIII from Roots
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner James L. Brooks · The Last Show from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Alan Alda · Dear Sigmund from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Alan Thicke · M*A*S*H
- Nominee David Lloyd · Mary Midwife from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Nominee Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold · Quarantine, Part 2 from Barney Miller
- Nominee Earl Pomerantz · Ted's Change of Heart from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Winner Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi · Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Chevy Chase · Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Roots
- Nominee Charles Durning · Captains and the Kings
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Louis Gossett Jr. · Roots
- Nominee LeVar Burton · Roots
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Olivia Cole · Roots
- Nominee Nancy Walker · Rhoda
- Nominee Sandy Duncan · Roots
- Nominee Cicely Tyson · Roots
- Nominee Eileen Heckart · The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Beulah Bondi · The Waltons
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
- Winner Roots · Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Stewart Stern · Sybil
- Winner Lane Slate · Tail Gunner Joe
- Nominee Steve Gethers · A Circle of Children
- Nominee John McGreevey · Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
- Nominee Carol Sobieski · Plain Speaking
- Nominee Barry Beckerman · Raid on Entebbe
- Nominee Joe Morgenstern, Douglas Day Stewart · The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
- Nominee William Bast · The Man in the Iron Mask
- Nominee James Costigan · The White House Years from Eleanor and Franklin
- Nominee Ernest Kinoy · Victory at Entebbe