Primetime Emmy Awards 1978
The 30th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 17, 1978 · 28 categories · everything in 1978
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner The Rockford Files · Meta Rosenberg, Stephen J. Cannell, David Chase, Chas. Floyd Johnson
- Nominee Columbo
- Nominee Family
- Nominee Lou Grant · James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds
- Nominee Quincy, M.E. · Glen A. Larson, Jud Kinberg, Edward Montagne
- Nominee The NBC Mystery Movie
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner All in the Family
- Nominee Barney Miller · Tony Sheehan
- Nominee M*A*S*H
- Nominee Soap · Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, Susan Harris
- Nominee Three's Company
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner Holocaust · Herbert Brodkin, Robert Berger
- Nominee Anna Karenina · Ken Riddington, Donald Wilson
- Nominee I, Claudius · Martin Lisemore
- Nominee King · Edward S. Feldman, Bill Finnegan
- Nominee Washington: Behind Closed Doors · Eric Bercovici, Norman Powell
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Ed Asner · Lou Grant
- Winner Ed Asner · Lou Grant
- Nominee Peter Falk · Columbo
- Nominee James Broderick · Family
- Nominee Jack Klugman · Quincy, M.E.
- Nominee James Garner · The Rockford Files
- Nominee Ralph Waite · The Waltons
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Sada Thompson · Family
- Nominee Kate Jackson · Charlie's Angels
- Nominee Fionnula Flanagan · How the West Was Won
- Nominee Susan Sullivan · Julie Farr, M.D.
- Nominee Melissa Sue Anderson · Little House on the Prairie
- 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 Henry Winkler · Happy Days
- Nominee Alan Alda · M*A*S*H
- Nominee John Ritter · Three's Company
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Jean Stapleton · All in the Family
- Nominee Bea Arthur · Maude
- Nominee Valerie Harper · Rhoda
- Nominee Katherine Helmond · Soap
- Nominee Cathryn Damon · Soap
- Nominee Suzanne Pleshette · The Bob Newhart Show
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Fred Astaire · A Family Upside Down
- Winner Michael Moriarty · Holocaust
- Nominee Fritz Weaver · Holocaust
- Nominee James Stacy · Just a Little Inconvenience
- Nominee Kill Me If You Can
- Nominee Paul Winfield · King
- Nominee Hal Holbrook · Our Town
- Nominee Martin Sheen · Taxi!!!
- Nominee The Awakening Land
- Nominee Jason Robards · Washington: Behind Closed Doors
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Meryl Streep · Holocaust
- Winner Joanne Woodward · See How She Runs
- Nominee Helen Hayes · A Family Upside Down
- Nominee Rosemary Harris · Holocaust
- Nominee Cicely Tyson · King
- Nominee Sada Thompson · Our Town
- Nominee Eva Marie Saint · Taxi!!!
- Nominee Elizabeth Montgomery · The Awakening Land
- Nominee Maureen Stapleton · The Gathering
- Nominee Lee Remick · Wheels
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Robert Vaughn · Washington: Behind Closed Doors
- Nominee Sam Wanamaker · Holocaust
- Nominee David Warner · Holocaust
- Nominee Ossie Davis · King
- Nominee Will Geer · The Waltons
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Nancy Marchand · Lou Grant
- Winner Nancy Marchand · Lou Grant
- Nominee Meredith Baxter · Family
- Nominee Kristy McNichol · Family
- Nominee Tovah Feldshuh · Holocaust
- Nominee Linda Kelsey · Lou Grant
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Rob Reiner · All in the Family
- Nominee Vic Tayback · Alice
- Nominee Tom Bosley · Happy Days
- Nominee Gary Burghoff · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Harry Morgan · M*A*S*H
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Julie Kavner · Rhoda
- Nominee Polly Holliday · Alice
- Nominee Sally Struthers · All in the Family
- Nominee Loretta Swit · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Valerie Harper · Rhoda
- Nominee Nancy Walker · Rhoda
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Howard da Silva · Verna: USO Girl
- Nominee Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. · A Family Upside Down
- Nominee James Farentino · Jesus of Nazareth
- Nominee Donald Pleasence · The Defection of Simas Kudirka
- Nominee Burgess Meredith · The Last Hurrah
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Eva Le Gallienne · The Royal Family
- Nominee Patty Duke · A Family Upside Down
- Nominee Viveca Lindfors · A Question of Guilt
- Nominee Tyne Daly · Intimate Strangers
- Nominee Cloris Leachman · It Happened One Christmas
- Nominee Mariette Hartley · The Last Hurrah
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Marvin J. Chomsky · Holocaust
- Nominee Gary Nelson · Behind Closed Doors from Washington
- Nominee Herbert Wise · I, Claudius
- Nominee Abby Mann · King
- Nominee E.W. Swackhamer · The Dain Curse
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Paul Bogart · Edith's 50th Birthday from All in the Family
- Nominee Burt Metcalfe · Comrades in Arms from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Jay Sandrich · Episode #24 from Soap
- Nominee Jerry Paris · Richie Almost Dies from Happy Days
- Nominee Hal Cooper · Vivian's Decision from Maude
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Winner Dave Powers · Steve Martin and Betty White from The Carol Burnett Show
- Nominee Peter Harris · Elton John from The Muppet Show
- Nominee Steve Binder · John Aylesworth from Shields and Yarnell
- Nominee John Moffitt · Paula Kelly from The Richard Pryor Show
- Nominee Dave Wilson · Steve Martin from Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Gerald Green · Holocaust
- Nominee Abby Mann · King
- Nominee Steve Allen · Meeting of Minds
- Nominee Robert W. Lenski · The Dain Curse
- Nominee Alan Ayckbourn · The Norman Conquests
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Harve Brosten · Cousin Liz from All in the Family
- Nominee Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller · Edith's 50th Birthday from All in the Family
- Nominee Mel Tolkin · Edith's Crisis of Faith, Part 2 from All in the Family
- Nominee Alan Alda · Fallen Idol from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Alan Thicke · M*A*S*H
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Winner Robert Illes, Larry Siegel, James R. Stein · The Carol Burnett Show
- Nominee Dan Aykroyd · Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Ricardo Montalbán · How the West Was Won
- Nominee Larry Gelman · Barney Miller
- Nominee Abe Vigoda · Barney Miller
- Nominee Eight is Enough
- Nominee Harold Gould · Rhoda
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Blanche Baker · Holocaust
- Nominee Beulah Quo · Meeting of Minds
- Nominee Jeanette Nolan · The Awakening Land
- Nominee Beatrice Straight · The Dain Curse
- Nominee Ellen Corby · The Waltons
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Nominee Beatrice Straight · The Dain Curse
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Nominee Dolly Parton · Cher... Special
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
- Winner Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back · Dwight Hemion, Bette Midler
- Nominee Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight · Jerry Weintraub, Neil Diamond
- Nominee The George Burns One-Man Show · George Burns
- Nominee The Second Barry Manilow Special · Barry Manilow
- Nominee World of Magic
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Caryl Ledner · Mary White
- Winner George Rubino · The Last Tenant
- Nominee Jerome Lawrence · Actor
- Nominee Loring Mandel · Breaking Up
- Nominee Jerry McNeely · Something for Joey
- Nominee Bruce Feldman · The Defection of Simas Kudirka
- Nominee Blanche Hanalis · The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story from A Love Affair
- Nominee James Poe · The Gathering
- Nominee Richard Levinson, William Link · The Storyteller
- Nominee Barbara Turner · The War Between the Tates
- Nominee Albert Innaurato · USO Girl from Verna