Primetime Emmy Awards 1980
The 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 7, 1980 · 22 categories · everything in 1980
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Lou Grant · Gene Reynolds
- Nominee Dallas · Philip Capice, Lee Rich, Leonard Katzman
- Nominee Family · Leonard Goldberg, Aaron Spelling, Edward Zwick
- Nominee The Rockford Files · Juanita Bartlett
- Nominee The White Shadow · Bruce Paltrow, Mark Tinker
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner Taxi · James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, Ed. Weinberger, Glen Charles, Les Charles
- Nominee Barney Miller · Danny Arnold, Tony Sheehan, Noam Pitlik
- Nominee M*A*S*H · Burt Metcalfe, John Rappaport
- Nominee Soap · Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas, Susan Harris
- Nominee WKRP in Cincinnati · Hugh Wilson, Rod Daniel
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner Edward & Mrs. Simpson
- Nominee Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic
- Nominee Moviola
- Nominee The Duchess of Duke Street · John Hawkesworth
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Ed Asner · Lou Grant
- Nominee Larry Hagman · Dallas
- Nominee Jack Klugman · Quincy, M.E.
- Nominee James Garner · The Rockford Files
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Barbara Bel Geddes · Dallas
- Nominee Kristy McNichol · Family
- Nominee Sada Thompson · Family
- Nominee Mariette Hartley · The Rockford Files
- Nominee Lauren Bacall · The Rockford Files
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Richard Mulligan · Soap
- Nominee Hal Linden · Barney Miller
- Nominee Robert Guillaume · Benson
- Nominee Alan Alda · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Judd Hirsch · Taxi
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Cathryn Damon · Soap
- Nominee Sheree North · Archie Bunker's Place
- Nominee Polly Holliday · Flo
- Nominee Katherine Helmond · Soap
- Nominee Isabel Sanford · The Jeffersons
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Powers Boothe · Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
- Nominee Jason Robards · F.D.R.: The Last Year
- Nominee Henry Fonda · Gideon's Trumpet
- Nominee Tony Curtis · Moviola
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Patty Duke · The Miracle Worker
- Nominee Lee Remick · Haywire
- Nominee Melissa Gilbert · The Miracle Worker
- Nominee Bette Davis · White Mama
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Stuart Margolin · The Rockford Files
- Nominee Mason Adams · Lou Grant
- Nominee Robert Walden · Lou Grant
- Nominee Noah Beery Jr. · The Rockford Files
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Nancy Marchand · Lou Grant
- Nominee Nina Foch · Lou Grant
- Nominee Linda Kelsey · Lou Grant
- Nominee Jessica Walter · Trapper John, M.D.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Harry Morgan · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Steve Landesberg · Barney Miller
- Nominee Max Gail · Barney Miller
- Nominee Mike Farrell · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Howard Hesseman · WKRP in Cincinnati
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Loretta Swit · M*A*S*H
- Nominee Alice
- Nominee Inga Swenson · Benson
- Nominee Loni Anderson · WKRP in Cincinnati
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner George Grizzard · The Oldest Living Graduate
- Nominee Ernest Borgnine · All Quiet on the Western Front
- Nominee Charles Durning · Attica
- Nominee John Cassavetes · Flesh and Blood
- Nominee Ernest Borgnine · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Harold Gould · Moviola
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Mare Winningham · Amber Waves
- Nominee Patricia Neal · All Quiet on the Western Front
- Nominee Eileen Heckart · F.D.R.: The Last Year
- Nominee Carrie Nye · Moviola
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Roger Young · Cop from Lou Grant
- Nominee Peter Levin · Andrew, Part II: Trial from Lou Grant
- Nominee Burt Brinckerhoff · Hollywood from Lou Grant
- Nominee Gene Reynolds · Influence from Lou Grant
- Nominee Frank Perry · Pilot from Skag
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner James Burrows · Louie and the Nice Girl from Taxi
- Nominee Burt Metcalfe · Bottle Fatigue from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Alan Alda · Dreams from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Charles S. Dubin · Period of Adjustment from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Harry Morgan · Stars and Stripes from M*A*S*H
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Marvin J. Chomsky · Attica
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Seth Freeman · Cop from Lou Grant
- Nominee Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds · Brushfire from Lou Grant
- Nominee Michele Gallery · Lou from Lou Grant
- Nominee Abby Mann · Pilot from Skag
- Nominee Stephen J. Cannell · Pilot from Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner R.J. Colleary · Photographer from Barney Miller
- Nominee Ken Levine, David Isaacs · Good Bye, Radar from M*A*S*H
- Nominee Glen Charles, Les Charles · Honor Thy Father from Taxi
- Nominee Stan Daniels, Ed. Weinberger · The Censors from The Associates
- Nominee Charlie Hauck, Michael J. Leeson · The First Day from The Associates
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Winner Baryshnikov on Broadway
- Nominee Goldie and Liza Together
- Nominee Shirley MacLaine... "Every Little Movement"
- Nominee The Benny Hill Show
- Nominee The Muppet Show
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner David Chase · Off the Minnesota Strip
- Nominee Ken Trevey · Amber Waves
- Nominee James S. Henerson · Attica
- Nominee David W. Rintels · Gideon's Trumpet
- Nominee James Lee · This Year's Blonde from Moviola