Primetime Emmy Awards 1985
The 37th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held September 22, 1985 · 26 categories · everything in 1985
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Hill Street Blues · David Milch
- Nominee Miami Vice · Michael Mann, Liam O'Brien, John Nicolella
- Nominee Murder, She Wrote · Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link
- Nominee St. Elsewhere
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner The Cosby Show · Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Earl Pomerantz, Caryn Mandabach
- Nominee Cheers
- Nominee Family Ties · Alan Uger
- Nominee Kate & Allie
- Nominee Night Court · Reinhold Weege, Jeff Melman
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- Winner The Jewel in the Crown · Denis Forman, Christopher Morahan
- Nominee A Woman of Substance · Diane Baker
- Nominee Ellis Island · Gabriel Katzka, Frank Konigsberg, Jerry London
- Nominee Robert Kennedy & His Times
- Nominee Space · Martin Manulis
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner William Daniels · St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Daniel J. Travanti · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Tom Selleck · Magnum, P.I.
- Nominee Don Johnson · Miami Vice
- Nominee Ed Flanders · St. Elsewhere
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Tyne Daly · Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Sharon Gless · Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Debbie Allen · Fame
- Nominee Veronica Hamel · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Angela Lansbury · Murder, She Wrote
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Robert Guillaume · Benson
- Nominee Ted Danson · Cheers
- Nominee Jack Warden · Crazy Like a Fox
- Nominee Bob Newhart · Newhart
- Nominee Harry Anderson · Night Court
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Jane Curtin · Kate & Allie
- Nominee Shelley Long · Cheers
- Nominee Susan Saint James · Kate & Allie
- Nominee Phylicia Rashad · The Cosby Show
- Nominee Isabel Sanford · The Jeffersons
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Richard Crenna · The Rape of Richard Beck
- Nominee George C. Scott · A Christmas Carol
- Nominee Richard Kiley · Do You Remember Love
- Nominee James Garner · Heartsounds
- Nominee Heartsounds
- Nominee Richard Chamberlain · Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Joanne Woodward · Do You Remember Love
- Nominee Mary Tyler Moore · Heartsounds
- Nominee Jane Alexander · Malice in Wonderland
- Nominee Farrah Fawcett · The Burning Bed
- Nominee Peggy Ashcroft · The Jewel in the Crown
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Winner Edward James Olmos · Miami Vice
- Nominee John Karlen · Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Bruce Weitz · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee John Hillerman · Magnum, P.I.
- Nominee Ed Begley Jr. · St. Elsewhere
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Winner Betty Thomas · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Barbara Bosson · Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Doris Roberts · Remington Steele
- Nominee Christina Pickles · St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Madge Sinclair · Trapper John, M.D.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner John Larroquette · Night Court
- Nominee George Wendt · Cheers
- Nominee Nicholas Colasanto · Cheers
- Nominee John Ratzenberger · Cheers
- Nominee Michael J. Fox · Family Ties
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Rhea Perlman · Cheers
- Nominee Inga Swenson · Benson
- Nominee Julia Duffy · Newhart
- Nominee Selma Diamond · Night Court
- Nominee Marla Gibbs · The Jeffersons
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Karl Malden · Fatal Vision
- Nominee Richard Burton · Ellis Island
- Nominee John Gielgud · Romance on the Orient Express
- Nominee Rip Torn · The Atlanta Child Murders
- Nominee Richard Masur · The Burning Bed
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Kim Stanley · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Deborah Kerr · A Woman of Substance
- Nominee Penny Fuller · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Nominee Ann Jillian · Ellis Island
- Nominee Alfre Woodard · Words by Heart
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Karen Arthur · Heat from Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Lee H. Katzin · Cool Runnin from Miami Vice
- Nominee Georg Stanford Brown · El Capitan from Hill Street Blues
- Nominee Paul Michael Glaser · Smuggler's Blues from Miami Vice
- Nominee Thomas Carter · The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall from Hill Street Blues
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Jay Sandrich · The Younger Woman from The Cosby Show
- Nominee James Burrows · Cheerio from Cheers
- Nominee Bill Persky · Landlady from Kate & Allie
- Nominee Robert Butler · Pilot from Moonlighting
- Nominee Marc Daniels · Tommy's Lost Weekend from Alice
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Lamont Johnson · Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Patricia Green · Who Said It's Fair, Part II from Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Deborah Arakelian · Child Witness from Cagney & Lacey
- Nominee Anthony Yerkovich · Pilot from Miami Vice
- Nominee Tom Fontana, John Masius · Sweet Dreams from St. Elsewhere
- Nominee Michael Wagner, Jacob Epstein · The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall from Hill Street Blues
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Ed. Weinberger · Pilot from The Cosby Show
- Nominee Earl Pomerantz · Good-Bye Mr. Fish from The Cosby Show
- Nominee Peter Casey, David Lee · I Call Your Name from Cheers
- Nominee Glen Charles, Les Charles · Rebound, Part II from Cheers
- Nominee David Lloyd · Sam Turns the Other Cheek from Cheers
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Winner George Hearn · Great Performances
- Nominee Great Performances
- Nominee Gregory Hines · Motown Returns to the Apollo
- Nominee Patti LaBelle · Motown Returns to the Apollo
- Nominee Billy Crystal · Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
- Winner Murder, She Wrote · John Addison
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
- Winner Love Lives On
- Nominee Moonlighting · Lee Holdridge
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- Winner Motown Returns to the Apollo
- Nominee AFI Life Achievement Award
- Nominee Great Performances
- Nominee Late Night with David Letterman
- Nominee The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
- Winner Vickie Patik · Do You Remember Love
- Nominee Gerald Green · A Hero's Story from Wallenberg
- Nominee Ken Taylor · Crossing the River from The Jewel in the Crown
- Nominee John Gay · Fatal Vision
- Nominee Rose Leiman Goldemberg · The Burning Bed