32nd Primetime Emmy Awards

Infobox Emmy Awards
name = 32nd
type = P


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date = September 7 1980
site = Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
creative_arts = September 6 1980
host = Steve Allen
Dick Clark
network = NBC
last = 31st Primetime
next = 33rd Primetime

The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 7, 1980 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The awards show was hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark.

The ceremony was held during a Screen Actors Guild strike. In a show of support for their union, 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotted the event. [cite web
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title=Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien to return to the air Jan. 2|first=Matea
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coauthors=Maria Elena Fernandez and Richard Verrier
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date=2007-12-18] Powers Boothe was the only one of the 52 nominated actors to attend: "This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest" he quipped during his acceptance speech.

Nominations and Winners

Outstanding Drama Series

*"Lou Grant"
**"Dallas"
**"Family"
**"The Rockford Files"
**"The White Shadow"

Outstanding Comedy Series

*"Taxi"
**"Barney Miller"
**"M*A*S*H"
**"Soap"
**"WKRP in Cincinnati"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

*Edward Asner for playing Lou Grant on "Lou Grant"
**Larry Hagman for playing J. R. Ewing on "Dallas"
**Jack Klugman for playing “Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.” on "Quincy, M.E."
**James Garner for playing Jim Rockford on "The Rockford Files"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

*Barbara Bel Geddes for playing Miss Ellie Ewing on "Dallas"
**Kristy McNichol for playing “Letitia Lawrence” on "Family"
**Sada Thompson for playing “Kate Lawrence” on "Family"
**Lauren Bacall for playing “Kendall Warren” on "The Rockford Files"
**Mariette Hartley for playing “Althea Morgan” on "The Rockford Files"

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

*Richard Mulligan for playing “Burt Campbell” on "Soap"
**Hal Linden for playing “Capt. Barney Miller” on "Barney Miller"
**Robert Guillaume for playing “Benson DuBois” on "Benson"
**Alan Alda for playing “Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce” on "M*A*S*H"
**Judd Hirsch for playing “Alex Reiger” on "Taxi"

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

*Cathryn Damon for playing “Mary Campbell” on "Soap"
**Sheree North for playing “Dotty Wertz” on "Archie Bunker's Place"
**Polly Holliday for playing “Florence Jean 'Flo' Castleberry” on "Flo"
**Isabel Sanford for playing “Louise Jefferson” on "The Jeffersons"
**Katherine Helmond for playing “Jessica Tate” on "Soap"

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

*Stuart Margolin for playing “Evelyn Martin” on "The Rockford Files"
**Mason Adams for playing “Charlie Hume” on "Lou Grant"
**Robert Walden for playing “Joe Rossi” on "Lou Grant"
**Noah Beery Jr for playing “Joseph Rockford” on "The Rockford Files"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

*Nancy Marchand for playing “Margaret Pynchon” on "Lou Grant"
**Nina Foch for playing “Mrs. Polk” on "Lou Grant"
**Linda Kelsey for playing “Billie Newman” on "Lou Grant"
**Jessica Walter for playing “Melanie Townsend McIntyre” on "Trapper John, M.D.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

*Harry Morgan for playing Sherman T. Potter on "M*A*S*H"
**Max Gail for playing “Det. Stan Wojciehowicz” on "Barney Miller"
**Steve Landesberg for playing “Sgt. Arthur Dietrich” on "Barney Miller"
**Mike Farrell for playing B. J. Hunnicutt on "M*A*S*H"
**Howard Hesseman for playing “Johnny Caravella ” on "WKRP in Cincinnati"

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

*Loretta Swit for playing “Margaret Houlihan” on "M*A*S*H"
**Loni Anderson for playing “Jennifer Marlowe” on "WKRP in Cincinnati"
**Polly Holliday for playing “Florence Jean 'Flo' Castleberry” on "Alice"
**Inga Swenson for playing "Gretchen Kraus" on "Benson"

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

*"Lou Grant"
**"Tenspeed and Brown Shoe"
**"Skag"

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

*"Lou Grant"
**"Skag"

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

*"Barney Miller"
**"The Associates"
**"M*A*S*H"
**"Taxi"

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

*"Taxi"
**"M*A*S*H"

References