Entertainment: Emmy Awards
The categories and titles of the Emmy Awards changed almost every year. This list contains a selection of the
television awards generally considered to be the most important. Programs followed by an asterisk (*) are the
subject of their own full-length essay withinThe Eighties in America.
1980-1981
Outstanding Drama Series:Hill Street Blues(NBC)
Outstanding Comedy Series:Taxi(ABC)
Outstanding Limited Series:Shogun(NBC)
Outstanding Drama Special:Playing for Time(CBS)
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Program:
Lily: Sold Out(CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Daniel
J. Travanti,Hill Street Blues(NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Barbara Babcock,Hill Street Blues(NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Judd
Hirsch,Taxi(ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Isabel Sanford,The Jeffersons(CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Michael Conrad,Hill Street Blues(NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Nancy Marchand,Lou Grant(CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or
Variety or Music Series: Danny De Vito,Taxi
(ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or
Variety or Music Series: Eileen Brennan,Private
Benjamin(CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Robert
Butler,Hill Street Blues*(NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: James
Burrows,Taxi(ABC)
Outstanding Directing in Variety, Music, or
Comedy Program: Don Mischer,The Kennedy
Center Honors: A National Celebration(CBS)
1981-1982
Outstanding Drama Series:Hill Street Blues(NBC)
Outstanding Comedy Series:Barney Miller(ABC)
Outstanding Limited Series:Marco Polo(NBC)
Outstanding Drama Special:A Woman Called Golda
(syndicated)
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Program:
Night of 100 Stars(ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Daniel
J. Travanti,Hill Street Blues(NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:
Michael Learned,Nurse(CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alan
Alda,M*A*S*H(CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Carol Kane,Taxi(ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Michael Conrad,Hill Street Blues*(NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Nancy Marchand,Lou Grant(CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or
Variety or Music Series: Christopher Lloyd,Taxi
(ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or
Variety or Music Series: Loretta Swit,M*A*S*H
(CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: Harry
Harris,Fame(NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Alan
Rafkin,One Day at a Time(CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music
Program: Dwight Hemion,Goldie and Kids...
Listen to Us(ABC)1982-1983
Outstanding Drama Series:Hill Street Blues*(NBC)
Outstanding Comedy Series:Cheers*(NBC)
Outstanding Limited Series:Nicholas Nickleby
(syndicated)
Outstanding Drama Special:Special Bulletin(NBC)
Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Program:
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever(NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Ed
Flanders,St. Elsewhere*(NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Tyne
Daley,Cagney and Lacey*(CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Judd
Hirsch,Taxi(ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:
Shelley Long,Cheers*(NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
James Coco,St. Elsewhere*(NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Doris Roberts,St. Elsewhere*(NBC)