27th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 27th Emmy Awards, later known as the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1975. There was no host this year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

27th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 19, 1975
Location	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS

The top shows of the night were Mary Tyler Moore, and Upstairs, Downstairs which won its second straight Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. M*A*S*H led all shows with nine major nominations heading into the ceremony, but only won one award. Mary Tyler Moore led all shows with five major wins.

This is the 1st ceremony where one network received all the nominations in a Series category. It wouldn't happen again until the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Winners and nominees

[1] Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) All in the Family, (CBS) M*A*S*H, (CBS) Rhoda, (CBS)	Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) Kojak, (CBS) Police Story, (NBC) The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC) The Waltons, (CBS)
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series	Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music
The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) Cher, (CBS)	An Evening with John Denver, (ABC) Lily, (ABC) Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now, (CBS)
Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy	Outstanding Limited Series
The Law, (NBC) Love Among the Ruins, (ABC) The Missiles of October, (ABC) QB VII, (ABC) Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, (CBS)	Benjamin Franklin, (CBS) Columbo, (NBC) McCloud, (NBC)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Tony Randall as Felix Unger on The Odd Couple, (ABC) Jack Albertson as Ed Brown on Chico and the Man, (NBC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison on The Odd Couple, (ABC) Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker on All in the Family, (CBS)	Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker on All in the Family (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Robert Blake as Tony Baretta on Baretta, (ABC) Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone on The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC) Barry Newman as Anthony J. Petrocelli on Petrocelli, (NBC) Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak on Kojak (CBS)	Jean Marsh as Rose on Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson on Police Woman, (NBC) Michael Learned as Olivia Walton on The Waltons, (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy
Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones on Love Among the Ruins, (ABC) Richard Chamberlain as Edmond Dantès on The Count of Monte-Cristo (NBC) Charles Durning as Al Green on Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, (CBS) William Devane as President John F. Kennedy on The Missiles of October, (ABC) Henry Fonda as Clarence Darrow on Clarence Darrow, (NBC)	Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicott on Love Among the Ruins, (ABC) Jill Clayburgh as Wanda on Hustling, (ABC) Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden on The Legend of Lizzie Borden, (ABC) Diana Rigg as Philippa on In This House of Brede, (CBS) Maureen Stapleton as Bea Asher on Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo on Columbo (NBC) Dennis Weaver as Sam McCloud on McCloud, (NBC)	Jessica Walter as Amy Prentiss on Amy Prentiss, (NBC) Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan on McMillan & Wife, (NBC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Edward Asner as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Ted Knight as Ted Baxter on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic on All in the Family, (CBS) McLean Stevenson as Henry Blake on M*A*S*H, (CBS)	Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens on Mary Tyler Moore, (CBS) Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS) Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H, (CBS) Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern on Rhoda, (CBS)
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Will Geer as Zebulon Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) J.D. Cannon as Peter B. Clifford on McCloud, (NBC) Michael Douglas as Steve Keller on The Streets of San Francisco, (ABC)	Ellen Corby as Esther Walton on The Waltons, (CBS) Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges on Upstairs, Downstairs, (PBS) Nancy Walker as Mildred on McMillan & Wife, (NBC)
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special
Anthony Quayle as Tom Banniester on QB VII, (ABC) Ralph Bellamy as Adlai Stevenson on The Missiles of October, (ABC) Jack Hawkins as Justice Gilroy on QB VII, (ABC) Trevor Howard as Abbe Faria on The Count of Monte-Cristo, (NBC)	Juliet Mills as Samantha Cady on QB VII, (ABC) Eileen Heckart as Herman's Mother on Wedding Band, (ABC) Charlotte Rae as Helen on Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, (CBS) Lee Remick as Lady Margaret on QB VII, (ABC)
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series
Patrick McGoohan as Col. Lyle C. Rumford on Columbo, (Episode: "By Dawn's Early Light"), (NBC) Lew Ayres as Beaumont on Kung Fu, (Episode: "The Vanishing Image"), (ABC) Harold Gould as Andrea Basic on Police Story, (Episode: "Fathers and Sons"), (NBC) Harry Morgan as Bartford Hamilton Steele on M*A*S*H, (Episode: "The General Flipped at Dawn"), (CBS)	Zohra Lampert as Marina Sheldon on Kojak, (Episode: "Queen of the Gypsies"), (CBS) Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Phyllis Whips Inflation"), (CBS) Shelley Winters as Thelma on McCloud, (Episode: "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street"), (NBC)

Directing

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Gene Reynolds for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "O.R."), (CBS) Alan Alda for M*A*S*H, (Episode: "Bulletin Board"), (CBS) Hy Averback for M*A*S*H,, (Episode: "Alcoholics Unanimous"), (CBS)	Bill Bain for Upstairs Downstairs, (Episode: "A Sudden Storm"), (PBS) Harry Falk for The Streets of San Francisco, (Episode: "The Mask of Death"), (ABC) David Friedkin for Kojak, (Episode: "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die"), (CBS) Glenn Jordan for Benjamin Franklin, (Episode: "The Ambassador"), (CBS) Telly Savalas for Kojak, (Episode: "I Want to Report a Dream..."), (CBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special	Outstanding Directing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy
Bill Davis for An Evening with John Denver, (ABC) Dwight Hemion for Ann-Margret Olsson, (NBC) Robert Scheerer for Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now, (ABC)	George Cukor for Love Among the Ruins, (ABC) John Badham for The Law, (NBC) Tom Gries for QB VII, (ABC) Sam O'Steen for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, (CBS) Anthony Page for The Missiles of October, (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
Dave Powers for The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) Art Fisher for Cher, (CBS)

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Mary Richards Goes to Jail"), (CBS) David Lloyd for Mary Tyler Moore, (Episode: "Lou and That Woman"), (CBS) Carroll Moore, Norman Barasch, David Lloyd, Lorenzo Music, Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, David Davis for Rhoda, (Episode: "Rhoda's Wedding"), (CBS)	Howard Fast for Benjamin Franklin, (Episode: "The Ambassador"), (CBS) Robert L. Collins, for Police Story, (Episode: "Roberry: 48 Hours"), (NBC) John Hawkesworth for Upstairs, Downstairs, (Episode: "The Bolter"), (PBS) Loring Mandel for Benjamin Franklin, (Episode: "The Whirlwind"), (CBS) Alfred Shaughnessy for Upstairs, Downstairs, (Episode: "Miss Forrest"), (PBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now, (CBS) Lily, (ABC)	The Carol Burnett Show, (CBS) Cher, (CBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy – Original Teleplay	Outstanding Writing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy – Adaptation
James Costigan for Love Among the Ruins, (ABC) Stanley R. Greenberg for The Missiles of October, (ABC) Fay Kanin, for Hustling, (ABC) Jerome Kass, for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, (CBS) Joel Oliansky, William Sackheim, for The Law, (NBC)	David W. Rintels for Clarence Darrow, (NBC) Edward Anhalt for QB VII, (ABC)

Most major nominations

By network [note 1]

• CBS – 55
• ABC – 33
• NBC – 24

By program

• M*A*S*H (CBS) – 9
• Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 8
• QB VII (ABC) – 7
• Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) / Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) – 6
• Kojak (CBS) / Love Among the Ruins (ABC) / The Missiles of October (ABC) / Rhoda (CBS) – 5

Most major awards

By network [note 1]

• CBS – 16
• ABC – 10
• NBC – 5
• PBS – 3

By program

• Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 5
• Love Among the Ruins (ABC) – 4
• The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) / Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) – 3

Notes

1. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

1. Emmys.com list of 1975 Nominees & Winners

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1975 Nominees & Winners
• 27th Primetime Emmy Awards on IMDb