21st Primetime Emmy Awards

1969 American television programming awards
21st Emmy Awards
DateJune 8, 1969 (1969-06-08)
LocationSanta Monica Civic Auditorium,
Santa Monica, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byBill Cosby
Merv Griffin
Highlights
Most awards1968 Summer Olympics
Get Smart
Male of the Species
The People Next Door (2)
Most nominationsHallmark Hall of Fame: "Teacher, Teacher"
Mission: Impossible (6)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesGet Smart
Outstanding Dramatic SeriesNET Playhouse
Outstanding Dramatic ProgramHallmark Hall of Fame: "Teacher, Teacher"
Outstanding Variety or Music SeriesRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
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The 21st Emmy Awards—also known since 1974 as the 21st Primetime Emmy Awards—were handed out on June 8, 1969. The ceremony was co-hosted by Bill Cosby and Merv Griffin.

The top shows of the night were Get Smart, which won Outstanding Comedy Series for the second consecutive year, and Outstanding Dramatic Series winner NET Playhouse. NET Playhouse, from the PBS predecessor National Educational Television Network, became the first show outside the Big Three television networks to win a top series award.

Due to several categories being combined for the ceremony, no show received more than two major wins. The most drastic rule change was that all shows that had aired more than two seasons were ineligible. The cause of this change was due to the rise in repeat winners in recent years. There was no winner in the category of Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, because the judges felt that none of the nominees were worthy of an award.[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.[2]

Programs

Programs
  • The Bill Cosby Special (CBS)
    • Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park (CBS)
    • Duke Ellington Concert of Sacred Music (NET)
    • Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (CBS)
    • The Rite of Spring (NET)
    • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "February 3, 1969"
    • Vladimir Horowitz: A Television Concert at Carnegie Hall (CBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Acting
Outstanding Continued Performance
by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Continued Performance
by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Continued Performance
by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
Outstanding Continued Performance
by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series

Supporting performances

Outstanding Continued Performance
by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series
Outstanding Continued Performance
by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series
  • Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell in The Name of the Game (NBC)
    • Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield in Ironside (NBC)
    • Agnes Moorehead as Endora in Bewitched (ABC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Paul Scofield as Sir Emlyn Bowen, Q. C. in Male of the Species (NBC)
    • Ossie Davis as Charles Carter in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Teacher, Teacher"
    • David McCallum as Hamilton Cade in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Teacher, Teacher"
    • Bill Travers as Crichton in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "The Admirable Crichton"
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Ned Glass as Sol Cooper in Julia (NBC): "A Little Chicken Soup Never Hurt Anybody"
  • Hal Holbrook as Chancellor Graham in The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (NBC): "The Whole World Is Watching"
  • Billy Schulman as Freddie Putnam in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Teacher, Teacher"
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Directing

Directing
  • The Dean Martin Show (NBC): "October 17, 1968" – Greg Garrison
    • The Bill Cosby Special (NBC) – Bill Hobin
    • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "February 3, 1969" – Gordon Wiles
  • CBS Playhouse (CBS): "The People Next Door" – David Greene

Writing

Writing
  • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS): "David Frye and Liberace"
    • The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Nanette Fabray, Mel Tormé and Don Rickles"
    • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Don Rickles"
  • CBS Playhouse (CBS): "The People Next Door" – J.P. Miller
    • CBS Playhouse (CBS): "The Experiment" – Ellen M. Violett
    • Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Teacher, Teacher" – Allan Sloane

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
Network Number of
Nominations
NBC 36
CBS 22
ABC 14
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network Number of
Nominations
Mission: Impossible Drama CBS 6
Teacher, Teacher Special NBC
Julia Comedy 4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Variety
19th Summer Olympics Sports ABC 3
Bewitched Comedy
Get Smart NBC
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Ironside Drama
Judd, for the Defense ABC
The Name of the Game NBC
The People Next Door Special CBS
The Admirable Crichton NBC 2
The Bill Cosby Special Variety
The Carol Burnett Show CBS
The Dean Martin Show NBC
Family Affair Comedy CBS
Male of the Species Special NBC
NET Playhouse Drama NET
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Variety CBS

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
Network Number of
Awards
NBC 10
CBS 5
ABC 4
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network Number of
Awards
19th Summer Olympics Sports ABC 2
Get Smart Comedy NBC
Male of the Species Special
The People Next Door CBS

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

References

  1. ^ O'Neil, Thomas (2000). The Emmys. New York: Berkley Publishing Group. pp. 130–132. ISBN 0399526110.
  2. ^ Emmys.com list of 1969 Nominees & Winners

External links

  • Emmys.com list of 1969 Nominees & Winners
  • 21st Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb
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