1983 American television programming awards
- September 25, 1983
(Ceremony) - September 18, 1983
(Creative Arts Awards)
Location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
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Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
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Hosted by | Eddie Murphy Joan Rivers |
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Highlights |
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Most awards | Cheers (4) |
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Most nominations | Hill Street Blues (14) |
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Outstanding Comedy Series | Cheers |
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Outstanding Drama Series | Hill Street Blues |
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Outstanding Limited Series | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
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Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever |
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Television/radio coverage |
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Network | NBC |
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The 35th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 25, 1983. The ceremony was broadcast on NBC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. It is remembered for the vulgar language during the ceremony, much of it from Joan Rivers who cohosted the ceremony with Eddie Murphy. Rivers also wore nine dresses throughout the ceremony.
Despite being one of the lowest-rated shows of the season, the critically acclaimed first season of Cheers won Outstanding Comedy Series as well as three other major awards. For the third straight year, Hill Street Blues won Outstanding Drama Series, it received at least 14 major nominations for the third straight year, unprecedented at the time, and also received every nomination in the Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series field. Second City Television also garnered every nomination in a category, for Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. NBC dominated the night, on the strength of the shows mentioned, it received 71 of the 128 major nominations, and won 19 of 25 major categories.
In its final ceremony, M*A*S*H was once again nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. M*A*S*H was nominated every year it was on the air, 11/11, winning once in 1974, this record would be tied by Cheers a decade later when it too went 11/11, finishing with four victories.
Winners and nominees
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Programs
Programs | |
| - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Syndicated)
- Smiley's People (Syndicated)
- The Thorn Birds (ABC)
- To Serve Them All My Days (CBS)
- The Winds of War (ABC)
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Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (NBC)
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Acting
Lead performances
Acting - Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger in Taxi (NBC) (Episode: "Alex's Old Buddy")
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- Ed Flanders as Dr. Donald Westphall in St. Elsewhere (NBC)
| - Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey in Cagney & Lacey (CBS) (Episode: "Burn Out")
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Supporting performances
| - Carol Kane as Simka Dahblitz-Gravas in Taxi (NBC) (Episode: "Scenkees From a Marriage")
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- James Coco as Arnie in St. Elsewhere (NBC) (Episode: "Cora and Arnie")
- Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Victor Ehrlich in St. Elsewhere (NBC)
- Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus in Hill Street Blues (NBC)
- Joe Spano as Det. Henry Goldblume in Hill Street Blues (NBC)
- Bruce Weitz as Det. Mick Belker in Hill Street Blues (NBC)
| - Doris Roberts as Cora in St. Elsewhere (NBC) (Episode: "Cora and Arnie")
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- Richard Kiley as Paddy Cleary in The Thorn Birds (ABC) (Episode: "Part I")
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Individual performances
Directing
Directing | |
| - Who Will Love My Children? (ABC) – John Erman
- Smiley's People (Syndicated): "Part VI" – Simon Langton
- Special Bulletin (NBC) – Edward Zwick
- The Thorn Birds (ABC): "Part II" – Daryl Duke
- The Winds of War (ABC): "Into the Maelstrom" – Dan Curtis
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Writing
Writing - Cheers (NBC): "Give Me a Ring Sometime" – Glen Charles and Les Charles
- Buffalo Bill (NBC): "Pilot" – Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses
- Cheers (NBC): "The Boys in the Bar" – Ken Levine and David Isaacs
- Cheers (NBC): "Diane's Perfect Date" – David Lloyd
- Taxi (NBC): "Jim's Inheritance" – Ken Estin
| - Hill Street Blues (NBC): "Trial by Fury" – David Milch
- Hill Street Blues (NBC): "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" – Story by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis
Teleplay by : Anthony Yerkovich, David Milch and Karen Hall - Hill Street Blues (NBC): "A Hair of the Dog" – Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis
- Hill Street Blues (NBC): "No Body's Perfect" – Story by : Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis
Teleplay by : Michael Wagner and David Milch - Hill Street Blues (NBC): "Officer of the Year" – Karen Hall
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- Second City Television (NBC): "Sweeps Week"
- Second City Television (NBC): "Christmas Show"
- Second City Television (NBC): "Joe Walsh"
- Second City Television (NBC): "Robin Williams"
- Second City Television (NBC): "Towering Inferno"
| - Special Bulletin (NBC) – Story by : Edward Zwick
Teleplay by : Marshall Herskovitz - The Executioner's Song (NBC) – Norman Mailer
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Syndicated): "Part IV" – David Edgar
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last (NBC) – William Hanley
- Who Will Love My Children? (ABC) – Michael Bortman
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Most major nominations
Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1] Network | Number of Nominations |
NBC | 71 |
ABC | 23 |
CBS | 22 |
Programs with multiple major nominations Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
Hill Street Blues | Drama | NBC | 14 |
Cheers | Comedy | 9 |
The Thorn Birds | Limited | ABC |
Second City Television | Variety | NBC | 7 |
St. Elsewhere | Drama |
M*A*S*H | Comedy | CBS | 6 |
Taxi | NBC |
Buffalo Bill | 5 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Limited | Syndicated | 4 |
Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Special | NBC |
Live from Lincoln Center | Variety | PBS |
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | NBC |
Who Will Love My Children? | Special | ABC |
The Winds of War | Limited |
Cagney & Lacey | Drama | CBS | 3 |
The Executioner's Song | Special | NBC |
Smiley's People | Limited | Syndicated |
Special Bulletin | Special | NBC |
Dynasty | Drama | ABC | 2 |
The Jeffersons | Comedy | CBS |
M.A.D.D.: Mother's Against Drunk Drivers | Special | NBC |
Magnum, P.I. | Drama | CBS |
Most major awards
Networks with multiple major awards[note 1] Network | Number of Awards |
NBC | 19 |
ABC | 4 |
Programs with multiple major awards Programs | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
Cheers | Comedy | NBC | 4 |
Hill Street Blues | Drama | 3 |
St. Elsewhere |
Taxi | Comedy |
The Thorn Birds | Limited | ABC |
Special Bulletin | Special | NBC | 2 |
- Notes
- ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
References
- ^ Emmys.com list of 1983 Nominees & Winners
External links
- Emmys.com list of 1983 Nominees & Winners
- 35th Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb