The Primetime Emmys: 1980-1981
Outstanding Comedy Series -- Taxi
(ABC);
James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, and Ed. Weinberger, executive producers;
Glen Charles and Les Charles, producers
Outstanding Drama Series -- Hill Street Blues (NBC);
Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll, executive producers;
Gregory Hoblit, producer
Outstanding Limited Series -- Shogun
(NBC);
James Clavell, executive producer; Eric Bercovici, producer
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program -- Lily: Sold Out
(CBS);
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, executive producers; Rocco Urbisco, producer;
Lily Tomlin, star
Outstanding Informational Series -- Steve Allen's Meeting Minds
(PBS);
Loring d'Usseau, producer
Outstanding Drama Special -- Playing for Time
(CBS);
Linda Yellen, executive producer and producer; John E. Quill, co producer
Outstanding Informational Special -- The Body Human, The Bionic Breakthrough
(CBS);
Thomas W. Moore, executive producer; Alfred R. Kelman and Robert E. Fuisz, M.S., producers;
Charles A. Bangert and Nancy Smith, coproducers
Outstanding Children's Program -- Donahue and Kids
(NBC);
Walter Bartlett, executive producer; Don Mischer, producer; Jan Cornell, coproducer
Outstanding Animated Program -- Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown
(CBS);
Lee Mendelson, executive producer; Bill Menendez, producer
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts -- Live from Studio 8H:
An Evening of Jerome Robbins' Ballets with Members of the New York City Ballet
(NBC);
Judith de Paul and Alvin Cooperman, producers
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 Limited Series or a Special -- Anthony Hopkins,
The Bunker (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special -- Vanessa Redgrave, Playing for Time (CBS)
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 Limited Series or Special --
David Warner, Masada (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special --
Jane Alexander, Playing for Time (CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series --
Danny DeVito, Taxi (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series --
Eileen Brennan, Private Benjamin (CBS)
Outstanding Individual Achievement (Special Class) --
Sarah Vaughn, performer, Rhapsody and Song - A Tribute to George Gershwin (PBS)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series --
Robert Butler, "Hill Street Station," Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series --
James Burrows, "Elaine's Strange Triangle," Taxi (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special --
James Goldstone, Kent State (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program --
Don Mischer, The Kennedy Center Honors: A National Celebration of the Performing Arts (PBS)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series --
Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco, "Hill Street Station," Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series --
Michael Leeson, "Tony's Sister and Jim," Taxi (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special --
Arthur Miller, Playing for Time (ABC)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program --
Jerry Juhl, David Odell, Chris Langham, Jim Henson, and Don Hinkley,
The Muppet Show (program with Carol Burnett) (SYNDICATED)
Fourth Annual ATAS Governors Award --
Elton H. Rule, president, American Broadcasting Company, Inc.
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