# 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.
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. Upstairs, Downstairs became the first non-American drama to win the outstanding drama award twice and was the third win in five years for a British produced drama.
This is the 1st ceremony where one network received all the nominations in a Series category. It would not happen again until the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards.

## Winners and nominees

Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

### Programs

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

### Acting
#### Lead performances

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

#### Supporting performances

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

### Directing

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

### Writing

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

## Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations :
| Network | Number of Nominations |
| CBS | 55 |
| ABC | 33 |
| NBC | 24 |
Programs with multiple major nominations :
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
| M*A*S*H | Comedy | CBS | 9 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Comedy | CBS | 8 |
| QB VII | Special | ABC | 7 |
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Special | CBS | 6 |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Drama | PBS | 6 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 5 |
| Cher | Variety | CBS | 5 |
| Kojak | Drama | CBS | 5 |
| Love Among the Ruins | Special | ABC | 5 |
| The Missiles of October | Special | ABC | 5 |
| Rhoda | Comedy | CBS | 5 |
| All in the Family | Comedy | CBS | 4 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Limited | CBS | 4 |
| McCloud | Limited | NBC | 4 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Drama | ABC | 4 |
| The Waltons | Drama | CBS | 4 |
| Columbo | Limited | NBC | 3 |
| The Law | Special | NBC | 3 |
| Police Story | Drama | NBC | 3 |
| Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Variety | CBS | 3 |
| Clarence Darrow | Special | NBC | 2 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Special | NBC | 2 |
| An Evening with John Denver | Variety | ABC | 2 |
| Hustling | Special | ABC | 2 |
| Lily | Variety | ABC | 2 |
| McMillan & Wife | Limited | NBC | 2 |
| The Odd Couple | Comedy | ABC | 2 |

## Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards :
| Network | Number of Awards |
| CBS | 16 |
| ABC | 10 |
| NBC | 5 |
| PBS | 3 |
Programs with multiple major awards :
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Comedy | CBS | 5 |
| Love Among the Ruins | Special | ABC | 4 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 3 |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Drama | PBS | 3 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Limited | CBS | 2 |
| Cher | Variety | CBS | 2 |
| Columbo | Limited | NBC | 2 |
| An Evening with John Denver | Variety | ABC | 2 |
| QB VII | Special | ABC | 2 |
| The Waltons | Drama | CBS | 2 |

### Notes

* 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.