# 24th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 24th Emmy Awards, later known as the 24th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 6, 1972. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family and Elizabeth R. All in the Family set numerous records during the night, it became the first show to win six major awards, (although one came in a tie, this record would be broken by other shows that won six major awards outright). It also became the first non-anthology drama to receive at least ten major nominations.
A milestone was set when All in the Family and Columbo each received every nomination in a major category, both for writing. This feat has become extremely rare as the field of nominees expanded to five and later six.
Glenda Jackson also made history by receiving three acting nominations for the same performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R. Rule changes have made this impossible in later ceremonies. In addition, by beating the Big Three TV networks, this was PBS' first win for Outstanding Drama. (Though the N.E.T. network was the first to win this award, against the Big Three, in 1969, NET would eventually dissolve, but would become the direct predecessor to PBS.) This show was also the first non-American made show to win this award.

## Winners and nominees

Source: Note: Winners are listed in bold type.

### Programs

Programs :
| Outstanding Series – Comedy All in the Family (CBS) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) The Odd Couple (ABC) Sanford and Son (NBC) | Outstanding Series – Drama Elizabeth R (PBS) Columbo (NBC) Mannix (CBS) Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS) |
| Outstanding Variety Series – Musical The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC) The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS) | Outstanding Variety Series – Talk The Dick Cavett Show (ABC) The David Frost Show (Syndicated) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC) |
| Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Variety and Popular Music 'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin (NBC) The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Sammy Davis Jr., Lily Tomlin and Ed McMahon" Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (CBS) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Tony Randall and Honey Cone" | Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Classical Music Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna (CBS) Heifetz (NBC) The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China (NBC) The Trial of Mary Lincoln (PBS) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama – Programs The Doctors (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming – Programs Sesame Street (PBS) The Electric Company (PBS) |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) 1971 AFC Championship Game (NBC) NFL Monday Night Football (ABC) Rose Bowl Game (NBC) World Series (NBC) XI Olympic Winter Games (NBC) | Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy Brian's Song (ABC) All in the Family (CBS): "Sammy's Visit" Elizabeth R (PBS): "The Lion's Cub" The Snow Goose (NBC) The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS): "Jane Seymour" |
| Outstanding New Series Elizabeth R (PBS) Columbo (NBC) Sanford and Son (NBC) The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS) ||

### Acting
#### Lead performances

Acting :
| Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son (NBC) Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (ABC) Tony Randall as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple (ABC) | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) (Episode: "Edith’s Problem") Sandy Duncan as Sandy Stockton in Funny Face (CBS) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) |
| Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (NBC) Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in Ironside (NBC) Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in Mannix (CBS) Keith Michell as Henry VIII of England in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS) Robert Young as Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R (PBS) Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad (ABC) Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan in McMillan & Wife (NBC) |

#### Supporting performances

| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Edward Asner as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch") Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic in All in the Family (CBS) | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Where There's Smoke There's Rhoda") Sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic in All in the Family (CBS) (Episode: "Mike's Problem") Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) |
| Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Jack Warden as George Halas in Brian's Song (ABC) James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) Greg Morris as Barney Collier in Mission: Impossible (CBS) | Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Jenny Agutter as Frith in The Snow Goose (NBC) Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair in Mannix (CBS) Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) |

#### Single performances

| Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Keith Michell as King Henry VIII in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (CBS): "Catherine Howard" James Caan as Brian Piccolo in Brian's Song (ABC) Richard Harris as Philip Rhayadar in The Snow Goose (NBC) George C. Scott as Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre (NBC) Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers in Brian's Song (ABC) | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R (PBS): "The Shadow in the Sun" Helen Hayes as Sophie Tate Curtis in Do Not Fold Spindle or Mutilate (ABC) Glenda Jackson as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R (PBS): "The Lion's Club" Patricia Neal as Olivia Walton in The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS) Susannah York as Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre (NBC) |

### Directing

Directing :
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy All in the Family (CBS): "Sammy's Visit" – John Rich The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary" – Jay Sandrich The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Where There's Smoke There's Rhoda" – Peter Baldwin | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama – A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (NBC): "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" – Alexander Singer Columbo (NBC): "Short Fuse" – Edward M. Abroms The Man and the City (ABC): "Hands of Love" – Daniel Petrie |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Tony Randall" – Art Fisher The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) – Dave Powers The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Petula Clark and Redd Foxx" – Tim Kiley | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music 'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin (NBC) – Walter C. Miller and Martin Charnin Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (CBS) – Dave Powers Young People's Concerts: Liszt and the Devil (CBS) – Roger Englander |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program The Glass House (CBS) – Tom Gries Brian's Song (ABC) – Buzz Kulik The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS) – Fielder Cook Look Homeward, Angel (CBS) – Paul Bogart The Snow Goose (NBC) – Patrick Garland ||

### Writing

Writing :
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy All in the Family (CBS): "Edith's Problem" – Burt Styler All in the Family (CBS): "Mike's Problem" – Alan J. Levitt and Philip Mishkin All in the Family (CBS): "The Saga of Cousin Oscar" – Burt Styler and Norman Lear | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama Columbo (NBC): "Death Lends a Hand" – Richard Levinson and William Link Columbo (NBC): "Murder by the Book" – Steven Bochco Columbo (NBC): "Suitable for Framing" – Jackson Gillis |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music The Trial of Mary Lincoln (PBS) Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (CBS) 'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin (NBC) | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Ray Charles" The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Sammy Davis Jr., Lily Tomlin and Ed McMahon" The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Carroll O'Connor" |
| Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Teleplay To All My Friends on Shore (CBS) – Allan Sloane Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (CBS) – Jack Sher Thief (ABC) – John D.F. Black | Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Adaptation Brian's Song (ABC) – William Blinn The Glass House (CBS) – Tracy Keenan Wynn The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS) – Earl Hamner Jr. The Snow Goose (NBC) – Paul Gallico |

## Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations :
| Network | Number of Nominations |
| CBS | 47 |
| NBC | 38 |
| ABC | 21 |
| PBS | 11 |
Programs with multiple major awards :
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
| All in the Family | Comedy | CBS | 10 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Comedy | CBS | 8 |
| Columbo | Drama | NBC | 7 |
| Brian's Song | Special | ABC | 6 |
| Elizabeth R | Drama | PBS | 6 |
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Drama | CBS | 5 |
| The Snow Goose | Special | NBC | 5 |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | Variety | CBS | 5 |
| The Flip Wilson Show | Variety | NBC | 4 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Drama | ABC | 4 |
| 'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin | Variety | NBC | 3 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 3 |
| The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Special | CBS | 3 |
| Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center | Variety | CBS | 3 |
| The Odd Couple | Comedy | ABC | 3 |
| Mannix | Drama | CBS | 3 |
| Sanford and Son | Comedy | NBC | 3 |
| The Glass House | Special | CBS | 2 |
| Jane Eyre | Special | NBC | 2 |
| The Trial of Mary Lincoln | Variety | PBS | 2 |

## Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards :
| Network | Number of Awards |
| CBS | 14 |
| NBC | 8 |
| PBS | 6 |
| ABC | 5 |
Programs with multiple major awards :
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
| All in the Family | Comedy | CBS | 6 |
| Elizabeth R | Drama | PBS | 4 |
| Brian's Song | Special | ABC | 3 |
| 'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin | Variety | NBC | 2 |
| The Carol Burnett Show | Variety | CBS | 2 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Comedy | CBS | 2 |

### Notes

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