Question: What was the 1971 television film directed by Steven Spielburg in which the winner of an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series appeared? 

Context articles: Sam Shepard filmography
Christina M. Kim
Tim Schlattmann
Aaron Paul
Mark McCain
Heroes (Stargate SG-1)
Robin Veith
Robert Stack
Dennis Weaver
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series

Sam Shepard was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, and author.
 The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director.
 Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff".
 The following year, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing "Paris, Texas" (1984).
 For his role in the 1999 television film "Dash and Lilly", he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film.
Christina M. Kim is an American television writer.
 In the 2005-06 television season, she joined the writing staff of "Lost" for the series second season.
 The staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the second season.
 She became a story editor and writer for the third season in 2006.
 Kim and her co-writer Elizabeth Sarnoff were nominated for the WGA award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second season episode "Two for the Road".
 The writing staff were again nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons.
 She was promoted to executive story editor for the fourth season.
 She was again nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the fourth season .
Tim Schlattmann is a three-time Emmy award nominee.
 Nebraska born and raised, this former disc jockey and college professor's writing credits include ABC's number one hit "Roseanne", Fox's "Get Real", the WB's "Smallville", the feature "", and most recently critically acclaimed "Dexter" for Showtime.
 In 2007, he garnered two Writers Guild of America award nominations: one for best dramatic series and an individual nod for his episode of "Dexter" entitled "The Dark Defender".
 That same year, "Dexter" was also nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe in the best dramatic series category and received the prestigious Peabody Award.
 The following year, the "Dexter" writing staff was once again nominated in the best dramatic series category by the Writers Guild of America and the show was again nominated for an Emmy for best dramatic series, earning Tim his first Emmy nomination as a producer.
 2009 and 2010 brought Tim and the "Dexter" writing staff Writers Guild of America, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations once again, and 2011 saw another Emmy nomination for "Dexter" in the best dramatic series category.
 As an Executive Producer since 2012, Tim Schlattmann recently completed the eighth and final season of "Dexter" and authored "", an ongoing web series for Showtime.
 He has currently served as an Executive Producer on CBS's "Under The Dome".
Aaron Paul Sturtevant (born August 27, 1979), known as Aaron Paul, is an American actor.
 He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series "Breaking Bad", for which he won several awards, including the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2014), the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film (2013), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
 This made him the only actor to win the latter category three times (2010, 2012, 2014), since its separation into drama and comedy.
 He has also won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television three times (2009, 2011, 2013), more than any other actor in that category.
Mark McCain is the son of rancher Lucas McCain in the ABC Western television series "The Rifleman," which ran from 1958 to 1963.
 Singer/actor and former Mousketeer Johnny Crawford was cast in the role, and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1959 as Best Supporting Actor (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series.
 The award went to Dennis Weaver, then portraying Chester Goode on CBS's "Gunsmoke".
"Heroes" (Parts 1 and 2) are episodes from Season 7 of the science fiction television series "Stargate SG-1".
 This two-parter was nominated for a Hugo Award in the category Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form.
 For Part 2, which aired as the 150th episode of the series, Andy Mikita was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Direction", and Don S. Davis was nominated for a Leo Award in the category "Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance - Male" for this episode.
Robin Veith is an American television writer.
 She served as a writer's assistant on the first season of "Mad Men" and co-wrote the final episode of the season "The Wheel" with the series creator Matthew Weiner.
 Weiner and Veith were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the episode.
 Alongside her colleagues on the writing staff she won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series and was nominated for the award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2008 ceremony for her work on the season.
 She returned for the second series as a staff writer.
 She was nominated for the WGA award for Best Dramatic Series a second time at the February 2009 ceremony for her work on the second season.
 She won the WGA Award for Best Drama Series (after being nominated for the third consecutive year) at the February 2010 ceremony for her work on the third season.
 Veith was also nominated for the WGA award for episodic drama at the February 2010 ceremony for her work on "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" (with co-writer Weiner).
Robert Stack (born Charles Langford Modini Stack, January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an American actor, sportsman, and television host.
 In addition to acting in more than 40 feature films, he starred in the ABC-TV television series "The Untouchables" (1959–63), for which he won the 1960 Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series, and later hosted "Unsolved Mysteries" (1987–2002).
 He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film "Written on the Wind" (1956).
William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor who was best known for his work in television and films.
 Weaver's two most notable roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's trusty helper Chester Goode on the CBS western "Gunsmoke" and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama "McCloud".
 He appeared in the 1971 television film "Duel", the first film of director Steven Spielberg.
 He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles's film "Touch of Evil" (1958).
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, since its institution in 1951.
 The award is often cited as one of the "main awards" at the Emmys ceremonies, and has changed names many times in its history.
 It was first called Best Dramatic Show from 1951 to 1954, then Best Dramatic Series in 1955 and 1956.
 In 1957, no specific award for drama was given, but in 1958 the category was split into two separate categories, Best Dramatic Anthology Series, and Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters with a winner selected from each category.
 The following year, the category was differently split into two separate categories, Best Dramatic Series – Less Than One Hour.
 In 1960, the name was changed yet again to Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama; this name was kept from 1960 to 1964.
 In 1966, it had its sixth name change to Outstanding Dramatic Series or Outstanding Series-Drama; this was used from 1966 until recently, when it became Outstanding Drama Series.