32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
The 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 7, 1980, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The awards show was hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark and broadcast on NBC. For the second year in a row, the top series awards went to the same shows, "Taxi" and "Lou Grant". "Lou Grant" was the most successful show of the night winning five major awards. It also received 14 major nominations, tying the record for most major nominations by a drama series, set by "Playhouse 90" in 1959. The ceremony was held in the midst  of a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild; in a show of support for their union, 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotted the event. Powers Boothe was the only nominated actor to attend; acknowledging his presence in his acceptance speech, he remarked, "This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest." Winners and nominees. <ref name="Winners/Nominees">Emmys.com list of 1980 Nominees & Winners</ref>