38th Primetime Emmy Awards
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38th Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosted by | David Letterman Shelley Long |
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Network | NBC |
The 38th Primetime Emmy Awards were presented on September 21, 1986, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The Emmy ceremony was cohosted by David Letterman and Shelley Long. During the ceremony, Letterman saluted Grant Tinker, who had stepped down as chairman of NBC due to its parent company, RCA, having been acquired by General Electric. The ceremony was also memorable for the presentation of the Governors' Award to Red Skelton, who in his acceptance speech said he had missed being on TV for the previous 16 years.
This year's ceremony saw the return of the guest acting category. The top shows of the night were The Golden Girls which won Outstanding Comedy Series and two other major awards. The Golden Girls became the first series to gain three nominations in a lead acting category, they would repeat this feat multiple times. For the second straight year Cagney & Lacey won for Outstanding Drama Series, and led all shows with four major wins. With help from the guest acting category, The Cosby Show with 13 nominations broke the record for most major nominations by a comedy series of 11 set by The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1977, this record has since been surpassed. This was the first season that Daniel J. Travanti or Veronica Hamel were not nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series or Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, respectively. They weren't nominated in the next and final one either.
Winners and nomineesEdit
ProgramsEdit
Outstanding Comedy Series | Outstanding Drama Series |
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Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special |
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Outstanding Miniseries | |
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ActingEdit
Lead performancesEdit
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series |
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Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special |
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Supporting performancesEdit
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
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Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special |
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Guest performancesEdit
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series |
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DirectingEdit
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series |
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Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program | Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or a Special |
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WritingEdit
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series |
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Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Special |
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Most major nominationsEdit
- By network [note 1]
- NBC – 79
- CBS – 39
- ABC – 13
- By program
- The Cosby Show (NBC) – 13
- St. Elsewhere (NBC) – 10
- The Golden Girls (NBC) / Moonlighting (ABC) – 9
- An Early Frost (NBC) / Cheers (NBC) – 8
- Cagney & Lacey (CBS) – 7
Most major awardsEdit
- By network [note 1]
- NBC – 17
- CBS – 9
- By program
- Cagney & Lacey (CBS) – 4
- The Golden Girls (NBC) / St. Elsewhere (NBC) – 3
- Notes
- ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.