23rd Primetime Emmy Awards

23rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 9, 1971
Location	Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Johnny Carson
Highlights
Most awards	The Bold Ones: The Senator Hallmark Hall of Fame The Mary Tyler Moore Show (4)
Most nominations	The Bold Ones: The Senator Hallmark Hall of Fame (9)
Outstanding Comedy Series	All in the Family
Outstanding Drama Series	The Bold Ones: The Senator
Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy	The Andersonville Trial
Outstanding Variety Series - Musical	The Flip Wilson Show
Outstanding Variety Series - Talk	The David Frost Show
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 23rd Emmy Awards, later known as the 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 9, 1971. 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 The Bold Ones: The Senator. The Bold Ones: The Senator, along with other shows, had the most major nominations (nine) and wins (four) on the night.

Actress Lee Grant set an Emmy milestone when she joined the exclusive club of actors who were nominated for two performances in the same acting category. She won the award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, for her performance in The Neon Ceiling, she was also nominated for an episode of Columbo.

Susan Hampshire became PBS' first win in the Lead Actress, Drama category, for The First Churchills, as well as being the network's first ever Acting win. (Hampshire also won in the same category, the previous year, again beating the Big Three television networks, but from the NET network, a network which dissolved within a year, but became the direct predecessor for PBS.)

David Burns became the second posthumous performance in Emmy history to win, for ITV Sunday Night Theatre.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Outstanding Series - Comedy	Outstanding Series - Drama
All in the Family (CBS) Arnie (CBS) Love, American Style (ABC) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) The Odd Couple (ABC)	The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) The First Churchills (PBS) Ironside (NBC) Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) NET Playhouse (PBS)
Outstanding Variety Series - Musical	Outstanding Variety Series - Talk
The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC)	The David Frost Show (Syndicated) The Dick Cavett Show (ABC) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC)
Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music	Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Classical Music
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (CBS) Another Evening with Burt Bacharach (NBC) Harry and Lena (ABC)	NET Festival: "Leopold Stokowski" (PBS) NET Fanfare: "Swan Lake") (PBS) NET Opera Theater: "Queen of Spades" (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Programs
Today (NBC) The Galloping Gourmet (Syndicated)	Sesame Street (PBS) Kukla, Fran and Ollie (PBS)
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming	Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy
ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) – Roone Arledge ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) – Jim McKay NFL Monday Night Football (ABC) – Don Meredith 34th Masters Tournament (CBS) NCAA Football (ABC) NFL Monday Night Football (ABC) – Roone Arledge and Chet Forte	The Andersonville Trial (PBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Hamlet" (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Price" (NBC) Night Gallery: "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" (NBC) Vanished (NBC)
Outstanding New Series
All in the Family (CBS) The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) The Odd Couple (ABC)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (ABC) Ted Bessell as Donald Hollinger in That Girl (ABC) Bill Bixby as Tom Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (ABC) Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Tony Randall as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple (ABC)	Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie on That Girl (ABC)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe in The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in Ironside (NBC) Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in Mannix (CBS) Robert Young as Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)	Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in The First Churchills (PBS) Linda Cristal as Victoria Montoya in The High Chaparral (NBC) Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad (ABC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy
Edward Asner as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Michael Constantine as Seymour Kaufman in Room 222 (ABC) Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter in Here's Lucy (CBS)	Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Support Your Local Mother") Agnes Moorehead as Endora in Bewitched (ABC) Karen Valentine as Alice Johnson in Room 222 (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama
David Burns as Mr. Solomon in Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Price" (NBC) James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) Robert Young as Senator Earl Gannon in Vanished (NBC)	Margaret Leighton as Gertrude in Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Hamlet" (NBC) Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair on Mannix (CBS) Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell in The Name of the Game (NBC) Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
George C. Scott as Victor Franz in Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Price" (NBC) Jack Cassidy as Otis Baker in The Andersonville Trial (PBS) Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe in A Clear and Present Danger (NBC) Richard Widmark as President Paul Roudebush in Vanished (NBC) Gig Young as Jones in The Neon Ceiling (NBC)	Lee Grant as Carrie Miller in The Neon Ceiling (NBC) Colleen Dewhurst as Mrs. Franz in Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Price" (NBC) Lee Grant as Leslie Williams in Ransom for a Dead Man (NBC)

Directing

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Toulouse Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" – Jay Sandrich All in the Family (CBS): "Gloria's Pregnancy" – John Rich The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Support Your Local Mother" – Alan Rafkin	The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC): "The Day the Lion Died" – Daryl Duke The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC): "A Single Blow of a Sword" – John Badham Hawaii Five-O (CBS): "Over Fifty? Steal!" – Bob Sweeney
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music
Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley (NBC) – Sterling Johnson George M! (NBC) – Walter C. Miller and Martin Charnin Young People's Concerts: Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra (CBS) – Roger Englander	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Orson Welles" – Mark Warren The Andy Williams Show (NBC): "Christmas Show" – Art Fisher The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "David Frost, James Brown and The Muppets" – Tim Kiley
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama - A Single Program
Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Price" (NBC) – Fielder Cook A Clear and Present Danger (NBC) – James Goldstone Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Hamlet" (NBC) – Peter Wood Tribes (ABC) – Joseph Sargent

Writing

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Support Your Local Mother" – Allan Burns and James L. Brooks All in the Family (CBS): "Meet the Bunkers" – Norman Lear All in the Family (CBS): "Oh, My Aching Back" – Stanley Ralph Ross Here's Lucy (CBS): "Lucy Meets the Burtons" – Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis	The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC): "To Taste of Death But Once" – Joel Oliansky The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC): "A Continual Roar of Musketry" – David W. Rintels Four in One (NBC): "The Psychiatrist" – Jerrold Freedman
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music
Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (CBS) The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (CBS) Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special (NBC)	The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Lena Horne and Tony Randall" The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Rita Hayworth" Kraft Music Hall (NBC): "Kopykats Kopy TV"
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original Teleplay	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation
Tribes (ABC) – Tracy Keenan Wynn and Marvin Schwartz The Brotherhood of the Bell (CBS) – David Karp San Francisco International Airport (NBC) – William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter	The Andersonville Trial (PBS) – Saul Levitt Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Hamlet" (NBC) – John Barton Vanished (NBC) – Dean Riesner

Most major nominations

By network

• NBC – 46
• CBS – 29
• ABC – 23
• PBS – 11

By program

• The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) / Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 9
• Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 8
• All in the Family (CBS) – 7
• The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) / Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) / The Odd Couple (ABC) / Vanished (NBC) – 4

Most major awards

By network

• NBC – 14
• CBS – 9
• PBS – 5
• ABC – 3

By program

• The Bold Ones: The Senator (NBC) / Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) / Mary Tyler Moore (CBS) – 4
• All in the Family (CBS) – 3

Notes

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1971 Nominees & Winners
• 23rd Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb