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A critical and ratings success over the course of its run, Roots received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award . It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which holds the record as the third-highest-rated episode for any type of television series, and the second-most ...
The 29th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 11, 1977. The ceremony was broadcast on NBC.It was hosted by Angie Dickinson and Robert Blake.. The top shows of the night were Mary Tyler Moore, which, in its final season, won its third consecutive Outstanding Comedy Series Award, it also became the first comedy series to gain eleven major nominations (since broken).
This list showcases the Primetime Emmy Award winners in the comedy program, drama program, variety program, and lead actors categories.. In the early days of the Primetime Emmy Awards, categories awarded by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences changed year-to-year, causing irregularities in the continuity of the listed awards.
Composer Gerald Fried, who won an Emmy for the landmark miniseries “Roots” and whose 1960s scores, from “Star Trek” to “Gilligan’s Island,” left an indelible impression on a ...
Louis Gossett Jr. won the award in 1977 for his work on Roots. Ed Asner won the award in both lead and supporting actor categories for his work on Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) and Roots (1977). Will Geer received nominations in both categories in 1978 for his performances on Love Boat and Eight is Enough.
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.
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First non-US television series to be nominated a Primetime Emmy for the major program/series categories The Avengers (U.K.) – Outstanding Drama Series ( 1967 ) Tom Brown's Schooldays and The Last of the Mohicans (both U.K.), and The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (Italy/Spain/France) – Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series ( 1973 )