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, presenting 25 awards. 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."Powers Boothe Breaks Boycott At Long Emmy Show, by Barbara Holsopple, in Pittsburgh Press, September 8, 1980, pC-11

Winners and nominees Emmys.com list of 1980 Nominees & Winners

Programs

+ Taxi (ABC) Barney Miller (ABC) M*A*S*H (CBS) Soap (ABC) WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS) Lou Grant (CBS) Dallas (CBS) Family (ABC) The Rockford Files (NBC) The White Shadow (CBS) The Miracle Worker (NBC) All Quiet on the Western Front (CBS) Amber Waves (ABC) Gideon's Trumpet (CBS) Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (CBS) Edward & Mrs. Simpson (Syndicated) Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (PBS) The Duchess of Duke Street (PBS) Moviola (NBC) Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) The Benny Hill Show (Syndicated) Goldie and Liza Together (CBS) The Muppet Show (Syndicated) Shirley MacLaine... "Every Little Movement" (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances + Richard Mulligan as Burt Campbell in Soap (ABC) (Episode: "Episode 51") Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (CBS) Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois in Benson (ABC) Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger in Taxi (ABC) Hal Linden as Capt. Barney Miller in Barney Miller (ABC) Cathryn Damon as Mary Campbell in Soap (ABC) Katherine Helmond as Jessica Tate in Soap (ABC) Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry in Flo (CBS) Sheree North as Dotty Wertz in Archie Bunker's Place (CBS) Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson in The Jeffersons (CBS) Edward Asner as Lou Grant in Lou Grant (CBS) (Episode: "Lou") James Garner as Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files (NBC) Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing in Dallas (CBS) Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy in Quincy, M.E. (NBC) Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing in Dallas (CBS) (Episode: "Mastectomy") Lauren Bacall as Kendall Warren in The Rockford Files (NBC) (Episode: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs") Mariette Hartley as Althea Morgan in The Rockford Files (NBC) (Episode: "Paradise Cove") Kristy McNichol as Letitia Lawrence in Family (ABC) Sada Thompson as Kate Lawrence in Family (ABC) Powers Boothe as Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (CBS) Tony Curtis as David O. Selznick in Moviola (NBC) (Episode: "The Scarlett O'Hara War") Henry Fonda as Clarence Earl Gideon in Gideon's Trumpet (CBS) Jason Robards as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in F.D.R.: The Last Year (NBC) Patty Duke as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (NBC) Bette Davis as Adele Malone in White Mama (CBS) Melissa Gilbert as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (NBC) Lee Remick as Margaret Sullavan in Haywire (CBS)

Supporting performances

Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (CBS) (Episode: "Old Soldiers") Mike Farrell as B. J. Hunnicutt in M*A*S*H (CBS) Max Gail as Det. Stan Wojciehowicz in Barney Miller (ABC) Howard Hesseman as Johnny Caravella in WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS) Steve Landesberg as Sgt. Arthur Dietrich in Barney Miller (ABC) Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan in M*A*S*H (CBS) (Episode: "Are You Now, Margaret?") Loni Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe in WKRP in Cincinnati (CBS) Polly Holliday as Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry in Alice (CBS) Inga Swenson as Gretchen Kraus in Benson (ABC) Stuart Margolin as Evelyn "Angel" Martin in The Rockford Files (NBC) Mason Adams as Charlie Hume in Lou Grant (CBS) Noah Beery, Jr. as Joseph Rockford in The Rockford Files (NBC) Robert Walden as Joe Rossi in Lou Grant (CBS) Nancy Marchand as Margaret Pynchon in Lou Grant (CBS) (Episode: "Dogs") Nina Foch as Mrs. Polk in Lou Grant (CBS) (Episode: "Hollywood") Linda Kelsey as Billie Newman in Lou Grant (CBS) Jessica Walter as Melanie Townsend McIntyre in Trapper John, M.D. (CBS) George Grizzard as Floyd Kincaid in The Oldest Living Graduate (NBC) Ernest Borgnine as Stanislaus Katczinsky in All Quiet on the Western Front (CBS) John Cassavetes as Gus Caputo in Flesh and Blood (CBS) Charles Durning as Commissioner Russell Oswald in Attica (ABC) Harold Gould as Louis B. Mayer in Moviola (NBC) (Episode: "The Scarlett O'Hara War") Mare Winningham as Marlene Burkhardt in Amber Waves (ABC) Eileen Heckart as Eleanor Roosevelt in F.D.R.: The Last Year (NBC) Patricia Neal as Paul's Mother in All Quiet on the Western Front (CBS) Carrie Nye as Tallulah Bankhead in Moviola (NBC) (Episode: "The Scarlett O'Hara War")

Directing + Taxi (ABC): "Louie and the Nice Girl" – James Burrows M*A*S*H (CBS): "Bottle Fatigue" – Burt Metcalfe M*A*S*H (CBS): "Dreams" – Alan Alda M*A*S*H (CBS): "Period of Adjustment" – Charles S. Dubin M*A*S*H (CBS): "Stars and Stripes" – Harry Morgan Lou Grant (CBS): "Cop" – Roger Young Lou Grant (CBS): "Andrew, Part II: Trial" – Peter Levin Lou Grant (CBS): "Hollywood" – Burt Brinckerhoff Lou Grant (CBS): "Influence" – Gene Reynolds Skag (NBC): "Pilot" – Frank Perry Baryshnikov on Broadway (ABC) – Dwight Hemion The Big Show (NBC): "Mariette Hartley and Dean Martin" – Steve Binder John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (ABC) – Tony Charmoli The Muppet Show (Syndicated): "Liza Minnelli" – Peter Harris Attica (ABC) – Marvin J. Chomsky All Quiet on the Western Front (CBS) – Delbert Mann Amber Waves (ABC) – Joseph Sargent Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (CBS) – William A. Graham Moviola (NBC): "The Scarlett O'Hara War" – John Erman

Writing + Barney Miller (ABC): "Photographer" – Bob Colleary The Associates (ABC): "The Censors" – Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger The Associates (ABC): "The First Day" – M*A*S*H (CBS): "Good Bye, Radar Part II" – Ken Levine and David Isaacs Taxi (ABC): "Honor Thy Father" – Glen Charles and Les Charles Lou Grant (CBS): "Cop" – Seth Freeman Lou Grant (CBS): "Brushfire" – Allan Burns and Gene Reynolds Lou Grant (CBS): "Lou" – Michele Gallery Skag (NBC): "Pilot" – Abby Mann Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (ABC): "Pilot" – Stephen J. Cannell Shirley MacLaine... "Every Little Movement" (CBS) – Buz Kohan and Shirley MacLaine Carol Burnett & Company (ABC): "Sally Field" Goldie and Liza Together (CBS) – Fred Ebb The Muppet Show (Syndicated): "Alan Arkin" Saturday Night Live (NBC): "Teri Garr" Off the Minnesota Strip (ABC) – David Chase Amber Waves (ABC) – Ken Trevey Attica (ABC) – James S. Henerson Gideon's Trumpet (CBS) – David W. Rintels Moviola (NBC): "This Year's Blonde" – James Lee

Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofNominations CBS 53 NBC 23 ABC 19

+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations Lou Grant Drama CBS 14 M*A*S*H Comedy 10 The Rockford Files Drama NBC 6 Moviola''' || Limited |- | Barney Miller || Comedy || ABC || 5 |- | All Quiet on the Western Front || rowspan="2"|Special || CBS || rowspan="4"|4 |- | Amber Waves || rowspan="4"|ABC |- | Soap || rowspan="2"|Comedy |- | Taxi|- | Attica || Special || rowspan="8"|3 |- | Dallas || rowspan="2"|Drama || CBS |- | Family || ABC |- | Gideon's Trumpet || rowspan="3"|Special || rowspan="2"|CBS |- | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones|- | The Miracle Worker || NBC |- | The Muppet Show || Variety || Syndicated |- | WKRP in Cincinnati || rowspan="2"|Comedy || CBS |- | The Associates || rowspan="3"|ABC || rowspan="7"|2 |- | Baryshnikov on Broadway || Variety |- | Benson || Comedy |- | F.D.R.: The Last Year || Special || NBC |- | Goldie and Liza Together || rowspan="2"|Variety || rowspan="2"|CBS |- | Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement'|- | Skag'' Drama NBC

Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofAwards ABC 10 CBS NBC 4

+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards Lou Grant Drama CBS 5 Baryshnikov on Broadway Variety ABC 2 M*A*S*H Comedy CBS The Miracle Worker Special NBC Soap Comedy ABC Taxi

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References

External links Emmys.com list of 1980 Nominees & Winners