The 25th Emmy Awards, later known as the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 20, 1973. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. 35 awards were presented. This would be the final ceremony that included daytime categories, as the Daytime Emmy Awards premiered the next year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family which won its third consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Waltons. The Waltons, in its first season, had the most major nominations heading into the ceremony (9), and won the most major awards on the night with five.
Winners and nominees Source:Emmys.com list of 1973 Nominees & Winners
Programs
+ All in the Family (CBS) M*A*S*H (CBS) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Maude (CBS) Sanford and Son (NBC) The Waltons (CBS) Cannon (CBS) Columbo (NBC) Hawaii Five-O (CBS) Kung Fu (ABC) Mannix (CBS) The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) The Dick Cavett Show (ABC) The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS) Liza with a Z (NBC) Applause (CBS) Once Upon a Mattress (CBS) The Edge of Night (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) The Doctors (NBC) One Life to Live (ABC) Dinah's Place (NBC) Three on a Match (NBC) – Bill Cullen The Hollywood Squares (NBC) The Hollywood Squares (NBC) – Paul Lynde The Hollywood Squares (NBC) – Peter Marshall Jeopardy! (NBC) The Mike Douglas Show (Syndicated) Password (ABC) ABC Afterschool Special (ABC): "The Last of the Curlews" A Picture of Us (NBC) ABC Afterschool Special (ABC): "The Last of the Curlews" – Jameson Brewer In the News (CBS) Make a Wish (ABC) The Electric Company (PBS) Sesame Street (PBS) Zoom (PBS) The Electric Company (PBS) – Henry Behar The Electric Company (PBS) Sesame Street (PBS) – Robert Myhrum Sesame Street (PBS) – Joe Raposo You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (CBS) 1972 Summer Olympics (ABC) 1972 Summer Olympics (ABC) – Roone Arledge ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) 1972 Summer Olympics (ABC) – Keith Jackson 1972 Summer Olympics (ABC) – Jim McKay ABC College Football (ABC) NFL Monday Night Football (ABC) Super Bowl VII (NBC) A War of Children (CBS) That Certain Summer (ABC) Long Day's Journey into Night (ABC) The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS) The Red Pony (NBC) America (NBC) The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC) Kung Fu (ABC) M*A*S*H (CBS) Maude (CBS) The Waltons (CBS) Tom Brown's Schooldays (PBS) The Last of the Mohicans (PBS) The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (CBS)
Acting
Lead performances + Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (ABC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (CBS) Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son (NBC) Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Tony Randall as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple (ABC) Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Put on a Happy Face") Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay in Maude (CBS) Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton in The Waltons (CBS) David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine in Kung Fu (ABC) Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in Mannix (CBS) William Conrad as Frank Cannon in Cannon (CBS) Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (NBC) Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Lynda Day George as Lisa Casey in Mission: Impossible (CBS) Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan in McMillan & Wife (NBC) Anthony Murphy as Tom Brown in Tom Brown's Schooldays (PBS) John Abineri as Chingachgook in The Last of the Mohicans (PBS) Philippe Leroy as Leonardo da Vinci in The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (CBS) Susan Hampshire as Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair (PBS) Vivien Heilbron as Rachel Verinder in The Moonstone (PBS) Margaret Tyzack as Bette in Cousin Bette (PBS)
Supporting performances
Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Edward Asner as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly in M*A*S*H (CBS) Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic in All in the Family (CBS) McLean Stevenson as Henry Blake in M*A*S*H (CBS) Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York") Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic in All in the Family (CBS) Scott Jacoby as Nick Salter in That Certain Summer (ABC) James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) Will Geer as Zebulon Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair in Mannix (CBS) Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife (NBC)
Single performances
Laurence Olivier as James Tyrone Sr. in Long Day's Journey into Night (ABC) Henry Fonda as Carl Tiflin in The Red Pony (NBC) Hal Holbrook as Doug Salter in That Certain Summer (ABC) Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak in The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS) Cloris Leachman as Victoria Douglas in A Brand New Life (ABC) Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing in Applause (CBS) Hope Lange as Janet Salter in That Certain Summer (ABC)
Directing + The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "It's Whether You Win or Lose" – Jay Sandrich All in the Family (CBS): "The Bunkers and the Swingers" – John Rich and Bob LaHendro M*A*S*H (CBS): "Pilot" – Gene Reynolds Kung Fu (ABC): "An Eye for an Eye" – Jerry Thorpe Columbo (NBC): "The Most Dangerous Match" – Edward M. Abroms The Waltons (CBS): "The Love Story" – Lee Philips The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC): "Lisa Doolittle and Mary Poppins" – Bill Davis The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Roberta Flack and Burt Reynolds" – Tim Kiley The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS): "Mike Connors" – Art Fisher Liza with a Z (NBC) – Bob Fosse Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (CBS) – Stan Harris Get Happy (NBC) – Martin Charnin and Dave Wilson Once Upon a Mattress (CBS) – Dave Powers and Ron Field You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (CBS) – Walter C. Miller The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS) – Joseph Sargent That Certain Summer (ABC) – Lamont Johnson A War of Children (CBS) – George Schaefer
Writing + All in the Family (CBS): "The Bunkers and the Swingers" – Michael Ross, Bernard West and Lee Kalcheim M*A*S*H (CBS): "Pilot" – Larry Gelbart The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "The Good-Time News" – Allan Burns and James L. Brooks The Waltons (CBS): "The Scholar" – John McGreevey Columbo (NBC): "Étude in Black" – Steven Bochco The Waltons (CBS): "The Love Story" – Earl Hamner Jr. Acts of Love and Other Comedies (ABC) The Lily Tomlin Show (CBS) Liza with a Z (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Steve Lawrence and Lily Tomlin" The Flip Wilson Show (NBC): "Sammy Davis Jr., Ed Sullivan and Marilyn Michaels" The Julie Andrews Hour (ABC): "Eliza Doolittle and Mary Poppins" The Marcus-Nelson Murders (CBS) – Abby Mann Hawkins on Murder (CBS) – David Karp That Certain Summer (ABC) – Richard Levinson and William Link The House Without a Christmas Tree (CBS) – Eleanor Perry Go Ask Alice (ABC) – Ellen M. Violett The Red Pony (NBC) – Robert Totten and Ron Bishop
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 64 ABC 31 NBC 28 PBS 14
+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations The Waltons Drama CBS 9 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Comedy 8 All in the Family 7 M*A*S*H That Certain Summer Special ABC 6 1972 Summer Olympics Sports 4 Columbo Drama NBC The Julie Andrews Hour Variety ABC Kung Fu Drama The Marcus-Nelson Murders Special CBS The Electric Company Children's PBS 3 The Flip Wilson Show Variety NBC The Hollywood Squares Daytime Liza with a Z Variety Mannix Drama CBS Maude Comedy The Red Pony Special NBC Sesame Street Children's PBS ABC Afterschool Special: "The Last of the Curlews" Children's ABC 2 Applause Variety CBS Cannon Drama The Carol Burnett Show Variety The Last of the Mohicans Limited PBS The Life of Leonardo da Vinci CBS Long Day's Journey Into Night Special ABC McMillan & Wife Drama NBC The Odd Couple Comedy ABC Once Upon a Mattress Variety CBS Sanford and Son Comedy NBC The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Variety CBS Tom Brown's Schooldays Limited PBS
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 CBS 17 ABC 11 PBS 6 NBC 5
+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards The Waltons Drama CBS 5 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Comedy 4 1972 Summer Olympics Sports ABC 2 All in the Family Comedy CBS The Julie Andrews Hour Variety ABC Liza with a Z NBC The Marcus-Nelson Murders Limited CBS Tom Brown's Schooldays Limited PBS
Notes
References
External links Emmys.com list of 1973 Nominees & Winners