The 27th Emmy Awards, later known as the 27th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1975. There was no host this year. 35 awards were presented. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Upstairs, Downstairs which won its second straight Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. M*A*S*H led all shows with nine major nominations heading into the ceremony, but only won one award. The Mary Tyler Moore Show led all shows with five major wins. Upstairs, Downstairs became the first non-American drama to win the outstanding drama award twice and was the third win in five years for a British produced drama.

This is the 1st ceremony where one network received all the nominations in a Series category. It would not happen again until the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Winners and nominees Emmys.com list of 1975 Nominees & Winners Note: Winners are indicated in bold type.

Programs

+ The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) All in the Family (CBS) M*A*S*H (CBS) Rhoda (CBS) Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) Kojak (CBS) Police Story (NBC) The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) The Waltons (CBS) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Cher (CBS) An Evening with John Denver (ABC) Lily (ABC) Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS) The Law (NBC) Love Among the Ruins (ABC) The Missiles of October (ABC) QB VII (ABC) Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) Benjamin Franklin (CBS) Columbo (NBC) McCloud (NBC)

Acting

Lead performances + Tony Randall as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple (ABC) Jack Albertson as Ed Brown in Chico and the Man (NBC) Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H (CBS) Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple (ABC) Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in Rhoda (CBS) (Episode: "Rhoda's Wedding") Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family (CBS) Robert Blake as Tony Baretta in Baretta (ABC) Karl Malden as Detective Lt. Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) Barry Newman as Anthony J. Petrocelli in Petrocelli (NBC) Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak in Kojak (CBS) Jean Marsh as Rose in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson in Police Woman (NBC) Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Laurence Olivier as Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones in Love Among the Ruins (ABC) Richard Chamberlain as Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (NBC) William Devane as President John F. Kennedy in The Missiles of October (ABC) Charles Durning as Al Green in Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) Henry Fonda as Clarence Darrow in Clarence Darrow (NBC) Katharine Hepburn as Jessica Medlicott in Love Among the Ruins (ABC) Jill Clayburgh as Wanda in Hustling (ABC) Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden (ABC) Diana Rigg as Philippa in In This House of Brede (CBS) Maureen Stapleton as Bea Asher in Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo (NBC) Dennis Weaver as Sam McCloud in McCloud (NBC) Jessica Walter as Amy Prentiss in Amy Prentiss (NBC) Susan Saint James as Sally McMillan in McMillan & Wife (NBC)

Supporting performances

Edward Asner as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) (Episode: "Lou and That Woman") Gary Burghoff as Radar O'Reilly in M*A*S*H (CBS) Ted Knight as Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic in All in the Family (CBS) McLean Stevenson as Henry Blake in M*A*S*H (CBS) Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) Julie Kavner as Brenda Morgenstern in Rhoda (CBS) Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan in M*A*S*H (CBS) Nancy Walker as Ida Morgenstern in Rhoda (CBS) Will Geer as Zebulon Walton in The Waltons (CBS) J.D. Cannon as Peter B. Clifford in McCloud (NBC) Michael Douglas as Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco (ABC) Ellen Corby as Esther Walton in The Waltons (CBS) Angela Baddeley as Mrs. Bridges in Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) Nancy Walker as Mildred in McMillan & Wife (NBC) Anthony Quayle as Tom Banniester in QB VII (ABC) Ralph Bellamy as Adlai Stevenson in The Missiles of October (ABC) Jack Hawkins as Justice Gilroy in QB VII (ABC) Trevor Howard as Abbe Faria in The Count of Monte Cristo (NBC) Juliet Mills as Samantha Cady in QB VII (ABC) Eileen Heckart as Herman's Mother in Wedding Band (ABC) Charlotte Rae as Helen in Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) Lee Remick as Lady Margaret in QB VII (ABC) Patrick McGoohan as Col. Lyle C. Rumford in Columbo (NBC): "By Dawn's Early Light" Lew Ayres as Beaumont in Kung Fu (ABC): "The Vanishing Image" Harold Gould as Andrea Basic in Police Story (NBC): "Fathers and Sons" Harry Morgan as Bartford Hamilton Steele in M*A*S*H (CBS): "The General Flipped at Dawn" Zohra Lampert as Marina Sheldon in Kojak (CBS): "Queen of the Gypsies" Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Phyllis Whips Inflation" Shelley Winters as Thelma in McCloud (NBC): "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street" Jack Albertson in Cher (CBS) Tim Conway in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) John Denver in Doris Day Today (CBS) Cloris Leachman in Cher (CBS) Vicki Lawrence in The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Rita Moreno in Out to Lunch (ABC)

Directing + M*A*S*H (CBS): "O.R." – Gene Reynolds M*A*S*H (CBS): "Alcoholics Unanimous" – Hy Averback M*A*S*H (CBS): "Bulletin Board" – Alan Alda Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "A Sudden Storm" – Bill Bain Benjamin Franklin (CBS): "The Ambassador" – Glenn Jordan Kojak (CBS): "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" – David Friedkin Kojak (CBS): "I Want to Report a Dream..." – Telly Savalas The Streets of San Francisco (ABC): "The Mask of Death" – Harry Falk The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Alan Alda" – Dave Powers Cher (CBS): "Bette Midler, Flip Wilson and Elton John" – Art Fisher An Evening with John Denver (ABC) – Bill Davis Ann-Margret Olsson (NBC) – Dwight Hemion Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS) – Robert Scheerer Love Among the Ruins (ABC) – George Cukor The Law (NBC) – John Badham The Missiles of October (ABC) – Anthony Page QB VII (ABC) – Tom Gries Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) – Sam O'Steen

Writing + The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" – Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS): "Lou and That Woman" – David Lloyd Rhoda (CBS): "Rhoda's Wedding" – James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, David Davis, Lorenzo Music, Norman Barasch, Carroll Moore and David Lloyd Benjamin Franklin (CBS): "The Ambassador" – Howard Fast Benjamin Franklin (CBS): "The Whirlwind" – Loring Mandel Police Story (NBC): "Robbery: 48 Hours" – Robert L. Collins Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "The Bolter" – John Hawkesworth Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS): "Miss Forrest" – Alfred Shaughnessy Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (CBS) Lily (ABC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS): "Alan Alda" Cher (CBS): "Raquel Welch, Tatum O'Neal and Wayne Rogers" Love Among the Ruins (ABC) – James Costigan Hustling (ABC) – Fay Kanin The Law (NBC) – The Missiles of October (ABC) – Stanley R. Greenberg Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS) – Jerome Kass Clarence Darrow (NBC) – David W. Rintels QB VII (ABC) – Edward Anhalt

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 55 ABC 33 NBC 24

+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations M*A*S*H Comedy CBS 9 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 8 QB VII Special ABC 7 Queen of the Stardust Ballroom CBS 6 Upstairs, Downstairs Drama PBS The Carol Burnett Show Variety CBS 5 Cher Kojak Drama Love Among the Ruins Special ABC The Missiles of October Rhoda Comedy CBS All in the Family 4 Benjamin Franklin Limited McCloud NBC The Streets of San Francisco Drama ABC The Waltons CBS Columbo Limited NBC 3 The Law Special Police Story Drama Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now Variety CBS Clarence Darrow Special NBC 2 The Count of Monte Cristo An Evening with John Denver Variety ABC Hustling Special Lily Variety McMillan & Wife Limited NBC The Odd Couple Comedy ABC

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 16 ABC 10 NBC 5 PBS 3

+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards The Mary Tyler Moore Show Comedy CBS 5 Love Among the Ruins Special ABC 4 The Carol Burnett Show Variety CBS 3 Upstairs, Downstairs Drama PBS Benjamin Franklin Limited CBS 2 Cher Variety Columbo Limited NBC An Evening with John Denver Variety ABC QB VII Special The Waltons Drama CBS

Notes

References

External links Emmys.com list of 1975 Nominees & Winners