20th Primetime Emmy Awards

20th Primetime Emmy Awards
20th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 19, 1968
Location	Hollywood Palladium, ; Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Frank Sinatra ; Dick Van Dyke
Highlights
Most awards	Get Smart (3)
Most nominations	Bewitched ; Dear Friends ; Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night ; He & She ; Mission: Impossible (5)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Get Smart
Outstanding Dramatic Series	Mission: Impossible
Outstanding Dramatic Program	Hallmark Hall of Fame : "Elizabeth the Queen"
Outstanding Musical or Variety Series	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

Last updated July 15, 2024

The 20th Emmy Awards, later known as the 20th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 19, 1968. The ceremony was hosted by Frank Sinatra and Dick Van Dyke. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The first posthumous Acting Emmy went to Marion Lorne for her performance in Bewitched , while The Avengers was the first non American produced nomination, having been syndicated from ABC Weekend TV, which was a part of the United Kingdom Independent Television Network, by ABC. However, other than sharing the same initials, the two companies were independent of each other.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Programs
Outstanding Comedy Series Get Smart (NBC) Bewitched (ABC) Family Affair (CBS) Hogan's Heroes (CBS) The Lucy Show (CBS)	Outstanding Dramatic Series Mission: Impossible (CBS) The Avengers (ABC) I Spy (NBC) NET Playhouse (NET) Run for Your Life (NBC) Star Trek (NBC)
Outstanding Musical or Variety Series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS)	Outstanding Musical or Variety Program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Pilot" Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Show (NBC) The Fred Astaire Show (NBC) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (CBS) Lincoln Center/Stage 5 (Syndicated) A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim (NBC)
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs Today (NBC) Camera Three (CBS) The Mike Douglas Show (Syndicated)	Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) – Roone Arledge ABC's Wide World of Sports (ABC) – Jim McKay 10th Winter Olympic Games (ABC) – Roone Arledge 10th Winter Olympic Games (ABC) – Dick Button The American Sportsman (ABC) The Flying Fisherman (Syndicated) NCAA Football (ABC)
Outstanding Dramatic Program Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Elizabeth the Queen" CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends" CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" NET Playhouse (NET): "Uncle Vanya" The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (ABC) Xerox Special (ABC): "Luther"

Acting

Lead performances

Acting
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series *Don Adams as Maxwell Smart in Get Smart* (NBC)** Richard Benjamin as Dick Hollister in He & She (CBS) Sebastian Cabot as Mr. Giles French in Family Affair (CBS) Brian Keith as Uncle Bill Davis in Family Affair (CBS) Dick York as Darrin Stephens in Bewitched (ABC)	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series *Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael in The Lucy Show* (CBS)** Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 in Get Smart (NBC) Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched (ABC) Paula Prentiss as Paula Hollister in He & She (CBS) Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie in That Girl (ABC)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series *Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott in I Spy* (NBC)** Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in Ironside (NBC) Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson in I Spy (NBC) Ben Gazzara as Paul Bryan in Run for Your Life (NBC) Martin Landau as Rollin Hand in Mission: Impossible (CBS)	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series *Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter in Mission: Impossible* (CBS)** Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers (ABC) Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley in The Big Valley (ABC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy *Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink in Hogan's Heroes* (CBS)** Jack Cassidy as Oscar North in He & She (CBS) William Demarest as Uncle Charley O'Casey in My Three Sons (CBS) Gale Gordon as Mr. Theodore J. Mooney in The Lucy Show (CBS)	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy *Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara in Bewitched* (ABC)** Agnes Moorehead as Endora in Bewitched (ABC) Marge Redmond as Sister Jacqueline in The Flying Nun (ABC) Nita Talbot as Marya in Hogan's Heroes (CBS) (Episode: "The Hostage")
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama *Milburn Stone as Doc in Gunsmoke* (CBS) (Episode: "Baker's Dozen")** Joseph Campanella as Lew Wickersham in Mannix (CBS) Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Gettlinger in CBS Playhouse (CBS) (Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night") Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Star Trek (NBC)	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama *Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield in Ironside* (NBC)** Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon in The High Chaparral (NBC) Tessie O'Shea as Tessie O'Toole in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (ABC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama *Melvyn Douglas as Peter Schermann in CBS Playhouse* (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"** Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in NBC World Premiere Movie (NBC): "Ironside" Van Heflin as Robert Sloane in A Case of Libel (ABC) George C. Scott as John Proctor in The Crucible (CBS) Eli Wallach as Douglas Lambert in CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends"	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama *Maureen Stapleton as Mary O'Meaghan in Among the Paths to Eden* (ABC)** Judith Anderson as Queen Elizabeth I in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Elizabeth the Queen" Geneviève Bujold as Joan of Arc in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Saint Joan" Colleen Dewhurst as Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible (CBS) Anne Jackson as Vivian Spears in CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends"

Directing

Directing
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Get Smart (NBC): "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" – Bruce Bilson The Monkees (NBC): "The Devil and Peter Tork" – James Frawley That Girl (ABC): "That Girl" – Danny Arnold	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends" – Paul Bogart CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" – George Schaefer The Crucible (CBS) – Alex Segal Mission: Impossible (CBS): "The Killing" – Lee H. Katzin
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Music or Variety Movin' with Nancy (NBC) – Jack Haley Jr. The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC) – Greg Garrison Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (CBS) – Dwight Hemion Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) – Gordon Wiles Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Pilot" – Bill Foster

Writing

Writing
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy He & She (CBS): "The Coming Out Party" – Chris Hayward and Allan Burns He & She (CBS): "The Old Man and the She" – Leonard Stern and Arne Sultan The Lucy Show (CBS): "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" – Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer That Girl (ABC): "The Mailman Cometh" – Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" – Loring Mandel CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends" – Reginald Rose Mission: Impossible (CBS): "The Seal" – William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter NBC World Premiere Movie (NBC): "Ironside" – Don Mankiewicz
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Music or Variety Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) The Carol Burnett Show (CBS) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: "Pilot" (NBC) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS): "Ronnie Schell, Kate Smith and Simon & Garfunkel"

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	43
NBC	30
ABC	20

Programs with multiple major nominations
Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Bewitched	Comedy	ABC	5
Dear Friends	Special	CBS
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Special
He & She	Comedy
Mission: Impossible	Drama
Get Smart	Comedy	NBC	4
Ironside	Drama	NBC
The Lucy Show	Comedy	CBS
The Crucible	Special		3
Family Affair	Comedy
Hogan's Heroes	Comedy
I Spy	Drama	NBC
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Variety	NBC
That Girl	Comedy	ABC
10th Winter Olympic Games	Sports		2
The Avengers	Drama
The Carol Burnett Show	Variety	CBS
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour	Variety	NBC
Elizabeth the Queen	Special	NBC
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass	Variety	CBS
NET Playhouse	Drama	NET
Run for Your Life	Drama	NBC
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour	Variety	CBS
Star Trek	Drama	NBC
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Special	ABC
Wide World of Sports	Sports	ABC

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Awards
NBC	10
CBS	9
ABC	3

Programs with multiple major awards
Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
Get Smart	Comedy	NBC	3
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Special	CBS	2
Mission: Impossible	Drama	CBS
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Variety	NBC
Wide World of Sports	Sports	ABC

Notes

1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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References

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[MW_Note-2] 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

[Winners/Nominees-1] Emmys.com list of 1968 Nominees & Winners

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