33rd Primetime Emmy Awards | |
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Location | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosted by | Shirley MacLaine Edward Asner |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Hill Street Blues (6) |
Most nominations | Hill Street Blues (14) |
Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi |
Outstanding Drama Series | Hill Street Blues |
Outstanding Limited Series | Shōgun |
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Lily: Sold Out |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CBS |
The 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 13, 1981. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS. It was hosted by Shirley MacLaine and Edward Asner.
For the third consecutive year, the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series went to Taxi. The top show on the drama side was Hill Street Blues which, in its first season, tied the record for most major nominations (14) and wins (6) by a non-miniseries. NBC's ratings juggernaut Shōgun received eight major nominations, but only won one, for Outstanding Limited Series.
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Network | Number of Nominations |
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CBS | 52 |
ABC | 40 |
NBC | 32 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
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Hill Street Blues | Drama | NBC | 14 |
Lou Grant | CBS | 10 | |
M*A*S*H | Comedy | 8 | |
Shōgun | Miniseries | NBC | |
Taxi | Comedy | ABC | |
Masada | Miniseries | 7 | |
Dallas | Drama | CBS | 5 |
Playing for Time | Special | ||
Barney Miller | Comedy | ABC | 4 |
Soap | |||
WKRP in Cincinnati | CBS | ||
The Shadow Box | Special | ABC | 3 |
The Women's Room | |||
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | Variety | CBS | 2 |
American Dream | Drama | ABC | |
Archie Bunker's Place | Comedy | CBS | |
Bitter Harvest | Special | NBC | |
The Bunker | CBS | ||
The Jeffersons | Comedy | ||
Lily: Sold Out | Variety | ||
The Muppet Show | Syndicated | ||
Musical Comedy Tonight II | PBS | ||
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | NBC |
Network | Number of Awards |
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CBS | 10 |
NBC | 8 |
ABC | 6 |
Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
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Hill Street Blues | Drama | NBC | 6 |
Taxi | Comedy | ABC | 5 |
Playing for Time | Special | CBS | 4 |
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