20th Primetime Emmy Awards

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20th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 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
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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.

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The top shows of the night were Get Smart and Mission: Impossible . Get Smart won three major awards, while the most nominated show was the anthology drama CBS Playhouse with ten. It also won three major awards.

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

[1]

Programs

Programs
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Acting

Supporting performances

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"
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing
  • 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]
NetworkNumber of
Nominations
CBS43
NBC30
ABC20
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
BewitchedComedyABC5
Dear FriendsSpecialCBS
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
He & SheComedy
Mission: ImpossibleDrama
Get SmartComedyNBC4
IronsideDrama
The Lucy ShowComedyCBS
The CrucibleSpecial3
Family AffairComedy
Hogan's Heroes
I SpyDramaNBC
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InVariety
That GirlComedyABC
10th Winter Olympic GamesSports2
The AvengersDrama
The Carol Burnett ShowVarietyCBS
The Dean Martin Comedy HourNBC
Elizabeth the QueenSpecial
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana BrassVarietyCBS
NET PlayhouseDramaNET
Run for Your LifeNBC
The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourVarietyCBS
Star TrekDramaNBC
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSpecialABC
Wide World of SportsSports

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Awards
NBC10
CBS9
ABC3
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
Get SmartComedyNBC3
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightSpecialCBS2
Mission: ImpossibleDrama
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InVarietyNBC
Wide World of SportsSportsABC
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

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