The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out on May 17, 1976. The ceremony was hosted by
John Denver
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and
Mary Tyler Moore
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. Winners are listed in bold with series' networks in parentheses. As of 2019, this was the last Emmy Awards ceremonies held during the first half of a calendar year.
The top show of the night was ''
Mary Tyler Moore
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'' which won its second straight
Outstanding Comedy Series award, and five major awards overall. ''
Police Story'', won
Outstanding Drama Series, even though it only received one major nomination.
The
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''
Rich Man, Poor Man'' set numerous records. It received 17 major nominations, breaking the record held by ''
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1959
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(since broken). It also received 13 acting nominations, although some of the acting categories at this ceremony were later eliminated or combined. Despite this, it lost
Outstanding Limited Series to ''
Upstairs, Downstairs''.
The Shubert Theatre had previously hosted the
1973 Emmy ceremony; it would host the ceremony a third and final time in
2001
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Winners and nominees
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Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
Single performances
Directing
Writing
Most major nominations
;By network ["Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.]
* CBS – 57
* ABC – 49
* NBC – 28
* PBS – 16
; By program
* ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (ABC) – 10
* ''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) / ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) – 9
* ''Eleanor and Franklin'' (CBS) – 8
* ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' (PBS) – 6
* ''The Adams Chronicles'' (PBS) / ''Barney Miller'' (ABC) / ''Fear on Trial'' (CBS) / ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' (ABC) – 5
Most major awards
;By network
* CBS – 12
* ABC – 10
* NBC – 8
* PBS – 5
; By program
* ''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) – 5
* ''Eleanor and Franklin'' (CBS) – 4
* ''NBC's Saturday Night'' (NBC) / ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (ABC) – 3
;Notes
References
External links
Emmys.com list of 1976 Nominees & Winners
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1976 in California
May 1976 events in the United States