The 35th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 25, 1983. The ceremony was broadcast on

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, from the

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. It is remembered for the vulgar language during the ceremony, much of it from

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who cohosted the ceremony with

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. Rivers also wore nine dresses throughout the ceremony. Despite being one of the lowest-rated shows of the season, the critically acclaimed first season of ''

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'' won Outstanding Comedy Series as well as three other major awards. For the third straight year, ''

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'' won Outstanding Drama Series, it received at least 14 major nominations for the third straight year, unprecedented at the time, and also received every nomination in the Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series field. ''

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'' also garnered every nomination in a category, for Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

dominated the night, on the strength of the shows mentioned, it received 71 of the 128 major nominations, and won 19 of 25 major categories. In its final ceremony, ''

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'' was once again nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. ''M*A*S*H'' was nominated every year it was on the air, 11/11, winning once in

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, this record would be tied by ''Cheers'' a decade later when it too went 11/11, finishing with four victories.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting 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. * NBC – 71 * ABC – 23 * CBS – 22 ; By program * ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) – 14 * ''Fame'' (NBC) /''Cheers'' (NBC) /''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC) – 9 * ''Second City Television'' (NBC) / ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC) – 7 * ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) / ''Taxi'' (NBC) – 6

Most major awards

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * NBC – 19 * ABC – 4 * CBS – 1 ; By program * ''Cheers'' (NBC) – 4 * ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) / ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC) / ''Taxi'' (NBC) / ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC) – 3 * ''Fame'' (NBC) – 2 ;Notes

References

External links

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