The 22nd Emmy Awards, later known as the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on June 7, 1970. The ceremony was hosted by David Frost and

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. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. The top shows of the night were '' My World and Welcome to It'', and ''

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''. ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', and ''

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'' each won three major awards. ''My World and Welcome to It'' won Outstanding Comedy Series, but was cancelled after its first season. It is currently the most recent series to win for Outstanding Comedy Series in the show's one and only season. Another oddity in the Outstanding Comedy Series category was that not one show nominated the previous year was nominated this year. This marks the last time that either series category (comedy or drama) has had this occur.

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produced programme.

Winners and nominees

Emmys.com list of 1970 Nominees & Winners
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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. * NBC – 32 * ABC – 28 * CBS – 9 ; By program * ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (ABC) – 6 * ''My Sweet Charlie'' (NBC) / ''Room 222'' (ABC) – 5 * ''The Bill Cosby Show'' (NBC) / ''David Copperfield'' (NBC) / ''The Forsyte Saga'' (NET)
''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (NBC) / ''Ironside'' (NBC) / ''The Mod Squad'' (ABC) / ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC) – 3

Most major awards

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * ABC / NBC – 9 * CBS – 3 * NET – 2 ; By program * ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (ABC) / ''Room 222'' (ABC) – 3 * ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (NBC) / ''My Sweet Charlie'' (NBC) / ''My World and Welcome to It'' (NBC) – 2 ;Notes

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1970 Nominees & Winners
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