The 34th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1982. The ceremony was broadcast on

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. It was hosted by

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and

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. In its eighth and final season, ''

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'' finally won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, it had been nominated and lost the previous six seasons. On the drama side, it was once again all about ''

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''. It set multiple records on the night, including receiving 16 major nominations (winning four), breaking the long-held record (subsequently broken) of 14 for a comedy or drama set by ''

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'' in

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. It also received nine acting nominations for regular cast members, this has since been tied by ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Included in those acting nominations was another milestone, ''Hill Street Blues'' received every nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, this achievement has not been duplicated by a comedy or drama in a major acting category since. Another milestone was set by

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, who became the first actor from a variety series, in this case ''

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'', to be nominated in the comedy acting field since the categories merged in

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won her final award posthumously, for ''

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''. It was not only the fourth posthumous acting award in Emmy history, but also the second performance ever to have won from a non-Network Syndicated show.

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. * CBS – 43 * ABC / NBC – 34 * PBS – 13 ; By program * ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) – 16 * ''Fame'' (NBC) – 12 * ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) – 10 * ''Brideshead Revisited'' (PBS) / ''Taxi'' (ABC) – 8 * ''Lou Grant'' (CBS) / ''Second City Television'' (NBC) – 6 * ''Barney Miller'' (ABC) – 5

Most major awards

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * ABC – 8 * CBS / NBC – 7 ; By program * ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) / ''Fame'' (NBC) – 4 * ''Taxi'' (ABC) – 3 * ''Bill'' (CBS) / ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) / ''A Woman Called Golda'' (Syndicated) – 2 ;Notes

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1982 Nominees & Winners
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