31th Emmy Awards (Main Categories) - Year 1978
Highlights
- Outstanding Drama Series: Lou Grant (TV Series)
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Taxi (TV Series)
- Outstanding Miniseries: Roots: The Next Generations (TV Miniseries)
- Outstanding Made for Television Movie: Friendly Fire (TV)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Ron Leibman
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Carroll O'Connor
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Peter Strauss
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Mariette Hartley
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Ruth Gordon
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Bette Davis
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Stuart Margolin
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Robert Guillaume
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Miniseries
Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Jackie Cooper (For the pilot)
Winner
Burt Brinckerhoff ("Schools")
Mel Damski ("Murder")
Gene Reynolds ("Prisoner")
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Noam Pitlik ("The Harris Incident")
Winner
Paul Bogart ("California, Here We Are", part II)
Alan Alda ("Dear Sis")
Charles S. Dubin ("Point of View")
Jay Sandrich (For episode #27)
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or TV Movie
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Michele Gallery ("Dying")
Winner
Gene Reynolds ("Marathon")
Leon Tokatyan ("Vet")
James Bridges ("The Late Mr. Hart")
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Alan Alda ("Inga")
Winner
Milt Josefsberg, Phil Sharp, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf ("California, Here We Are", part II)
Ken Levine, David Isaacs ("Point of View")
Michael Leeson ("Blind Date")
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or TV Movie
Ernest Kinoy (For the pilot)
Awards from other years
Other awards from the same year
Oscars - Academy Awards
Annecy Film Festival (France)
Ariel Awards (Mexico)
Avoriaz Film Festival
BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
Cesar Awards (France)
Chicago International Film Festival
DGA - Directors Guild Awards (US)
David di Donatello Awards (Italy)
Emmy Awards
French Critics Awards (Syndicate of Cinema Critics)
German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)
Golden Globes Awards
Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)
Havana Film Festival
Hugo Awards
Image Awards
Japan Academy Awards
International Film Festival Karlovy Vary
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)
Montreal World Film Festival
National Board of Review (NBR)
National Society of Film Critics (NSFC)
New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films)
Seminci - International Film Festival
Film Festival of Catalonia
sjordi
San Sebastian Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)
Venice Film Festival
Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)