36th Primetime Emmy Awards

36th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 23, 1984 (Ceremony) September 16, 1984 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Tom Selleck
Highlights
Most awards	Hill Street Blues (4)
Most nominations	Hill Street Blues (14)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Cheers
Outstanding Drama Series	Hill Street Blues
Outstanding Limited Series	Concealed Enemies
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program	The Kennedy Center Honors
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS
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The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 23, 1984. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.

The top shows of the night were Cheers and Hill Street Blues. Cheers won its second straight Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, while Hill Street Blues made history. It became the first show to win the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series four times. This record still stands today, but has been tied by L.A. Law, The West Wing, Mad Men and Game of Thrones. Hill Street Blues also added to another streak. It received at least 14 major nominations for the fourth straight year, winning four. Cheers received the most nominations on the comedy side (10), winning three.

Sir Laurence Olivier won the last of his five career Emmys this evening. His win was also the last time a non-Network Syndicated performance won an Acting Award.

Winners and nominees

^[1]

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series
Cheers, (NBC) Buffalo Bill, (NBC) Family Ties, (NBC) Kate & Allie, (CBS) Newhart, (CBS)	Hill Street Blues, (NBC) Cagney & Lacey, (CBS) Fame, (Syndicated) Magnum P.I., (CBS) St. Elsewhere, (NBC)
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, (CBS) AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish, (CBS) Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, (NBC) The 38th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS)	Something About Amelia, (ABC) Adam, (NBC) The Day After, (ABC) The Dollmaker, (ABC) A Streetcar Named Desire, (ABC)
Outstanding Limited Series
Concealed Enemies, (PBS) Chiefs, (CBS) George Washington, (CBS) Masterpiece Theatre: Nancy Astor, (PBS) Reilly: Ace of Spies, (PBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
*John Ritter as Jack Tripper on Three's Company, (Episode: "Cupid Works Overtime"), (ABC)* Dabney Coleman as Bill Bittinger on Buffalo Bill, (NBC) Ted Danson as Sam Malone on Cheers, (NBC) Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois on Benson, (ABC) Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson on The Jeffersons, (CBS)	*Jane Curtin as Allison Lowell on Kate & Allie, (CBS)* Joanna Cassidy as Jo Jo White on Buffalo Bill, (NBC) Shelley Long as Diane Chambers on Cheers, (NBC) Susan Saint James as Katherine McArdle on Kate & Allie, (CBS) Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
*Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum on Magnum P.I., (Episode: "Home From the Sea"), (CBS)* William Daniels as Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere, (NBC) Ed Flanders as Dr. Donald Westphall on St. Elsewhere, (NBC) ^[2] John Forsythe as Blake Carrington on Dynasty, (ABC) Daniel J. Travanti as Capt. Frank Furillo on Hill Street Blues, (NBC)	*Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey on Cagney & Lacey, (Episode: "The Baby Broker") (CBS)* Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant on Fame, (Syndicated) Joan Collins as Alexis Colby on Dynasty (ABC) Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey, (CBS) Veronica Hamel as Joyce Davenport on Hill Street Blues, (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
*Laurence Olivier as King Lear on King Lear, (Syndicated)* Ted Danson as Steven Bennett on Something About Amelia (ABC) Louis Gossett Jr. as Anwar al-Sadat on Sadat, (Syndicated) Mickey Rooney as Bill Sackter on Bill: On His Own, (CBS) Daniel J. Travanti as John Walsh on Adam, (NBC)	*Jane Fonda as Gertie Nevels on The Dollmaker, (ABC)* Jane Alexander as Calamity Jane on Calamity Jane, (CBS) Ann-Margret as Blanche DuBois on A Streetcar Named Desire, (ABC) Glenn Close as Gail Bennett on Something About Amelia, (ABC) JoBeth Williams as Reve Walsh on Adam, (NBC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
*Pat Harrington Jr. as Dwayne F. Schneider on One Day at a Time, (CBS)* René Auberjonois as Clayton Runnymede Endicott III on Benson, (ABC) Nicholas Colasanto as Coach Ernie Pantusso on Cheers, (NBC) Tom Poston as George Utley on Newhart, (CBS) George Wendt as Norm Peterson on Cheers, (NBC)	*Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli on Cheers, (NBC)* Julia Duffy as Stephanie Vanderkellen on Newhart, (CBS) Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons, (CBS) Paula Kelly as Liz Williams on Night Court, (NBC) Marion Ross as Marion Cunningham on Happy Days, (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
*Bruce Weitz as Det. Mick Belker on Hill Street Blues, (NBC)* Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Victor Ehrlich on St. Elsewhere, (NBC) Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues (NBC) John Hillerman as Higgins on Magnum, P.I., (CBS) James Sikking as Lt. Howard Hunter on Hill Street Blues, (NBC)	*Alfre Woodard as Doris Robson on Hill Street Blues, (Episode: "Doris in Wonderland"), (NBC)* Barbara Bosson as Fay Furillo on Hill Street Blues, (NBC) Piper Laurie as Fran Singleton on St. Elsewhere, (Episode: "Lust et Veritas"), (NBC) Madge Sinclair as Nurse Ernestine Shoop on Trapper John, M.D., (CBS) Betty Thomas as Sgt. Lucille Bates on Hill Street Blues, (NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
*Art Carney as Tony on Terrible Joe Moran, (CBS)* Keith Carradine as Foxy Funderburke on Chiefs, (CBS) John Gielgud as Lord Durrisdeer on The Master of Ballantrae, (CBS) John Lithgow as Joe Huxley on The Day After, (ABC) Randy Quaid as Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell on A Streetcar Named Desire, (ABC) David Ogden Stiers as Dr. William Milligan Sloane on The First Olympics: Athens 1896, (NBC)	*Roxana Zal as Amelia Bennett on Something About Amelia, (ABC)* Beverly D'Angelo as Stella DuBois Kowalski on A Streetcar Named Desire, (ABC) Patty Duke as Martha Washington on George Washington, (CBS) Cloris Leachman as Mary Kovacs on Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter, (ABC) Tuesday Weld as Margie Young-Hunt on The Winter of Our Discontent, (CBS)

Directing

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
*Bill Persky for Kate & Allie,* (Episode: "A Very Loud Family"), (CBS)** James Burrows for Cheers, (Episode: "Old Flames"), (NBC) Ellen Falcon for Buffalo Bill, (Episode: "Jo-Jo's Problem, part 2"), (NBC) Larry Gelbart, for AfterMASH, (Episode: "Fall Out"), (CBS)	*Corey Allen for Hill Street Blues,* (Episode: "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps"), (NBC)** Thomas Carter for Hill Street Blues, (Episode: "Midway to What?"), (NBC) Robert Scheerer for Fame, (Episode: "Sheer Will"), (Syndicated) Arthur Allan Seidelman for Hill Street Blues, (Episode: "Doris in Wonderland"), (NBC)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program	Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special
*Dwight Hemion for Here's Television Entertainment,* (NBC)** Clark Jones for 38th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS) Don Mischer for The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, (CBS) Marty Pasetta for Burnett Discovers Domingo, (CBS)	*Jeff Bleckner for Concealed Enemies,* (Episode: "Part III"), (PBS)** John Erman for A Streetcar Named Desire, (ABC) Randa Haines for Something About Amelia, (ABC) Lamont Johnson for Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter, (ABC) Nicholas Meyer for The Day After, (ABC)

Writing

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
*David Angell for Cheers, (Episode: "Old Flames"), (NBC)* Glen Charles, Les Charles for Cheers, (Episode: "Power Play"), (NBC) David Lloyd for Cheers, (Episode: "Homicidal Ham"), (NBC) Tom Patchett for Buffalo Bill, (Episode: "Wilkinson's Sword"), (NBC) Jay Tarses for Buffalo Bill, (Episode: "Jo-Jo's Problem, Part 2"), (NBC)	*John Ford Noonan, John Masius, Tom Fontana for St. Elsewhere, (Episode: "The Women"), (NBC)* Tom Fontana, John Masius, for St. Elsewhere, (Episode: "All About Eve"), (NBC) Jeff Lewis, Michael I. Wagner, Karen Hall, Mark Frost, Steven Bochco, David Milch for Hill Street Blues, (Episode: "Grace Under Pressure"), (NBC) John Masius, Tom Fontana, Garn Stephens, Emilie R. Small for St. Elsewhere, (Episode: "Newheart"), (NBC) Peter Silverman, Steven Bochco, Jeff Lewis, David Milch for Hill Street Blues, (Episode: "Doris in Wonderland"), (NBC) Mark Tinker, John Tinker, John Masius, Tom Fontana for St. Elsewhere, (Episode: "Qui Transulit Sustinet"), (NBC)
Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program	Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special
Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC) The 38th Annual Tony Awards, (CBS) AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish, (CBS) The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, (CBS) Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC) Late Night with David Letterman, (NBC) Saturday Night Live, (NBC)	*William Hanley for Something About Amelia, (ABC)* Susan Cooper, Hume Cronyn for The Dollmaker, (ABC) Edward Hume for The Day After, (ABC) Allan Leicht for Adam, (NBC) April Smith for Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter, (ABC)

Most major nominations

By network ^[note 1]

NBC – 53
CBS – 37
ABC – 27

By program

Hill Street Blues (NBC) – 14
Fame (Syndicated) – 12
Cheers (NBC) – 10
St. Elsewhere (NBC) – 9
Buffalo Bill (NBC) / Something About Amelia (ABC) – 6

Most major awards

By network ^[note 1]

NBC – 10
CBS – 7
ABC – 5

By program

Hill Street Blues (NBC) – 4
Cheers (NBC) / Something About Amelia (ABC) – 3

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

^ Emmys.com list of 1984 Nominees & Winners
^ "Boone, Mike. "The Emmy List: Here's the Best in Television". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

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