35th Primetime Emmy Awards
Introduction The '''35th Primetime Emmy Awards''' were held on September 25, 1983.The ceremony was broadcast on NBC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. It is remembered for the vulgar language during the ceremony, much of it from Joan Rivers who cohosted the ceremony with Eddie Murphy. 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 ''Cheers'' won Outstanding Comedy Series as well as three other major awards. For the third straight year, ''Hill Street Blues'' 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. ''Second City Television'' also garnered every nomination in a category, for Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music or Comedy Program. NBC 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, ''M*A*S*H'' 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 1974, this record would be tied by ''Cheers'' a decade later when it too went 11/11, finishing with four victories.
Winners and nominees ===Programs===+  * '''''Cheers'' (NBC)'''** ''Buffalo Bill'' (NBC)** ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS)** ''Newhart'' (CBS)** ''Taxi'' (NBC) * '''''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC)'''** ''Cagney & Lacey'' (CBS)** ''Fame'' (NBC)** ''Magnum, P.I.'' (CBS)** ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC) * '''''Special Bulletin'' (NBC)'''** ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' (NBC)** ''M.A.D.D. : Mothers Against Drunk Drivers'' (NBC)** ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (CBS)** ''Who Will Love My Children?'' (ABC) *'''''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Syndicated)'''** ''Smiley's People'' (Syndicated)** ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC)** ''To Serve Them All My Days'' (CBS)** ''The Winds of War'' (ABC) * '''''Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever'' (NBC)'''** ''The 37th Annual Tony Awards'' (CBS)** ''The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts'' (CBS)** ''Second City Television'' (NBC)** ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (NBC)===Acting=======Lead performances====+  * '''Judd Hirsch as Alex Reiger in ''Taxi'' (NBC) (Episode: "Alex's Old Buddy")'''** Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce in ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS)** Dabney Coleman as Bill Bittinger in ''Buffalo Bill'' (NBC)** Ted Danson as Sam Malone in ''Cheers'' (NBC)** Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois in ''Benson'' (ABC) * '''Shelley Long as Diane Chambers in ''Cheers'' (NBC) (Episode: "Give Me a Ring Sometime")'''** Nell Carter as Nell Harper in ''Gimme a Break!'' (NBC)** Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes in ''Goodnight, Beantown'' (CBS)** Swoosie Kurtz as Laurie Morgan in ''Love, Sidney'' (NBC)** Rita Moreno as Violet Newstead in ''9 to 5'' (ABC)** Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson in ''The Jeffersons'' (CBS) * '''Ed Flanders as Dr. Donald Westphall in ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC)'''** William Daniels as Dr. Mark Craig in ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC)** John Forsythe as Blake Carrington in ''Dynasty'' (ABC)** Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum in ''Magnum, P.I.'' (CBS)** Daniel J. Travanti as Capt. Frank Furillo in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) * '''Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey in ''Cagney & Lacey'' (CBS) (Episode: "Burn Out")'''** Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant in ''Fame'' (NBC)** Linda Evans as Krystle Carrington in ''Dynasty'' (ABC)** Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney in ''Cagney & Lacey'' (CBS)** Veronica Hamel as Joyce Davenport in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) * '''Tommy Lee Jones as Gary Mark Gilmore in ''The Executioner's Song'' (NBC)'''** Robert Blake as Jimmy Hoffa in ''Blood Feud'' (Syndicated)** Richard Chamberlain as Ralph de Bricassart in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC)** Alec Guinness as George Smiley in ''Smiley's People'' (Syndicated)** Roger Rees as Nicholas Nickleby in ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Syndicated) *'''Barbara Stanwyck as Mary Carson in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC) (Episode: "Part 1")'''** Ann-Margret as Lucile Fray in ''Who Will Love My Children?'' (ABC)** Rosanna Arquette as Nicole Baker in ''The Executioner's Song'' (NBC)** Mariette Hartley as Candy Lightner in ''M.A.D.D. : Mothers Against Drunk Drivers'' (NBC)** Angela Lansbury as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' (NBC)====Supporting performances==== * '''Christopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski in ''Taxi'' (NBC) (Episode: "Jim's Inheritance")'''** Nicholas Colasanto as Coach Ernie Pantusso in ''Cheers'' (NBC)** Danny DeVito as Louie De Palma in ''Taxi'' (NBC)** Harry Morgan as Sherman T. Potter in ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS)** Eddie Murphy as Various Characters in ''Saturday Night Live'' (NBC) * '''Carol Kane as Simka Dahblitz-Gravas in ''Taxi'' (NBC) (Episode: "Scenkees From a Marriage")'''** Eileen Brennan as Doreen Lewis in ''Private Benjamin'' (CBS)** Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston in ''The Jeffersons'' (CBS)** Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli in ''Cheers'' (NBC)** Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan in ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) * '''James Coco as Arnie in ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC) (Episode: "Cora and Arnie")'''** Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Victor Ehrlich in ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC)** Michael Conrad as Sgt. Phil Esterhaus in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC)** Joe Spano as Det. Henry Goldblume in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC)** Bruce Weitz as Det. Mick Belker in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) * '''Doris Roberts as Cora in ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC) (Episode: "Cora and Arnie")'''** Barbara Bosson as Fay Furillo in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC)** Christina Pickles as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in ''St. Elsewhere'' (NBC)** Madge Sinclair as Nurse Ernestine Shoop in ''Trapper John, M.D.'' (CBS)** Betty Thomas as Sgt. Lucille Bates in ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC) * '''Richard Kiley as Paddy Cleary in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC) (Episode: "Part I")'''** Ralph Bellamy as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in ''The Winds of War'' (ABC)** Bryan Brown as Luke O'Neill in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC)** Christopher Plummer as Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC)** David Threlfall as Smike in ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Syndicated) *'''Jean Simmons as Fiona 'Fee' Cleary in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC)'''** Judith Anderson as Nurse in ''Medea'' (PBS)**Polly Bergen as Rhoda Henry in ''The Winds of War'' (ABC)** Bette Davis as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt in ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' (NBC)** Piper Laurie as Anne Mueller in ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC) (Episode: "Part III")====Individual performances==== * '''Leontyne Price – ''Live from Lincoln Center'': "Leontyne Price, Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic" (PBS)'''** Carol Burnett – ''Texaco Star Theater...Opening Night'' (NBC)** Michael Jackson – ''Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever'' (NBC)** Luciano Pavarotti – ''Live from Lincoln Center'': "Luciano Pavarotti and the New York Philharmonic" (PBS)** Richard Pryor – ''Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever'' (NBC)===Directing===+  *'''''Cheers'' (NBC): "Showdown, Part II" – James Burrows'''** ''Buffalo Bill'' (NBC): "Pilot" – Tom Patchett** ''Buffalo Bill'' (NBC): "Woody Quits" – Jim Drake** ''The Love Boat'' (ABC): "The Dog Show" – Bob Sweeney** ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS): "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" – Alan Alda** ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS): "The Joker Is Wild" – Burt Metcalfe *'''''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC): "Life in the Minors" – Jeff Bleckner'''** ''Fame'' (NBC): "And the Winner Is" – Marc Daniels** ''Fame'' (NBC): "Feelings" – Robert Scheerer** ''The Mississippi'' (CBS): "Old Hatreds Die Hard" – Leo Penn *'''''Sheena Easton... Act One'' (NBC) – Dwight Hemion'''** ''The 55th Annual Academy Awards'' (ABC) – Marty Pasetta** ''Live from Lincoln Center'': "Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Genius Has a Birthday!" (PBS) – Emile Ardolino** ''Live from Lincoln Center'': "Zubin Mehta Conducts Beethoven's Ninth with the New York Philharmonic" (PBS) – Kirk Browning** ''Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever'' (NBC) – Don Mischer** ''Second City Television'' (NBC): "Sweeps Week" – John Blanchard and John Bell * '''''Who Will Love My Children?'' (ABC) – John Erman'''** ''Smiley's People'' (Syndicated): "Part VI" – Simon Langton** ''Special Bulletin'' (NBC) – Edward Zwick** ''The Thorn Birds'' (ABC): "Part II" – Daryl Duke** ''The Winds of War'' (ABC): "Into the Maelstrom" – Dan Curtis===Writing===+  * '''''Cheers'' (NBC): "Give Me a Ring Sometime" – Glen Charles and Les Charles'''** ''Buffalo Bill'' (NBC): "Pilot" – Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses** ''Cheers'' (NBC): "The Boys in the Bar" – Ken Levine and David Isaacs** ''Cheers'' (NBC): "Diane's Perfect Date" – David Lloyd** ''Taxi'' (NBC): "Jim's Inheritance" – Ken Estin * '''''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC): "Trial by Fury" – David Milch'''** ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC): "Eugene's Comedy Empire Strikes Back" – ** ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC): "A Hair of the Dog" – Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich and Jeffrey Lewis** ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC): "No Body's Perfect" – ** ''Hill Street Blues'' (NBC): "Officer of the Year" – Karen Hall * '''''Second City Television'' (NBC): "Sweeps Week"'''** ''Second City Television'' (NBC): "Christmas Show"** ''Second City Television'' (NBC): "Joe Walsh"** ''Second City Television'' (NBC): "Robin Williams"** ''Second City Television'' (NBC): "Towering Inferno" * '''''Special Bulletin'' (NBC) – '''** ''The Executioner's Song'' (NBC) – Norman Mailer** ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (Syndicated): "Part IV" – David Edgar** ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' (NBC) – William Hanley** ''Who Will Love My Children?'' (ABC) – Michael Bortman
Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations Network  Number ofNominations NBC  71 ABC  23 CBS  22+Programs with multiple major nominations Program  Category  Network  Number ofNominations ''Hill Street Blues''  Drama NBC  14 ''Cheers''  Comedy 9 ''The Thorn Birds''  Limited  ABC ''Second City Television''  Variety NBC 7 ''St. Elsewhere''  Drama ''M*A*S*H'' Comedy  CBS 6 ''Taxi'' NBC ''Buffalo Bill''  5 ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby''  Limited  Syndicated 4 ''Little Gloria... Happy at Last''  Special  NBC ''Live from Lincoln Center'' Variety  PBS ''Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever''  NBC ''Who Will Love My Children?'' Special ABC ''The Winds of War''  Limited ''Cagney & Lacey''  Drama  CBS 3 ''The Executioner's Song''  Special  NBC ''Smiley's People''  Limited  Syndicated ''Special Bulletin''  Special  NBC ''Dynasty''  Drama  ABC 2 ''The Jeffersons''  Comedy  CBS  ''M.A.D.D. : Mother's Against Drunk Drivers''  Special  NBC  ''Magnum, P.I.'' Drama  CBS
Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards Network  Number ofAwards NBC  19 ABC  4+Programs with multiple major awards Programs  Category  Network  Number ofAwards ''Cheers''  Comedy NBC  4 ''Hill Street Blues'' Drama 3 ''St. Elsewhere'' ''Taxi''  Comedy ''The Thorn Birds''  Limited  ABC ''Special Bulletin''  Special  NBC  2;Notes
References
External links *  Emmys.com list of 1983 Nominees & Winners*