20th Primetime Emmy Awards
Introduction The '''20th Emmy Awards''', later known as the '''20th Primetime Emmy Awards''', were handed out on May 19, 1968.The ceremony was hosted by Frank Sinatra and Dick Van Dyke. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.The top shows of the night were ''Get Smart'' and ''Mission: Impossible''. ''Get Smart'' won three major awards, while the most nominated show was the anthology drama ''CBS Playhouse'' with ten. It also won three major awards.The first posthumous Acting Emmy went to Marion Lorne for her performance in ''Bewitched'', while ''The Avengers'' was the first non American produced nomination, having been syndicated from ABC Weekend TV, which was a part of the United Kingdom Independent Television Network, by ABC. However, other than sharing the same initials, the two companies were independent of each other.
Winners and nominees ===Programs===+  * '''''Get Smart'' (NBC)'''** ''Bewitched'' (ABC)** ''Family Affair'' (CBS)** ''Hogan's Heroes'' (CBS)** ''The Lucy Show'' (CBS) *'''''Mission: Impossible'' (CBS)'''** ''The Avengers'' (ABC)** ''I Spy'' (NBC)** ''NET Playhouse'' (NET)** ''Run for Your Life'' (NBC)** ''Star Trek'' (NBC) *'''''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC)'''** ''The Bell Telephone Hour'' (NBC)** ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS)** ''The Dean Martin Comedy Hour'' (NBC)** ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' (CBS) *'''''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC): "Pilot"'''** ''Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Show'' (NBC)** ''The Fred Astaire Show'' (NBC)** ''Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass'' (CBS)** ''Lincoln Center/Stage 5'' (Syndicated)** ''A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim'' (NBC) * '''''Today'' (NBC)'''** ''Camera Three'' (CBS)** ''The Mike Douglas Show'' (Syndicated) *'''''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' (ABC) – Roone Arledge'''*'''''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' (ABC) – Jim McKay** ''10th Winter Olympic Games'' (ABC) – Roone Arledge** ''10th Winter Olympic Games'' (ABC) – Dick Button** ''The American Sportsman'' (ABC)** ''The Flying Fisherman'' (Syndicated)** ''NCAA Football'' (ABC) *'''''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (NBC): "Elizabeth the Queen"'''** ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Dear Friends"** ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"** ''NET Playhouse'' (NET): "Uncle Vanya"** ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (ABC)** ''Xerox Special'' (ABC): "Luther"===Acting=======Lead performances====+  * '''Don Adams as Maxwell Smart in ''Get Smart'' (NBC)'''** Richard Benjamin as Dick Hollister in ''He & She'' (CBS)** Sebastian Cabot as Mr. Giles French in ''Family Affair'' (CBS)** Brian Keith as Uncle Bill Davis in ''Family Affair'' (CBS)** Dick York as Darrin Stephens in ''Bewitched'' (ABC) * '''Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael in ''The Lucy Show'' (CBS)'''** Barbara Feldon as Agent 99 in ''Get Smart'' (NBC)** Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens in ''Bewitched'' (ABC)** Paula Prentiss as Paula Hollister in ''He & She'' (CBS)** Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie in ''That Girl'' (ABC) * '''Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott in ''I Spy'' (NBC)'''** Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in ''Ironside'' (NBC)** Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson in ''I Spy'' (NBC)** Ben Gazzara as Paul Bryan in ''Run for Your Life'' (NBC)** Martin Landau as Rollin Hand in ''Mission: Impossible'' (CBS) * '''Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter in ''Mission: Impossible'' (CBS)'''** Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in ''The Avengers'' (ABC)** Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley in ''The Big Valley'' (ABC)====Supporting performances==== * '''Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink in ''Hogan's Heroes'' (CBS)'''** Jack Cassidy as Oscar North in ''He & She'' (CBS)** William Demarest as Uncle Charley O'Casey in ''My Three Sons'' (CBS)** Gale Gordon as Mr. Theodore J. Mooney in ''The Lucy Show'' (CBS) * '''Marion Lorne as Aunt Clara in ''Bewitched'' (ABC)'''** Agnes Moorehead as Endora in ''Bewitched'' (ABC)** Marge Redmond as Sister Jacqueline in ''The Flying Nun'' (ABC)** Nita Talbot as Marya in ''Hogan's Heroes'' (CBS) (Episode: "The Hostage") * '''Milburn Stone as Doc in ''Gunsmoke'' (CBS) (Episode: "Baker's Dozen")'''** Joseph Campanella as Lew Wickersham in ''Mannix'' (CBS)** Lawrence Dobkin as Dr. Gettlinger in ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS) (Episode: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night")** Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in ''Star Trek'' (NBC) * '''Barbara Anderson as Officer Eve Whitfield in ''Ironside'' (NBC)'''** Linda Cristal as Victoria Cannon in ''The High Chaparral'' (NBC)** Tessie O'Shea as Tessie O'Toole in ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (ABC)====Single performances==== * '''Melvyn Douglas as Peter Schermann in ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"'''** Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in ''Ironside'' (NBC): "World Premiere"** Van Heflin as Robert Sloane in ''A Case of Libel'' (ABC)** George C. Scott as John Proctor in ''The Crucible'' (CBS)** Eli Wallach as Douglas Lambert in ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Dear Friends" * '''Maureen Stapleton as Mary O'Meaghan in ''Among the Paths to Eden'' (ABC)'''** Judith Anderson as Queen Elizabeth I in ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (NBC): "Elizabeth the Queen"** Geneviève Bujold as Joan of Arc in ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' (NBC): "Saint Joan"** Colleen Dewhurst as Elizabeth Proctor in ''The Crucible'' (CBS)** Anne Jackson as Vivian Spears in ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Dear Friends"===Directing===+  *'''''Get Smart'' (NBC): "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" – Bruce Bilson'''** ''The Monkees'' (NBC): "The Devil and Peter Tork" – James Frawley** ''That Girl'' (ABC): "That Girl" – Danny Arnold *'''''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Dear Friends" – Paul Bogart'''** ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" – George Schaefer** ''The Crucible'' (CBS) – Alex Segal** ''Mission: Impossible'' (CBS): "The Killing" – Lee H. Katzin *'''''Movin' with Nancy'' (NBC) – Jack Haley Jr.'''** ''The Dean Martin Comedy Hour'' (NBC) – Greg Garrison** ''Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass'' (CBS) – Dwight Hemion** ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC) – Gordon Wiles** ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC): "Pilot" – Bill Foster===Writing===+  * '''''He & She'' (CBS): "The Coming Out Party" – Chris Hayward and Allan Burns'''** ''He & She'' (CBS): "The Old Man and the She" – Leonard Stern and Arne Sultan** ''The Lucy Show'' (CBS): "Lucy Gets Jack Benny's Account" – Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer** ''That Girl'' (ABC): "The Mailman Cometh" – Danny Arnold and Ruth Brooks Flippen * '''''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" – Loring Mandel'''** ''CBS Playhouse'' (CBS): "Dear Friends" – Reginald Rose** ''Ironside'' (NBC): "World Premiere" – Don Mankiewicz** ''Mission: Impossible'' (CBS): "The Seal" – William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter * '''''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''''' (NBC)** ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS)** ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'': "Pilot" (NBC)** ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' (CBS): "Ronnie Schell, Kate Smith and Simon & Garfunkel"
Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations Network  Number ofNominations CBS  43 NBC  30 ABC  20+Programs with multiple major nominations Program  Category  Network  Number ofNominations ''Bewitched''  Comedy  ABC 5 ''Dear Friends'' Special CBS ''Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'' ''He & She''  Comedy ''Mission: Impossible''  Drama ''Get Smart''  Comedy NBC 4 ''Ironside''  Drama ''The Lucy Show''  Comedy CBS ''The Crucible''  Special 3 ''Family Affair'' Comedy ''Hogan's Heroes'' ''I Spy''  Drama NBC ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''  Variety ''That Girl''  Comedy ABC ''10th Winter Olympic Games''  Sports 2 ''The Avengers''  Drama  ''The Carol Burnett Show'' Variety  CBS ''The Dean Martin Comedy Hour'' NBC ''Elizabeth the Queen''  Special ''Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass''  Variety  CBS ''NET Playhouse'' Drama  NET ''Run for Your Life''  NBC ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''  Variety  CBS ''Star Trek''  Drama  NBC ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''  Special ABC ''Wide World of Sports''  Sports
Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards Network  Number ofAwards NBC  10 CBS  9 ABC  3+Programs with multiple major awards Program  Category  Network  Number ofAwards ''Get Smart''  Comedy  NBC  3 ''Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night''  Special CBS 2 ''Mission: Impossible''  Drama ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''  Variety  NBC ''Wide World of Sports''  Sports  ABC;Notes
References
External links *  Emmys.com list of 1968 Nominees & Winners*