23rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Introduction The '''23rd Emmy Awards''', later known as the '''23rd Primetime Emmy Awards''', were handed out on May 9, 1971.The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.The top shows of the night were ''All in the Family'' and ''The Bold Ones: The Senator''. ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' had the most major nominations (eight) and tied with ''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' for the most wins (four) of the night.Actress Lee Grant set an Emmy milestone when she joined the exclusive club of actors who were nominated for two performances in the same acting category. She won the award for '''Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role''', for her performance in ''The Neon Ceiling'', she was also nominated for an episode of ''Columbo''.Susan Hampshire became PBS' first win in the Lead Actress, Drama category, for ''The First Churchills'', as well as being the network's first ever Acting win. (Hampshire also won in the same category, the previous year, again beating the Big Three television networks, but from the NET network, a network which dissolved within a year, but became the direct predecessor for PBS. )David Burns became the second posthumous performance in Emmy history to win for ''ITV Sunday Night Theatre''.
Winners and nominees ===Programs===+  * '''''All in the Family ''(CBS)'''** ''Arnie'' (CBS)** ''Love, American Style'' (ABC)** ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS)** ''The Odd Couple'' (ABC) * '''''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC)'''** ''The First Churchills'' (PBS)** ''Ironside'' (NBC)** ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (ABC)** ''NET Playhouse'' (PBS) * '''''The Flip Wilson Show'' (NBC)'''** ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS)** ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC) * '''''The David Frost Show'' (Syndicated)'''** ''The Dick Cavett Show'' (ABC)** ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (NBC) * '''''Singer Presents Burt Bacharach'' (CBS)'''** ''Another Evening with Burt Bacharach'' (NBC)** ''Harry and Lena'' (ABC) * '''''NET Festival'': "Leopold Stokowski" (PBS)'''** ''NET Fanfare'': "Swan Lake" (PBS)** ''NET Opera Theater'': "Queen of Spades" (PBS) * '''''Today'' (NBC)'''** ''The Galloping Gourmet'' (Syndicated) * '''''Sesame Street'' (PBS)'''** ''Kukla, Fran and Ollie'' (PBS) *'''''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' (ABC) – Roone Arledge'''*'''''ABC's Wide World of Sports'' (ABC) – Jim McKay'''* '''''NFL Monday Night Football'' (ABC) – Don Meredith'''** ''34th Masters Tournament'' (CBS)** ''NCAA Football'' (ABC)** ''NFL Monday Night Football'' (ABC) – Roone Arledge and Chet Forte * '''''The Andersonville Trial'' (PBS)'''** ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "Hamlet" (NBC)** ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "The Price" (NBC)** ''Night Gallery'': "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" (NBC)** ''Vanished'' (NBC) * '''''All in the Family'' (CBS)'''** ''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC)** ''The Flip Wilson Show'' (NBC)** ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS)** ''The Odd Couple'' (ABC)===Acting=======Lead performances====+  * '''Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison in ''The Odd Couple'' (ABC)'''** Ted Bessell as Donald Hollinger in ''That Girl'' (ABC)** Bill Bixby as Tom Corbett in ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' (ABC)** Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in ''All in the Family'' (CBS)** Tony Randall as Felix Unger in ''The Odd Couple'' (ABC) * '''Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in ''All in the Family'' (CBS)'''** Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS)** Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie in ''That Girl'' (ABC) * '''Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe in ''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC)'''** Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in ''Ironside'' (NBC)** Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in ''Mannix'' (CBS)** Robert Young as Marcus Welby in ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (ABC) * '''Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in ''The First Churchills'' (PBS)'''** Linda Cristal as Victoria Montoya in ''The High Chaparral'' (NBC)** Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes in ''The Mod Squad'' (ABC)====Supporting performances==== * '''Edward Asner as Lou Grant in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS)'''** Michael Constantine as Seymour Kaufman in ''Room 222'' (ABC)** Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter in ''Here's Lucy'' (CBS) * '''Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS) (Episode: "Support Your Local Mother")'''** Agnes Moorehead as Endora in ''Bewitched'' (ABC)** Karen Valentine as Alice Johnson in ''Room 222'' (ABC) * '''David Burns as Mr. Solomon in ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "The Price" (NBC)'''** James Brolin as Dr. Steven Kiley in ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (ABC)** Robert Young as Senator Earl Gannon in ''Vanished'' (NBC) * '''Margaret Leighton as Gertrude in ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "Hamlet" (NBC)'''** Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair in ''Mannix'' (CBS)** Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell in ''The Name of the Game'' (NBC)** Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez in ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' (ABC)====Single performances==== * '''George C. Scott as Victor Franz in ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "The Price" (NBC)'''** Jack Cassidy as Otis Baker in ''The Andersonville Trial'' (PBS)** Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe in ''A Clear and Present Danger'' (NBC)** Richard Widmark as President Paul Roudebush in ''Vanished'' (NBC)** Gig Young as Jones in ''The Neon Ceiling'' (NBC) * '''Lee Grant as Carrie Miller in ''The Neon Ceiling'' (NBC)'''** Colleen Dewhurst as Mrs. Franz in ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "The Price" (NBC)** Lee Grant as Leslie Williams in ''Ransom for a Dead Man'' (NBC)===Directing===+  * '''''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS): "Toulouse Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" – Jay Sandrich'''** ''All in the Family'' (CBS): "Gloria's Pregnancy" – John Rich** ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS): "Support Your Local Mother" – Alan Rafkin * '''''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC): "The Day the Lion Died" – Daryl Duke'''** ''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC): "A Single Blow of a Sword" – John Badham** ''Hawaii Five-O'' (CBS): "Over Fifty? Steal!" – Bob Sweeney * '''''Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley'' (NBC) – Sterling Johnson'''** ''George M!'' (NBC) – Walter C. Miller and Martin Charnin** ''Young People's Concerts: Anatomy of a Symphony Orchestra'' (CBS) – Roger Englander * '''''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' (NBC): "Orson Welles" – Mark Warren'''** ''The Andy Williams Show'' (NBC): "Christmas Show" – Art Fisher** ''The Flip Wilson Show'' (NBC): "David Frost, James Brown and The Muppets" – Tim Kiley*'''''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "The Price" (NBC) – Fielder Cook'''** ''A Clear and Present Danger'' (NBC) – James Goldstone** ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "Hamlet" (NBC) – Peter Wood** ''Tribes'' (ABC) – Joseph Sargent===Writing===+  * '''''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (CBS): "Support Your Local Mother" – Allan Burns and James L. Brooks'''** ''All in the Family'' (CBS): "Meet the Bunkers" – Norman Lear** ''All in the Family'' (CBS): "Oh, My Aching Back" – Stanley Ralph Ross** ''Here's Lucy'' (CBS): "Lucy Meets the Burtons" – Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis * '''''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC): "To Taste of Death But Once" – Joel Oliansky'''** ''The Bold Ones: The Senator'' (NBC): "A Continual Roar of Musketry" – David W. Rintels** ''Four in One'' (NBC): "The Psychiatrist" – Jerrold Freedman * '''''Singer Presents Burt Bacharach'' (CBS)'''** ''The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special'' (CBS)** ''Jack Benny's Twentieth Anniversary Special'' (NBC) * '''''The Flip Wilson Show'' (NBC): "Lena Horne and Tony Randall"'''** ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS): "Rita Hayworth"** ''Kraft Music Hall'' (NBC): "Kopykats Kopy TV" * '''''Tribes'' (ABC) – Tracy Keenan Wynn and Marvin Schwartz'''** ''The Brotherhood of the Bell'' (CBS) – David Karp** ''San Francisco International Airport'' (NBC) – William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter * '''''The Andersonville Trial'' (PBS) – Saul Levitt'''** ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'': "Hamlet" (NBC) – John Barton** ''Vanished'' (NBC) – Dean Riesner
Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations Network  Number ofNominations NBC  46 CBS  29 ABC  23 PBS  11+Programs with multiple major nominations Program  Category  Network  Number ofNominations ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' Comedy CBS  8 ''All in the Family'' 7 ''The Bold Ones: The Senator''  Drama NBC ''The Price''  Special  5 ''The Flip Wilson Show''  Variety 4 ''Hamlet''  Special ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' Drama ABC ''The Odd Couple''  Comedy ''Vanished'' Special  NBC ''The Andersonville Trial''  PBS  3 ''The Carol Burnett Show''  Variety  CBS 2 ''The Churchills''  Drama  PBS  ''A Clear and Present Danger''  Special  NBC ''Here's Lucy''  Comedy  CBS ''Ironside'' Drama  NBC ''Mannix''  CBS ''NFL Monday Night Football''  Sports  ABC ''The Neon Ceiling''  Special  NBC ''Room 222''  Comedy  ABC ''Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'' Variety  NBC ''Singer Presents Burt Bacharach''  CBS ''That Girl''  Comedy ABC ''Tribes''  Special ''Wide World of Sports''  Sports
Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards Network  Number ofAwards NBC  14 CBS  9 PBS  5 ABC  3+Programs with multiple major awards Programs  Category  Network  Number ofAwards ''The Bold Ones: The Senator''  Drama  NBC 4 ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''  Comedy  CBS ''All in the Family''  Comedy  CBS 3 ''The Price'' Special  NBC ''The Andersonville Trial''  PBS 2 ''The Flip Wilson Show'' Variety  NBC ''Singer Presents Burt Bacharach''  CBS ''Wide World of Sports''  Sports  ABC ;Notes
References
External links *  Emmys.com list of 1971 Nominees & Winners*