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.
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.
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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 35th Primetime Emmy AwardsDateSeptember 25 1983 Ceremony September 18 1983 Creative Arts Awards LocationPasadena Civic Auditorium Pasadena CaliforniaPresented byAcademy of Television Arts and SciencesHosted byEddie Murphy Joan RiversHighlightsMost awardsCheers 4 Most nominationsHill Street Blues 14 Outstanding Comedy SeriesCheersOutstanding Drama SeriesHill Street BluesOutstanding Limited SeriesThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyOutstanding Variety Music or Comedy ProgramMotown 25 Yesterday Today ForeverTelevision radio coverageNetworkNBC 34th Primetime Emmy Awards 36th 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 Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 Programs 1 2 Acting 1 2 1 Lead performances 1 2 2 Supporting performances 1 3 Directing 1 4 Writing 2 Most major nominations 3 Most major awards 4 References 5 External linksWinners and nominees Edit 1 Programs Edit Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama SeriesCheers NBC Buffalo Bill NBC M A S H CBS Newhart CBS Taxi NBC Hill Street Blues NBC Cagney amp Lacey CBS Fame NBC Magnum P I CBS St Elsewhere NBC Outstanding Variety Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Drama SpecialMotown 25 Yesterday Today Forever NBC The Kennedy Center Honors A Celebration of the Performing Arts CBS Second City Television NBC The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NBC The 37th Annual Tony Awards CBS 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 Outstanding Limited SeriesThe 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 Acting Edit Lead performances Edit Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesJudd Hirsch as Alex Reiger on Taxi Episode Alex s Old Buddy NBC Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce on M A S H CBS 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 Shelley Long as Diane Chambers on Cheers Episode Give Me a Ring Sometime NBC Nell Carter as Nell Harper on Gimme A Break NBC Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes on Goodnight Beantown CBS Swoosie Kurtz as Laurie Morgan on Love Sidney NBC Rita Moreno as Violet Newstead on 9 to 5 ABC Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson on The Jeffersons CBS Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesEd Flanders as Dr Donald Westphall on St Elsewhere NBC William Daniels as Dr Mark Craig on St Elsewhere NBC John Forsythe as Blake Carrington on Dynasty ABC Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum on Magnum P I CBS Daniel J Travanti as Capt Frank Furillo on Hill Street Blues NBC Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey on Cagney amp Lacey Episode Burn Out CBS Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant on Fame NBC Linda Evans as Krystle Carrington on Dynasty ABC Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney on Cagney amp 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 SpecialTommy Lee Jones as Gary Mark Gilmore on The Executioner s Song NBC Robert Blake as Jimmy Hoffa on Blood Feud Syndicated Richard Chamberlain as Ralph de Bricassart on The Thorn Birds ABC Alec Guinness as George Smiley on Smiley s People Syndicated Roger Rees as Nicholas Nickleby on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Syndicated Barbara Stanwyck as Mary Carson on The Thorn Birds Episode Part 1 ABC Ann Margret as Lucile Fray on Who Will Love My Children ABC Rosanna Arquette as Nicole Baker on The Executioner s Song NBC Mariette Hartley as Candy Lightner on M A D D Mothers Against Drunk Drivers NBC Angela Lansbury as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney on Little Gloria Happy at Last NBC Supporting performances Edit Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music SeriesChristopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski on Taxi Episode Jim s Inheritance NBC Nicholas Colasanto as Coach Ernie Pantusso on Cheers NBC Danny DeVito as Louie De Palma on Taxi NBC Harry Morgan as Sherman T Potter on M A S H CBS Eddie Murphy as Various Characters on Saturday Night Live NBC Carol Kane as Simka Dahblitz Gravas on Taxi Episode Scenkees From a Marriage NBC Eileen Brennan as Doreen Lewis on Private Benjamin CBS Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston on The Jeffersons CBS Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli on Cheers NBC Loretta Swit as Margaret Houlihan on M A S H CBS Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesJames Coco as Arnie on St Elsewhere Episode Cora and Arnie NBC Ed Begley Jr as Dr Victor Ehrlich on St Elsewhere NBC Michael Conrad as Sgt Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues NBC Joe Spano as Det Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues NBC Bruce Weitz as Det Mick Belker on Hill Street Blues NBC Doris Roberts as Cora on St Elsewhere Episode Cora and Arnie NBC Barbara Bosson as Fay Furillo on Hill Street Blues NBC Christina Pickles as Nurse Helen Rosenthal on St Elsewhere 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 SpecialRichard Kiley as Paddy Cleary on The Thorn Birds Episode Part I ABC Ralph Bellamy as President Franklin D Roosevelt on The Winds of War ABC Bryan Brown as Luke O Neill on The Thorn Birds ABC Christopher Plummer as Archbishop Vittorio Contini Verchese on The Thorn Birds ABC David Threlfall as Smike on The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Syndicated Jean Simmons as Fiona Fee Cleary on The Thorn Birds ABC Judith Anderson as Nurse on Medea PBS Polly Bergen as Rhoda Henry on The Winds of War ABC Bette Davis as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt on Little Gloria Happy at Last NBC Piper Laurie as Anne Mueller on The Thorn Birds Episode Part III ABC Directing Edit Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series Outstanding Directing in a Drama SeriesJames Burrows for Cheers Episode Showdown Part II NBC Alan Alda for M A S H Episode Goodbye Farewell and Amen CBS Jim Drake for Buffalo Bill Episode Woody Quits NBC Burt Metcalfe for M A S H Episode The Joker Is Wild CBS Tom Patchett for Buffalo Bill Episode Pilot NBC Bob Sweeney for The Love Boat Episode The Dog Show ABC Jeff Bleckner for Hill Street Blues Episode Life in the Minors NBC Marc Daniels for Fame Episode And the Winner Is NBC Leo Penn for The Mississippi Episode Old Hatreds Die Hard CBS Robert Scheerer for Fame Episode Feelings NBC Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a SpecialDwight Hemion for Sheena Easton Act One NBC Emile Ardolino for Live from Lincoln Center Episode Stravinsky and Balanchine A Genius Has a Birthday PBS John Blanchard John Bell for Second City Television Episode Sweeps Week NBC Kirk Browning for Live from Lincoln Center Episode Zubin Mehta Conducts Beethoven s Ninth with the New York Philharmonic PBS Don Mischer for Motown 25 Yesterday Today Forever NBC Marty Pasetta for The 55th Annual Academy Awards ABC John Erman for Who Will Love My Children ABC Dan Curtis for The Winds of War Episode Into the Maelstrom ABC Daryl Duke for The Thorn Birds Episode Part II ABC Simon Langton for Smiley s People Episode Part VI Syndicated Edward Zwick for Special Bulletin NBC Writing Edit Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series Outstanding Writing in a Drama SeriesGlen Charles Les Charles for Cheers Episode Give Me a Ring Sometime NBC Ken Estin for Taxi Episode Jim s Inheritance NBC Ken Levine David Isaacs for Cheers Episode The Boys in the Bar NBC David Lloyd for Cheers Episode Diane s Perfect Date NBC Tom Patchett Jay Tarses for Buffalo Bill Episode Pilot NBC David Milch for Hill Street Blues Episode Trial by Fury NBC Steven Bochco Anthony Yerkovich Jeff Lewis for Hill Street Blues Episode A Hair of the Dog NBC Karen Hall for Hill Street Blues Episode Officer of the Year NBC Michael I Wagner David Milch Steven Bochco Anthony Yerkovich Jeff Lewis for Hill Street Blues Episode No Body s Perfect NBC Anthony Yerkovich David Milch Karen Hall Steven Bochco Jeff Lewis for Hill Street Blues Episode Eugene s Comedy Empire Strikes Back NBC Outstanding Writing in a Variety Music or Comedy Program Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a SpecialSecond City Television Episode Sweeps Week NBC Second City Television Episode Robin Williams NBC Second City Television Episode Christmas Show NBC Second City Television Episode Joe Walsh NBC Second City Television Episode Towering Inferno NBC Marshall Herskovitz Edward Zwick for Special Bulletin NBC Michael Bortman for Who Will Love My Children ABC David Edgar for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Episode Part IV Syndicated William Hanley for Little Gloria Happy at Last NBC Norman Mailer for The Executioner s Song NBC Most major nominations EditBy network note 1 NBC 71 ABC 23 CBS 22By programHill Street Blues NBC 14 Fame NBC Cheers NBC The Thorn Birds ABC 9 Second City Television NBC St Elsewhere NBC 7 M A S H CBS Taxi NBC 6Most major awards EditBy network note 1 NBC 19 ABC 4 CBS 1By programCheers NBC 4 Hill Street Blues NBC St Elsewhere NBC Taxi NBC The Thorn Birds ABC 3 Fame NBC 2Notes a b Major constitutes the categories listed above Program Acting Directing and Writing Does not include the technical categories References Edit Emmys com list of 1983 Nominees amp WinnersExternal links EditEmmys com list of 1983 Nominees amp Winners 35th Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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