34th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 34th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 19, 1982. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC. It was hosted by John Forsythe and Marlo Thomas.
In its eighth and final season, Barney Miller finally won the Primetime [Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series], it had been nominated and lost the previous six seasons. On the drama side, it was once again all about Hill Street Blues. It set multiple records on the night, including receiving 16 major nominations, breaking the long-held record of 14 for a comedy or drama set by Playhouse 90 in 11th [Primetime Emmy Awards|1959]. It also received nine acting nominations for regular cast members, this has since been tied by L.A. Law, The West Wing and Game of Thrones. Included in those acting nominations was another milestone, Hill Street Blues received every nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for [Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series], this achievement has not been duplicated by a comedy or drama in a major acting category since. Another milestone was set by Andrea Martin, who became the first actor from a variety series, in this case Second City Television, to be nominated in the comedy acting field since the categories merged in 1979.
Ingrid Bergman won her final award posthumously, for A Woman Called Golda. It was not only the fourth posthumous acting award in Emmy history, but also the second performance ever to have won from a non-Network Syndicated show.

Winners and nominees

Most major nominations

Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Hill Street Blues	Drama	NBC	16
MASH*	Comedy	CBS	10
Brideshead Revisited	Miniseries	PBS	8
Taxi	Comedy	ABC	8
Lou Grant	Drama	CBS	6
Second City Television	Variety	NBC	6
Barney Miller	Comedy	ABC	5
A Woman Called Golda	Special	Syndicated	-
Bill	Special	CBS	3
The Elephant Man	Special	ABC	3
Inside the Third Reich	Special	ABC	3
Skokie	Special	CBS	3
Baryshnikov in Hollywood	Variety	CBS	2
Benson	Comedy	ABC	2
Dynasty	Drama	ABC	2
The Jeffersons	Comedy	CBS	2
Knots Landing	Drama	CBS	2
Love, Sidney	Comedy	NBC	2
Mae West	Special	ABC	2
Magnum, P.I.	Drama	CBS	2
Night of 100 Stars	Variety	ABC	2
One Day at a Time	Comedy	CBS	2
Oppenheimer	Limited	PBS	2
Police Squad!	Comedy	ABC	2

Most major awards

Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
Hill Street Blues	Drama	NBC	4
Taxi	Comedy	ABC	3
Bill	Special	CBS	2
MASH*	Comedy	CBS	2
A Woman Called Golda	Special	Syndicated	2

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