5th People's Choice Awards
The 5th People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 1978, were held in 1979. They were broadcast on CBS.
Winners
Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program:Pam Dawber
Favorite Female TV Performer:
Mary Tyler Moore,
Carol Burnett
Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actor:
Jerry Reed
Favorite Non-Musical Motion Picture:
Animal House
Favorite Overall Motion Picture:
Grease
Favorite Overall New TV Program:
Mork & Mindy
Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer:
Burt Reynolds
Favorite Motion Picture Actress:
Olivia Newton-John
Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer:
Carol Burnett
Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress:
Stockard Channing
Favorite New TV Comedy Program:
Mork & Mindy
Favorite TV Comedy Program:
M*A*S*H
Favorite TV Dramatic Program:
Little House on the Prairie
Favorite TV Variety Program:
Donny & Marie
Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program:
Robin Williams
Favorite Motion Picture Actor:
Burt Reynolds
Favorite Male TV Performer:
Alan Alda
Favorite Musical Motion Picture:
Grease
Favorite Female Musical Performer:
Olivia Newton-John
Favorite Male Musical Performer:
Billy Joel,
Andy Gibb
Favorite New Song:
"Double Vision"
Favorite New TV Dramatic Program:
''Battlestar Galactica''