Primetime Super Emmy Award

The Primetime Super Emmy Award was a set of 14 awards that were given in conjunction to the traditional Emmys at the 1974 ceremony.

Winners of a traditional Emmy would then compete against their genre counterpart from the same category (comedy vs. drama for "Series". miniseries vs. telefilm for "Special"). This format would prove to be the Super Emmy's undoing. In order to vote on a Super Emmy winner, the traditional Emmy winners had to be announced well before the ceremony.

Several members of the Television Academy were against implementing the new awards. Ironically, Super Emmy winners Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore were some of the loudest detractors. Both threatened to resign form the academy if they were installed. During their acceptance speeches, Moore said that comparing comedic and dramatic television was "apples to oranges". Alda went one step further in his speech "it's comparing apples to oranges to Volkswagens."^[1]

The Super Emmy was never awarded again.

Winners and nominations

Actor of the Year

Artist(s)	Program	Role	Network
Series
Alan Alda	MASH*	Hawkeye Pierce	CBS
Telly Savalas	Kojak	Theo Kojak	CBS
Special
Hal Holbrook	Pueblo	Capt. Lloyd Bucher	ABC
William Holden	The Blue Knight	Bumper Morgan	NBC
Supporting
Michael Moriarty	The Glass Menagerie	Jim O'Connor	ABC
Rob Reiner	All in the Family	Michael Stivic	CBS

Actress of the Year

Artist(s)	Program	Role	Network
Series
Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Tyler Moore	Mary Richards	CBS
Michael Learned	The Waltons	Olivia Walton	CBS
Special
Cicely Tyson	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	Jane Pittman	CBS
Mildred Natwick	The Snoop Sisters	Gwendolyn Snoop-Nicholson	NBC
Supporting
Joanna Miles	The Glass Menagerie	Laura Wingfield	ABC
Cloris Leachman	Mary Tyler Moore	Phyllis Lindstrom	CBS

Director of the Year

Artist(s)	Program	Episode	Network
Series
Robert Butler	The Blue Knight	"Part III"	NBC
Jackie Cooper	MASH*	"Carry on, Hawkeye"	CBS
Special
Dwight Hemion	Barbra Streisand…and Other Musical Instruments	—	CBS
John Korty	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	—	CBS

Writer of the Year

Artist(s)	Program	Episode	Network
Series
Treva Silverman	Mary Tyler Moore	"The Lou and Edie Story"	CBS
Joanna Lee	The Waltons	"The Thanksgiving Story"	CBS
Special
Fay Kanin	Tell Me Where It Hurts	—	CBS
Tracy Keenan Wynn	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman	—	CBS

Craft Categories

Artist(s)	Program	Episode	Network
Art & Set Director of the Year
Jan Scott & Charles Kreiner	The Lie	—	CBS
Brian Bartholomew	Barbra Streisand…and Other Musical Instruments	—	CBS
Cinematographer of the Year
Ted Voigtlander	It's Good to Be Alive	—	CBS
Harry L. Wolf	Columbo	"Any Old Port in a Storm"	NBC
Film Editor of the Year
Frank Morriss	The Execution of Private Slovik	—	NBC
Gene Fowler Jr., Marjorie Fowler, Samuel E. Beetley	The Blue Knight	—	NBC
Musician of the Year
Jack Parnell, Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch	Barbra Streisand…and Other Musical Instruments	—	CBS
—

References

↑ O'Neil, Thomas. "1973-74. A Super S*M*A*S*H Night." The Emmys: The Ultimate, Unofficial Guide to the Battle of TV's Best Shows and Greatest Stars. New York: Perigee, 2000. 173-174.

External links

Emmys.com – list of Nominees & Winners

Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Reality-Competition Program Animated Program Children's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short-Format Animation Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety Series Special Class Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for Nonfiction Programming

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Creative Arts	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Cinematography for a Reality Program Commercial Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Achievement in Animation Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie

Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Picture Editing for Reality Programming Program of the Year Reality Program Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.