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1968 American television programming awards
The
20th Emmy Awards
, later known as the
20th Primetime Emmy Awards
, were handed out on May 19, 1968. The ceremony was hosted by
Frank Sinatra
and
Dick Van Dyke
. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were
Get Smart
and
Mission: Impossible
.
Get Smart
won three major awards, while the most nominated show was the
anthology drama
CBS Playhouse
with ten. It also won three major awards.
The first posthumous Acting Emmy went to
Marion Lorne
for her performance in
Bewitched
, while
The Avengers
was the first non American produced nomination, having been syndicated from
ABC Weekend TV
, which was a part of the
United Kingdom
Independent Television Network, by ABC. However, other than sharing the same initials, the two companies were independent of each other.
Winners and nominees
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Programs
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Programs
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- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(NBC): "Pilot"
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Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
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Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs
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Acting
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Lead performances
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Acting
- Don Adams
as Maxwell Smart in
Get Smart
(NBC)
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- Barbara Bain
as Cinnamon Carter in
Mission: Impossible
(CBS)
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Supporting performances
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Single performances
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama
- Melvyn Douglas
as Peter Schermann in
CBS Playhouse
(CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
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Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama
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Directing
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Directing
- Get Smart
(NBC): "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" ?
Bruce Bilson
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Writing
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Writing
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- CBS Playhouse
(CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" ?
Loring Mandel
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- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(NBC)
- The Carol Burnett Show
(CBS)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
: "Pilot" (NBC)
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
(CBS): "Ronnie Schell, Kate Smith and Simon & Garfunkel"
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Most major nominations
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Networks with multiple major nominations
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Network
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Number of
Nominations
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CBS
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43
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NBC
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30
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ABC
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20
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Programs with multiple major nominations
Program
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Category
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Network
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Number of
Nominations
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Bewitched
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Comedy
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ABC
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5
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Dear Friends
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Special
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CBS
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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He & She
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Comedy
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Mission: Impossible
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Drama
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Get Smart
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Comedy
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NBC
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4
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Ironside
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Drama
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The Lucy Show
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Comedy
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CBS
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The Crucible
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Special
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3
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Family Affair
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Comedy
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Hogan's Heroes
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I Spy
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Drama
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NBC
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Variety
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That Girl
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Comedy
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ABC
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10th Winter Olympic Games
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Sports
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2
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The Avengers
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Drama
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The Carol Burnett Show
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Variety
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CBS
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The Dean Martin Comedy Hour
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NBC
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Elizabeth the Queen
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Special
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Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
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Variety
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CBS
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NET Playhouse
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Drama
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NET
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Run for Your Life
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NBC
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Variety
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CBS
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Star Trek
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Drama
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NBC
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Special
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ABC
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Wide World of Sports
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Sports
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Most major awards
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Networks with multiple major awards
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Network
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Number of
Awards
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NBC
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10
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CBS
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9
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ABC
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3
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Programs with multiple major awards
Program
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Category
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Network
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Number of
Awards
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Get Smart
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Comedy
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NBC
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3
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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Special
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CBS
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2
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Mission: Impossible
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Drama
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Variety
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NBC
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Wide World of Sports
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Sports
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ABC
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- Notes
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"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the
technical categories.
References
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