24th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 24th Emmy Awards, later known as the 24th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out in May 1972. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

Awards

Outstanding Drama Series

• Elizabeth R
  • Columbo
  • Mannix
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Outstanding Comedy Series

• All in the Family
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • The Odd Couple
  • Sanford and Son

Outstanding Variety Series

• The Carol Burnett Show
  • The Dean Martin Show
  • The Flip Wilson Show
  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Outstanding New Series

• Elizabeth R
  • Columbo
  • Sanford and Son
  • The Six Wives of Henry VIII
  • The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

Outstanding Achievements in Daytime Programming

• The Doctors
  • Dinah's Place
  • General Hospital
  • The Hollywood Squares

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series

• Peter Falk for playing "Lt. Columbo" in Columbo
  • Raymond Burr for playing "Robert T. Ironside" in Ironside
  • Mike Connors for playing "Joe Mannix" in Mannix
  • Robert Young for playing " Dr. Marcus Welby" in Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • Keith Michell for playing "Henry VIII of England" in The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series

• Glenda Jackson for playing "Queen Elizabeth I" in Elizabeth R
  • Peggy Lipton for playing "Julie Barnes" in The Mod Squad
  • Susan Saint James for playing "Sally McMillan" in McMillan & Wife

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series

• Carroll O'Connor for playing "Archie Bunker" in All in the Family
  • Redd Foxx for playing "Fred G. Sanford" in Sanford and Son
  • Jack Klugman for playing "Oscar Madison" in The Odd Couple
  • Tony Randall for playing "Felix Unger" in The Odd Couple

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series

• Jean Stapleton for playing "Edith Bunker" in All in the Family
  • Sandy Duncan for playing "Sandy" in Funny Face
  • Mary Tyler Moore for playing "Mary Richards" in The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama

• Jack Warden for playing "Coach George Halas" in Brian's Song
  • James Brolin for playing "Dr. Steven Kiley" in Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • Greg Morris for playing "Barney Collier" in Mission: Impossible

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama

• Jenny Agutter for playing "Frith" in The Snow Goose
  • Gail Fisher for playing "Peggy Fair" in Mannix
  • Elena Verdugo for playing "Consuelo Lopez" in Marcus Welby, M.D.

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy

• Edward Asner for playing "Lou Grant" in The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Michael Constantine for playing "Principal Seymour Kaufman" in Room 222
  • Gale Gordon for playing "Harrison Otis Carter" in Here's Lucy

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Comedy

• Valerie Harper for playing "Rhoda Morgenstern" in The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Sally Struthers for playing "Gloria Bunker-Stivic" in All in the Family
  • Cloris Leachman for playing "Phyllis Lindstrom" in The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy

• All in the Family

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama

• Columbo

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy

• All in the Family
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama

• The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  • Columbo
  • The Man and the City

External links

• IMDB