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.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Barney Miller
  • Love, Sidney
  • M*A*S*H
  • Taxi
  • WKRP in Cincinnati

Outstanding Drama Series

• Hill Street Blues
  • Dynasty
  • Fame
  • Lou Grant
  • Magnum, P.I.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Alan Alda for playing “Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce” on M*A*S*H
  • Robert Guillaume for playing “Benson DuBois” on Benson
  • Judd Hirsch for playing “Alex Reiger” on Taxi
  • Hal Linden for playing “Capt. Barney Miller” on Barney Miller
  • Leslie Nielsen for playing “Lieutenant Frank Drebin” on Police Squad!

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Daniel J. Travanti for playing "Frank Furillo" on Hill Street Blues
  • Edward Asner for playing "Lou Grant" on Lou Grant
  • John Forsythe for playing "Blake Carrington" on Dynasty
  • James Garner for playing "Bret Maverick" on Bret Maverick
  • Tom Selleck for playing "Thomas Magnum" on Magnum, P.I.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Carol Kane for playing “Simka Dahblitz-Gravas” in Taxi
  • Nell Carter for playing “Nell Harper” on Gimme a Break!
  • Bonnie Franklin for playing “Ann Romano” on One Day at a Time
  • Swoosie Kurtz for playing “Laurie Morgan” on Love, Sidney
  • Charlotte Rae for playing “Edna Garrett” on The Facts of life
  • Isabel Sanford for playing “Louise Jefferson” on The Jeffersons

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Michael Learned for playing “Mary Benjamin“ on Nurse
  • Debbie Allen for playing “Lydia Grant“ on Fame
  • Veronica Hamel for playing “Joyce Davenport“ on Hill Street Blues
  • Michele Lee for playing “Karen Fairgate“ on Knots Landing
  • Stefanie Powers for playing “Jennifer Hart“ on Hart to Hart

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Christopher Lloyd for playing "Jim Ignatowski" on Taxi
  • Danny DeVito for playing "Louie De Palma" on Taxi
  • Ron Glass for playing "Detective Ron Harris" in Barney Miller
  • Steve Landesberg for playing "Arthur Dietrich" in Barney Miller
  • Harry Morgan for playing "Sherman T. Potter" on M*A*S*H
  • David Ogden Stiers for playing "Charles Emerson Winchester III" on M*A*S*H

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Michael Conrad for playing "Phil Esterhaus" on Hill Street Blues
  • Taurean Blacque for playing "Det. Neal Washington" Hill Street Blues
  • Charles Haid for playing "Andy Renko" on Hill Street Blues
  • Michael Warren for playing "Officer Bobby Hill" on Hill Street Blues
  • Bruce Weitz for playing "Michael "Mick" Belker" on Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Loretta Swit for playing "Margaret Houlihan" on M*A*S*H
  • Eileen Brennan for playing "Doreen Lewis" on Private Benjamin
  • Marla Gibbs for playing "Florence Johnston" on The Jeffersons
  • Andrea Martin for playing "Various Characters" on Second City Television
  • Anne Meara for playing "Veronica Rooney" in Archie Bunker's Place
  • Inga Swenson for playing "Gretchen Wilomena Kraus" on Benson

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Nancy Marchand for playing "Margaret Pynchon" in Lou Grant
  • Barbara Bosson for playing "Fay Furillo" on Hill Street Blues
  • Julie Harris for playing "Lilimae Clements" Knots Landing
  • Linda Kelsey for playing "Billie Newman" in Lou Grant
  • Betty Thomas for playing "Lucille Bates" on Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• Hill Street Blues
  • Lou Grant

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Fame
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Lou Grant

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Taxi
  • Barney Miller
  • M*A*S*H

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• One Day at a Time
  • M*A*S*H
  • Taxi
  • Police Squad!