36th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 23, 1984. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Cheers (NBC)
  • Buffalo Bill '(NBC)'
  • Family Ties (NBC)
  • Kate & Allie (CBS)
  • Newhart (CBS)

Outstanding Drama Series

• Hill Street Blues
  • Cagney & Lacey
  • Fame
  • Magnum, P.I.
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• John Ritter for playing "Jack Tripper" in Three's Company
  • Dabney Coleman for playing "Bill Bittinger" in Buffalo Bill
  • Ted Danson for playing "Sam Malone" in Cheers
  • Robert Guillaume for playing "Benson DuBois" in Benson
  • Sherman Hemsley for playing "George Jefferson" in The Jeffersons

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Tom Selleck for playing "Thomas Magnum" in Magnum, P.I.
  • William Daniels for playing "Dr. Mark Craig" in St. Elsewhere
  • John Forsythe for playing "Blake Carrington" in Dynasty
  • Daniel J. Travanti for playing "Capt. Frank Furillo" in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Jane Curtin for playing "Allison Lowell" in Kate & Allie
  • Joanna Cassidy for playing "Jo Jo White" in Buffalo Bill
  • Shelley Long for playing "Diane Chambers" in Cheers
  • Susan Saint James for playing "Katherine McArdle " in Kate & Allie
  • Isabel Sanford for playing "Louise Jefferson" in The Jeffersons

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Tyne Daly for playing "Mary Beth Lacey" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Debbie Allen for playing "Lydia Grant" in Fame
  • Joan Collins for playing "Alexis Carrington Colby" in Dynasty
  • Sharon Gless for playing "Christine Cagney" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Veronica Hamel for playing "Joyce Davenport" in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Pat Harrington Jr. for playing "Dwayne F. Schneider" in One Day at a Time
  • Rene Auberjonois for playing "Clayton Runnymede Endicott III" in Benson
  • Nicholas Colasanto for playing "Ernie Pantusso" in Cheers
  • Tom Poston for playing "George Utley" in Newhart
  • George Wendt for playing "Norm Peterson" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Bruce Weitz for playing "Michael "Mick" Belker"in Hill Street Blues
  • Ed Begley Jr. for playing "Dr. Victor Ehrlich" in St. Elsewhere
  • Michael Conrad for playing "Phil Esterhaus" in Hill Street Blues
  • John Hillerman for playing "Higgins" in Magnum, P.I.
  • James Sikking for playing "Lt. Howard Hunter" in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Rhea Perlman for playing "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers
  • Julia Duffy for playing "Stephanie Vanderkellen" in Newhart
  • Marla Gibbs for playing "Florence Johnston" in The Jeffersons
  • Paula Kelly for playing "Liz Williams" in Night Court
  • Marion Ross for playing "Marion Cunningham" in Happy Days

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Alfre Woodard for playing "Doris Robson" in Hill Street Blues
  • Barbara Bosson for playing "Fay Furillo" in Hill Street Blues
  • Piper Laurie for playing "Fran Singleton" in St. Elsewhere
  • Madge Sinclair for playing "Ernestine Shoop" in Trapper John, M.D.
  • Betty Thomas for playing "Lucille Bates" in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• St. Elsewhere
  • Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Hill Street Blues
  • Fame

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• Cheers
  • Buffalo Bill

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• Kate & Allie
  • Buffalo Bill
  • Cheers
  • After MASH

References

• Emmy Awards on imdb