37th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 37th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 22, 1985. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California.

Outstanding Comedy Series

• The Cosby Show
  • Cheers
  • Family Ties
  • Kate & Allie
  • Night Court

Outstanding Drama Series

• Cagney & Lacey
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Miami Vice
  • Murder, She Wrote
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Robert Guillaume for playing "Benson DuBois" in Benson
  • Harry Anderson for playing "Judge Harry T. Stone" in Night Court
  • Ted Danson for playing "Sam Malone" in Cheers
  • Bob Newhart for playing "Dick Loudon" in Newhart
  • Jack Warden for playing "Harrison Fox, Sr" in Crazy Like a Fox

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• William Daniels for playing "Dr. Mark Craig" in St. Elsewhere
  • Ed Flanders for playing "Dr. Donald Westphall" in St. Elsewhere
  • Don Johnson for playing "Det. James Crockett" in Miami Vice
  • Tom Selleck for playing "Thomas Magnum" in Magnum, P.I.
  • 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
  • Shelley Long for playing "Diane Chambers" in Cheers
  • Phylicia Rashad for playing "Clair Huxtable" in The Cosby Show
  • 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
  • Sharon Gless for playing "Christine Cagney" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Veronica Hamel for playing "Joyce Davenport" in Hill Street Blues
  • Angela Lansbury for playing "Jessica Fletcher" in Murder, She Wrote

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• John Larroquette for playing "Dan Fielding" in Night Court
  • Nicholas Colasanto for playing "Ernie Pantusso" in Cheers
  • Michael J. Fox for playing "Alex P. Keaton" in Family Ties
  • John Ratzenberger for playing "Cliff Clavin" in Cheers
  • George Wendt for playing "Norm Peterson" in Cheers

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Edward James Olmos for playing "Martin Castillo" in Miami Vice
  • Ed Begley Jr. for playing "Dr. Victor Ehrlich" in St. Elsewhere
  • John Hillerman for playing "Higgins" in Magnum, P.I.
  • John Karlen for playing "Harvey Lacey" in Cagney & Lacey
  • Bruce Weitz for playing "Michael "Mick" Belker"in Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Rhea Perlman for playing "Carla Tortelli" in Cheers
  • Selma Diamond for playing "Selma Hacker" in Night Court
  • Julia Duffy for playing "Stephanie Vanderkellen" in Newhart
  • Marla Gibbs for playing "Florence Johnston" in The Jeffersons
  • Inga Swenson for playing "Gretchen Wilomena Kraus" in Benson

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Betty Thomas for playing "Lucille Bates" in Hill Street Blues
  • Barbara Bosson for playing "Fay Furillo" in Hill Street Blues
  • Christina Pickles for playing "Helen Rosenthal" in St. Elsewhere
  • Doris Roberts for playing "Mildred Krebs" in Remington Steele
  • Madge Sinclair for playing "Ernestine Shoop" in Trapper John, M.D.

Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series

• Cagney & Lacey
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Miami Vice
  • St. Elsewhere

Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series

• Cagney & Lacey
  • Hill Street Blues
  • Miami Vice

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

• The Cosby Show, Michael Leeson and Ed. Weinberger
  • Cheers
  • The Cosby Show, Earl Pomerantz

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series

• The Cosby Show
  • Alice
  • Cheers
  • Kate & Allie
  • Moonlighting

References

• Emmy Awards on imdb