1976–1977 Emmy Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
| Outstanding Drama Series | Masterpiece Theatre: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | James Garner, The Rockford Files |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Lindsay Wagner, The Bionic Woman |
| Outstanding Continuing Performance By a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Gary Frank, Family |
| Outstanding Continuing Performance By a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Kristy McNichol, Family |
| Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series | Louis Gossett, Jr., Roots, Part 2 |
| Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series | Beulah Bondi, The Waltons: “The Pony Cart” |
| Outstanding Single Performance By a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series | Edward Asner, Roots, Part 1 |
| Outstanding Single Performance By a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series | Olivia Cole, Roots, Part 8 |
| Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | David Greene, Roots, Part 1 |
| Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn, Roots, Part 2 |
| Outstanding Special, Drama or Comedy | ABC Theatre: Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (ABC) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special | Ed Flanders, Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special | Sally Field, Sybil |
| Outstanding Performance By a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special | Burgess Meredith, Tail Gunner Joe |
| Outstanding Performance By a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special | Diana Hyland, The ABC Friday Night Movie: The Boy in the Plastic Bubble |
| Outstanding Directing in a Special Program, Drama or Comedy | Daniel Petrie, ABC Theatre: Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years |
| Outstanding Writing in a Special Program, Drama or Comedy, Original Teleplay | Lane Slate, Tail Gunner Joe |
| Outstanding Writing in a Special Program, Drama or Comedy, Adaptation | Stewart Stern, Sybil |
| Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Carroll O'Connor, All in the Family |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | Beatrice Arthur, Maude |
| Outstanding Continuing Performance By a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Gary Burghoff, M*A*S*H |
| Outstanding Continuing Performance By a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mary Kay Place, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series | Alan Alda, M*A*S*H: “Dear Sigmund” |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd and Bob Ellison, The Mary Tyler Moore Show: “The Last Show” |
| Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Van Dyke and Company (NBC) |
| Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance By a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music | Tim Conway, The Carol Burnett Show, entire series |
| Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance By a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music | Rita Moreno, The Muppet Show |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Dave Powers, The Carol Burnett Show (with Eydie Gormé) |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series | Anne Beatts, Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken, Tom Davis, James Downey, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, Alan Zweibel, John Belushi and Bill Murray, NBC's Saturday Night (with Sissy Spacek) |
| Outstanding Special, Comedy-Variety or Music | The Barry Manilow Special (ABC) |
| Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | Dwight Hemion, America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music |
| Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special | Alan Buz Kohan and Ted Strauss, America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music |
| Outstanding Limited Series | ABC Novel for Television: Roots (ABC) |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | Christopher Plummer, NBC World Premiere: The Moneychangers |
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series | Patty Duke Astin, NBC's Best Seller: Captains and the Kings |
| Outstanding Children's Special (Prime Time) | Piccadilly Circus: Ballet Shoes (PBS) |
| Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series (Daytime) | Zoom (PBS) |
| Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special (Daytime) | Special Treat: Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid (NBC) |
| Outstanding Children's Informational Series (Daytime) | The Electric Company (PBS) |
| Outstanding Children's Informational Special (Daytime) | ABC Afterschool Special: My Mom's Having a Baby (ABC) |
| Outstanding Children's Instructional Programming, Series and Specials (Daytime) | Sesame Street (PBS) |
| Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show (Daytime or Prime Time) | Family Feud (ABC) |
| Outstanding Daytime Talk, Service or Variety Series | The Merv Griffin Show (Syndicated) |
| Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC) |
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