24th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 24th Emmy Awards, later known as the 24th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 6, 1972. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family and Elizabeth R. All in the Family set numerous records during the night, it became the first show to win six major awards,. It also became the first non-anthology drama to receive at least ten major nominations.
A milestone was set when All in the Family and Columbo each received every nomination in a major category, both for writing. This feat has become extremely rare as the field of nominees expanded to five and later six.
Glenda Jackson also made history by receiving three acting nominations for the same performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth R. Rule changes have made this impossible in later ceremonies. In addition, by beating the Big Three TV networks, this was PBS' first win for Outstanding Drama. This show was also the first non-American made show to win this award.

Winners and nominees

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Note: Winners are listed in bold type.

Programs

Outstanding Series – Comedy	Outstanding Series – Drama
All in the Family Mary Tyler Moore The Odd Couple Sanford and Son	Elizabeth R Columbo Mannix Marcus Welby M.D. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Outstanding Variety Series – Musical	Outstanding Variety Series – Talk
The Carol Burnett Show The Dean Martin Comedy Hour The Flip Wilson Show The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour	The Dick Cavett Show The David Frost Show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Variety and Popular Music	Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Classical Music
'S Wonderful 'S Marvelous 'S Gershwin The Flip Wilson Show The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center	Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna Heifetz The Peking Ballet: First Spectacular from China The Trial of Mary Lincoln
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama – Programs	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming – Programs
The Doctors General Hospital	'Sesame Street *The Electric Company*
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming	Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy
ABC's Wide World of Sports *1971 AFC Championship Game* *NFL Monday Night Football* *XI Olympic Winter Games* *1972 Rose Bowl* *1971 World Series*	Brian's Song *All in the Family* *Elizabeth R* *Hallmark Hall of Fame* *The Six Wives of Henry VIII*
Outstanding New Series
Elizabeth R Columbo Sanford and Son The Six Wives of Henry VIII The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour''

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

;By network

CBS – 47
NBC – 38
ABC – 21
PBS – 11

; By program

All in the Family – 10
Mary Tyler Moore – 8
Columbo – 7
Brian's Song / Elizabeth R – 6
Hallmark Hall of Fame / The Six Wives of Henry VIII – 5
Most major awards