20th Primetime Emmy Awards 1968 American television programming awards
The 20th Emmy Awards , later known as the 20th Primetime Emmy Awards , were handed out on May 19, 1968. The ceremony was hosted by Frank Sinatra and Dick Van Dyke . Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were Get Smart Mission: Impossible Get Smart won three major awards, while the most nominated show was the anthology drama CBS Playhouse
The first posthumous Acting Emmy went to Marion Lorne for her performance in Bewitched The Avengers ABC Weekend TV , which was a part of the United Kingdom Independent Television Network, by ABC. However, other than sharing the same initials, the two companies were independent of each other.
Winners and nominees
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Programs
Programs
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC): "Pilot"
Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Programs
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - Programs
Acting
Acting
Don Adams as Maxwell Smart in Get Smart (NBC)
Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter in Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama
Melvyn Douglas as Peter Schermann in CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside in NBC World Premiere Movie (NBC): "Ironside "
Van Heflin as Robert Sloane in A Case of Libel (ABC)George C. Scott as John Proctor in The Crucible (CBS)Eli Wallach as Douglas Lambert in CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Dear Friends"Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama
Directing
Directing
Get Smart (NBC): "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" – Bruce Bilson
Writing
Writing
CBS Playhouse (CBS): "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" – Loring Mandel
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In The Carol Burnett Show (CBS)Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In : "Pilot" (NBC)The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS): "Ronnie Schell, Kate Smith and Simon & Garfunkel"
Most major nominations
Networks with multiple major nominations[ note 1]
Network Number of
CBS 43
NBC 30
ABC 20
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program Category Network Number of
Bewitched Comedy ABC 5
Dear Friends Special CBS
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
He & She Comedy
Mission: Impossible Drama
Get Smart Comedy NBC 4
Ironside Drama
The Lucy Show Comedy CBS
The Crucible Special 3
Family Affair Comedy
Hogan's Heroes
I Spy Drama NBC
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Variety
That Girl Comedy ABC
10th Winter Olympic Games Sports 2
The Avengers Drama
The Carol Burnett Show Variety CBS
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour NBC
Elizabeth the Queen Special
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Variety CBS
NET Playhouse Drama NET
Run for Your Life NBC
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Variety CBS
Star Trek Drama NBC
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Special ABC
Wide World of Sports Sports
Most major awards
Networks with multiple major awards[ note 1]
Network Number of
NBC 10
CBS 9
ABC 3
Programs with multiple major awards
Program Category Network Number of
Get Smart Comedy NBC 3
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Special CBS 2
Mission: Impossible Drama
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Variety NBC
Wide World of Sports Sports ABC
Notes
1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
