The 26th Emmy Awards, later known as the 26th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 28, 1974. The ceremony was hosted by

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. Winners are listed in bold and networks are in parentheses. The top shows of the night were ''

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'' and '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. ''M*A*S*H'' and ''

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'' had the most major nominations with nine. ''

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'' led the night with four major wins. For this ceremony, individual awards dubbed "Super Emmys" were given out in addition to the traditional categories. The individual categories were dropped the following year and have not returned since.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Super Emmys

The Primetime Super Emmy Award was a set of 14 awards that were given in conjunction with the traditional Emmy Awards at the 1974 ceremony. Winners of a traditional Emmy would then compete against their genre counterpart from the same category (comedy vs. drama for "Series",

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for "Special"). This format would prove to be the Super Emmy's undoing. In order to vote on a Super Emmy winner, the traditional Emmy winners had to be announced well before the ceremony. Several members of the Television Academy were against implementing the new awards. Super Emmy winners

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and

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were some of the loudest detractors. Both threatened to resign from the academy if they were installed. During their acceptance speeches, Moore said that comparing comedic and dramatic television was "apples to oranges". Alda went one step further in his speech "it's comparing apples to oranges to Volkswagens."O'Neil, Thomas. "1973-74. A Super S*M*A*S*H Night." The Emmys: The Ultimate, Unofficial Guide to the Battle of TV's Best Shows and Greatest Stars. New York: Perigee, 2000. 173-174. The Super Emmy was never awarded again.

Acting

Directing

Writing

Craft categories

Most major nominations

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * CBS – 71 * NBC – 23 * ABC – 18 ;By program * ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) / ''The Waltons'' (CBS) – 9 * ''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) – 8 * ''The Glass Menagerie'' (ABC) – 6 * ''All in the Family'' (CBS) – 5 * ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' (CBS) / ''The Blue Knight'' (NBC) – 4

Most major awards

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * CBS – 27 * ABC – 6 * NBC – 5 ;By program * ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' (CBS) – 4 * ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (CBS) / ''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) / ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) – 3 * ''The Blue Knight'' / ''The Glass Menagerie'' (ABC) – 2 ;Notes

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1974 Nominees & Winners
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