The 28th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out on May 17, 1976. The ceremony was hosted by John Denver and

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. Winners are listed in bold with series' networks in parentheses. As of 2019, this was the last Emmy Awards ceremonies held during the first half of a calendar year. The top show of the night was ''

'' which won its second straight Outstanding Comedy Series award, and five major awards overall. '' Police Story'', won Outstanding Drama Series, even though it only received one major nomination. The television miniseries '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' set numerous records. It received 17 major nominations, breaking the record held by '' Playhouse 90'' which was set in

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(since broken). It also received 13 acting nominations, although some of the acting categories at this ceremony were later eliminated or combined. Despite this, it lost Outstanding Limited Series to '' Upstairs, Downstairs''. The Shubert Theatre had previously hosted the 1973 Emmy ceremony; it would host the ceremony a third and final time in 2001.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * CBS – 57 * ABC – 49 * NBC – 28 * PBS – 16 ; By program * ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (ABC) – 10 * ''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) / ''M*A*S*H'' (CBS) – 9 * ''Eleanor and Franklin'' (CBS) – 8 * ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' (PBS) – 6 * ''The Adams Chronicles'' (PBS) / ''Barney Miller'' (ABC) / ''Fear on Trial'' (CBS) / ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' (ABC) – 5

Most major awards

;By network * CBS – 12 * ABC – 10 * NBC – 8 * PBS – 5 ; By program * ''Mary Tyler Moore'' (CBS) – 5 * ''Eleanor and Franklin'' (CBS) – 4 * ''NBC's Saturday Night'' (NBC) / ''Rich Man, Poor Man'' (ABC) – 3 ;Notes

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1976 Nominees & Winners
* {{EmmyAwardsbyYear 028 Primetime Emmy Awards 1976 in California May 1976 events in the United States