1969-1970 Emmy Awards

By Patrick Mondout

The 1969-1970 Emmys, awarded for programs aired between March 17, 1969 and March 15, 1970, were presented on June 7, 1970 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Hollywood and the Carnegie Hall in New York and broadcast on ABC. This was the first year that the awards for technicians and others who were not in front of the camera were held in a separate ceremony. The big upset of the night was Room 222 winning Best New Series over Sesame Street.

Winners are denoted with an Emmy statue:

 

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Love, American Style; Arnold Margolin Executive Producer, Jim Parker Executive Producer, Bill D'Angelo Producer; ABC

My World and Welcome To It; Sheldon Leonard Executive Producer, Danny Arnold Producer ; NBC

Room 222; Gene Reynolds Producer; ABC

The Bill Cosby Show; Bill Cosby Executive Producer, Marvin Miller Producer; NBC

The Courtship of Eddie's Father; James Komack Producer; ABC

OUTSTANDING VARIETY OR MUSICAL SERIES

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; George Schlatter Executive Producer, Carolyn Raskin Producer, Paul Keyes Producer, Dan Rowan Star, Dick Martin Star ; NBC

The Carol Burnett Show; Joe Hamilton Producer, Carol Burnett Star; CBS

The David Frost Show; Peter Baker Producer, David Frost Star; SYN

The Dean Martin Show; Greg Garrison Producer, Dean Martin Star; NBC

The Dick Cavett Show; Jack Rollins Executive Producer, Tony Converse Producer, Dick Cavett Star; ABC

OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC SERIES

Ironside; Cy Chermak Executive Producer, Douglas Benton Producer, Winston Miller Producer, Joel Rogosin Producer, Albert Aley Producer; NBC

Marcus Welby, M.D.; David Victor Executive Producer, David J. O'Connell Producer ; ABC

NET Playhouse; Jac Venza Executive Producer; NET

The Forsythe Saga; Donald Wilson Producer; NET

The Mod Squad; Danny Thomas Executive Producer, Aaron Spelling Executive Producer, Tony Barrett Producer, Harve Bennett Producer ; ABC

The Name of the Game; Richard Irving Executive Producer, George Eckstein Producer, Dean Hargrove Producer, Norman Lloyd Producer, Boris Sagal Producer; NBC

OUTSTANDING NEW SERIES

Marcus Welby, M.D.; David Victor Executive Producer, David J. O'Connell Producer ; ABC

Room 222; Gene Reynolds Producer; ABC

Sesame Street; David D. Connell Executive Producer, Sam Gibbon Producer, Jon Stone Producer, Lutrelle Horne Producer; NET

The Bill Cosby Show; Bill Cosby Executive Producer, Marvin Miller Producer; NBC

The Forsythe Saga; Donald Wilson Producer; NET

OUTSTANDING CONTINUED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Ironside; Raymond Burr; NBC

It Takes A Thief; Robert Wagner; ABC

Mannix; Mike Connors; CBS

Marcus Welby, M.D.; Robert Young; ABC

OUTSTANDING CONTINUED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

My World and Welcome To It; William Windom; NBC

Room 222; Lloyd Haynes; ABC

The Bill Cosby Show; Bill Cosby; NBC

OUTSTANDING CONTINUED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Here Comes the Brides; Joan Blondell; ABC

The Forsythe Saga; Susan Hampshire; NET

The Mod Squad; Peggy Lipton; ABC

OUTSTANDING CONTINUED PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Bewitched; Elizabeth Montgomery; ABC

That Girl; Marlo Thomas; ABC

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Hope Lange; ABC

OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PROGRAM

A Storm in Summer Hallmark Hall of Fame; M.J. Rifkin Executive Producer, Alan Landsburg Producer; NBC

David Copperfield; Frederick Brogger Producer; NBC

Marcus Welby, M.D.; Hello, Goodbye, Hello ; David Victor Executive Producer, David J. O'Connell Producer; ABC

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Bob Banner Executive Producer, Richard Levinson Producer, William Link Producer; NBC

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Hogan's Heroes; Werner Klemperer; CBS

Marcus Welby, M.D.; James Brolin; ABC

Mission: Impossible; Greg Morris; CBS

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Room 222; Michael Constantine; ABC

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; Charles Nelson Reilly; ABC

The Mod Squad; Tige Andrews; ABC

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Ironside; Barbara Anderson; NBC

Mannix; Gail Fisher; CBS

The Name of the Game; Susan Saint James; NBC

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Bewitched; Agnes Moorehead; ABC

Julia; Lurene Tuttle; NBC

Room 222; Karen Valentine; ABC

 

OUTSTANDING SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTOR

A Storm in Summer Hallmark Halll of Fame; Peter Ustinov; NBC

David Copperfield; Sir Laurence Olivier; NBC

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Al Freeman Jr.; NBC

OUTSTANDING SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS

David Copperfield; Dame Edith Evans; NBC

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Patty Duke; NBC

Silent Night, Lonely Night World Premiere; Shirley Jones; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION OR SCENIC DESIGN

Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo XI; Hugh Gray Raisky Art Director, Wesley Laws Set Decorator; CBS

Mission: Impossible; The Falcon 3 Parts ; Gibson Holley Art Director, Lucien M. Hafley Set Decorator; CBS

Mitzi's 2nd Special; E. Jay Krause Art Director; NBC

Shadow Game CBS Playhouse; Jan Scott Art Director, Earl Carlson Set Decorator; CBS

The Carol Burnett Show; with Steve Lawrence and Edward Villella ; Paul Barnes Art Director, Bob Sansom Art Director, Bill Harp Set Decorator ; CBS

The File on Devlin Hallmark Hall of Fame; James Trittipo Art Director; NBC

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour; with Tom Jones, Totie Fields, Jackie De Shannon ; Rene Lagler Art Director, Robert Checchi Set Decorator; CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING

Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Michael Loewenstein Scenic Designer; NET

Sesame Street; David D. Connell Executive Producer, Sam Gibbon Producer, Jon Stone Producer, Lutrelle Horne Producer; NET

Sesame Street; "This Way to Sesame Street" ; Joe Raposo Music and Lyrics, Jeffrey Moss Music and Lyrics; NBC

Sesame Street; Sally Sees Sesame Street ; Jon Stone Writer, Jeffrey Moss Writer, Ray Sipherd Writer, Jerry Juhl Writer, Dan Wilcox Writer, David D. Connell Writer, Bruce Hart Writer, Carole Hart Writer, Virginia Schone Writer; NET

The Wonderful World of Disney; Ron Miller Executive Producer; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY

Ann-Margret - From Hollywood with Love; David Winters Choreographer ; CBS

The Red Skelton Show; with Walter Brennan "Unidentified Flying Objects" • Tom Hansen Choreographer; CBS

This Is Tom Jones; with Mary Hopkins, Jose Feliciano, Shelley Berman ; Norman Maen Choreographer; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Gene Polito Cinematographer; NBC

Ritual of Evil NBC Monday Night at the Movies; Lionel Lindon Cinematographer ; NBC

The Immortal ABC Movie of the Week; Howard R. Schwartz Cinematographer ; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR DRAMAS

Marcus Welby, M.D.; Hello, Goodbye, Hello ; Walter Strenge Cinematographer ; ABC

Mission: Impossible; The Amnesiac ; Al Francis Cinematographer; CBS

N.Y.P.D.; Harvey Genkins Cinematographer; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR NEWS

First Tuesday; Hide and Go Seek ; Ronald W. Van Nostrand Cinematographer ; NBC

NBC White Paper; The Ordeal of the American City-Confrontation ; Chuck Austin A.S.C.; NBC

Sahara: La Caravane du Sel; Thomas A. Priestley Cinematographer; NBC

The Huntley-Brinkley Report; Model Hippie ; Edward Winkle Cinematographer; NBC

The Huntley-Brinkley Report; Middle Town, U.S.A. ; Charles W. Boyle Cinematographer ; NBC

The Huntley-Brinkley Report; High School Profile ; James P. Watt Jr.; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations on Broadway; Bob Mackie Costume Designer; NBC

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; with Danny Kaye ; Michael Travis Costume Designer; NBC

The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood; George R. Whittaker Costume Designer; CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DAYTIME PROGRAMMING

The Galloping Gourmet; Treena Kerr Producer, Graham Kerr Host; SYN

Today; Stuart Schulberg Producer; NBC

Today; Hugh Downs; NBC

Today; Joe Garagiola; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

Bob Hope Christmas Special; Igo Kantor Editor, James Henrikson Editor, Stan Siegel Editor, Tony Carras Editor, Frank McKelvey Editor; NBC

Bracken's World; Sweet Smell of Failure ; Bill Mosher Editor; NBC

Marcus Welby, M.D. ABC Wednesday Night Movie; Pilot ; Gene Palmer Editor; ABC

Mission: Impossible; The Falcon 3 Parts ; Arthur David Hilton Editor; CBS

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Edward M. Abroms Editor; NBC

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; The Great Power Failure ; Axel R. Hubert Editor; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING FOR NEWS

Arthur Rubinstein; Robert B. Loweree Editor, Hank Grennon Editor; NBC

The Huntley-Brinkley Report; The High School Profile ; Michael C. Shugrue Editor; NBC

The Huntley-Brinkley Report; Fred Flamenhaft Editor, Martin Sheppard Editor, Tom Dunphy Editor, Pat Minerva Editor, Ken Shea Editor, George Johnson Editor; NBC

The Mystery of Animal Behavior; Peter C. Johnson Editor; CBS

The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau; The Desert Whales • John Soh Editor; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM SOUND EDITING

Gunsmoke; Charlie Noon ; Richard E. Raderman Sound Editor, Norman Karlin Sound Editor; CBS

Land of the Giants; A Small War ; Don Hall Jr. , Larry Meek Sound Editor, William Howard Sound Editor, John Kline Sound Editor, Robert Cornett Sound Editor, Frank R. White Sound Editor ; ABC

The Immortal Movie of the Week; Douglas H. Grindstaff Sound Editor, Alex Bamattre Sound Editor, Michael Colgan Sound Editor, Bill Lee Sound Editor, Joe Kavigan Sound Editor, Josef E. Von Stroheim Sound Editor ; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM SOUND MIXING

First Tuesday; Some Footnotes to 25 Nuclear Years ; Roger Gary Andrews Sound Mixer; NBC

Mission: Impossible; The Submarine ; Gordon L. Day Sound Mixer, Dominick Gaffey Sound Mixer; CBS

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr. , John A. Stransky Jr. , Clarence Self Sound Mixer, Roger Heman Sound Mixer; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DIRECTION

Appallachian Autumn CBS Playhouse; Leard Davis Lighting Director, Ed Hill Lighting Director, Richard Scovel Video, Clive Bassett Video; CBS

Kraft Music Hall; with Petula Clark, Anthony Newley, Lou Rawls ; William Klages Lighting Director; NBC

The Johnny Cash Show; with Rod McKuen, The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield ; Jim Kilgore Lighting Director; ABC

The Switched-On Symphony; John Freschi Lighting Director; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIVE OR TAPE SOUND MIXING

The Jim Nabors Hour; with Vikki Carr ; Neal Weinstein Sound Mixer; CBS

The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall; Mahlon H. Fox Sound Mixer; NBC

The Switched-On Symphony; Bill Cole Sound Mixer, Dave Williams Sound Mixer; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood; Ray Sebastian Makeup, Louis A. Phillippi Makeup; CBS

This is Tom Jones; with Mary Hopkins, Jose Feliciano, Shelley Berman ; Shirley Muslin Makeup, Marie Roche Makeup; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC COMPOSITION

Apollo: Journey To the Moon; The Threshhold ; Jacques Belasco Composer; NBC

Charlie, The Lonesome Cougar The Wonderful World of Disney; Franklyn Marks Composer; NBC

Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls with 50 Girls, Count'Em, 50; Van Alexander Composer; NBC

Hawaii Five-O; A Thousand Pardons, You're Dead ; Morton Stevens Composer ; CBS

The Bill Cosby Show; Quincy Jones Composer; NBC

The Challengers CBS Friday Night Movie; Pete Rugolo Composer; CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC DIRECTION

The Merv Griffin Show; From Las Vegas with Chuck Connors, Joey Heatherton, Buddy Greco, Jack E. Leonard; Mort Lindsey Music Director; CBS

The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall; Peter Matz Music Director; NBC

This Is Tom Jones; with Mary Hopkins, Shelley Berman, Jose Feliciano ; Johnnie Spence Music Director; ABC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC, LYRICS AND SPECIAL MATERIAL

Love, American Style; Arnold Margolin Composer, Charles Fox Composer; ABC

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; with Carol Channing ; Billy Barnes Composer; NBC

Spoon River; Charles Aidman Composer, Naomi C. Hirshhorn Composer; CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORTS PROGRAMMING

1969 World Series; Lou Kusserow Producer; NBC

ABC's Wide World of Sports; Roone Arledge Executive Producer; ABC

ABC's Wide World of Sports; International Ski Championshs Val D'Isere, France ; Robert Riger Director; ABC

Pro-Bowl Game; Pre-Game Program ; Robert R. Forte Film Editor; CBS

The NFL Games; William Fitts Executive Producer; CBS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND ELECTRONIC CAMERAWORK

A Storm in Summer Hallmark Hall of Fame; Charles Franklin Technical Director, Ken Lamkin Technical Director, Robert Fonarow Cameraman, Nick DeMos Cameraman, Ben Wolf Cameraman; NBC

An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte; O. Tamburri Technical Director, Gene Schwarz Cameraman, Robert Keyes Cameraman, Kurt Tonnessen Cameraman, Ronald Sheldon Cameraman, Roy Holm Cameraman, Wayne Osterhout Cameraman; NBC

The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall; Heino Ripp Technical Director, Al Camoin Cameraman, Gene Martin Cameraman, Donald Mulvaney Cameraman, Cal Shadwell Cameraman; NBC

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEO TAPE EDITING

An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte; Armond Poitras Editor ; NBC

Finale The Hollywood Palace; Nick Giordano Editor; ABC

The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall; "Pas de deaux segment" and "Promises, Promises" segment • John Shultis Editor; NBC

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY, VARIETY

Berlioz Takes a Trip (New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts); Roger Englander Director; CBS

The Second Bill Cosby Special; Seymour Berns Director; NBC

The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall; Dwight A. Hemion Director ; NBC

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

A Storm in Summer Hallmark Hall of Fame; Buzz Kulik Director ; NBC

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Lamont Johnson Director; NBC

Shadow Game CBS Playhouse; Paul Bogart Director; CBS

OUTSTANDING VARIETY OR MUSICAL PROGRAM

Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man; Joseph Cates Executive Producer, Martin Charnin Producer, Anne Bancroft Star ; CBS

Cinderella National Ballet of Canada NET Festival; John Barnes Executive Producer, Curtis W. Davis Executive Producer, Norman Campbell Producer; NET

S. Hurok Presents; Part III ; Jim Krayer Executive Producer, Roger Englander Producer; CBS

Sinatra; Frank Sinatra Executive Producer, Carolyn Raskin Producer, Frank Sinatra Star; CBS

Sounds of Summer The Blossom Music Center with Pierre Boulez; Craig Gilbert Executive Producer, Jack Sameth Producer; NET

The Friars Club "Roasts" Jack Benny Kraft Music Hall; Gary Smith Producer, Dwight Hamion Producer, Jack Benny Star ; NBC

The Second Bill Cosby Special; Roy Silver Executive Producer, Bruce Campbell Producer, Roy Silver Producer, Bill Cosby Star; NBC

The Sound of Burt Bacharach Kraft Music Hall; Gary Smith Producer, Dwight Hemion Producer, Burt Bacharach Star; NBC

The Switched-On Symphony; Pierre Cossette Executive Producer, Burt Sugarman Executive Producer, Jack Good Producer; NBC

OUTSTANDING WRITING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY, VARIETY

Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man; Gary Belkin Writer, Peter Bellwood Writer, Herb Sargent Writer, Thomas Meehan Writer, Judith Viorst Writer; CBS

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; with Buddy Hackett ; Paul W. Keyes Writer, David Panich Writer, Marc London Writer, Coslough Johnson Writer, Jim Carlson Writer, Jim Mulligan Writer, John Carsey Writer, Gene Farmer Writer, Jeremy Lloyd Writer, John Rappaport Writer, Stephen Spears Writer, Jack Douglas Writer, Allan Manings Writer ; NBC

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; with Nancy Sinatra ; Allan Manings Writer, David Panich Writer, Coslough Johnson Writer, John Carsey Writer, Stephen Spears Writer, John Rappaport Writer, Jim Carlson Writer, Marc London Writer, Chet Dowling Writer, Jim Abell Writer, Barry Took Writer, Jack Douglas Writer, Jim Mulligan Writer, Gene Farmer Writer, Jeremy Lloyd Writer; NBC

OUTSTANDING WRITING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA

Marcus Welby, M.D. The ABC Wednesday Night Movie; Don M. Mankiewicz Writer; ABC

My Sweet Charlie World Premiere; Richard Levinson Writer, William Link Writer; NBC

Sadbird CBS Playhouse; George Bellak Writer; CBS

SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION OF OUTSTANDING PROGRAM

Fellini-A Director's Notebook NBC Experiment in Television; Peter Goldbarb Producer; NBC

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom; Don Meier Producer; NBC

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; Goldie Hawn; NBC

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In; Arte Johnson; NBC

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