32nd Primetime Emmy Awards

32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
32nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	September 7, 1980 ; (Ceremony); September 6, 1980 ; (Creative Arts Awards);
Location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Steve Allen ; Dick Clark
Highlights
Most awards	Lou Grant (5)
Most nominations	Lou Grant (14)
Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi
Outstanding Drama Series	Lou Grant
Outstanding Limited Series	Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Outstanding Variety or Music Program	Baryshnikov on Broadway
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 32nd Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 7, 1980, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The awards show was hosted by Steve Allen and Dick Clark and broadcast on NBC. For the second year in a row, the top series awards went to the same shows, Taxi and Lou Grant. Lou Grant was the most successful show of the night winning five major awards. It also received 14 major nominations, tying the record for most major nominations by a drama series, set by Playhouse 90 in 1959.^{[citation needed]}

The ceremony was held in the midst of a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild; in a show of support for their union, 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotted the event.^[1] Powers Boothe was the only nominated actor to attend; acknowledging his presence in his acceptance speech, he remarked, "This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest."^[2]

^ Gold, Matea; Maria Elena Fernandez and Richard Verrier (2007-12-18). "Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien to return to the air Jan. 2". Los Angeles Times.
^ Powers Boothe Breaks Boycott At Long Emmy Show, by Barbara Holsopple, in Pittsburgh Press, September 8, 1980, pC-11

[1] Gold, Matea; Maria Elena Fernandez and Richard Verrier (2007-12-18). "Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien to return to the air Jan. 2". Los Angeles Times.

[2] Powers Boothe Breaks Boycott At Long Emmy Show, by Barbara Holsopple, in Pittsburgh Press, September 8, 1980, pC-11

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