The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV 1980)

Director:

Walter C. Miller

Stars:

Steve Allen, Rhonda Bates, Powers Boothe

Cast

Credited cast:
Steve Allen	...	Himself - Co-Host
Rhonda Bates	...	Herself - Presenter
Powers Boothe	...	Himself - Best Actor Winner: Drama Special
Dick Clark	...	Himself - Co-Host
Peggy Fleming	...	Herself - Presenter
David Gerber	...	Himself - Presenter
Marjoe Gortner	...	Himself - Presenter
Jayne Kennedy	...	Herself - Presenter
Susan Richardson	...	Herself - Presenter
Yôko Shimada	...	Herself - Presenter
Dick Smothers	...	Himself - Presenter
Tom Smothers	...	Himself - Presenter
Brandon Stoddard	...	Himself - Presenter

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

awards show | tv special | number in title

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1980 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Pasadena Civic Auditorium - 300 E. Green Street, Pasadena, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The awards ceremony took place during an actors' strike. Although the Emmy show was not a party in the labor dispute, the actors' unions decided to boycott the ceremony (with participation up to individual members) as a public show of unity. Dick Clark and Steve Allen stepped in as hosts at the last minute to replace Bob Newhart, Michael Landon and Lee Remick, and most of the presenters were television executives and other non-actors. None of the 52 acting nominees attended the show, with the sole exception of Powers Boothe - who won a Best Actor Emmy in an upset and went on stage to an ovation from the appreciative crowd in the partially empty auditorium. Boothe had planned not to attend, but changed his mind late that afternoon.

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Quotes

Powers Boothe: This is either the most courageous moment of my career or the stupidest...I have also thought long and hard whether or not I would attend, but I decided to show up because this is America and one must do what one believes. I believe in the Academy. I also believe in my fellow actors in their stand.

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Connections

Followed by The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993)

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