Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Cagney & Lacey
Dallas
Family Ties
Quincy M.E.
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
Daniel J. Travanti
Hill Street Blues — Capt. Frank Furillo (2nd consecutive win)
John Forsythe — Dynasty
Tom Selleck — Magnum P.I.
Edward Hermann — Eleanor & Franklin
James Arness — McClain's Law
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Michael Learned
Nurse — CBS — as Mary Benjamin RN (4th career Emmy)
Tyne Daly — Cagney & Lacey
Linda Evans — Dynasty
Veronica Hamel — Hill Street Blues
Sharon Gless — Cagney & Lacey
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
Michael Conrad
Hill Street Blues — Sgt. Phil Esterhaus (2nd consecutive)
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Nancy Marchand
Lou Grant — 4th consecutive Supporting Actress Drama win
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Cheers
M*A*S*H
Taxi
The Associates
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Alan Alda
M*A*S*H — as Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Judd Hirsch — Taxi
Hal Linden — Barney Miller
Ted Danson — Cheers
Tony Randall — Love, Sidney
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Carol Kane
Taxi — as Simka Dahblitz-Gravas
Shelley Long — Cheers
Jane Curtin — Kate & Allie
Loni Anderson — WKRP in Cincinnati
Swoosie Kurtz — Love Sidney
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
Christopher Lloyd
Taxi — as Jim Ignatowski (1st win)
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Loretta Swit
M*A*S*H — Maj. Margaret Houlihan (2nd win)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Limited Series
Skokie
Summer of My German Soldier
The Wall
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Mickey Rooney
Bill — CBS TV movie — as Bill Sackter, a man with intellectual disability
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Ingrid Bergman
A Woman Called Golda — Paramount/ITC — as Golda Meir — her final Emmy, passed away August 29, 1982