Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Cagney & Lacey
St. Elsewhere
Dallas
The Thorn Birds
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
Ed Flanders
St. Elsewhere — as Dr. Donald Westphall
Tom Selleck — Magnum P.I.
Daniel J. Travanti — Hill Street Blues
John Forsythe — Dynasty
Edward Woodward — The Equalizer
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Tyne Daly
Cagney & Lacey — as Det. Mary Beth Lacey (1st of four consecutive wins)
Sharon Gless — Cagney & Lacey
Veronica Hamel — Hill Street Blues
Jane Seymour — The Scarlet Pimpernel
Linda Evans — Dynasty
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
James Coco
St. Elsewhere — as Dr. Phil Chandler
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Doris Roberts
St. Elsewhere — as Nurse Helen Rosenthal
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
Taxi
Barney Miller
M*A*S*H
The Associates
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Judd Hirsch
Taxi — as Alex Reiger (2nd win, in show's final season)
Ted Danson — Cheers
Hal Linden — Barney Miller
Alan Alda — M*A*S*H
John Ritter — Three's Company
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Shelley Long
Cheers — as Diane Chambers
Jane Curtin — Kate & Allie
Joanna Cassidy — Buffalo Bill
Katherine Helmond — Who's the Boss?
Eileen Brennan — Private Benjamin
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
Christopher Lloyd
Taxi — as Jim Ignatowski (2nd consecutive win)
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Rhea Perlman
Cheers — as Carla Tortelli (1st of four consecutive wins)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Limited Series
The Winds of War
Skokie
The Thorn Birds
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Tommy Lee Jones
The Executioner's Song — NBC — as Gary Gilmore
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Barbara Stanwyck
The Thorn Birds — ABC — as Mary Carson