Drama
Outstanding Drama Series
Hill Street Blues
St. Elsewhere
Cheers
Magnum P.I.
Lead Actor — Drama
Winner
William Daniels
St. Elsewhere — as Dr. Mark Craig
Tom Selleck — Magnum P.I.
Daniel J. Travanti — Hill Street Blues
Ed Flanders — St. Elsewhere
John Forsythe — Dynasty
Lead Actress — Drama
Winner
Tyne Daly
Cagney & Lacey — Det. Mary Beth Lacey (3rd consecutive win)
Sharon Gless — Cagney & Lacey
Veronica Hamel — Hill Street Blues
Linda Evans — Dynasty
Jane Wyman — Falcon Crest
Supporting Actor — Drama
Winner
John Hillerman
Magnum P.I. — as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
Supporting Actress — Drama
Winner
Betty Thomas
Hill Street Blues — as Det. Lucy Bates
Comedy
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Cosby Show
Kate & Allie
Family Ties
Newhart
Lead Actor — Comedy
Winner
Robert Guillaume
Benson — ABC — as Benson DuBois
Ted Danson — Cheers
John Ritter — Three's Company
Bob Newhart — Newhart
Tony Danza — Who's the Boss?
Lead Actress — Comedy
Winner
Jane Curtin
Kate & Allie — as Kate McArdle (2nd consecutive win)
Shelley Long — Cheers
Cybill Shepherd — Moonlighting
Phylicia Rashad — The Cosby Show
Isabel Sanford — The Jeffersons
Supporting Actor — Comedy
Winner
John Larroquette
Night Court — as Dan Fielding (1st of four consecutive wins)
Supporting Actress — Comedy
Winner
Rhea Perlman
Cheers — Carla Tortelli (3rd consecutive win)
Limited Series & Movie
Outstanding Limited Series
Lace
Robert Kennedy and His Times
The Thorn Birds: Missing Years
Lead Actor — Limited/Movie
Winner
Richard Crenna
The Rape of Richard Beck — ABC
Lead Actress — Limited/Movie
Winner
Joanne Woodward
Do You Remember Love — CBS — as a professor with Alzheimer’s disease