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Awards Nominees and Winners
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1979 - 31st Emmy Awards
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Variety
Comedy, Variety, Music
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Directors
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Art Directors and Set Decorators
Children's Programming
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Documentary Programming
Music
Special Class
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - 1979
All Nominees
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Carroll O'Connor
All In the Family
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Hal Linden
Barney Miller
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Alan Alda
M*A*S*H
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Robin Williams
Mork & Mindy
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Judd Hirsch
Taxi