With the Prime Time Emmy’s airing this Sunday, let’s Return to the ’80s, and see who the winners were for each year. Today will be the Actors and Actresses from 1980-1984. Tomorrow will round out the ’80s.
1980
| Lead Comedy Actor | Lead Drama Actor |
|---|---|
 Richard Mulligan (Burt Campbell) from Soap
|
 Ed Asner (Lou Grant) from Lou Grant
|
| Lead Comedy Actress | Lead Drama Actress |
 Cathryn Damon (Mary Campbell) from Soap
|
 Barbara Bel Geddes (Miss Ellie Ewing) from Dallas
|
1981
| Lead Comedy Actor | Lead Drama Actor |
|---|---|
 Judd Hirsch (Alex Reige) from Taxi
|
 Daniel J. Travanti (Capt. Frank Furillo) from Hill Street Blues |
| Lead Comedy Actress | Lead Drama Actress |
 Isabel Sanford (Louise Jefferson) from The Jeffersons
|
 Barbara Babcock (Grace Gardner) from Hill Street Blues |
1982
| Lead Comedy Actor | Lead Drama Actor |
|---|---|
 Alan Alda (Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce – a.k.a Hawkeye) from M*A*S*H |
Daniel J. Travanti (Capt. Frank Furillo) from Hill Street Blues – 2 in a row. |
| Lead Comedy Actress | Lead Drama Actress |
 Carol Kane (Simka Dahblitz-Gravas) from Taxi |
 Michael Learned (Mary Benjamin) from Nurse |
1983
| Lead Comedy Actor | Lead Drama Actor |
|---|---|
|
Judd Hirsch (Alex Reige) from Taxi
|
 Ed Flanders (Dr. Donald Westphall) from St. Elsewhere |
| Lead Comedy Actress | Lead Drama Actress |
 Shelley Long (Diane Chambers) from Cheers |
 Tyne Daly (Det. Mary Beth Lacey) from Cagney & Lacey |
1984
| Lead Comedy Actor | Lead Drama Actor |
|---|---|
 John Ritter (Jack Tripper) from Three’s Company |
 Tom Selleck (Magnum) from Magnum P.I. |
| Lead Comedy Actress | Lead Drama Actress |
 Jane Curtin (Allie Lowell) from Kate & Allie |
Tyne Daly (Det. Mary Beth Lacey) from Cagney & Lacey – 2nd in a row. |
Ed Flanders’ family name has been around since Lyderici de Flanders since A. D. 600.