The Top Rated Shows in 1981

    01.   Dallas
    02.   60  Minutes
    03.   The Dukes of Hazzard
    04.   Private Benjamin
    05.   M*A*S*H
    06.   The Love Boat
    07.   The NBC Tuesday Night Movie
    08.   House Calls
    09.   The Jeffersons
    10.   Little House On the Prarie
    11.   The Two of Us
    12.   Alice
    13.   Real People
    14.   Three's Company
    15.   NBC Movie of the Week
    16.   One Day at a Time
    17.   Too Close For Comfort
    18.   Magnum P.I.
    19.   Diff'rent Strokes
    20.   N.F.L. Monday Night Football

Outstanding Drama Series
                                                        Hill Street Blues (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
                                                        Daniel J. Travanti, Hill Street Blues
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
                                                        Michael Learned, Nurse
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
                                                        Michael Conrad, Hill Street Blue
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
                                                        Nancy Marchand, Lou Grant
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
                                                        Harry Harris, Fame: “To Soar and Never Falter”
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
                                                        Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, Jeffrey Lewis and
                                                        Michael Wagner, teleplay; Michael Kozoll and Steven
                                                        Bochco, story, Hill Street Blues “Freedom's Last Stand”
Outstanding Drama Special
                                                        A Woman Called Golda (Syndicated)
Outstanding Comedy Series
                                                        Barney Miller (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
                                                        Alan Alda, M*A*S*H
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
                                                        Carol Kane, Taxi: “Simka Returns”
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
                                                        Christopher Lloyd, Taxi
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Variety or Music Series
                                                        Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
                                                        Alan Rafkin, One Day at a Time:  “Barbara's Crisis”
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
                                                        Ken Estin, Taxi: “Elegant Iggy”
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program
                                                        Night of 100 Stars (ABC)
Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program
                                                        Dwight Hemion, Goldie and Kids  . . .Listen to Us
Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program
                                                        John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis,
                                                        Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Bob Dolman,
                                                        John McAndrew, Doug Steckler, Mert Rich, Jeffrey Barron, Michael Short,
                                                        Chris Cluess, Stuart  Kreisman and Brian McConnachie, SCTV Network:
                                                        Moral Majority Show
Outstanding Limited Series
                                                        Marco Polo (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
                                                        Mickey Rooney, Bill
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
                                                        Ingrid Bergman, A Woman Called Golda
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special
                                                        Laurence Olivier, Brideshead Revisited
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
                                                        Penny Fuller, The Elephant Man
Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special
                                                        Marvin J. Chomsky, Inside the Third Reich
Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special
                                                        Corey Blechman, teleplay; Barry Morrow, story, Bill
Outstanding Informational Series
                                                        Creativity with Bill Moyers (PBS)
Outstanding Informational Special
                                                        Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (PBS)
Outstanding Children's Program (Prime Time)
                                                        The Wave (ABC)
Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series (Daytime)
                                                        Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special (Daytime)
                                                        ABC Afterschool Special:  Starstruck (ABC)
Outstanding Children's  Informational/Instructional Series (Daytime)
                                                        30 Minutes (CBS)
Outstanding Informational/Instructional Programming, Short Format
                                                        In the News (CBS)
Outstanding Children's Informational/Instructional Special  (Daytime)
                                                        Kathy (PBS)
Outstanding Animated Program
                                                        The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABC)
Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show
                                                        Password Plus (NBC)
Outstanding Talk or Service Series
                                                        The Richard Simmons Show (Syndicated)