25th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 25th Emmy Awards, later known as the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 20, 1973. The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Carson. This would be the final ceremony that included daytime categories, as the Daytime Emmy Awards premiered the next year. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were All in the Family which won its third consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Waltons. The Waltons, in its first season, had the most major nominations heading into the ceremony, and won the most major awards on the night with five.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Drama Series - Continuing
All in the Family, * MASH,*** * Mary Tyler Moore, * Maude, * Sanford and Son,	The Waltons, * Cannon, * Columbo, * Hawaii Five-O, * Kung Fu, * Mannix,
Outstanding Variety Musical Series	Outstanding Single Program - Variety or Musical - Variety and Popular Music
The Julie Andrews Hour, * The Carol Burnett Show,**** * The Dick Cavett Show, * The Flip Wilson Show, * The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour,	Liza with a Z, * Applause, * Once Upon a Mattress, * The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters,
Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime Drama	Outstanding Program Achievement in Daytime
The Edge of Night, * Days of Our Lives, * The Doctors, * One Life to Live,	Dinah's Place, * The Hollywood Squares,**** * Jeopardy!, * The Mike Douglas Show, * Password All Stars,
Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual	Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Entertainment/Fictional
A Picture of Us, ABC Afterschool Special,, * In the News,**** * Make a Wish,	Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Zoom, * You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown,
Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming	Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy
ABC's Wide World of Sports, Games of the XX Olympiad, Games of the XX Olympiad, * NFL Monday Night Football,**** * ABC College Football, * Super Bowl VII,	A War of Children, * That Certain Summer * Long Day's Journey into Night, * The Marcus-Nelson Murders, * The Red Pony,
Outstanding New Series	Outstanding Limited Series
America, * The Julie Andrews Hour,**** * Kung Fu, * MASH, Maude, * The Waltons,	Tom Brown's Schooldays, * The Last of the Mohicans, * The Life of Leonardo da Vinci,

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

;By network

CBS – 64
ABC – 31
NBC – 28
PBS – 14

; By program

The Waltons – 9
Mary Tyler Moore – 8
All in the Family / M*A*S*H – 7
That Certain Summer – 5
Columbo / The Julie Andrews Hour / Kung Fu / The Marcus-Nelson Murders – 4
Most major awards