"Immunity Syndrome"--Emmy Award

[Greg Cox]

A favor: Can anyone confirm whether or not this ep received an Emmy for its special effects? Some on-line sources seem to say so, but I can't find any confirmation of this in my various Trek reference books.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Star Trek had a few nominations but no wins in the 1960s according to the Emmy site.

 

[Greg Cox]

^ Thanks. I suspected as much, but I wanted to make sure.

 

[Captain Robert April]

I've also heard that they did, in fact, get an Emmy or two, but they may have been special awards and not in the standard categories.

 

[Maurice]

All nominations. No wins.

1967 Emmy Awards Ceremony
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama
WINNER

• The Poppy Is Also a Flower: Eli Wallach (ABC)

NOMINEES

• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Leo G. Carroll (NBC)
• Star Trek: Leonard Nimoy (NBC)

Outstanding Dramatic Series
WINNER

• Mission: Impossible: Joseph Gantman (producer), Bruce Geller (producer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

• The Avengers: Julian Wintle (executive producer) (ABC)
• I Spy: David Friedkin (producer), Morton S. Fine (producer) (NBC)
• Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry (producer), Gene L. Coon (producer) (NBC)
• Run for Your Life: Jo Swerling Jr. (producer) (NBC)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN ART DIRECTION AND ALLIED CRAFTS - 1967

• Jim Rugg, Mechanical Special Effects (NOMINEE)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN FILM AND SOUND EDITING - 1967

• Douglas Grindstaff, Sound Editor (NOMINEE)

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN CINEMATOGRAPHY - 1967

• Darrell Anderson, Special Effects; Linwood G. Dunn, Special Effects; Joseph Westheimer, Special Effects (NOMINEE)

1968 Emmy Awards Ceremony
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama
WINNER

• Gunsmoke: Milburn Stone (CBS), For episode "Baker's Dozen".

NOMINEES

• Star Trek: Leonard Nimoy (NBC)
• CBS Playhouse: Lawrence Dobkin (CBS)
• For episode "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (#1.2)".
• Mannix: Joseph Campanella (CBS)

Outstanding Dramatic Series
WINNER

• Mission: Impossible: Joseph Gantman (producer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

• The Avengers: Albert Fennell (producer), Brian Clemens (producer) (ABC)
• I Spy: David Friedkin (producer), Morton S. Fine (producer) (NBC)
• Run for Your Life: Roy Huggins (producer) (NBC)
• Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry (producer) (NBC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING - 1968

• Donald R. Rode, Editor (NOMINEE)

SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS - 1968

• The Westheimer Company, Special Photographic Effects (NOMINEE)

1969 Emmy Awards Ceremony
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series
WINNER

• Hogan's Heroes: Werner Klemperer (CBS)

NOMINEES

• Mission: Impossible: Greg Morris (CBS)
• Star Trek: Leonard Nimoy (NBC)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING - 1969

• Donald R. Rode, Editor (NOMINEE)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION AND SCENIC DESIGN - 1969

• John Dwyer, Set Decorator; Walter M. Jefferies (NOMINEE)

SPECIAL CLASSIFICATION ACHIEVEMENTS - 1969

• Howard A. Anderson Company, Special Photographic Effects; The Westheimer Company, Special Photographic Effects; Van der Veer Photo Effects, Special Photographic Effects; Cinema Research, Special Photographic Effects (NOMINEE)

 

[Captain Robert April]

So, that's eight special Emmys for technical achievements, but no wins in the standard categories.

 

[Maurice]

No, those are all nominations. I saw no wins listed. I only listed the winners and other nominees for the major categories. Source: http://www.emmys.com/shows/star-trek

 

[Captain Robert April]

Well, you didn't include the winners in those other categories...

 

[Maurice]

I DID start my post with an unambiguous statement. "All nominations. No wins."

 

[plynch]

This puts the lie to the idea that Trek was an unknown, unacknowledged show until reruns, though. Two years in a row nominated for outstanding drama emmy.

Thanks.

 

[CaptainStoner]

The outcomes for the supporting actor awards were not logical.

 

[Christopher]

1968 Emmy Awards Ceremony
...
Outstanding Dramatic Series
WINNER

• Mission: Impossible: Joseph Gantman (producer) (CBS)

NOMINEES

• The Avengers: Albert Fennell (producer), Brian Clemens (producer) (ABC)
• I Spy: David Friedkin (producer), Morton S. Fine (producer) (NBC)
• Run for Your Life: Roy Huggins (producer) (NBC)
• Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry (producer) (NBC)

Okay, now this doesn't seem fair to me. I consider season 2 of Mission: Impossible to be the weakest of its first three seasons (the ones paralleling Star Trek's network run), while season 2 of Star Trek was arguably its strongest overall. Maybe it's just the long-standing bias against genre programming in mainstream film and television awards, but that wouldn't explain such a mediocre M:I season beating out two excellent spy shows and a Roy Huggins drama. Were these decisions based on a specific episode of each show? If so, is there any way to find out which episodes represented the respective shows in this category?

 

[A beaker full of death]

^Surely you know these things are all about who you know and who you blow. Put slightly less cynically, it's all about the campaigning and champagneing.

 

[Greg Cox]

Actually, I'm amazed to see that Trek was actually nominated, given the tendency not to take genre shows seriously, especially back in the days of LOST IN SPACE and BATMAN and all.

 

[Christopher]

^Well, ST always positioned itself as the more sophisticated alternative to the lowbrow Irwin Allen sci-fi stuff. Roddenberry always drew analogies with the classiest, smartest shows -- Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, Naked City -- when talking to executives or freelance writers about the approach he wanted the show to take. And while there were some critics who were dismissive of ST, there were others who thought well of it, and clearly there were enough Emmy nominators (whoever those are) who felt the same.