Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 1981

Nominations

Winner	Hill Street Blues	★★★★★★★★★★	Daniel J. Travanti		NBC
	Lou Grant	★★★★★	Ed Asner		CBS
	Dallas	★★	Larry Hagman		CBS
	Dallas	★★	Jim Davis		CBS
	Palmerstown, U.S.A.		Louis Gossett Jr.		CBS
	Trapper John, M.D.		Pernell Roberts		CBS