| Number: | 36 |
| Award: | Golden Globe Awards |
| Date: | January 27, 1979 |
| Best Film Drama: | Midnight Express |
| Best Film Musical Or Comedy: | Heaven Can Wait |
| Best Drama Series: | 60 Minutes |
| Best Musical Or Comedy Series: | Taxi |
| Last: | 35th |
| Next: | 37th |
The 36th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1978, were held on January 27, 1979.
| Nominations | Title |
|---|---|
| 8 | Midnight Express |
| 7 | Foul Play |
| 6 | Coming Home |
| The Deer Hunter | |
| 5 | An Unmarried Woman |
| Grease | |
| 4 | Interiors |
| 3 | Heaven Can Wait |
| Movie Movie | |
| Same Time, Next Year | |
| 2 | Autumn Sonata |
| California Suite | |
| Days of Heaven | |
| Stevie | |
| Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? |
| Wins | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Midnight Express | |
| 3 | Heaven Can Wait | |
| 2 | Coming Home |
| Best Television Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |
| 60 Minutes | Taxi
| |
| Best Performance in a Television Series Drama | ||
| Actor | Actress | |
Michael Moriarty - Holocaust as Eric Dorf
| Rosemary Harris - Holocaust as Berta Palitz Weiss
| |
| Best Performance in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | ||
| Actor | Actress | |
Robin Williams - Mork & Mindy as Mork
| Linda Lavin - Alice as Alice Hyatt
| |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | ||
| Supporting Actor | Supporting Actress | |
Norman Fell - Three's Company as Stanley Roper
| Polly Holliday - Alice as Florence "Flo" Castleberry
| |
| Nominations | Title |
|---|---|
| 6 | Taxi |
| 4 | Three's Company |
| 3 | Alice |
| Family | |
| Holocaust | |
| Lou Grant | |
| 2 | All in the Family |
| Battlestar Galactica | |
| The Love Boat | |
| Rhoda |
| Wins | Title |
|---|---|
| 2 | Alice |
| Holocaust |