Nye was featured in a number of television movies during the 1970s, including "Screaming Skull" (1973) and "The Users" (1978). She also acted in the television movie "Divorce His, Divorce Hers" (1973), which starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Nye wrote a humorous essay that year published in "Time" about the experience. In 1978, Nye was a semi-regular panelist on the PBS quiz show "We Interrupt This Week". She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1980 for her portrayal of Tallulah Bankhead in the television film "The Scarlett O'Hara War". That same year she returned to Broadway to perform the role of Lorraine Sheldon in a revival of "The Man Who Came to Dinner". She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance.