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    Primetime Emmy

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    Best Action or Adventure Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Magical World of Disney

      8.3 (2.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Gunsmoke

      8.1 (9.6K)
    • [object Object]

      Dragnet

      7.5 (2.5K)
    • [object Object]

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents

      8.5 (20K)
    • [object Object]

      The Lineup

      7.6 (132)

    Best Actor - Continuing Performance

    • Phil Silvers in Gilligan's Island (1964)
      Winner
      • Phil Silvers
      • The Phil Silvers Show
      Some book sources list the show's original program title: "You'll Never Get Rich".
    • Robert Cummings
      • Robert Cummings
      • The Bob Cummings Show
    • Jackie Gleason
      • Jackie Gleason
      • The Honeymooners
    • Danny Thomas
      • Danny Thomas
      • The Danny Thomas Show
    • Robert Young in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
      • Robert Young
      • Father Knows Best

    Best Actor - Single Performance

    • Lloyd Nolan
      Winner
      • Lloyd Nolan
      • Ford Star Jubilee
      For playing "Capt. Queeg". For episode "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"
    • Ralph Bellamy
      • Ralph Bellamy
      • The United States Steel Hour
      For playing "Father". For episode "The Fearful Decision".
    • José Ferrer in The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
      • José Ferrer
      • Producers' Showcase
      For playing "Cyrano". For episode "Cyrano de Bergerac".
    • Everett Sloane
      • Everett Sloane
      • Kraft Theatre
      For playing "President". For episode "Patterns".
    • Barry Sullivan in Queen Bee (1955)
      • Barry Sullivan
      • Ford Star Jubilee
      For playing "Defense Attorney Greenwald". For episode "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial".

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Art Carney
      Winner
      • Art Carney
      • The Honeymooners
    • Ed Begley
      • Ed Begley
      • Kraft Theatre
      For episode "Patterns".
    • William Frawley in I Love Lucy (1951)
      • William Frawley
      • I Love Lucy
    • Carl Reiner
      • Carl Reiner
      • Caesar's Hour
      For playing various roles.
    • Cyril Ritchard in Blackmail (1929)
      • Cyril Ritchard
      • Producers' Showcase
      For episode "Peter Pan".

    Best Actress - Continuing Performance

    • Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
      Winner
      • Lucille Ball
      • I Love Lucy
    • Gracie Allen, 1957.
      • Gracie Allen
      • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
    • Eve Arden
      • Eve Arden
      • Our Miss Brooks
    • Jean Hagen
      • Jean Hagen
      • The Danny Thomas Show
    • Ann Sothern
      • Ann Sothern
      • Private Secretary

    Best Actress - Single Performance

    • Mary Martin
      Winner
      • Mary Martin
      • Producers' Showcase
      For playing "Peter". For episode "Peter Pan".
    • Julie Harris in HouseSitter (1992)
      • Julie Harris
      • The United States Steel Hour
      For playing "Shevawn". For episode "A Wind from the South".
    • "Broadway: The Golden Age" & "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" star Eva Marie Saint.
      • Eva Marie Saint
      • Producers' Showcase
      For playing "Emily". For episode "Our Town".
    • Jessica Tandy in Still of the Night (1982)
      • Jessica Tandy
      • Producers' Showcase
      For playing "Wife". For episode "The Fourposter".
    • Loretta Young in Taxi (1931)
      • Loretta Young
      • The Loretta Young Show
      For playing "Sadie". For episode "Christmas Stopover".

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Nanette Fabray
      Winner
      • Nanette Fabray
      • Caesar's Hour
      For playing various roles.
    • Ann B. Davis in The Brady Bunch (1969)
      • Ann B. Davis
      • The Bob Cummings Show
      For episode "Schultzy's Dream World".
    • Jean Hagen
      • Jean Hagen
      • The Danny Thomas Show
    • Audrey Meadows
      • Audrey Meadows
      • The Honeymooners
    • Thelma Ritter
      • Thelma Ritter
      • Goodyear Playhouse
      For episode "The Catered Affair".

    Best Art Direction - Film Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      You Are There

      8.3 (226)
      William Ferrari
    • [object Object]

      Medic

      8.0 (204)
      Ernst Fegté(art director)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      The Adventures of Robin Hood

      7.6 (949)
      Peter Proud(art director)
    • [object Object]

      Four Star Playhouse

      7.5 (280)
      Duncan Cramer
    • [object Object]

      Schlitz Playhouse

      7.4 (358)
      Serge Krizman

    Best Art Direction - Live Series

    • Producers' Showcase (1954)
      Playwrights '56 (1955)
      Winners
      • Producers' Showcase
      • Playwrights '56
      Otis Riggs Jr.
    • [object Object]

      Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

      7.6 (130)
      Don Shirley(art director)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      The United States Steel Hour

      7.8 (214)
      Carl Kent(art director)
      CBS
    • Alice in Wonderland (1955)
      • Alice in Wonderland
      • The Good Fairy
      Jan Scott(production designer)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      Climax!

      6.5 (283)
      James Dowell Vance
    • [object Object]

      Lux Video Theatre

      7.3 (168)
      William Craig Smith

    Best Audience Participation Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The $64, 000 Question

      6.6 (83)
    • [object Object]

      I've Got a Secret

      7.9 (588)
    • [object Object]

      People Are Funny

      6.9 (59)
    • [object Object]

      What's My Line?

      8.5 (1.9K)
    • [object Object]

      You Bet Your Life

      8.5 (811)

    Best Camerawork - Live Show

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Studio One

      7.5 (352)
      T. Miller
    • [object Object]

      The Linkletter Show

      6.8 (207)
      Leslie Vaught(camera work)
      CBS
    • [object Object]

      Climax!

      6.5 (283)
      A.J. Cunningham
    • [object Object]

      Lux Video Theatre

      7.3 (168)
      Joe Strauss

    Best Children's Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lassie

      6.5 (4.1K)
    • [object Object]

      The Howdy Doody Show

      7.5 (288)
    • [object Object]

      The Pinky Lee Show

      7.3 (47)
    • [object Object]

      Kukla, Fran and Ollie

      7.8 (155)
    • [object Object]

      The Mickey Mouse Club

      7.6 (917)
    • [object Object]

      Ding Dong School

      7.0 (46)

    Best Choreographer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Your Hit Parade

      7.6 (86)
      Tony Charmoli
      For episode "Show Biz".
    • [object Object]

      Producers' Showcase

      Episode: 

      Peter Pan

      7.1 (194)
      Jerome Robbins(choreographer)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      The Jackie Gleason Show

      8.4 (545)
      June Taylor(choreographer)
      CBS
    • [object Object]

      Max Liebman Spectaculars

      6.8 (16)
      Rod Alexander(choreographer)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954)
      Shower of Stars (1954)
      • Max Liebman Spectaculars
      • Shower of Stars
      James Starbuck(choreographer)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      CBS
      "Max Liebman Spectaculars" (NBC): episode not listed. "Shower of Stars" (CBS) for episode: Ethel Merman's Show Stoppers.

    Best Cinematography for Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Medic

      Episode: 

      Black Friday

      8.0 (204)
      William A. Sickner
    • [object Object]

      The Loretta Young Show

      Episode: 

      I Remember the Rani

      7.4 (331)
      Norbert Brodine(cinematographer)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      Dragnet

      7.5 (2.5K)
      Edward Colman(cinematographer)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      Private Secretary

      7.9 (219)
      Robert Pittack
    • [object Object]

      Four Star Playhouse

      Episode: 

      The Collar

      7.5 (280)
      George E. Diskant

    Best Comedian

    • Phil Silvers in Gilligan's Island (1964)
      Winner
      • Phil Silvers
    • Jack Benny
      • Jack Benny
    • Sid Caesar in Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009)
      • Sid Caesar
    • Art Carney
      • Art Carney
    • George Gobel in The George Gobel Show (1954)
      • George Gobel

    Best Comedienne

    • Nanette Fabray
      Winner
      • Nanette Fabray
    • Gracie Allen, 1957.
      • Gracie Allen
    • Eve Arden
      • Eve Arden
    • Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
      • Lucille Ball
    • Ann Sothern
      • Ann Sothern

    Best Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Phil Silvers Show

      8.4 (1.8K)
    • [object Object]

      The Danny Thomas Show

      7.1 (1.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Caesar's Hour

      7.8 (207)
    • [object Object]

      The Jack Benny Program

      8.5 (1.8K)
    • [object Object]

      The George Gobel Show

      7.3 (93)
    • [object Object]

      The Bob Cummings Show

      7.7 (509)

    Best Comedy Writing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Phil Silvers Show

      8.4 (1.8K)
      Nat Hiken
      Barry E. Blitzer
      Arnold M. Auerbach
      Harvey Orkin
      Vin Bogert
      Arnie Rosen
      Coleman Jacoby
      Tony Webster
      Terry Ryan
      For episode "You'll Never Get Rich".
    • [object Object]

      The Jack Benny Program

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Sam Perrin
      George Balzer
      Hal Goldman
      Al Gordon
      CBS
    • [object Object]

      The George Gobel Show

      7.3 (93)
      Hal Kanter
      Howard Leeds
      Everett Greenbaum
      Harry Winkler
    • [object Object]

      I Love Lucy

      8.5 (30K)
      Jess Oppenheimer
      Madelyn Davis
      Bob Carroll Jr.
      Bob Schiller
      Bob Weiskopf
      For episode "L.A. At Last".
    • [object Object]

      Caesar's Hour

      7.8 (207)
      Mel Tolkin
      Selma Diamond
      Larry Gelbart
      Mel Brooks
      Sheldon Keller

    Best Commercial Campaign

    • Winner
      • Ford
      • Bank of America
      • Chrysler Corporation
      • For Piel's Beer television commercials.
        • For Hamm's Beer television commercials.

        Best Contributing to Daytime Programming

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Matinee Theatre

          6.7 (151)
        • [object Object]

          Home

          5.9 (18)
          Arlene Francis
        • [object Object]

          The Bob Crosby Show

          8.5 (21)
        • [object Object]

          The Garry Moore Show

          7.5 (26)
        • [object Object]

          Today

          4.6 (2.6K)

        Best Director - Film Series

        • Winner
          • Nat Hiken
          • The Phil Silvers Show
          Some book sources list the show's original program title: "You'll Never Get Rich".
          • Rod Amateau
          • The Bob Cummings Show
          For episode "Return of the Wolf".
          • Bernard Girard
          • You Are There
          For episode "Grant & Lee at Appomatox".
        • Alfred Hitchcock in Psycho (1960)
          • Alfred Hitchcock
          • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
          For episode "The Case of Mr. Pelham".
        • Sheldon Leonard
          • Sheldon Leonard
          • The Danny Thomas Show
        • Jack Webb in Dragnet (1987)
          • Jack Webb
          • Dragnet

        Best Director - Live Series

        • Franklin J. Schaffner
          Winner
          • Franklin J. Schaffner
          • Ford Star Jubilee
          For episode "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial".
        • John Frankenheimer
          • John Frankenheimer
          • Climax!
          For episode "Portrait in Celluloid".
          • Clark Jones
          • Producers' Showcase
          For episode "Peter Pan".
        • Delbert Mann
          • Delbert Mann
          • Producers' Showcase
          For episode "Our Town".
          • Alex Segal
          • The United States Steel Hour
          For episode "No Time for Sergeants".

        Best Documentary Program

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Omnibus

          8.2 (231)
        • [object Object]

          Meet the Press

          5.5 (743)
        • [object Object]

          Person to Person

          8.2 (233)
        • [object Object]

          See It Now

          7.1 (98)
        • [object Object]

          Wide Wide World

          8.8 (27)

        Best Dramatic Series

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Producers' Showcase

          7.1 (194)
        • Goodyear Playhouse (1951)
          The Alcoa Hour (1955)
          • Goodyear Playhouse
          • The Alcoa Hour
        • [object Object]

          Climax!

          6.5 (283)
        • [object Object]

          Studio One

          7.5 (352)
        • [object Object]

          The United States Steel Hour

          7.8 (214)

        Best Editing of a Television Film

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Alfred Hitchcock Presents

          Episode: 

          Breakdown

          8.5 (20K)
          Edward W. Williams
        • [object Object]

          Navy Log

          Episode: 

          Operation Three-In-One

          7.8 (148)
          Jason H. Bernie(editor)
          CBS
        • [object Object]

          Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre

          Episode: 

          Little Guy

          7.4 (77)
          Daniel A. Nathan(editor)
          National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
        • [object Object]

          The Bob Cummings Show

          7.7 (509)
          Stanley Frazen(editor)
          Guy Scarpitta(editor)
          For episode "Miss Coffee Break".
        • [object Object]

          Four Star Playhouse

          Episode: 

          The Collar

          7.5 (280)
          Samuel E. Beetley

        Best Female Singer

        • Dinah Shore
          Winner
          • Dinah Shore
        • Rosemary Clooney
          • Rosemary Clooney
        • Judy Garland in Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
          • Judy Garland
        • Peggy Lee
          • Peggy Lee
        • Gizelle MacKenzie and her husband, Robert Shutteworth, 1957.
          • Gisele MacKenzie

        Best MC or Program Host - Male or Female

        • Perry Como
          Winner
          • Perry Como
        • Alistair Cooke
          • Alistair Cooke
        • John Daly in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
          • John Daly
        • Dave Garroway in Today (1952)
          • Dave Garroway
        • Alfred Hitchcock in Psycho (1960)
          • Alfred Hitchcock

        Best Male Singer

        • Perry Como
          Winner
          • Perry Como
        • Harry Belafonte
          • Harry Belafonte
        • Eddie Fisher
          • Eddie Fisher
        • Gordon MacRae
          • Gordon MacRae
        • Frank Sinatra
          • Frank Sinatra

        Best Music Series

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Your Hit Parade

          7.6 (86)
        • [object Object]

          Coke Time

          7.3 (36)
        • [object Object]

          The Dinah Shore Show

          6.8 (73)
        • [object Object]

          Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

          7.6 (130)
        • [object Object]

          The Voice of Firestone

          6.6 (31)

        Best Musical Contribution

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Producers' Showcase

          Episode: 

          Our Town

          7.1 (194)
          Sammy Cahn(composer/lyricist)
          Jimmy Van Heusen(composer/lyricist)
        • [object Object]

          Ford Star Jubilee

          Episode: 

          Together with Music

          7.0 (96)
          Mary Martin(performer)
          Noël Coward(performer)
        • [object Object]

          Producers' Showcase

          Episode: 

          Our Town

          7.1 (194)
          Sammy Cahn(composer/lyricist)
          Jimmy Van Heusen(composer/lyricist)
        • [object Object]

          Producers' Showcase

          Episode: 

          Our Town

          7.1 (194)
          Nelson Riddle(arranger)
        • [object Object]

          Wide Wide World

          8.8 (27)
          David Broekman(composer)
          For the series' scoring.

        Best News Commentator or Reporter

        • Edward R. Murrow
          Winner
          • Edward R. Murrow
        • John Daly in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
          • John Daly
        • Douglas Edwards in The CBS Evening News (1941)
          • Douglas Edwards
        • Clete Roberts in M*A*S*H (1972)
          • Clete Roberts
        • John Cameron Swayze
          • John Cameron Swayze

        Best Original Teleplay Writing

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Kraft Theatre

          Episode: 

          Patterns

          7.9 (239)
          Rod Serling
        • The Alcoa Hour (1955)
          Goodyear Playhouse (1951)
          • The Alcoa Hour
          • Goodyear Playhouse
          David Davidson
          For episode "Thunder Over Washington".
        • [object Object]

          The Philco Television Playhouse

          Episode: 

          A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

          7.4 (143)
          Robert Alan Aurthur
        • [object Object]

          Goodyear Playhouse

          Episode: 

          The Catered Affair

          7.6 (122)
          Paddy Chayefsky
        • [object Object]

          The United States Steel Hour

          7.8 (214)
          Cyril Hume
          Richard Maibaum
          For episode "The Fearful Decision" broadcast 10 May 1955.

        Best Producer - Film Series

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Magical World of Disney

          8.3 (2.5K)
          Walt Disney
        • [object Object]

          You Are There

          8.3 (226)
          James Fonda
        • [object Object]

          The Bob Cummings Show

          7.7 (509)
          Paul Henning
        • [object Object]

          The Phil Silvers Show

          8.4 (1.8K)
          Nat Hiken
          For episode "You'll Never Get Rich".
        • [object Object]

          Medic

          8.0 (204)
          Frank La Tourette

        Best Producer - Live Series

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Producers' Showcase

          7.1 (194)
          Fred Coe
        • [object Object]

          The United States Steel Hour

          7.8 (214)
          CBS
          The Guild Theatre
        • The Alcoa Hour (1955)
          Goodyear Playhouse (1951)
          • The Alcoa Hour
          • Goodyear Playhouse
          Herbert Brodkin
        • [object Object]

          The George Gobel Show

          7.3 (93)
          Hal Kanter
        • [object Object]

          Climax!

          6.5 (283)
          Martin Manulis
        • [object Object]

          Wide Wide World

          8.8 (27)
          Barry Wood

        Best Single Program of the Year

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Producers' Showcase

          Episode: 

          Peter Pan

          7.1 (194)
          National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
        • [object Object]

          Wide Wide World

          8.8 (27)
          For episode "The American West".
        • [object Object]

          Ford Star Jubilee

          Episode: 

          The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

          7.0 (96)
        • [object Object]

          The Magical World of Disney

          8.3 (2.5K)
          For episode "Davy Crockett and River Pirates".
        • [object Object]

          The United States Steel Hour

          Episode: 

          No Time for Sergeants

          7.8 (214)
        • [object Object]

          The Danny Thomas Show

          7.1 (1.4K)
          For episode "Peter Pan Meets Rusty Williams".
        • [object Object]

          Producers' Showcase

          Episode: 

          The Sleeping Beauty

          7.1 (194)

        Best Specialty Act - Single or Group

        • Marcel Marceau
          Winner
          • Marcel Marceau
        • Harry Belafonte
          • Harry Belafonte
        • Victor Borge c. 1945
          • Victor Borge
        • Sammy Davis Jr.
          • Sammy Davis Jr.
        • Donald O'Connor
          • Donald O'Connor

        Best Television Adaptation

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Ford Star Jubilee

          Episode: 

          The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

          7.0 (96)
          Paul Gregory
          Franklin J. Schaffner
        • [object Object]

          The 20th Century-Fox Hour

          Episode: 

          The Ox-Bow Incident

          7.0 (247)
          David Dortort
        • [object Object]

          The 20th Century-Fox Hour

          7.0 (247)
          John Monks Jr.
          For episode "Miracle on 34th Street".
        • [object Object]

          Climax!

          Episode: 

          The Champion

          6.5 (283)
          Rod Serling
        • [object Object]

          Producers' Showcase

          Episode: 

          Our Town

          7.1 (194)
          David Shaw

        Best Variety Series

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          The Ed Sullivan Show

          7.9 (1.7K)
        • [object Object]

          The Dinah Shore Show

          6.8 (73)
        • [object Object]

          Ford Star Jubilee

          7.0 (96)
        • [object Object]

          Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

          7.6 (130)
        • [object Object]

          Shower of Stars

          7.2 (94)

        Governors Award

        • Dwight D. Eisenhower in Palm Springs, CA, 1961.
          Winner
          • Dwight D. Eisenhower
          For his use and encouragement of television.

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        Event date

        March 17, 1956

        Event location

        USA

        Event links

        • https://www.televisionacademy.com/

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