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    Primetime Emmy

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    Best Art Direction - Half Hour or Less

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Your Hit Parade

      7.6 (85)
      Paul Barnes
    • [object Object]

      Frontiers of Faith

      6.6 (23)
      Warren Clymer
    • Adventure

      Grover Cole
    • [object Object]

      General Electric Theater

      6.8 (464)
      Martin Obzina
      John Robert Lloyd
      John J. Lloyd
      John Meehan
      George Patrick
    • [object Object]

      The Dinah Shore Show

      6.7 (74)
      Franklin Swig

    Best Art Direction - One Hour or More

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Requiem for a Heavyweight

      8.3 (466)
      Albert Heschong
    • [object Object]

      Omnibus

      8.3 (235)
      Henry May
    • [object Object]

      Kraft Theatre

      7.9 (244)
      Duane McKinney
    • [object Object]

      The Kaiser Aluminum Hour

      7.4 (67)
      Jan Scott
    • [object Object]

      Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

      7.6 (132)
      Don Shirley

    Best Cinematography for Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Loretta Young Show

      Episode: 

      The Pearl

      7.5 (332)
      Norbert Brodine
    • [object Object]

      The 20th Century-Fox Hour

      Episode: 

      Stranger in the Night

      7.2 (246)
      Lloyd Ahern Sr.
    • [object Object]

      Four Star Playhouse

      Episode: 

      Tunnel of Fear

      7.6 (286)
      George E. Diskant
    • [object Object]

      General Electric Theater

      Episode: 

      The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy

      6.8 (464)
      Robert Pittack
    • [object Object]

      General Electric Theater

      Episode: 

      The Night Goes On

      6.8 (464)
      John L. Russell

    Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Phil Silvers Show

      8.4 (1.9K)
      Nat Hiken
      Billy Friedberg
      Tony Webster
      Leonard Stern
      Arnie Rosen
      Coleman Jacoby
    • [object Object]

      The Jack Benny Program

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

      The Ernie Kovacs Show

      8.3 (132)
      Louis M. Heyward
      Ernie Kovacs
      Rex Lardner
      Mike Marmer
    • [object Object]

      Caesar's Hour

      7.9 (207)
      Mel Tolkin
      Gary Belkin
      Mel Brooks
      Sheldon Keller
      Neil Simon
      Larry Gelbart
      Michael Stewart
    • [object Object]

      Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

      7.6 (132)
      Goodman Ace
      Jay Burton
      George Foster
      Mort Green

    Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Caesar's Hour

      7.9 (207)
      Sid Caesar
    • [object Object]

      The Bob Cummings Show

      7.7 (517)
      Robert Cummings
    • [object Object]

      The Ernie Kovacs Show

      8.3 (132)
      Ernie Kovacs
    • [object Object]

      The Jack Benny Program

      8.5 (1.8K)
      Jack Benny
    • [object Object]

      The Phil Silvers Show

      8.4 (1.9K)
      Phil Silvers

    Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Caesar's Hour

      7.9 (207)
      Nanette Fabray
    • [object Object]

      The Ernie Kovacs Show

      8.3 (132)
      Edie Adams
    • [object Object]

      The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

      8.6 (1.7K)
      Gracie Allen
    • [object Object]

      I Love Lucy

      8.5 (31K)
      Lucille Ball
    • [object Object]

      Private Secretary

      7.9 (227)
      Ann Sothern

    Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series

    • Robert Young in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
      Winner
      • Robert Young
      • Father Knows Best
    • FANTASY ISLAND - Pilot - Shoot Date: January 14, 1977.
      • Hugh O'Brian
      • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    • James Arness in Gunsmoke (1955)
      • James Arness
      • Gunsmoke
    • Charles Boyer in Gaslight (1944)
      • Charles Boyer
      • Four Star Playhouse
    • David Niven in The Pink Panther (1963)
      • David Niven
      • Four Star Playhouse

    Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series

    • Loretta Young in Taxi (1931)
      Winner
      • Loretta Young
      • The Loretta Young Show
    • Ida Lupino
      • Ida Lupino
      • Four Star Playhouse
    • Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda (1948)
      • Jane Wyman
      • Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre
    • Peggy Wood in One Life to Live (1968)
      • Peggy Wood
      • Mama
    • Jan Clayton
      • Jan Clayton
      • Lassie

    Best Coverage of a Newsworthy Event

    • Winner

      Years of Crisis

      CBS
      For episode: Calendar Year 1956
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      For coverage of the National Political Conventions (August 13-17, 1956 and August 20-23, 1956).
      • CBS
      For coverage of the Andrea Doria sinking (July 31, 1956).
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      For coverage of the arrival of Andrea Doria survivors in New York.
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
      For coverage of the National Political Conventions (August 13-17, 1956 and August 20-23, 1956).

    Best Direction - Half Hour or Less

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Danny Thomas Show

      Episode: 

      Danny's Comeback

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Sheldon Leonard
    • [object Object]

      Camera Three

      Episode: 

      As I Lay Dying

      6.7 (78)
      Clay Yurdin
    • [object Object]

      General Electric Theater

      6.8 (464)
      Herschel Daugherty
      For episode "The Road that Led Afar".
    • [object Object]

      Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

      Episode: 

      The Traitor

      7.5 (50)
      George Archainbaud
    • [object Object]

      You Are There

      8.3 (231)
      William D. Russell
      For episode "First Moscow Purge Trial".

    Best Direction - One Hour or More

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Requiem for a Heavyweight

      8.3 (466)
      Ralph Nelson
    • [object Object]

      The 20th Century-Fox Hour

      Episode: 

      Child of the Regiment

      7.2 (246)
      Lewis Allen
    • [object Object]

      The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

      8.1 (256)
      Bob Banner
      For episode on 5 October with Sinatra.
    • [object Object]

      Kraft Theatre

      Episode: 

      A Night to Remember

      7.9 (244)
      George Roy Hill
    • [object Object]

      NBC Television Opera Theatre

      Episode: 

      La Boheme

      5.1 (28)
      Kirk Browning
    • [object Object]

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Forbidden Area

      8.3 (466)
      John Frankenheimer

    Best Editing of a Film for Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Our Mr. Sun

      7.4 (227)
      Frank P. Keller
      Shown within "AT&T Science Series".
    • [object Object]

      Cheyenne

      Episode: 

      The Bounty Killers

      8.0 (2.3K)
      Robert Watts
    • [object Object]

      Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre

      Episode: 

      Between Jobs

      7.5 (76)
      Daniel A. Nathan
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • [object Object]

      Father Knows Best

      Episode: 

      Betty's Birthday

      7.4 (2.9K)
      Richard Fantl(editor)
    • [object Object]

      Four Star Playhouse

      Episode: 

      Tunnel of Fear

      7.6 (286)
      Samuel E. Beetley

    Best Female Personality - Continuing Performance

    • Dinah Shore
      Winner
      • Dinah Shore
    • Arlene Francis
      • Arlene Francis
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • Gizelle MacKenzie and her husband, Robert Shutteworth, 1957.
      • Gisele MacKenzie
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • Rosemary Clooney
      • Rosemary Clooney
      Syndicated.
    • Faye Emerson
      • Faye Emerson

    Best Live Camera Work

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kraft Theatre

      7.9 (244)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      For episode "A Night to Remember (#9.31)".
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
      • CBS
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      For pool coverage of the 1956 Republican Convention.
    • [object Object]

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Requiem for a Heavyweight

      8.3 (466)
      CBS
    • [object Object]

      Wide Wide World

      8.0 (26)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      For episode "An American Sunday".
    • [object Object]

      Producers' Showcase

      Episode: 

      Jack and the Beanstalk

      7.4 (196)
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

    Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance

    • Perry Como
      Winner
      • Perry Como
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • Tennessee Ernie Ford in The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971)
      • Tennessee Ernie Ford
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • Alfred Hitchcock in Psycho (1960)
      • Alfred Hitchcock
      CBS
    • Fulton J. Sheen
      • Fulton J. Sheen
      DuMont
    • Steve Allen
      • Steve Allen
    • Leonard Bernstein conducting "Quiz Concert: How Musicscal Are You?" to be broadcast on "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" December 10, 1978
      • Leonard Bernstein

    Best Musical Contribution for Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Omnibus

      8.3 (235)
      Leonard Bernstein(composer/conductor)
      For composing and conducting.
    • [object Object]

      The Rosemary Clooney Show

      7.8 (23)
      Nelson Riddle
      For arrangement of musical score.
    • [object Object]

      The Magical World of Disney

      8.4 (2.5K)
      Oliver Wallace
      For composing of score.
    • [object Object]

      Medic

      8.1 (205)
      Sidney Fine
      For orchestration of Victor Young's music.
    • [object Object]

      The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

      7.8 (81)
      Walter Schumann
      For vocal arrangements.

    Best New Program Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Playhouse 90

      8.3 (466)
    • [object Object]

      The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

      8.1 (256)
    • [object Object]

      Air Power

      7.6 (46)
    • [object Object]

      The Ernie Kovacs Show

      8.3 (132)
    • [object Object]

      The Steve Allen Plymouth Show

      8.5 (273)

    Best News Commentator

    • Edward R. Murrow
      Winner
      • Edward R. Murrow
      CBS
    • Walter Cronkite
      • Walter Cronkite
      CBS
    • Douglas Edwards in The CBS Evening News (1941)
      • Douglas Edwards
      CBS
    • Chet Huntley
      • Chet Huntley
      National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
    • John Daly in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
      • John Daly

    Best Public Service Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      See It Now

      7.0 (99)
    • [object Object]

      Meet the Press

      5.4 (757)
    • [object Object]

      NBC Television Opera Theatre

      5.1 (28)
    • [object Object]

      Wide Wide World

      8.0 (26)
    • [object Object]

      You Are There

      8.3 (231)

    Best Series - Half Hour or Less

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Phil Silvers Show

      8.4 (1.9K)
    • [object Object]

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents

      8.5 (20K)
    • [object Object]

      Father Knows Best

      7.4 (2.9K)
    • [object Object]

      The Jack Benny Program

      8.5 (1.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Person to Person

      8.2 (234)

    Best Series - One Hour or More

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Caesar's Hour

      7.9 (207)
    • [object Object]

      The Ed Sullivan Show

      7.9 (1.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Climax!

      6.6 (286)
    • [object Object]

      Omnibus

      8.3 (235)
    • [object Object]

      Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall

      7.6 (132)

    Best Single Performance by an Actor

    • Jack Palance
      Winner
      • Jack Palance
      • Playhouse 90
      For episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight".
    • Lloyd Bridges
      • Lloyd Bridges
      • The Alcoa Hour
      For episode "Tragedy in a Temporary Town".
    • Fredric March
      • Fredric March
      • Producers' Showcase
      For episode "Dodsworth".
    • Sal Mineo
      • Sal Mineo
      • Studio One
      For episode "Dino".
    • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
      • Red Skelton
      • Playhouse 90
      For episode "The Big Slide".

    Best Single Performance by an Actress

    • Claire Trevor in Stagecoach (1939)
      Winner
      • Claire Trevor
      • Producers' Showcase
      For episode "Dodsworth".
    • Gracie Fields
      • Gracie Fields
      • The United States Steel Hour
      CBS
      For episode "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals".
    • Edna Best
      • Edna Best
      • Ford Star Jubilee
      CBS
      For episode "This Happy Breed (#1.9)".
    • Nancy Kelly
      • Nancy Kelly
      • Studio One
      For episode "The Pilot".
    • Cedric Hardwicke and Evelyn Rudie in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
      • Evelyn Rudie
      • Playhouse 90
      For episode "Eloise".

    Best Single Program of the Year

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Requiem for a Heavyweight

      8.3 (466)
    • Victor Borge: Comedy in Music

      6.4 (16)
      CBS
      Official ATAS records list title as "The Victor Borge Show".
    • [object Object]

      Kraft Theatre

      Episode: 

      A Night to Remember

      7.9 (244)
    • [object Object]

      Omnibus

      8.3 (235)
      For episode "Leonard Bernstein".
    • [object Object]

      See It Now

      7.0 (99)
      For episode "Secret Life of Danny Kaye".

    Best Supporting Performance by an Actor

    • Carl Reiner
      Winner
      • Carl Reiner
      • Caesar's Hour
    • William Frawley in I Love Lucy (1951)
      • William Frawley
      • I Love Lucy
    • Ed Wynn in Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
      • Ed Wynn
      • Playhouse 90
      For episode "Requiem For A Heavyweight".
    • Art Carney
      • Art Carney
      • The Jackie Gleason Show
    • Paul Ford
      • Paul Ford
      • The Phil Silvers Show

    Best Supporting Performance by an Actress

    • Pat Carroll
      Winner
      • Pat Carroll
      • Caesar's Hour
      For playing various roles.
    • Ann B. Davis in The Brady Bunch (1969)
      • Ann B. Davis
      • The Bob Cummings Show
    • Audrey Meadows
      • Audrey Meadows
      • The Jackie Gleason Show
    • Mildred Natwick in Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
      • Mildred Natwick
      • Blithe Spirit
      (Shown within Ford Star Jubilee (1955).)
    • Vivian Vance in I Love Lucy (1951)
      • Vivian Vance
      • I Love Lucy

    Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alfred Hitchcock Presents

      Episode: 

      Fog Closing In

      8.5 (20K)
      James P. Cavanagh
    • [object Object]

      Frontier

      Episode: 

      Patrol

      7.4 (66)
      Morton S. Fine
      David Friedkin
    • [object Object]

      The Loretta Young Show

      Episode: 

      The Pearl

      7.5 (332)
      Richard Morris
    • [object Object]

      The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

      7.6 (1.3K)
      Daniel B. Ullman
      For episode "The Buntline".
    • [object Object]

      Telephone Time

      7.1 (260)
      John Nesbitt
      For episode "Man with the Beard".

    Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour or More

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Requiem for a Heavyweight

      8.3 (466)
      Rod Serling
    • [object Object]

      The Alcoa Hour

      Episode: 

      Tragedy in a Temporary Town

      7.2 (109)
      Reginald Rose
    • [object Object]

      Goodyear Playhouse

      Episode: 

      Joey

      7.6 (123)
      Louis S. Peterson
    • [object Object]

      Kraft Theatre

      Episode: 

      A Night to Remember

      7.9 (244)
      George Roy Hill
      John Whedon
    • [object Object]

      Playhouse 90

      Episode: 

      Sizeman and Son

      8.3 (466)
      Elick Moll

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    Event date

    March 16, 1957

    Event location

    USA

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