Emmy Awards: 1953

Emmy

Date:	5 February
Host:	Art Linkletter
Location:	Hotel Statler, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Actor


Winner:
	Thomas Mitchell (I)
Other Nominees:
	John Forsythe (I) Charlton Heston John Newland (I) Vaughn Taylor (I) Jack Webb (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Helen Hayes (I)
Other Nominees:
	Sarah Churchill June Lockhart Maria Riva Peggy Wood (I)

Best Situation Comedy


Winner:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Mister Peepers" (1952) - NBC "Our Miss Brooks" (1952) - CBS "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952) - ABC "The Amos 'n Andy Show" (1951) - CBS "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) - CBS

Best Variety Program


Winner:
	"Your Show of Shows" (1950) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" (1949) - CBS "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950) - NBC "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - CBS "Toast of the Town" (1948) - CBS

Most Outstanding Personality


Winner:
	Fulton J. Sheen; Dumont
Other Nominees:
	Lucille Ball; CBS Arthur Godfrey; CBS Edward R. Murrow; CBS Jimmy Durante; NBC Donald O'Connor; NBC Adlai Stevenson; NBC

Best Dramatic Program


Winner:
	"Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Celanese Theatre" (1951) - ABC "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951) - NBC "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) - NBC "Studio One" (1948) - CBS

Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program


Winner:
	"What's My Line?" (1950) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Down You Go" (1951) - CBS "This Is Your Life" (1952) - NBC "Two for the Money" (1952) - CBS "You Bet Your Life" (1950) - NBC

Best Children's Program


Winner:
	"Time for Beany" (1949) - KTLA
Other Nominees:
	"Big Top" (1950) - CBS "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" (1947) - NBC "Puppet Playhouse" (1947) - NBC "Super Circus" (1949) - NBC "The Gabby Hayes Show" (1950) "Zoo Parade" (1950) - NBC

Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program


Winner:
	"Dragnet" (1951) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Foreign Intrigue" (1951) - Syndicated "Martin Kane, Private Eye" (1949) - NBC "Racket Squad" (1950) - NBC "The Big Story" (1949) - NBC

Best Comedian


Winner:
	Jimmy Durante; NBC
Other Nominees:
	Herb Shriner; ABC Jackie Gleason (I); CBS Sid Caesar; NBC Wally Cox (I); NBC

Best Public Affairs Program


Winner:
	"See It Now" (1951) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Camel News Caravan" (1948) - NBC "Life Is Worth Living" (1952) - Syndicated "Meet the Press" (1947) - NBC "Victory at Sea" (1952) - NBC

Best Comedienne


Winner:
	Lucille Ball; CBS
Other Nominees:
	Eve Arden; CBS Imogene Coca; NBC Joan Davis (I); NBC Martha Raye; NBC