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Emmy Awards: 1957

Emmy

Date:	16 March
Host:	Desi Arnaz (Los Angeles); Danny Thomas (I) (New York City)
Location:	NBC Studio, Burbank, California, USA Colonial Theatre, New York, New York, USA
Notes:	The year 1957 marks the first Emmy Awards show to be broadcast in color.

Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Father Knows Best" (1954) - Robert Young (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Charles Boyer (I); CBS "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - David Niven (I); CBS "Gunsmoke" (1955) - James Arness; CBS "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955) - Hugh O'Brian; ABC

Best Single Performance by an Actor


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Jack Palance; CBS - For episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight".
Other Nominees:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Red Skelton; CBS - For episode "The Big Slide". "Producers' Showcase" (1954) - Fredric March; NBC - For episode "Dodsworth". "Studio One" (1948) - Sal Mineo; CBS - For episode "Dino". "The Alcoa Hour" (1955) - Lloyd Bridges; NBC - For episode "Tragedy in a Temporary Town".

Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Loretta Young; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Ida Lupino; CBS "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1955) - Jane Wyman; NBC "Lassie" (1954) - Jan Clayton (I); CBS "Mama" (1949) - Peggy Wood (I); CBS

Best Single Performance by an Actress


Winner:
	"Producers' Showcase" (1954) - Claire Trevor; NBC - For episode "Dodsworth".
Other Nominees:
	"Ford Star Jubilee" (1955) {This Happy Breed (#1.9)} - Edna Best; CBS - For episode "This Happy Breed". - (Shown within "Ford Star Jubilee" (1955)). "Playhouse 90" (1956) - Evelyn Rudie; CBS - For episode "Eloise". "Studio One" (1948) - Nancy Kelly (I); CBS - For episode "The Pilot".

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor


Winner:
	"Caesar's Hour" (1954) - Carl Reiner; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - William Frawley; CBS "Playhouse 90" (1956) - Ed Wynn; CBS - For episode "Requiem For A Heavyweight". "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - Art Carney; CBS "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955) - Paul Ford (I); CBS

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress


Winner:
	"Caesar's Hour" (1954) - Pat Carroll (I); NBC - For playing various roles.
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - Vivian Vance; CBS "The Bob Cummings Show" (1955) - Ann B. Davis; CBS "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1952) - Audrey Meadows; CBS Blithe Spirit (1956) (TV) - Mildred Natwick; CBS - (Shown within "Ford Star Jubilee" (1955).)

Best Direction - Half Hour or Less


Winner:
	"Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - Sheldon Leonard; ABC - For episode "Danny's Comeback".
Other Nominees:
	"Camera Three" (1956) - Clay Yurdin; CBS - For episode "As I Lay Dying". "General Electric Theater" (1953) - Herschel Daugherty; CBS - For episode "The Road that Led Afar". "Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers" (1956) - George Archainbaud; NBC - For episode "The Traitor". "You Are There" (1953) - William D. Russell; CBS - For episode "First Moscow Purge Trial".

Best Direction - One Hour or More


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Ralph Nelson (I); CBS - For episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight".
Other Nominees:
	"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) - George Roy Hill; NBC - For episode "A Night to Remember". "NBC Television Opera Theatre" (1950) - Kirk Browning; NBC - For episode "La Boheme". "Playhouse 90" (1956) - John Frankenheimer; CBS - For episode "Forbidden Area". "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955) - Lewis Allen (I); CBS - For episode "Child of the Regiment". "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956) - Bob Banner (I); NBC - For episode on 5 October with Sinatra.

Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less


Winner:
	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) - James P. Cavanagh; CBS - For episode "Fog Closing In".
Other Nominees:
	"Frontier" (1955) - Morton S. Fine; David Friedkin; NBC - For episode "Patrol". "Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Richard Morris (I); NBC - For episode "The Pearl". "Telephone Time" (1956) - John Nesbitt (I); ABC - For episode "Man with the Beard". "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955) - Daniel B. Ullman; ABC - For episode "The Buntline".

Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy


Winner:
	"The Phil Silvers Show" (1955) - Nat Hiken; Billy Friedberg; Tony Webster (II); Leonard Stern; Arnie Rosen; Coleman Jaacoby; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Caesar's Hour" (1954) - Mel Tolkin; Gary Belkin; Mel Brooks (I); Sheldon Keller; Neil Simon (I); Larry Gelbart; Michael Stewart (I); NBC "The Ernie Kovacs Show" (1952) - Louis M. Heyward; Ernie Kovacs (I); Rex Lardner; Mike Marmer; NBC "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - Sam Perrin; George Balzer; Hal Goldman (I); Al Gordon (I); CBS "The Perry Como Show" (1948) - Goodman Ace; Jay Burton; George Foster (V); Mort Green; NBC

Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour or More


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Rod Serling; CBS - For episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight".
Other Nominees:
	"Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951) - Louis S. Peterson; NBC - For episode "Joey". "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) - George Roy Hill; John Whedon; NBC - For episode "A Night to Remember". "Playhouse 90" (1956) - Elick Moll; CBS - For episode "Sizeman and Son". "The Alcoa Hour" (1955) - Reginald Rose; NBC - For episode "Tragedy in a Temporary Town".

Best Art Direction - One Hour or More


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Albert Heschong; CBS - For episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight".
Other Nominees:
	"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) - Duane McKinney; NBC "Omnibus" (1952) - Henry May (III); CBS "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" (1956) - Jan Scott (I); NBC "The Perry Como Show" (1948) - Don Shirley Jr.; NBC

Best Art Direction - Half Hour or Less


Winner:
	"Your Hit Parade" (1950) - Paul Barnes (II); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Adventure" (1953) - Grover Cole; CBS "Frontiers of Faith" (1951) - Warren Clymer; NBC "General Electric Theater" (1953) - Martin Obzina; John Robert Lloyd (I); John J. Lloyd; John Meehan (III); George Patrick (I); CBS "The Dinah Shore Show" (1951) - Frank Swig; NBC

Best Public Service Series


Winner:
	"See It Now" (1951) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Meet the Press" (1947) - NBC "NBC Television Opera Theatre" (1950) - NBC "Wide Wide World" (1955) - NBC "You Are There" (1953) - CBS

Best Female Personality - Continuing Performance


Winner:
	Dinah Shore; NBC
Other Nominees:
	Faye Emerson; CBS

Best News Commentator


Nominees:
	John Daly (I); ABC

Best New Program Series


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Air Power" (1956) - CBS "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956) - NBC "The Ernie Kovacs Show" (1952) - NBC "The Steve Allen Show" (1956) - NBC

Best Live Camera Work


Winner:
	"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) {A Night to Remember (#9.31)} - NBC; NBC

Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series


Winner:
	"Caesar's Hour" (1954) - Nanette Fabray; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - Lucille Ball; CBS "Private Secretary" (1953) - Ann Sothern; CBS "The Ernie Kovacs Show" (1952) - Edie Adams; NBC "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) - Gracie Allen; CBS

Best Single Program of the Year


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - CBS - For episode "Requiem for a Heavyweight".
Other Nominees:
	"Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) - NBC - For episode "A Night to Remember" "Omnibus" (1952) - CBS - For episode "Leonard Bernstein". "See It Now" (1951) - CBS - For episode "Secret Life of Danny Kaye".

Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series


Winner:
	"Caesar's Hour" (1954) - Sid Caesar; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"The Bob Cummings Show" (1955) - Robert Cummings (I); CBS "The Ernie Kovacs Show" (1952) - Ernie Kovacs (I); NBC "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - Jack Benny; CBS "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955) - Phil Silvers; CBS

Best Series - Half Hour or Less


Winner:
	"The Phil Silvers Show" (1955) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) - CBS "Father Knows Best" (1954) - NBC "Person to Person" (1953) - CBS "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - CBS

Best Series - One Hour or More


Winner:
	"Caesar's Hour" (1954) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Climax!" (1954) - CBS "Omnibus" (1952) - CBS "The Perry Como Show" (1948) - NBC "Toast of the Town" (1948) - CBS

Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance


Nominees:
	Leonard Bernstein; CBS Steve Allen (I); NBC

Best Cinematography for Television


Winner:
	"Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Norbert Brodine; NBC - For episode "The Pearl".
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - George E. Diskant; CBS - For episode "Tunnel of Fear". "General Electric Theater" (1953) - Robert Pittack; CBS - For episode "The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy". "General Electric Theater" (1953) - John L. Russell; CBS - For episode "The Night Goes On". "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1955) - Lloyd Ahern; CBS - For episode "Stranger in the Night".

Best Editing of a Film for Television


Nominees:
	"Father Knows Best" (1954) - Richard Fantl (editor); NBC - For episode "Betty's Birthday". "Four Star Playhouse" (1952) - Samuel E. Beetley; CBS - For episode "Tunnel of Fear".

Best Musical Contribution for Television


Winner:
	"Omnibus" (1952) - Leonard Bernstein (composer/conductor); CBS - For composing and conducting.
Other Nominees:
	"Disneyland" (1954) - Oliver Wallace; ABC - For composing of score. "Medic" (1954) - Sidney Fine; ABC - For orchestration of Victor Young's music. "The Rosemary Clooney Show" (1956) - Nelson Riddle; Syndicated - For arrangement of musical score. "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1956) - Walter Schumann (I); NBC - For vocal arrangements.