Emmy Awards: 1960

Emmy

Date:	20 June
Host:	Fred Astaire (Los Angeles); Arthur Godfrey (New York City)
Location:	NBC Studio, Burbank, California, USA Ziegfeld Theatre, New York, New York, USA
Notes:	The awards are presented to shows that were broadcast between 1 March 1959 and 31 March 1960.

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor (Lead or Support)


Winner:
	The Moon and Sixpence (1959) (TV) - Laurence Olivier; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Lee J. Cobb; CBS - For episode "Project Immortality". The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) (TV) - Alec Guinness; NBC - (Shown within "Startime" (1959)).

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support)


Winner:
	"The Untouchables" (1959) - Robert Stack; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Have Gun - Will Travel" (1957) - Richard Boone (I); CBS "Perry Mason" (1957) - Raymond Burr; CBS

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress (Lead or Support)


Winner:
	The Turn of the Screw (1959/I) (TV) - Ingrid Bergman (I); NBC - (Shown within "Startime" (1959)).
Other Nominees:
	"The DuPont Show of the Month" (1957) - Julie Harris (I); CBS - For episode "Ethan Frome".

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)


Winner:
	"Father Knows Best" (1954) - Jane Wyatt (I); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Letter to Loretta" (1953) - Loretta Young; NBC "The Donna Reed Show" (1958) - Donna Reed; ABC

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - Ralph Levy; Bud Yorkin; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - Sheldon Leonard; CBS "The Red Skelton Show" (1951) - Seymour Berns; CBS

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	The Moon and Sixpence (1959) (TV) - Robert Mulligan; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958) - Phil Karlson; CBS - For episode "The Untouchables". The Turn of the Screw (1959/I) (TV) - John Frankenheimer; NBC - (Shown within "Startime" (1959)).

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - Sam Perrin (writer); George Balzer (writer); Al Gordon (I) (writer); Hal Goldman (I) (writer); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Father Knows Best" (1954) - Dorothy Cooper (I) (writer); Roswell Rogers (writer); CBS

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	"The Twilight Zone" (1959) - Rod Serling (writer); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - Loring Mandel (writer); CBS - For episode "Project Immortality". The Turn of the Screw (1959/I) (TV) - James Costigan (writer); NBC - (Shown within "Startime" (1959)).

Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field


Winner:
	"CBS Reports" (1959) - Howard K. Smith; Av Westin; CBS - For episode "The Population Explosion".
Other Nominees:
	"Project XX" (1954) - Richard Hanser; NBC - For episode "Life in the Thirties". "The Twentieth Century" (1957) - James Benjamin (I); CBS - For episode "From Kaiser to Fuehrer".

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design


Winner:
	"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958) - Ralph Berger (I) (art director); Frank T. Smith (art director); CBS - For episode "Untouchables".
Other Nominees:
	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) - John J. Lloyd (art director); CBS "The Garry Moore Show" (1958) - Charles Lisanby (art director); CBS

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Music

Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series


Winner:
	"The Revlon Revue" (1960) - Harry Belafonte; CBS - For "Tonight with Belafonte".
Other Nominees:
	"The Dinah Shore Show" (1951) - Dinah Shore; NBC

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety


Winner:
	The Fabulous Fifties (1960) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"CBS Television News" (1948) - CBS "Chet Huntley Reporting" (1957) - CBS "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956) - NBC "The Garry Moore Show" (1958) - CBS "The Revlon Revue" (1960) - CBS - For episode "Tonight with Belafonte". Another Evening with Fred Astaire (1959) (TV) - NBC

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama


Winner:
	"Playhouse 90" (1956) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"The DuPont Show of the Month" (1957) - CBS - For episode "Ethan Frome". "The Untouchables" (1959) - ABC The Moon and Sixpence (1959) (TV) - NBC The Turn of the Screw (1959/I) (TV) - NBC - (Shown within "Startime" (1959)).

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Service


Winner:
	"The Twentieth Century" (1957) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"CBS Reports" (1959) - CBS "Meet the Press" (1947) - NBC

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor


Nominees:
	"Father Knows Best" (1954) - CBS "Make Room for Daddy" (1953) - CBS "The Jack Benny Program" (1950) - CBS "The Red Skelton Show" (1951) - CBS

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming


Winner:
	"The Huckleberry Hound Show" (1958) - Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - CBS "Lassie" (1954) - CBS "Quick Draw McGraw" (1959) - Syndicated "Watch Mr. Wizard" (1951) - NBC

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News


Winner:
	"The Huntley-Brinkley Report" (1956) - NBC

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Television


Winner:
	"Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958) - Charles Straumer (cinematographer); CBS - For episode "Untouchables".
Other Nominees:
	"77 Sunset Strip" (1958) - Ralph Woolsey (I) (cinematographer); ABC - For episode "Secret Island". "The Lawless Years" (1959) - William Margulies (cinematographer); NBC - For episode "The Morrison Story".

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television


Winner:
	"The Untouchables" (1959) - Ben Ray (editor); Robert L. Swanson (editor); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) - Edward W. Williams (editor); CBS - For episode "Man From the South".