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Emmy Awards: 1962

Emmy

Date:	22 May
Host:	Bob Newhart (Hollywood); Johnny Carson (I) (New York City); David Brinkley (I) (Washington DC)
Location:	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA Astor Hotel, New York, New York, USA Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington, DC, USA
Notes:	The awards are presented to shows that were broadcast between 16 April 1961 and 14 April 1962.

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)


Winner:
	"The Defenders" (1961) - E.G. Marshall; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Ben Casey" (1961) - Vince Edwards (I); ABC "Hennesey" (1959) - Jackie Cooper (I); CBS "Naked City" (1958) - Paul Burke (I); ABC "Route 66" (1960) - George Maharis; CBS

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	"The Dick Powell Show" (1961) - Peter Falk (I); NBC - For episode "The Price of Tomatoes".
Other Nominees:
	"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) - Lee Marvin; ABC - For episode "People Need People". "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - James Donald (I); NBC

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - Julie Harris (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Bus Stop" (1961) - Geraldine Brooks (I); ABC - For episode "Call Back Yesterday". "Dr. Kildare" (1961) - Suzanne Pleshette; NBC - For episode "Shining Image". "Route 66" (1960) - Ethel Waters; CBS - For episode "Goodnight, Sweet Blues". "The Dick Powell Show" (1961) - Inger Stevens; NBC - For episode "The Price of Tomatoes".

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)


Winner:
	"Hazel" (1961) - Shirley Booth; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Pete and Gladys" (1960) - Cara Williams; CBS "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Mary Stuart (I); CBS "The Donna Reed Show" (1958) - Donna Reed; ABC

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor


Winner:
	"The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) - Don Knotts; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Ben Casey" (1961) - Sam Jaffe (I); ABC "Ben Casey" (1961) - George C. Scott; ABC - For episode "I Remember a Lemon Tree". "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - Barry Jones (I); NBC "Naked City" (1958) - Horace McMahon; ABC

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress


Winner:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - Pamela Brown (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Ben Casey" (1961) - Jeanne Cooper (I); ABC - For episode "But Linda Only Smiled". "Ben Casey" (1961) - Joan Hackett; ABC - For episode "A Certain Time, A Certain Darkness". "The Gertrude Berg Show" (1961) - Mary Wickes; CBS Focus (1962) (TV) - Colleen Dewhurst; NBC

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"Car 54, Where Are You?" (1961) - Nat Hiken; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) - John Rich (I); CBS "The Garry Moore Show" (1958) - Dave Geisel; CBS "The Red Skelton Show" (1951) - Seymour Berns; CBS Henry Fonda and the Family (1962) (TV) - Bud Yorkin; CBS

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	"The Defenders" (1961) - Franklin J. Schaffner; CBS - For various episodes.
Other Nominees:
	"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) - Alex Segal (I); ABC - For episode "People Need People". "Dr. Kildare" (1961) - Buzz Kulik; NBC - For episode "Shining Image". "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - George Schaefer (I); NBC "Naked City" (1958) - Arthur Hiller; ABC - For various episodes.

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961) - Carl Reiner; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Car 54, Where Are You?" (1961) - Nat Hiken (writer); Tony Webster (II) (writer); Terry Ryan (IV) (writer); NBC "The Bob Newhart Show" (1961) - Roland Kibbee; Bob Newhart; Don Hinkley; Milt Rosen; Ernest Chambers; Dean Hargrove; Robert Kaufman (I); Norm Liebmann; Charles Sherman (I); Howard Snyder; Larry Siegel (II); NBC "The Red Skelton Show" (1951) - Ed Simmons (I) (writer); David O'Brien (I) (writer); Martin Ragaway (writer); Arthur Phillips (I) (writer); Al Schwartz (I) (writer); Sherwood Schwartz (writer); Red Skelton (writer); CBS Chun King Chow Mein Hour (????) - Stan Freberg; ABC

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	"The Defenders" (1961) - Reginald Rose (writer); CBS - For various episodes.
Other Nominees:
	"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) - Henry F. Greenberg (writer); ABC - For episode "People Need People". "Ben Casey" (1961) - Jack Laird (writer); ABC - For episode "I Remember A Lemon Tree". "The Dick Powell Show" (1961) - Richard Alan Simmons (writer); NBC - For episode "The Price of Tomatoes". "The Twilight Zone" (1959) - Rod Serling (writer); CBS - For various episodes.

Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field


Nominees:
	"ABC Close-Up!" (1960) - Arthur Holch; ABC - For episode "Walk In My Shoes". "CBS Reports" (1959) - CBS "NBC White Paper" (1960) - Al Wasserman; Arthur Zegart; NBC - For episode "Battle of Newburgh". "Purex Summer Specials" (1961) - George Lefferts; NBC

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design


Nominees:
	"The Twilight Zone" (1959) - Philip Barber (I) (art director); CBS

Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music - Variety


Winner:
	"The Garry Moore Show" (1958) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Disneyland" (1954) - NBC "Here's Edie" (1963) - ABC - For episode on 9 April 1962. "The Perry Como Show" (1948) - NBC The Judy Garland Show (1962) (TV) - CBS

Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music - Music


Nominees:
	"NBC Television Opera Theatre" (1950) - NBC "The Bell Telephone Hour" (1959) - NBC

Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series


Winner:
	"The Garry Moore Show" (1958) - Carol Burnett; CBS
Other Nominees:
	The Judy Garland Show (1962) (TV) - Judy Garland (I); CBS "Here's Edie" (1963) - Edie Adams; ABC - 9 April 1962.

Outstanding Daytime Program


Winner:
	"Purex Summer Specials" (1961) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Calendar" (1961) - CBS "House Party" (1952) - CBS "The Verdict Is Yours" (1958) - CBS "Today" (1952) - NBC

The Program of the Year


Winner:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Close-Up!" (1960) - ABC - For episode "Walk In My Shoes". "CBS Reports" (1959) - CBS - For episode "Biography of a Bookie Joint". The Judy Garland Show (1962) (TV) - CBS

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama


Winner:
	"The Defenders" (1961) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) - ABC - For episode "People Need People". "Ben Casey" (1961) - ABC "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina (#11.2)} - NBC "Naked City" (1958) - ABC "The Dick Powell Show" (1961) - NBC

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Educational and Public Affairs Programming


Winner:
	"David Brinkley's Journal" (1961) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Close-Up!" (1960) - ABC "ABC's Wide World of Sports" (1961) - ABC "CBS Reports" (1959) - CBS "Howard K. Smith" (1962) - ABC "NBC White Paper" (1960) - NBC

Outstanding Achievement in Electronic Camerawork


Nominees:
	The Judy Garland Show (1962) (TV) - Lou Onofrio; CBS

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor


Winner:
	"The Bob Newhart Show" (1961) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Car 54, Where Are You?" (1961) - NBC "Hazel" (1961) - NBC "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) - CBS "The Red Skelton Show" (1951) - CBS

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming


Nominees:
	"1, 2, 3 Go" (1961) - NBC "Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - CBS "Disneyland" (1954) - NBC "The Shari Lewis Show" (1960) - NBC "Update" (1961) - NBC

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News


Winner:
	"The Huntley-Brinkley Report" (1956) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"CBS Television News" (1948) - CBS

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Television


Winner:
	"Naked City" (1958) - John S. Priestley (cinematographer); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Ben Casey" (1961) - Ted Voigtlander (cinematographer); ABC "Bonanza" (1959) - Walter Castle (cinematographer); Haskell B. Boggs (cinematographer); NBC "The Twilight Zone" (1959) - George T. Clemens (cinematographer); CBS "Wagon Train" (1957) - Walter Strenge (cinematographer); NBC

Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Television


Winner:
	"Naked City" (1958) - Hugh Chaloupka (editor); Aaron Nibley (II) (editor); Charles L. Freeman (editor); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Bus Stop" (1961) - Richard L. Van Enger; ABC "Wagon Train" (1957) - Marston Fay (editor); Gene Palmer (editor); NBC

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television


Winner:
	"Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years" (1960) - Richard Rodgers (I); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Alcoa Premiere" (1961) - John Williams (I); ABC "Project XX" (1954) - Robert Russell Bennett; NBC "The Dick Powell Show" (1961) - Leith Stevens; NBC - For episode "The Price of Tomatoes".

Trustees Award


Awarded to:
	Tour of the White House (1962) (TV) - Jacqueline Kennedy (I)