6th Primetime Emmy Awards

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6th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateFebruary 11, 1954
LocationHollywood Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byEd Sullivan
Highlights
Most awardsI Love Lucy
The United States Steel Hour (2)
Most nominationsI Love Lucy
The Jackie Gleason Show
Mister Peepers
Your Show of Shows (4)
Outstanding Dramatic ProgramThe United States Steel Hour
Outstanding Situation ComedyI Love Lucy
Outstanding Variety ProgramOmnibus
Television/radio coverage
NetworkKHJ
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The 6th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on February 11, 1954, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was hosted by Don DeFore at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. Don DeFore was president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and sold this first national broadcast of the Emmy Awards to NBC. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The ceremony included several new categories, including Best New Program, as well as awards for Supporting Actor and Actress in a television series. This was also the first year that acting nominees were nominated for a specific television show, in the past nominees were simply nominated as individuals.

Winners and nominees[]

[1]

Programs[]

Best Situation Comedy Best Dramatic Program
  • I Love Lucy, (CBS)
    • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS)
    • Mr. Peepers, (NBC)
    • Our Miss Brooks, (CBS)
    • Topper, (CBS)
  • The United States Steel Hour, (ABC)
    • Kraft Television Theatre, (NBC)
    • Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse, (NBC)
    • Robert Montgomery Presents, (NBC)
    • Studio One, (CBS)
Best Variety Program Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program
  • Omnibus, (CBS)
    • The Colgate Comedy Hour, (NBC)
    • The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
    • Your Show of Shows, (NBC)
    • Toast of the Town, (CBS)
Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program Best Children's Program
  • Dragnet, (NBC)
    • Foreign Intrigue, (NBC)
    • I Led Three Lives, (NBC)
    • Suspense, (CBS)
    • The Web, (CBS)
  • Kukla, Fran and Ollie, (NBC)
    • Big Top, (CBS)
    • Ding Dong School, (NBC)
    • Super Circus, (NBC)
    • Zoo Parade, (NBC)
Best Public Affairs Program Best Program of News or Sports
  • Victory at Sea, (NBC)
    • Adventure, (CBS)
    • Life Is Worth Living, (Syndication)
    • Meet the Press, (NBC)
    • Person to Person, (CBS)
  • See It Now, (CBS)
    • Camel News Caravan, (NBC)
    • Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, (NBC)
    • NCAA Football Games, (NBC)
    • Pabst Blue Ribbion Bouts, (CBS)
    • Professional Football, (DuMont)
Best New Program
  • Make Room for Daddy, (ABC)
  • The United States Steel Hour, (ABC)
    • Adventure, (CBS)
    • Ding Dong School, (NBC)
    • The Loretta Young Show, (NBC)
    • Person to Person, (CBS)

Acting[]

Lead performances[]

Best Male Star of a Regular Series Best Female Star of a Regular Series
  • Donald O'Connor as Himself on The Colgate Comedy Hour, (NBC)
    • Sid Caesar as Various characters on Your Show of Shows, (NBC)
    • Wally Cox as Robinson Peepers on Mr. Peepers, (NBC)
    • Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
    • Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, (NBC)
  • Eve Arden as Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks, (CBS)
    • Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, (CBS)
    • Imogene Coca as Various characters on Your Show of Shows, (NBC)
    • Dinah Shore as Herself on The Dinah Shore Show, (NBC)
    • Loretta Young as Herself on The Loretta Young Show, (NBC)

Supporting performances[]

Best Series Supporting Actor Best Series Supporting Actress
  • Art Carney as Ed Norton on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
    • Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith on Dragnet, (NBC)
    • William Frawley as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy, (CBS)
    • Tony Randall as Harvey Weskitt on Mr. Peepers, (NBC)
    • Carl Reiner as Various characters on Your Show of Shows, (NBC)
  • Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, (CBS)
    • Bea Benaderet as Blanche Morton on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS)
    • Ruth Gilbert as Max on The Milton Berle Show (NBC)
    • Marion Lorne as Mrs. Gurney on Mr. Peepers, (NBC)
    • Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)

Hosting[]

Most Outstanding Personality
  • Edward R. Murrow, (CBS)
    • Arthur Godfrey, (CBS)
    • Martha Raye, NBC
    • Fulton J. Sheen, Syndication
    • Jack Webb, NBC

Most major nominations[]

By network [note 1]
  • NBC – 36
  • CBS – 30
  • ABC – 3
By program
  • I Love Lucy (CBS) / The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) / Mr. Peepers (NBC) / Your Show of Shows (NBC) – 4

Most major awards[]

By network [note 1]
  • CBS – 8
  • NBC – 5
  • ABC – 3
By program
  • I Love Lucy (CBS) / The United States Steel Hour (ABC) – 2
Notes
  1. ^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References[]

  1. ^ Emmys.com list of 1954 Nominees & Winners

External links[]

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