9th Primetime Emmy Awards

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9th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMarch 16, 1957
LocationNBC Studios, Burbank, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byDesi Arnaz
Highlights
Most awardsCaesar's Hour
Playhouse 90 (5)
Most nominationsPlayhouse 90 (11)
Best Series - Half Hour or LessThe Phil Silvers Show
Best Series - One Hour or MoreCaesar's Hour
Best New Program SeriesPlayhouse 90
Best Public Service SeriesSee It Now
Best Single Program of the YearPlayhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC
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The 9th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 9th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 16, 1957, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Desi Arnaz hosted the event. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. Categories were sorted based on running time, instead of by genre.

The top shows of the night were Caesar's Hour and Playhouse 90. Each show won a then-record five major awards, (however, two of Playhouse 90's wins came in now defunct categories).

Caesar's Hour became the first show to be nominated in all four major acting categories. Caesar's Hour also made history when it swept the four acting categories. For over fifty years, it remained the only show to win every major acting award. In 2004, the miniseries Angels in America became the second show, and first miniseries/television film, to sweep the acting field. In 2020, Schitt’s Creek became the first comedy or drama series to win in all four acting categories.

Winners and nominees[]

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Programs[]

Best Series, Half Hour or Less Best Series, One Hour or More
  • The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS)
    • Alfred Hitchcock Presents, (CBS)
    • Father Knows Best, (NBC)
    • The Jack Benny Program, (CBS)
    • Person to Person, (CBS)
  • Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
    • Climax!, (CBS)
    • The Ed Sullivan Show, (CBS)
    • Omnibus, (CBS)
    • The Perry Como Show, (NBC)
Best Live Camera Work Best Coverage of a Newsworthy Event
  • Kraft Television Theatre, (NBC)
    • Playhouse 90, (CBS)
    • Producers' Showcase, (NBC)
    • Republican National Convention, (ABC), (CBS), (NBC)
    • Wide Wide World, (NBC)
  • Years of Crisis, (CBS)
    • Andrea Doria Sinking, (CBS)
    • Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York, (CBS)
    • National Political Conventions, (ABC)
    • National Political Conventions, (NBC)
Best Public Service Series Best New Program Series
  • See It Now, (CBS)
    • Meet the Press, (NBC)
    • NBC Opera Theatre, (NBC)
    • Wide Wide World, (NBC)
    • You Are There, (CBS)
  • Playhouse 90, (CBS)
    • Air Power, (CBS)
    • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, (NBC)
    • The Ernie Kovacs Show, (NBC)
    • The Steve Allen Sunday Show, (NBC)
Best Single Program of the Year
  • Playhouse 90, (Episode: "Requiem for a Heavyweight"), (CBS)
    • Kraft Television Theatre, (Episode: "A Night to Remember"), (NBC)
    • Omnibus, (Episode: "Leonard Bernstein"), (CBS)
    • See It Now, (Episode: "Secret Life of Danny Kaye"), (CBS)
    • The Victor Borge Show, (CBS)

Acting[]

Lead performances[]

Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series
  • Sid Caesar as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
    • Jack Benny as Jack Benny on The Jack Benny Program, (CBS)
    • Robert Cummings as Bob Collins on The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS)
    • Ernie Kovacs as Himself on The Ernie Kovacs Show, (NBC)
    • Phil Silvers as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko on The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS)
  • Nanette Fabray as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
    • Edie Adams as Herself on The Ernie Kovacs Show, (NBC)
    • Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS)
    • Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, (CBS)
    • Ann Sothern as Susie McNamara on Private Secretary, (CBS)
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series
  • Robert Young as Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, (CBS)
    • James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, (CBS)
    • Charles Boyer as Various characters on Four Star Playhouse, (CBS)
    • David Niven as Various characters on Four Star Playhouse, (CBS)
    • Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, (ABC)
  • Loretta Young as Herself on The Loretta Young Show, (NBC)
    • Jan Clayton as Ellen Miller on Lassie, (CBS)
    • Ida Lupino as Various characters on Four Star Playhouse, (CBS)
    • Peggy Wood as Mama on Mama, (CBS)
    • Jane Wyman as Herself on Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, (NBC)

Supporting performances[]

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor Best Supporting Performance by an Actress
  • Carl Reiner as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
    • Art Carney as Ed Norton on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
    • Paul Ford as Col. John T. Hall on The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS)
    • William Frawley as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy, (CBS)
    • Ed Wynn as Army on Playhouse 90, (Episode: "Requiem for a Heavyweight"), (CBS)
  • Pat Carroll as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
    • Ann B. Davis as Charmaine Schultz on The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS)
    • Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)
    • Mildred Natwick as Madame Arcati on Ford Star Jubilee, (Episode: "Blithe Spirit"), (CBS)
    • Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, (CBS)

Single performances[]

Best Single Performance by an Actor Best Single Performance by an Actress
  • Jack Palance as Harlan "Mountain" McClintock on Playhouse 90, (Episode: "Requiem for a Heavyweight"), (CBS)
    • Lloyd Bridges as Alec Beggs on Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse, (Episode: "Tragedy in a Temporary Town"), (NBC)
    • Fredric March as Sam Dodsworth on Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Dodsworth"), (NBC)
    • Sal Mineo as Dino Minetta on Studio One, (Episode: "Dino"), (CBS)
    • Red Skelton as Buddy McCoy on Playhouse 90, (Episode: "The Big Slide"), (CBS)
  • Claire Trevor as Fran Dodsworth on Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Dodsworth"), (NBC)
    • Edna Best as Ethel Gibbons on Ford Star Jubilee, (Episode: "This Happy Breed"), (CBS)
    • Gracie Fields as Sarah Dowey on The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"), (CBS)
    • Nancy Kelly as Sister M. Aquinas on Studio One, (Episode: "The Pilot"), (CBS)
    • Evelyn Rudie as Eloise on Playhouse 90, (Episode: "Eloise"), (CBS)

Directing[]

Best Direction, Half Hour or Less Best Direction, One Hour or More
  • Sheldon Leonard for The Danny Thomas Show, (ABC)
    • George Archainbaud for 77th Bengal Lancers, (NBC)
    • Herschel Daugherty for G.E. Theatre, (CBS)
    • William Russell for You Are There, (CBS)
    • Clay Yurdin for Camera Three, (CBS)
  • Ralph Nelson for Playhouse 90, (CBS)
    • Lewis Allen for The 20th Century Fox Hour, (CBS)
    • Bob Banner for The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, (NBC)
    • Kirk Browning for NBC Opera Theatre, (NBC)
    • John Frankenheimer for Playhouse 90, (CBS)
    • George Roy Hill for Kraft Television Theatre, (NBC)

Writing[]

Best Teleplay Writing, Half Hour or Less Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More
  • James P. Cavanagh for Alfred Hitchcock Presents - "Fog Closing In", (CBS)
    • Morton Fine, David Friedkin for - "Patrol", (NBC)
    • Richard Morris for The Loretta Young Show - "The Pearl", (NBC)
    • John Nesbitt for Telephone Time - "Man With the Beard", (ABC)
    • Dan Ullman for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp - "The Buntime", (ABC)
  • Rod Serling for Playhouse 90 - "Requiem for a Heavyweight", (CBS)
    • George Roy Hill, John Whedon for Kraft Television Theatre - "A Night to Remember", (NBC)
    • Elick Moll for Playhouse 90 - "Sizeman and Son", (CBS)
    • Louis Peterson for Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse - "Joey", (NBC)
    • Reginald Rose for Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse - "Tragedy in a Temporary Town", (NBC)
Best Writing, Variety or Situation Comedy
  • Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen Leonard Stern, Tony Webster, for The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS)
    • Goodman Ace, Jay Burton, Mort Green, George Foster for The Perry Como Show, (NBC)
    • George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show, (CBS)
    • Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller Neil Simon, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin for Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
    • Louis M. Heyward, Ernie Kovacs, Rex Lardner, Mike Marmer for The Ernie Kovacs Show, (NBC)

Most major nominations[]

By network [note 1]
  • CBS – 59
  • NBC – 41
  • ABC – 6
By program
  • Playhouse 90 (CBS) – 11
  • Caesar's Hour (NBC) – 6
  • The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC) / Kraft Television Theatre (NBC) / The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) – 4
  • Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse (NBC) / Four Star Playhouse (CBS) / I Love Lucy (CBS) /Producers' Showcase (NBC) – 3

Most major awards[]

By network [note 1]
  • CBS – 11
  • NBC – 8
  • ABC – 1
By program
  • Caesar's Hour (NBC) / Playhouse 90 (CBS) – 5
  • The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) – 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 1957 Nominees & Winners

External links[]

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