1957 Primetime Emmy Awards
The 9th Emmy Awards were held on March 16, 1957 at NBC Studios in Burbank , California , USA . The ceremony was moderated by Desi Arnaz .
Nominations and winners
Program prices
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Series - One Hour Or More (best series - length 1 hour or more) | Caesar's Hour , NBC |
Climax , CBS The Ed Sullivan Show , CBS Omnibus , CBS The Perry Como Show , NBC |
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| Best Series - Half Hour Or Less (Best Series - 30 minutes or less) | The Phil Silvers Show , CBS |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents , CBS The Jack Benny Show , CBS Person to Person , CBS Dad is the Best , NBC |
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| Best New Series (Best Neuserie) | Playhouse 90 , CBS |
Air Power , CBS The Dinah Shore Chevy Show , NBC The Ernie Kovacs Show , NBC The Steve Allen Sunday Show , NBC |
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| Best Public Service Series (Best Information Series) | See It Now , CBS |
Meet the Press , NBC NBC Television Opera Theater , NBC Wide Wide World , NBC You Are There , CBS |
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| Best Coverage Of A Newsworthy Event (Best Feature) | Years of Crisis , CBS |
Andrea Doria Sinking , CBS Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York , NBC National Political Conventions , ABC National Political Conventions , NBC |
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| Best Single Program of the Year (Best Single Program of the Year) | Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.2 Requiem for a Heavyweight) |
Kraft Television Theater , NBC (episode 9.26 A Night to Remember) Omnibus , CBS (episode Leonard Bernstein) See It Now , CBS (episode 6.5 The Secret Life of Danny Kaye) The Victor Borge Show |
Director awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Direction - One Hour Or More (best direction - length 1 hour or more) | Ralph Nelson | Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.2 Requiem for a Heavyweight) |
Lewis Allen for The 20th Century-Fox Hour , CBS (episode 2.1 Child of the Regiment) Bob Banner for The Dinah Shore Chevy Show , NBC (episode 1.1) Kirk Browning for NBC Television Opera Theater , NBC (episode La Boheme) George Roy Hill for Kraft Television Theater , NBC (episode 9.31 A Night to Remember) John Frankenheimer for Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.1 Forbidden Area) |
| Best Direction - Half Hour Or Less (Best Direction - Length 30 minutes or less) | Sheldon Leonard | The Danny Thomas Show , ABC (ep.4.10 Danny's Comeback) |
George Archainbaud for Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers , NBC (episode 1.5 The Traitor) Herschel Daugherty for General Electric Theater , CBS (episode 5.9 The Road That Led Afar) William D. Russell for You Are There , CBS (episode First Moscow Purge Trail ) Clay Yurdin for Camera Three , CBS (episode 2.6 As I Lay Dying) |
| Best Art Direction - One Hour Or More (Best Art Direction - Length 1 hour or more) | Albert Heschong | Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.2 Requiem for a Heavyweight) |
Henry May for Omnibus , CBS Duane McKinney for Kraft Television Theater , NBC Don Shirley for The Perry Como Show , NBC Jan Scott for The Kaiser Aluminum Hour , NBC |
| Best Art Direction - Half Hour Or Less (Best Art Direction - Length 30 minutes or less) | Paul Barnes | Your Hit Parade , NBC |
Warren Clymer for Frontiers of Faith , NBC Grover Cole for Adventure , CBS Franklin Swig for The Dinah Shore Show , NBC John J. Lloyd , John Robert Lloyd , John Meehan , Martin Obzina and George Patrick for General Electric Theater , CBS |
Screenplay Awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour Or More (Best TV Screenplay - Length 1 hour or more) | George Roy Hill , John Whedon | Kraft Television Theater , NBC (ep.9.26 A Night to Remember) |
Elick Moll for Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.3 Sizeman and Son) Louis S. Peterson for Goodyear Television Playhouse , NBC (episode 5.7 Joey) Reginald Rose for The Alcoa Hour , NBC (episode 1.9 Tragedy in a Temporary Town) Rod Serling for Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.2 Requiem for a Heavyweight) |
| Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour Or Less (Best TV Script - Length 30 minutes or less) | James P. Cavanagh | Alfred Hitchcock Presents , CBS (episode 2.2 Fog Closing In) |
Morton Fine , David Friedkin for Frontier , NBC (episode 1.25 Patrol) Richard Morris for The Loretta Young Show , NBC (episode 3.23 The Pearl) John Nesbitt for Telephone Time , ABC (episode 1.2 Man with a Beard) Dan Ullman for Wyatt Earp attacks a , ABC (episode 1.16 The Buntline Special) |
| Best Comedy Writing - Variety Or Situation Comedy (Best Comedy Templates - Show or Sitcom) | Billy Friedberg , Nat Hiken , Coleman Jacoby , Arnold Rosen , Leonard Rosen , Tony Webster | The Phil Silvers Show , CBS |
Goodman Ace , Jay Burton , George Foster , Mort Green 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 , Mike Stewart , Mel Tolkin for Caesar's Hour , NBC Louis M. Heyward , Ernie Kovacs , Rex Lardner , Mike Marmer for The Ernie Kovacs Show , NBC |
Technology awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Cinematography For Television (Best TV camera) | Norbert Brodine | The Loretta Young Show , NBC |
Lloyd Ahern for The 20th Century-Fox Hour , CBS George Diskant for Four Star Playhouse , CBS Robert Pittack for General Electric Theater , CBS John L. Russell for General Electric Theater , CBS |
| Best Live Camera Work (Best Live camera work) | Kraft Television Theater , NBC |
Playhouse 90 , CBS Producers' Showcase , NBC Republican Convention , Syndication Wide Wide World , NBC |
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| Best Editing Of A Film for Television (Best TV section) | Frank Keller | AT&T. Science Series , CBS |
Samuel E. Beetley for Four Star Playhouse , CBS (ep.4.14 Tunnel of Fear) Richard Fantl for Father Is the Best , NBC (ep.3.7 Betty's Birthday) Daniel Nathan for Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater , NBC Robert Watts for Cheyenne , ABC |
Music awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Musical Contribution For Television (Best Music Post) | Leonard Bernstein | Omnibus , CBS |
Sidney Fine for Medic , NBC Nelson Riddle for The Rosemary Clooney Show , Syndication Walter Schumann for The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show , NBC Oliver Wallace for Disneyland , ABC |
Actor Awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Single Performance By An Actor (best individual performer) | Jack Palance | Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.2 Requiem for a Heavyweight) |
Lloyd Bridges for The Alcoa Hour , NBC (ep.1.9 Tragedy in a Temporary Town) Fredric March for Producers' Showcase , NBC (ep.2.9 Dodsworth) Sal Mineo for Studio One , CBS (ep.8.16 Dino) Red Skelton for Playhouse 90 , CBS ( Episode 1.6 The Big Slide) |
| Best Single Performance By An Actress (Best Single Actress ) | Claire Trevor | Producers' Showcase , NBC (ep.2.9 Dodsworth) |
Edna Best for Ford Star Jubilee , CBS (episode 1.9 This Happy Breed) Gracie Fields for The United States Steel Hour , CBS (episode 3.24 The Old Lady Shows Her Medals) Nancy Kelly for Studio One , CBS (episode 9.6 The Pilot) Evelyn Rudie for Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.8 Eloise) |
| Best Supporting Performance By An Actor (Best Supporting Actor) | Carl Reiner | Caesar's Hour , NBC |
Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show , CBS Paul Ford for The Phil Silvers Show , CBS William Frawley for I Love Lucy , CBS Ed Wynn for Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.2 Requiem for a Heavyweight) |
| Best Single Performance By An Actress (Best Supporting Actress) | Pat Carroll | Caesar's Hour , NBC |
Ann B. Davis for The Bob Cummings Show , CBS Audrey Meadows for The Jackie Gleason Show , CBS Mildred Natwick for Ford Star Jubilee , CBS (TV-Movie Blithe Spirit ) Vivian Vance for I Love Lucy , CBS |
| Best Continuing Performance By An Actor (Best Actor Series) | Robert Young | Dad is the best , NBC |
James Arness for Smoking Colts , CBS Charles Boyer for Four Star Playhouse , CBS David Niven for Four Star Playhouse , CBS Hugh O'Brien for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp , ABC |
| Best Continuing Performance By An Actress (Best Actress in a Series) | Loretta Young | The Loretta Young Show , NBC |
Jan Clayton for Lassie , CBS Ida Lupino for Four Star Playhouse , CBS Peggy Wood for Mom , CBS Jane Wyman for Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theater , NBC |
| Best Continuing Performance By A comedian In A Series (best comedy series actor) | Sid Caesar | Caesar's Hour , NBC |
Jack Benny for The Jack Benny Show , CBS Bob Cummings for The Bob Cummings Show , CBS Ernie Kovacs for The Ernie Kovacs Show , NBC Phil Silvers for The Phil Silvers Show , CBS |
| Best Continuing Performance By A Comedienne In A Series (Best Comedy Series Actress) | Nanette Fabray | Caesar's Hour , NBC |
Edith Adams for The Ernie Kovacs Show , NBC Gracie Allen for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show , CBS Lucille Ball for I Love Lucy , CBS Ann Sothern for Private Secretary , CBS |
Music awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance (best male TV personality) | Perry Como , NBC |
Steve Allen , NBC Leonard Bernstein , CBS Tennessee Ernie Ford , NBC Alfred Hitchcock , CBS Fulton J. Sheen , DuMont |
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| Best Female Personality - Continuing Performance (Best female TV personality) | Dinah Shore , NBC |
Rosemary Clooney , Syndication Faye Emerson , CBS Arlene Francis , NBC Gisele MacKenzie , NBC |
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| Best News Commentator (Best Newscaster) | Edward R. Murrow , CBS |
Walter Cronkite , CBS John Charles Daly , ABC Douglas Edwards , CBS Chet Huntley , NBC |