1955 Primetime Emmy Awards
The 7th Emmy Awards were held on March 7, 1955 at the Moulin Rouge Nightclub in Hollywood , California , USA . The ceremony, hosted by Steve Allen , was first broadcast nationally on NBC .
Nominations and winners
Program prices
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Dramatic Show (Best Drama broadcast) | The United States Steel Hour , ABC |
Four Star Playhouse , CBS Medic , NBC The Philco Television Playhouse , NBC Studio One , CBS |
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| Best Mystery Or Intrigue Series (Best Mystery- or crime series) | Police report , NBC |
Foreign Intrigue , NBC I Led Three Lives , Syndication Racket Squad , Syndication Waterfront , Syndication |
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| Best Western or Adventure Series (Best Western or Adventure Series) | Stories of the Century , Syndication |
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok , Syndication Annie Oakley , Syndication Death Valley Days , CBS The Roy Rogers Show , NBC |
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| Best Variety Series Including Musical Varieties (best entertainment or musical series) | Disneyland , ABC |
The George Gobel Show , NBC The Jack Benny Program , CBS The Jackie Gleason Show , CBS Toast of the Town , CBS Your Hit Parade , NBC |
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| Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program (best hands-on, quiz or picture advice show) | This Is Your Life , NBC |
Masquerade Party , ABC People Are Funny , NBC What's My Line? , CBS You Bet Your Life , NBC |
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| Best Situation Comedy (Best Sitcom) | Make Room for Daddy , ABC |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show , CBS I Love Lucy , CBS Mister Peepers , NBC Our Miss Brooks , CBS Private Secretary , CBS |
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| Best Cultural, Religious Or Educational Program (best cultural, religious or educational program) | Omnibus , CBS |
Life Is Worth Living , DuMont Meet The Press , NBC Person To Person , CBS See It Now , CBS |
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| Best Sports Program (best sports broadcast) | Gillette Cavalcade of Sports , NBC |
Forest Hills Tennis Matches , NBC Greatest Moments in Sports , NBC NCAA Football , ABC Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts , CBS Professional Football , DuMont |
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| Best Children's Program (best children's program) | Lassie , CBS |
Art Linkletter and the Kids , Syndication Ding Dong School , NBC Kukla, Fran and Ollie , ABC Time for Beany , Syndication Zoo Parade , NBC |
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| Best Daytime Program (best day broadcast) | Art Linkletter's House Party , CBS |
The Betty White Show , NBC The Bob Crosby Show , CBS The Garry Moore Show , CBS Robert Q. Lewis , CBS |
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| Best Individual Program of the Year ( Best Individual Program ) | Disneyland , ABC |
Light's Diamond Jubilee , Syndication Medic , NBC Shower of Stars , CBS Studio One , CBS |
Director awards
Screenplay Awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best Written Drama Material (Best Drama Templates) | Reginald Rose | Studio One , CBS |
Paddy Chayefsky for Philco TV Playhouse , NBC David Dortort for Climax , CBS Leonard Freeman for Four Star Playhouse , CBS James Moser for Medic , NBC |
| Best Written Comedy Material (Best Comedy Templates) | James Allardice , Jack Douglas , Hal Kanter and Harry Winkler | The George Gobel Show , NBC |
George Balzer , Milt Josefberg , Sam Perrin and John Tackaberry for The Jack Benny Show , CBS Robert G. Carroll , Jess Oppenheimer and Madelyn Pugh for I Love Lucy , CBS James Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum for Mister Peepers , NBC Jackie Gleason for The Jackie Gleason Show , CBS Danny Thomas for Make Room for Daddy , ABC |
Technology awards
Music awards
Actor Awards
Moderator prices
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
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| Best News Reporter Or Commentator (Best news reporter or commentator) | John Charles Daly , ABC |
Douglas Edwards , CBS Eric Sevareid , CBS John Cameron Swayze , NBC Clete Roberts , Syndication |
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| Most Outstanding Personality (Exceptional TV personality) | George Gobel , NBC |
Richard Boone , NBC Walt Disney , ABC Tennessee Ernie Ford , CBS Preston Foster , Syndication Fess Parker , ABC Michael O'Shea , NBC |