1958 Primetime Emmy Awards
The 10th Emmy Awards were held on April 15, 1958 at Coconut Grove in Hollywood , California , USA . The ceremony was moderated by Danny Thomas .
Nominations and winners
Program prices
Director awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Direction - One Hour Or More (Best Direction - 60 minutes or more) | Bob banner | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show , NBC |
John Frankenheimer for Playhouse 90 , CBS George Roy Hill for Playhouse 90 , CBS Arthur Penn for Playhouse 90 , CBS George Schaefer for Hallmark Hall of Fame , NBC |
| Best Direction - Half Hour Or Less (Best Direction - 30 minutes or less) | Robert Stevenson | Alfred Hitchcock Presents , CBS |
Bill Hobin for Your Hit Parade , NBC Clark Jones for Patrice Munsel Show , ABC Sheldon Leonard for Danny Thomas Show , ABC, CBS Peter Tewksbury for Father Is The Best , NBC |
| Best Art Direction (best artistic direction) | Rouben Ter-Arutunian | Hallmark Hall of Fame , NBC (episode Twelfth Night) |
Beulah Frankel for Climax , CBS Howard E. Johnson for Wagon Train , NBC Robert Kelly for The George Gobel Show , NBC Don Shirley for The Perry Como Show , NBC |
Screenplay Awards
Technology awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Best Cinematography For Television (Best TV camera) | Harold E. Wellman | The Bell Laboratory Science Series , CBS |
Norbert Brodine for The Loretta Young Show , NBC Robert De Grasse for The Danny Thomas Show , NBC George E. Diskant for Goodyear Theater , NBC William Margulies for Have Gun - Will Travel , CBS |
| Best Live Camera Work | Playhouse 90 , CBS |
Annie Get Your Gun , NBC Cinderella , CBS General Motors 50th Anniversary Show , NBC Wide Wide World , NBC |
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| Best Editing Of A Film For Television | Mike Pozen | Smoking Colts , CBS |
Samuel E. Beetley for Goodyear Theater , NBC Danny Landres for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars , CBS Michael R. McAdam for GE Theater , CBS Robert Sparr for Maverick , ABC |
Music awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Musical Contribution For Television | Leonard Bernstein | Omnibus , ABC |
Mitchell Ayres for The Perry Como Show , NBC Robert Russell Bennett for Project XX , NBC Nelson Riddle for The Frank Sinatra Show , ABC Richard Rodgers for Cinderella , CBS |
Actor Awards
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actor - Best Single Performance - Lead Or Support (Best Single Actor) | Peter Ustinov | Omnibus , NBC (episode The Life of Samuel Johnson) |
Lee J. Cobb for Studio One , CBS (episode 10.12 No Deadly Medicine) Mickey Rooney for Playhouse 90 , CBS (episode 1.20 The Comedian) David Wayne for Suspicion , NBC (episode 1.7 Heartbeat) Ed Wynn for Hallmark Hall of Fame , NBC ( Follow On Borrowed Time) |
| Actress - Best Single Performance - Lead Or Support (best single actress ) | Polly Mountains | Playhouse 90 , CBS (ep.1.33 The Helen Morgan Story) |
Julie Andrews for Cinderella , CBS Helen Hayes for The Alcoa Hour , NBC (ep.2.18 Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper) Piper Laurie for Studio One , CBS (ep.10.7 The Deaf Heart) Teresa Wright for Playhouse 90 , CBS (ep.1.19 The Miracle Worker) |
| Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series (best leading actor in a drama or comedy series) | Robert Young | Dad is the best , NBC |
James Arness for Smoking Colts , CBS Robert Cummings for The Bob Cummings Show , CBS, NBC Phil Silvers for The Phil Silvers Show , CBS Danny Thomas for The Danny Thomas Show , ABC, CBS |
| Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series (best leading actress in a drama or comedy series) | Jane Wyatt | Dad is the best , NBC |
Eve Arden for The Eve Arden Show , CBS Spring Byington for December Bride , CBS Jan Clayton for Lassie , CBS Ida Lupino for Mr. Adams and Eve , CBS |
| Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series (Best Supporting Actor in a Drama or Comedy Series ) | Carl Reiner | Caesar's Hour , NBC |
Paul Ford for The Phil Silvers Show , CBS William Frawley for I Love Lucy , CBS Louis Nye for The Steve Allen Show , NBC Dennis Weaver for Smoking Guns , CBS |
| Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series (best supporting actress in a drama or comedy series) | Ann B. Davis | The Bob Cummings Show , CBS, NBC |
Pat Carroll for Caesar's Hour , NBC Verna Felton for December Bride , CBS Marion Lorne for Sally , NBC Vivian Vance for I Love Lucy , CBS |
Moderator prices
| category | Award winners | program | Nominations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, MC, Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself (best male series performance comedian, singer, assistant, dancer, speaker, announcer, Moderator, picture turner or self-promoter) | Jack Benny | The Jack Benny Show , CBS |
Steve Allen for The Steve Allen Show , NBC Sid Caesar for Caesar's Hour , NBC Perry Como for The Perry Como Show , NBC Jack Parr for Tonight Starring Jack Couple , NBC |
| Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, MC, Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself (best female series performance comedian, singer, assistant, dancer, speaker, announcer, Moderator, picture turner or self-promoter) | Dinah Shore | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show , NBC |
Gracie Allen for The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show , CBS Lucille Ball for I Love Lucy , CBS Dody Goodman for Tonight Starring Jack Paar , NBC Loretta Young for The Loretta Young Show , NBC |
| Best News Commentary | Edward R. Murrow | See It Now , CBS |
John Charles Daly for ABC News , ABC Douglas Edwards for CBS News , CBS Chet Huntley , David Brinkley for Huntley-Brinkley Report , NBC Eric Sevareid for CBS World News Roundup , CBS |