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. After over fifty years, it remains the only comedy or drama series to win every major acting award. In 2004, the miniseries Angels in America became the second show, and first miniseries/television movie, to sweep the acting field.
Winners and nominees
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Programs
| Best Series, Half Hour or Less |
Best Series, One Hour or More |
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| Best Live Camera Work |
Best Coverage of a Newsworthy Event |
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- Years of Crisis, (CBS)
- Andrea Doria Sinking, (CBS)
- Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York, (CBS)
- National Political Conventions, (ABC)
- National Political Conventions, (NBC)
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| Best Public Service Series |
Best New Program Series |
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| 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)
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Acting
Lead performances
Supporting performances
| Best Supporting Performance by an Actor |
Best Supporting Performance by an Actress |
- Carl Reiner as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
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- Pat Carroll as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)
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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)
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- Claire Trevor as Fran Dodsworth on Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Dodsworth"), (NBC)
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Directing
| Best Direction, Half Hour or Less |
Best Direction, One Hour or More |
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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 Frontier - "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)
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- 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)
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| 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)
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 59
- NBC – 40
- 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]
- By program
- Caesar's Hour (NBC) / Playhouse 90 (CBS) – 5
- The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) – 2
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
References
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