15th Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
  • The Danny Kaye Show (NBC) (Episode: "Lucille Ball")
  • McHale's Navy (ABC)

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama

• The Defenders (CBS)
  • Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
  • The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC)
  • The Eleventh Hour (NBC)
  • Naked City (ABC)

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety

• The Andy Williams Show (NBC)
  • Carol and Company (CBS)
  • The Garry Moore Show (CBS)
  • Here's Edie (ABC)
  • The Red Skelton Show (CBS)

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Panel,
Quiz or Audience Participation

• The General Electric College Bowl (CBS)
  • Password All-Stars (CBS)
  • To Tell the Truth (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Documentary Programs

• The Tunnel (NBC)
  • The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) (Episode: "Emergency Ward")
  • Project XX (NBC) (Episode: "He is Risen
  • The River Nile (NBC)
  • Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (NBC)

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming

• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)
  • Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
  • Discovery (ABC)
  • Mr. Wizard (NBC)
  • The Shari Lewis Show (NBC)
  • Update (NBC)

Outstanding Program Achievement
in the Field of News Commentary or Public Affairs

• David Brinkley's Journal (NBC)
  • ABC Close Up! (ABC)
  • CBS Reports (CBS)
  • Howard K. Smith (ABC)
  • The Twentieth Century (CBS)

The Program of the Year

• The Tunnel (NBC)
  • Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont"
  • The Danny Kaye Show (NBC): "Lucille Ball"
  • The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)

• E.G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston in The Defenders (CBS)
  • Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Commander Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy (ABC)
  • Paul Burke as Det. Adam Flint in Naked City (ABC)
  • Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders in Combat! (ABC)
  • Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)

• Shirley Booth as Hazel Burke in Hazel (NBC)
  • Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael in The Lucy Show (CBS)
  • Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS)
  • Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
  • Irene Ryan as Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor

• Don KnottsasDeputy Barney FifeinThe Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
  • Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker in McHale's Navy (ABC)
  • Paul Ford as Col. Wainwright Purdy III in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "The Teahouse of the August Moon")
  • Hurd HatfieldasLionel RothschildinHallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Invincible Mr. Disraeli")
  • Robert Redford as George Laurents in Alcoa Premiere (ABC) (Episode: "The Voice of Charlie Pont")

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress

• Glenda Farrell as Martha Morrison in Ben Casey (ABC) (Episode: "A Cardinal Act of Mercy")
  • Davey Davison as Laura Hunter in The Eleventh Hour (NBC) (Episode: "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things")
  • Nancy Malone as Libby Kingston in Naked City (ABC)
  • Rose Marie as Sally Rogers in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
  • Kate ReidasQueen VictoriainHallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Invincible Mr. Disraeli")

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Trevor HowardasBenjamin DisraeliinHallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli"
  • Bradford Dillman as Charlie Pont in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont"
  • Don Gordon as Joey Tassili in The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"
  • Walter Matthau as Meredith in The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo"
  • Joseph Schildkraut as Rabbi Gottlieb in Sam Benedict (NBC): "Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells"

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Kim Stanley as Faith Parsons in Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy"
  • Diahann Carroll as Ruby Jay in Naked City (ABC): "A Horse Has A Big Head, Let Him Worry"
  • Diana Hyland as Liza Laurents in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont"
  • Eleanor Parker as Connie Folsom in The Eleventh Hour (NBC): "Why Am I Grown So Cold?"
  • Sylvia Sidney as Adela in The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – John Rich
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Richard Whorf
  • The Garry Moore Show (CBS) – Dave Geisel
  • The Jack Benny Show (CBS) – Frederick De Cordova
  • The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Seymour Berns

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama

• The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" – Stuart Rosenberg
  • Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" – Robert Ellis Miller
  • Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" – Sydney Pollack
  • The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" – Fielder Cook
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" – George Schaefer

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Carl Reiner
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Paul Henning
  • Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC) – Nat Hiken
  • The Jack Benny Show (CBS) – Sam Perrin, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and George Balzer
  • The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Ed Simmons, Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Larry Rhine, Mort Greene, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Red Skelton, Bruce Howard and Rick Mittleman

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama

• The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" – Reginald Rose and Robert Thom
  • Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" – Halsted Welles
  • Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" – Norman Katkov
  • The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" – Sidney Carroll
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" – James Lee