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(Top) 1 Winners, & Nominees 1.1 Programs 1.2 Acting 1.2.1 Lead performances 1.2.2 Supporting performances 1.2.3 Single performances 1.3 Directing 1.4 Producing 1.5 Writing 2 Most major nominations 3 Most major awards 4 References 5 External links

8th Primetime Emmy Awards

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Date

March 17, 1956

Location

Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, California

Hosted by

Art Linkletter
John Charles Daly

Television/radio coverage

Network

NBC

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The 8th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 17, 1956, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Pan Pacific AuditoriuminHollywood, California and was hosted by Art Linkletter and John Charles Daly. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were The Phil Silvers Show, and Producers' Showcase. Each show won a record four major awards. Producers' Showcase, with its twelve major nominations, became the first show to receive over ten major nominations. (Both of these records were subsequently passed by multiple shows).

Winners, & Nominees

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Programs

Best Comedy Series	Best Dramatic Series
The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS) The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS) Caesar's Hour, (NBC) The George Gobel Show, (NBC) The Jack Benny Program, (CBS) Make Room for Daddy, (ABC)	Producers' Showcase, (NBC) Climax!, (CBS) Goodyear Television Playhouse, (NBC) Studio One, (CBS) The United States Steel Hour, (CBS)
Best Variety Series	Best Audience Participation Series (Quiz, Panel, Etc.)
Toast of the Town, (CBS) The Dinah Shore Show, (NBC) Ford Star Jubilee, (CBS) The Perry Como Show, (NBC) Shower of Stars, (CBS)	The $64,000 Question, (CBS) I've Got a Secret, (CBS) People Are Funny, (NBC) What's My Line?, (CBS) You Bet Your Life, (NBC)
Best Action or Adventure Series	Best Children's Series
Disneyland, (ABC) Alfred Hitchcock Presents, (CBS) Dragnet, (NBC) Gunsmoke, (CBS) The Lineup, (CBS)	Lassie, (CBS) Ding Dong School, (NBC) Kukla, Fran and Ollie, (ABC) Mickey Mouse Club, (ABC) The Pinky Lee Show, (NBC) Puppet Playhouse, (NBC)
Best Documentary Program	Best Special Event or News Program
Omnibus, (CBS) Meet the Press, (NBC) Person to Person, (CBS) See It Now, (CBS) Wide Wide World, (NBC)	A-Bomb Coverage, (CBS) 7th Primetime Emmy Awards, (NBC) 27th Academy Awards, (NBC) Rose Bowl, (NBC) World Series, (NBC)
Best Music Series	Best Contribution to Daytime Programing
Your Hit Parade, (NBC) Coke Time, (NBC) The Dinah Shore Show, (NBC) The Perry Como Show, (NBC) The Voice of Firestone, (CBS)	Matinee Theatre, (NBC) The Bob Crosby Show, (CBS) The Garry Moore Show, (CBS) Home, (NBC) Today, (NBC)
Best Single Program of the Year
Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Peter Pan"), (NBC) Disneyland, (Episode: "Davy Crocket and the River Pirates"), (ABC) Ford Star Jubilee, (Episode: "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"), (CBS) Make Room for Daddy, (Episode: "Peter Pan Meets Rusty Williams"), (ABC) Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "The Sleeping Beauty"), (NBC) The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "No Time for Sergeants"), (CBS) Wide Wide World (Episode: "The American West"), (NBC)

Acting

Lead performances

Best Actor in a Continuing Performance	Best Actress in a Continuing Performance
*Phil Silvers as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko on The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS)* Robert Cummings as Bob Collins on The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS) Jackie GleasonasRalph KramdenonThe Honeymooners, (CBS) Danny Thomas as Danny Williams on Make Room for Daddy, (ABC) Robert Young as Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, (CBS)	Lucille BallasLucy RicardoonI Love Lucy, (CBS) Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS) Eve Arden as Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks, (CBS) Jean Hagen as Margaret Williams on Make Room for Daddy, (ABC) Ann Sothern as Susie McNamara on Private Secretary, (CBS)

Supporting performances

Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Art Carney as Ed Norton on The Honeymooners, (CBS)* Ed Begley as Andy Sloane on Kraft Television Theatre, (Episode: "Patterns"), (NBC) William FrawleyasFred MertzonI Love Lucy, (CBS) Carl Reiner as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC) Cyril Ritchard as Mr. Darling / Captain HookonProducers' Showcase, (Episode: "Peter Pan"), (NBC)	*Nanette Fabray as Various characters on Caesar's Hour, (NBC)* Ann B. Davis as Charmaine Schultz on The Bob Cummings Show, (Episode: "Schultzy's Dream World"), (CBS) Jean Hagen as Margaret Williams on Make Room for Daddy, (ABC) Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners, (CBS) Thelma Ritter as Aggie Hurley on Goodyear Television Playhouse, (Episode: "The Catered Affair"), (NBC)

Single performances

Best Actor in a Single Performance	Best Actress in a Single Performance
*Lloyd Nolan as Capt. Queeg on Ford Star Jubilee, (Episode: "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"), (CBS)* Ralph Bellamy as The Father on The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "The Fearful Decision"), (CBS) José Ferrer as Cyrano on Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Cyrano de Bergerac"), (NBC) Everett Sloane as The President on Kraft Television Theatre, (Episode: "Patterns"), (NBC) Barry Sullivan as Defense Attorney Greenwald on Ford Star Jubilee, (Episode: "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"), (CBS)	Mary MartinasPeter PanonProducers' Showcase, (Episode: "Peter Pan"), (NBC) Julie Harris as Shevawn on The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "A Wind from the South"), (CBS) Eva Marie Saint as Emily on Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Our Town"), (NBC) Jessica Tandy as The Wife on Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "The Fourposter"), (NBC) Loretta Young as Sadie on The Loretta Young Show, (Episode: "Christmas Stopover"), (NBC)

Directing

Best Director for a Film Series	Best Director for a Live Series
*Nat Hiken for The Phil Silvers Show,* (CBS)** Rod Amateau for The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS) Bernard Girard for You Are There, (CBS) Alfred Hitchcock for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, (Episode: "The Case of Mr. Pelham"), (CBS) Sheldon Leonard for Make Room for Daddy, (ABC) Jack Webb for Dragnet, (NBC)	*Franklin Schaffner for Ford Star Jubilee,* (Episode: "The Cain Mutiny Court Marshall"), (CBS)** John Frankenheimer for Climax!, (Episode: "Portrait in Celluloid"), (CBS) Clark Jones for Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Peter Pan"), (NBC) Delbert Mann for Producers' Showcase, (Episode: "Our Town"), (NBC) Alex Segal for The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "No Time for Sergeants"), (CBS)

Producing

Best Producer for a Film Series	Best Producer for a Live Series
*Walt Disney for Disneyland,* (ABC)** James D. Fonda for You Are There, (CBS) Paul Henning for The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS) Nat Hiken for The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS) Frank LaTourette for Medic, (NBC)	*Fred Coe for Producers' Showcase,* (NBC)** Herbert Brodkin for Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse, (NBC) Hal Kanter for The George Gobel Show, (NBC) Martin Manulis for Climax!, (CBS) The Theatre Guild for The United States Steel Hour, (CBS) Barry Wood for Wide Wide World, (NBC)

Writing

Best Comedy Writing	Best Original Teleplay Writing
*Arnold Auerbach, Barry Blitzer, Vincent Bogert, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Harvey Orkin, Arnold Rosen, Terry Ryan, Tony Webster for The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS)* George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin for The Jack Benny Show, (CBS) Mel Brooks, Selma Diamond, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Mel Tolkin for Caesar's Hour, (NBC) Bob Carroll, Jr., Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh Davis, Robert Schiller, Robert Weiskopf, for I Love Lucy, (CBS) Everett Greenbaum, Hal Kanter, Howard Leeds, Harry Winkler for The George Gobel Show, (NBC)	*Rod Serling for Kraft Television Theatre, (Episode: "Patterns"), (NBC)* Robert Alan Aurthur for The Philco Television Playhouse, (Episode: "A Man is Ten Feet Tall"), (NBC) Paddy Chayefsky for Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse, (Episode: "A Catered Affair"), (NBC) David Davidson for Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse, (Episode: "Thunder over Washington"), (NBC) Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum for The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "Fearful Decision"), (CBS)
Best Television Adaptation
*Paul Gregory, Franklin Schaffner, for Ford Star Jubilee, (Episode: "The Cain Mutiny Court Martial"), (CBS)* David Dortort, for The 20th Century Fox Hour, (Episode: "The Ox-Bow Incident"), (CBS) John Monks, for The 20th Century Fox Hour, (Episode: "Miracle on 34th Street"), (CBS) Rod Serling, for Climax!, (Episode: "The Champion"), (CBS) David Shaw for Producers' Showcase, (Episode: Our Town"), (NBC)

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

CBS – 61
NBC – 54
ABC – 11

By program

Producers' Showcase (NBC) – 12
The United States Steel Hour (CBS) – 7
Ford Star Jubilee (CBS) / Make Room for Daddy (ABC) – 6
The Bob Cummings Show (CBS) / The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) – 5
Caesar's Hour (NBC) / Climax! (CBS) – 4
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse (NBC) / Disneyland (ABC) / The George Gobel Show (NBC) / The Honeymooners (CBS) / I Love Lucy (CBS) / Kraft Television Theatre (NBC) – 3