9th Primetime Emmy Awards

9th Primetime Emmy Awards
9th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	March 16, 1957
Location	NBC Studios, Burbank, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Desi Arnaz
Highlights
Most awards	Caesar's Hour; Playhouse 90 (5)
Most nominations	Playhouse 90 (11)
Best Series - Half Hour or Less	The Phil Silvers Show
Best Series - One Hour or More	Caesar's Hour
Best New Program Series	Playhouse 90
Best Public Service Series	See It Now
Best Single Program of the Year	Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

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. For over fifty years, it remained the only show to win every major acting award. In 2004, the miniseries Angels in America became the second show, and first miniseries/television film, to sweep the acting field. In 2020, Schitt’s Creek became the first comedy or drama series to win in all four acting categories.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[1]

Programs

Programs
Best Series, Half Hour or Less The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)‡ Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) Father Knows Best (NBC) The Jack Benny Program (CBS) Person to Person (CBS)	Best Series, One Hour or More Caesar's Hour (NBC)‡ Climax! (CBS) The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) Omnibus (CBS) The Perry Como Show (NBC)
Best Live Camera Work Kraft Television Theatre (NBC)‡ Playhouse 90 (CBS) Producers' Showcase (NBC) Republican National Convention (ABC / CBS / NBC) Wide Wide World (NBC)	Best Coverage of a Newsworthy Event Years of Crisis (CBS)‡ Andrea Doria Sinking (CBS) Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York (CBS) National Political Conventions (ABC) National Political Conventions (NBC)
Best Public Service Series See It Now (CBS)‡ Meet the Press (NBC) NBC Opera Theatre (NBC) Wide Wide World (NBC) You Are There (CBS)	Best New Program Series Playhouse 90 (CBS)‡ Air Power (CBS) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC) The Steve Allen Sunday Show (NBC)
Best Single Program of the Year Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (CBS)‡ Kraft Television Theatre: "A Night to Remember" (NBC) Omnibus: "Leonard Bernstein" (CBS) See It Now: "Secret Life of Danny Kaye" (CBS) The Victor Borge Show (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Lead performances
Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series *Sid Caesar – Caesar's Hour* as various characters (NBC)*‡ Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Program* as Jack Benny (CBS) Robert Cummings – The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins (CBS) Ernie Kovacs – The Ernie Kovacs Show as himself (NBC) Phil Silvers – The Phil Silvers Show as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko (CBS)	Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series *Nanette Fabray – Caesar's Hour* as various characters (NBC)*‡ Edie Adams – The Ernie Kovacs Show* as herself (NBC) Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen (CBS) Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy as Lucy Ricardo (CBS) Ann Sothern – Private Secretary as Susie McNamara (CBS)
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series *Robert Young – Father Knows Best* as Jim Anderson (NBC)*‡ James Arness – Gunsmoke* as Marshal Matt Dillon (CBS) Charles Boyer – Four Star Playhouse as various characters (CBS) David Niven – Four Star Playhouse as various characters (CBS) Hugh O'Brian – The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Wyatt Earp (ABC)	Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series *Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show* as herself (NBC)*‡ Jan Clayton – Lassie* as Ellen Miller (CBS) Ida Lupino – Four Star Playhouse as various characters (CBS) Peggy Wood – Mama as Mama (CBS) Jane Wyman – Jane Wyman Theatre as herself (NBC)

Supporting performances

Supporting performances
Best Supporting Performance by an Actor *Carl Reiner – Caesar's Hour* as various characters (NBC)*‡ Art Carney – The Jackie Gleason Show* as Ed Norton (CBS) Paul Ford – The Phil Silvers Show as Col. John T. Hall (CBS) William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS) Ed Wynn – Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" as Army (CBS)	Best Supporting Performance by an Actress *Pat Carroll – Caesar's Hour* as various characters (NBC)*‡ Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show* as Charmaine Schultz (CBS) Audrey Meadows – The Jackie Gleason Show as Alice Kramden (CBS) Mildred Natwick – Ford Star Jubilee: "Blithe Spirit" as Madame Arcati (CBS) Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS)

Single performances

Single performances
Best Single Performance by an Actor *Jack Palance – Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" as Harlan "Mountain" McClintock (CBS)‡ Lloyd Bridges – Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse: "Tragedy in a Temporary Town" as Alec Beggs (NBC) Fredric March – Producers' Showcase: "Dodsworth" as Sam Dodsworth (NBC) Sal Mineo – Studio One: "Dino" as Dino Minetta (CBS) Red Skelton – Playhouse 90*: "The Big Slide" as Buddy McCoy (CBS)	Best Single Performance by an Actress *Claire Trevor – Producers' Showcase: "Dodsworth" as Fran Dodsworth (NBC)‡ Edna Best – Ford Star Jubilee: "This Happy Breed" as Ethel Gibbons (CBS) Gracie Fields – The United States Steel Hour: "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" as Sarah Dowey (CBS) Nancy Kelly – Studio One: "The Pilot" as Sister M. Aquinas (CBS) Evelyn Rudie – Playhouse 90*: "Eloise" as Eloise (CBS)

Directing

Directing
Best Direction, Half Hour or Less The Danny Thomas Show: "Danny's Comeback" – Sheldon Leonard (ABC)‡ Camera Three: "As I Lay Dying" – Clay Yurdin (CBS) G.E. Theatre: "The Road That Led Afar" – Herschel Daugherty (CBS) Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers: "The Traitor" – George Archainbaud (NBC) You Are There: "The First Moscow Purge Trial" – William Russell (CBS)	Best Direction, One Hour or More Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" – Ralph Nelson (CBS)‡ The 20th Century Fox Hour: "Child of the Regiment" – Lewis Allen (CBS) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show: "Frank Sinatra" – Bob Banner (NBC) Kraft Television Theatre: "A Night to Remember" – George Roy Hill (NBC) NBC Opera Theatre: "La Boheme" – Kirk Browning (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Forbidden Area"– John Frankenheimer (CBS)

Writing

Writing
Best Teleplay Writing, Half Hour or Less Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Fog Closing In" – James P. Cavanagh (CBS)‡ Frontier: "Patrol" – Morton Fine and David Friedkin (NBC) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: "The Buntime" – Dan Ullman (ABC) The Loretta Young Show: "The Pearl" – Richard Morris (NBC) Telephone Time: "Man with the Beard" – John Nesbitt (ABC)	Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" – Rod Serling (CBS)‡ Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse: "Joey" – Louis Peterson (NBC) Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse: "Tragedy in a Temporary Town" – Reginald Rose (NBC) Kraft Television Theatre: "A Night to Remember" – George Roy Hill and John Whedon (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Sizeman and Son" – Elick Moll (CBS)
Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy The Phil Silvers Show – Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, Leonard Stern and Tony Webster (CBS)‡ Caesar's Hour – Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon, Michael Stewart and Mel Tolkin (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show – Louis M. Heyward, Ernie Kovacs, Rex Lardner and Mike Marmer (NBC) The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin (CBS) The Perry Como Show – Goodman Ace, Jay Burton, Mort Green and George Foster (NBC)

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	59
NBC	41
ABC	6

Programs with multiple major nominations
Program	Network	Number of Nominations
Playhouse 90	CBS	11
Caesar's Hour	NBC	6
The Ernie Kovacs Show		4
Kraft Television Theatre
The Phil Silvers Show	CBS
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	NBC	3
Four Star Playhouse	CBS
I Love Lucy
The Jack Benny Program
Producers' Showcase	NBC
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	CBS	2
The Bob Cummings Show	NBC
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Father Knows Best
Ford Star Jubilee	CBS
The Jackie Gleason Show	CBS
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	ABC
The Loretta Young Show	NBC
NBC Opera Theatre	NBC
Omnibus	CBS
The Perry Como Show	NBC
See It Now	CBS
Studio One	CBS
Wide Wide World	NBC
You Are There	CBS

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Awards
CBS	11
NBC	8

Programs with multiple major awards
Program	Network	Number of Awards
Caesar's Hour	NBC	5
Playhouse 90	CBS	5
The Phil Silvers Show	CBS	2

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

^ "Emmys.com list of 1957 Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

External links

[MW_Note-2] "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

[1] "Emmys.com list of 1957 Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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