Wikipedia / 7th Primetime Emmy Awards
Wikipedia / 7th Primetime Emmy Awards
The 7th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 7, 1955, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the "Moulin Rouge Nightclub" in Hollywood, California. The ceremony, hosted by Steve Allen and broadcast on NBC, was the first Emmy Awards ceremony to be televised nationally. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. New categories for this ceremony included awards for writing and directing, as well as one-time performances in anthology series, (this category would eventually morph into the current guest-acting category). Studio One was the most successful show of the night, winning three awards.
Fredric March made Emmy history when he became the first actor to be nominated for two different works in the same category. However, he lost for both of his performances in the category of Best Actor in a Single Performance.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Programs
The United States Steel Hour (ABC)
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Disneyland (ABC)
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This Is Your Life (NBC)
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Dragnet (NBC)
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Lassie (CBS)
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Omnibus (CBS)
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Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC)
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Stories of the Century (Syndicated)
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House Party (CBS)
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Disneyland: "Operation Undersea" (ABC)
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Acting
Lead performances
Danny Thomas – Make Room for Daddy as Danny Williams (ABC)
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Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC)
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Supporting performances
Art Carney – The Jackie Gleason Show as Ed Norton (CBS)
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Audrey Meadows – The Jackie Gleason Show as Alice Kramden (CBS)
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Single performances
Robert Cummings – Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" as Juror #8 (CBS)
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Judith Anderson – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Macbeth" as Lady Macbeth (CBS)
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Directing
Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" – Franklin Schaffner (CBS)
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Writing
The George Gobel Show – James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter and Harry Winkler (NBC)
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Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" – Reginald Rose (CBS)
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News and miscellaneous category
John Daly (ABC)
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George Gobel (NBC)
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Singing
Perry Como (NBC)
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Dinah Shore (NBC)
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Most major nominations
Network | Number ofNominations |
CBS | 60 |
NBC | 44 |
ABC | 15 |
Networks with multiple major nominations
Program | Category | Network | Number ofNominations |
I Love Lucy | Comedy | CBS | 5 |
The Jackie Gleason Show | Variety | ||
Studio One | Drama | ||
Four Star Playhouse | 4 | ||
Make Room for Daddy | Comedy | ABC | |
Medic | Drama | NBC | |
Climax! | CBS | 3 | |
Dragnet | Mystery/Intrigue | NBC | |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Comedy | CBS | |
Lux Video Theatre | Drama | ||
Mister Peepers | Comedy | NBC | |
Our Miss Brooks | CBS | ||
The Philco Television Playhouse | Drama | NBC | |
A Christmas Carol | CBS | 2 | |
Disneyland | Variety | ABC | |
The George Gobel Show | NBC | ||
The Jack Benny Program | CBS | ||
The Loretta Young Show | Drama | NBC | |
Private Secretary | Comedy | CBS | |
The United States Steel Hour | Drama | ABC | |
Waterfront | Mystery/Intrigue | Syndicated | |
Your Hit Parade | Variety | NBC |
Programs with multiple major nominations
Most major awards
Network | Number ofAwards |
CBS | 10 |
NBC | 7 |
ABC | 6 |
Networks with multiple major awards
Program | Category | Network | Number ofAwards |
Studio One | Drama | CBS | 3 |
Disneyland | Variety | ABC | 2 |
The Jackie Gleason Show | CBS | ||
Make Room for Daddy | Comedy | ABC |
Programs with multiple major awards
Notes
References
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