8th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards

8th Primetime Emmy Awards
8th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	March 17, 1956
Location	Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Art Linkletter; John Charles Daly
Highlights
Most awards	The Phil Silvers Show; Producers' Showcase (4)
Most nominations	Producers' Showcase (12)
Best Comedy Series	The Phil Silvers Show
Best Dramatic Series	Producers' Showcase
Best Variety Series	The Ed Sullivan Show
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

8th Primetime Emmy Awards

1956 American television programming awards

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 Auditorium in Hollywood, 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.

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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).

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

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"Emmys.com list of 1956 Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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"Emmys.com Best Specialty Act – Single or Group". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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Best Comedy 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)	Best Dramatic Series Producers' Showcase (NBC)‡ Climax! (CBS) Goodyear Television Playhouse (NBC) Studio One (CBS) The United States Steel Hour (CBS)
Best Variety Series The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)‡ The Dinah Shore Show (NBC) Ford Star Jubilee (CBS) The Perry Como Show (NBC) Shower of Stars (CBS)	Best Audience Participation Series (Quiz, Panel, Etc.) 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 Disneyland (ABC)‡ Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) Dragnet (NBC) Gunsmoke (CBS) The Lineup (CBS)	Best Children's Series Lassie (CBS)‡ Ding Dong School (NBC) Kukla, Fran and Ollie (ABC) The Mickey Mouse Club (ABC) The Pinky Lee Show (NBC) Puppet Playhouse (NBC)
Best Documentary Program Omnibus (CBS)‡ Meet the Press (NBC) Person to Person (CBS) See It Now (CBS) Wide Wide World (NBC)	Best Special Event or News Program A-Bomb Coverage (CBS)‡ 7th Primetime Emmy Awards (NBC) 27th Academy Awards (NBC) Rose Bowl (NBC) World Series (NBC)
Best Music Series Your Hit Parade (NBC)‡ Coke Time with Eddie Fisher (NBC) The Dinah Shore Show (NBC) The Perry Como Show (NBC) The Voice of Firestone (CBS)	Best Contribution to Daytime Programming 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: "Peter Pan" (NBC)‡ Disneyland: "Davy Crocket and the River Pirates" (ABC) Ford Star Jubilee: "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (CBS) Make Room for Daddy: "Peter Pan Meets Rusty Williams" (ABC) Producers' Showcase: "The Sleeping Beauty" (NBC) The United States Steel Hour: "No Time for Sergeants" (CBS) Wide Wide World: "The American West" (NBC)

Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	61
NBC	54
ABC	11

Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Producers' Showcase	Drama	NBC	12
The United States Steel Hour	Drama	CBS	7
Ford Star Jubilee	Variety	CBS	6
The Bob Cummings Show	Comedy	CBS	5
Make Room for Daddy		ABC
The Phil Silvers Show		CBS
Caesar's Hour		NBC	4
Climax!	Drama	CBS	4
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	Drama	NBC	3
Disneyland	Action/Adventure	ABC
The George Gobel Show	Comedy	NBC
The Honeymooners		CBS
I Love Lucy		CBS
Kraft Television Theatre	Drama	NBC
Wide Wide World	Documentary	NBC
The 20th Century Fox Hour	Drama	CBS	2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Action/Adventure	CBS
The Dinah Shore Show	Music/Variety	NBC
Dragnet	Action/Adventure
Goodyear Television Playhouse	Drama
The Jack Benny Program	Comedy	CBS
The Perry Como Show	Music/Variety	NBC
You Are There	Documentary	CBS

Network	Number of Awards
CBS	14
NBC	8
ABC	2

8th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards

8th Primetime Emmy Awards

Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Producing

Writing

Best Specialty Act – Single or Group

Most major nominations

Most major awards

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