10th Primetime Emmy Awards

10th Primetime Emmy Awards
10th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	April 15, 1958
Location	Coconut Grove, Hollywood, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Danny Thomas
Highlights
Most awards	Playhouse 90 (4)
Most nominations	Playhouse 90 (11)
Best Comedy Series	The Phil Silvers Show
Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters	Gunsmoke
Best Dramatic Anthology Series	Playhouse 90
Best Musical, Variety, Audience Participation or Quiz Series	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Best Public Service Program or Series	Omnibus
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 10th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 10th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on April 15, 1958, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Coconut Grove in Hollywood, California. It was hosted by Danny Thomas. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The anthology drama Playhouse 90, was the top show for the second consecutive year, earning the most major nominations (11) and wins (4).

Winners and nominees

Jack Benny, Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Himself winner

Dinah Shore, Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself winner

Robert Young, Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series winner

Jane Wyatt, Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series winner

Carl Reiner, Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series winner

Ann B. Davis, Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series winner

Peter Ustinov, Actor – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support winner

Polly Bergen, Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support winner

Rod Serling, Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More winner

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

Programs

Programs
Best Comedy Series The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)‡ The Bob Cummings Show (CBS / NBC) Caesar's Hour (NBC) Father Knows Best (NBC) The Jack Benny Program (CBS)	Best Dramatic Anthology Series Playhouse 90 (CBS)‡ Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) Climax! (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) Studio One (CBS)
Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters Gunsmoke (CBS)‡ Lassie (CBS) Maverick (ABC) Perry Mason (CBS) Wagon Train (NBC)	Best Musical, Variety, Audience Participation or Quiz Series The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)‡ The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) The Perry Como Show (NBC) The Steve Allen Show (NBC) Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC)
Best Public Service Program or Series Omnibus (ABC / NBC)‡ Bell Telephone Science Series (NBC) Person to Person (CBS) See It Now (CBS) Wide Wide World (NBC)	Best New Program Series of the Year The Seven Lively Arts (CBS)‡ Leave It to Beaver (CBS) Maverick (ABC) Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) Wagon Train (NBC)
Best Single Program of the Year Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" (CBS)‡ The Edsel Show (CBS) General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures" (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Lead performances
Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Himself *Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Program* as Jack Benny (CBS)*‡ Steve Allen – The Steve Allen Show* as himself (NBC) Sid Caesar – Caesar's Hour as himself (NBC) Perry Como – The Perry Como Show as himself (NBC) Jack Paar – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as himself (NBC)	Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself *Dinah Shore – The Dinah Shore Chevy 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) Dody Goodman – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as herself (NBC) Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC)
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series *Robert Young – Father Knows Best* as Jim Anderson (NBC)*‡ James Arness – Gunsmoke* as Marshal Matt Dillon (CBS) Bob Cummings – The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins (CBS / NBC) Phil Silvers – The Phil Silvers Show as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko (CBS) Danny Thomas – The Danny Thomas Show as Danny Williams (ABC / CBS)	Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series *Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best* as Margaret Anderson (NBC)*‡ Eve Arden – The Eve Arden Show* as Liza Hammond (CBS) Spring Byington – December Bride as Lily Ruskin (CBS) Jan Clayton – Lassie as Ellen Miller (CBS) Ida Lupino – Mr. Adams and Eve as Eve Drake (CBS)

Supporting performances

Supporting performances
Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series *Carl Reiner – Caesar's Hour* as various characters (NBC)*‡ Paul Ford – The Phil Silvers Show* as Col. John T. Hall (CBS) William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS) Louis Nye – The Steve Allen Show as various characters (NBC) Dennis Weaver – Gunsmoke as Chester (CBS)	Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series *Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show* as Charmaine Schultz (CBS / NBC)*‡ Pat Carroll – Caesar's Hour* as Alice Brewster (NBC) Verna Felton – December Bride as Hilda Crocker (CBS) Marion Lorne – Sally as Myrtle Banford (CBS) Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS)

Single performances

Single performances
Actor – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support *Peter Ustinov – Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" as Dr. Samuel Johnson (NBC)‡ Lee J. Cobb – Studio One: "No Deadly Medicine" as Dr. Joseph Pearson (CBS) Mickey Rooney – Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" as Sammy Hogarth (CBS) David Wayne – Suspicion: "Heartbeat" as James Mennick (NBC) Ed Wynn – Hallmark Hall of Fame*: "On Borrowed Time" as Gramps Northrup (CBS)	Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support *Polly Bergen – Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" as Helen Morgan (CBS)‡ Julie Andrews – Cinderella* as Cinderella (CBS) Helen Hayes – The Alcoa Hour: "Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper" as Mrs. Gilling (NBC) Piper Laurie – Studio One: "The Deaf Heart" as Ruth Cornelius (CBS) Teresa Wright – Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" as Annie Sullivan (CBS)

Directing

Directing
Best Direction, Half Hour or Less Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Glass Eye" – Robert Stevens (CBS)‡ The Danny Thomas Show – Sheldon Leonard (ABC / CBS) Father Knows Best – Peter Tewksbury (NBC) The Patrice Munsel Show – Clark Jones (ABC) Your Hit Parade – Bill Hobin (NBC)	Best Direction, One Hour or More The Dinah Shore Chevy Show – Bob Banner (NBC)‡ Hallmark Hall of Fame – George Schaefer (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – John Frankenheimer (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" – George Roy Hill (CBS) Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" – Arthur Penn (CBS)

Writing

Writing
Best Teleplay Writing, Half Hour or Less Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: "The Lonely Wizard" – Paul Monash (CBS)‡ Father Knows Best: "Margaret Hires a Gardener" – Roswell Rogers (NBC) Frontiers of Faith: "A Chassidic Tale" – Morton Wishengrad (NBC) Gunsmoke: "Born to Hang" – John Meston (CBS) Leave It to Beaver: "Beaver Gets 'Spelled" – Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher (CBS)	Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – Rod Serling (CBS)‡ Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures" – Marc Connelly (NBC) Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" – James Lee (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" – William Gibson (CBS) Studio One: "No Deadly Medicine" – Arthur Hailey (CBS)
Best Comedy Writing The Phil Silvers Show – Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, A.J. Russell, Terry Ryan, Phil Sharp, Tony Webster and Sydney Zelinka (CBS)‡ Caesar's Hour – Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon, Michael Stewart, and Mel Tolkin (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show – Ernie Kovacs (NBC) Father Knows Best – Roswell Rogers and Paul West (NBC) The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, and Sam Perrin (CBS)

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	57
NBC	43
ABC	6

Programs with multiple major nominations
Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Playhouse 90	Drama	CBS	11
Father Knows Best	Comedy	NBC	6
Caesar's Hour	Comedy		5
Hallmark Hall of Fame	Drama		5
Gunsmoke	Drama	CBS	4
The Phil Silvers Show	Comedy
Studio One	Drama
Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Musical/Variety	NBC
The Bob Cummings Show	Comedy	CBS/NBC	3
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Musical/Variety	NBC
I Love Lucy	Comedy	CBS
The Jack Benny Program	Comedy	CBS
Omnibus	Public Service	NBC
The Steve Allen Show	Musical/Variety	NBC
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Drama	CBS	2
The Danny Thomas Show	Comedy
December Bride	Comedy
Lassie	Drama
Leave It to Beaver	Comedy
Maverick	Drama	ABC
The Perry Como Show	Musical/Variety	NBC
Wagon Train	Drama	NBC

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards^{[note 1]}
Network	Number of Awards
CBS	12
NBC	9

Programs with multiple major awards
Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
Playhouse 90	Drama	CBS	4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Musical/Variety	NBC	3
Father Knows Best	Comedy	NBC	2
Omnibus	Public Affairs	ABC/NBC
The Phil Silvers Show	Comedy	CBS

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 1958 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 1958 Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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