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8th Primetime Emmy Awards>8th}}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 (‡).WEB,www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1955, Emmys.com list of 1955 Nominees & Winners, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,

Programs

{| class=“wikitable”Programs}}Best Situation Comedy}}

• Make Room for Daddy (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS)
  • I Love Lucy (CBS)
  • Mister Peepers (NBC)
  • Our Miss Brooks (CBS)
  • Private Secretary (CBS)

Best Dramatic Program}}

• The United States Steel Hour (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • Four Star Playhouse (CBS)
  • Medic (NBC)
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (NBC)
  • Studio One (CBS)

Best Variety Series including Musical Varieties}}

• Disneyland (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
  • The George Gobel Show (NBC)
  • The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
  • The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
  • Your Hit Parade (NBC)

This Is Your Life (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Masquerade Party (ABC)
• People Are Funny (NBC)
• What’s My Line? (CBS)
• You Bet Your Life (CBS)

Dragnet (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Foreign Intrigue (NBC)
• I Led Three Lives (NBC)
• Racket Squad (CBS)
• Waterfront (Syndicated)

Best Children’s Program}}

• Lassie (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • Art Linkletter and the Kids (Syndicated)
  • Ding Dong School (NBC)
  • Kukla, Fran and Ollie (ABC)
  • Time for Beany (PTN)
  • Zoo Parade (NBC)

Omnibus (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Life Is Worth Living (DuMont)
• Meet the Press (NBC)
• See It Now (CBS)

Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Forrest Hills Tennis Matches (NBC)
• Greatest Moments in Sports (NBC)
• NCAA Football Games (ABC)
• Pabst Blue Ribbion Bouts (CBS)
• Professional Football (DuMont)

Stories of the Century (Syndicated){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (Syndicated)
• Annie Oakley (Syndicated)
• Death Valley Days (CBS)
• The Roy Rogers Show (NBC)

House Party (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• The Betty White Show (NBC)
• The Bob Crosby Show (CBS)
• The Garry Moore Show (CBS)
• The Robert Q. Lewis Show (CBS)

Best Individual Program of the Year}}

• Disneyland: “Operation Undersea” (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • Light’s Diamond Jubilee (Simulcast)
  • Medic: “White Is the Color” (NBC)
  • Shower of Stars: “A Christmas Carol” (CBS)
  • Studio One: “Twelve Angry Men” (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances}}“>

Lead performances{| class“wikitable”Lead performances}}

Danny Thomas – Make Room for Daddy as Danny Williams (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Richard Boone – Medic as Dr. Konrad Styner (NBC)
• Robert Cummings – My Hero as Bob Beanblossom (NBC)
• Jackie Gleason – The Jackie Gleason Show as Ralph Kramden (CBS)
• Jack Webb – Dragnet as Sgt. Joe Friday (NBC)

Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen (CBS)
• Eve Arden – Our Miss Brooks as Connie Brooks (CBS)
• Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy as Lucy Ricardo (CBS)
• Ann Sothern – Private Secretary as Susie McNamara (CBS)

Supporting performances}}“>

Supporting performances{| class“wikitable”Supporting performances}}

Art Carney – The Jackie Gleason Show as Ed Norton (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Ben Alexander – Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith (NBC)
• Don DeFore – The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Thorny (ABC)
• William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS)
• Gale Gordon – Our Miss Brooks as Osgood Conklin (CBS)

Audrey Meadows – The Jackie Gleason Show as Alice Kramden (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Bea Benaderet – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Blanche Morton (CBS)
• Jean Hagen – Make Room for Daddy as Margaret Williams (ABC)
• Marion Lorne – Mister Peepers as Mrs. Gurney (NBC)
• Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS)

Single performances}}“>

Single performances{| class“wikitable”Single performances}}

Robert Cummings – Studio One: “Twelve Angry Men” as Juror 8 (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Frank Lovejoy – Lux Video Theatre: “Double Indemnity” as Walter Neff (CBS)
• Fredric March – The Best of Broadway: “The Royal Family” as Tony Cavendish (CBS)
• Fredric March – Shower of Stars: “A Christmas Carol” as Ebenezer Scrooge (CBS)
• Thomas Mitchell – The Ford Television Theatre: “The Good of His Soul” as Father Devlin (NBC)
• David Niven – Four Star Playhouse: “The Answer” as Deacon (CBS)

Judith Anderson – Hallmark Hall of Fame: “Macbeth” as Lady Macbeth (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Ethel Barrymore – Climax!: “The Thirteenth Chair” as Mme. Rosalie La Grange (CBS)
• Beverly Garland – Medic: “White Is the Color” as Estelle Collins (NBC)
• Ruth Hussey – Lux Video Theatre: “Craig’s Wife” as Harriet Craig (CBS)
• Dorothy McGuire – Climax!: “The Gioconda Smile” as Janet Spence (CBS)
• Eva Marie Saint – The Philco Television Playhouse: “Middle of the Night” as Betty (NBC)
• Claire Trevor – Lux Video Theatre: “Ladies in Retirement” as Ellen Creed (CBS)

Directing}}“>

Directing{| class“wikitable”Directing}}

Studio One: “Twelve Angry Men” – Franklin Schaffner (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Four Star Playhouse – Roy Kellino (CBS)
• The Loretta Young Show – Robert Florey (NBC)
• The United States Steel Hour – Alex Segal (ABC)
• Waterfront – Ted Post (Syndicated)
• Your Hit Parade – Clark Jones (NBC)

Writing}}“>

Writing{| class“wikitable”Writing}}

Best Written Comedy Material}}

• The George Gobel Show – James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter and Harry Winkler (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • Make Room for Daddy – Danny Thomas (ABC)
  • I Love Lucy – Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Davis (CBS)
  • The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Milt Josefsberg, Sam Perrin and John Tackaberry (CBS)
  • The Jackie Gleason Show – Jackie Gleason (CBS)
  • Mister Peepers – Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum (NBC)

Best Written Dramatic Material}}

• Studio One: “Twelve Angry Men” – Reginald Rose (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
  • Climax!: “An Error in Chemistry” – David Dortort (CBS)
  • Four Star Playhouse: “The Answer” – Leonard Freeman (CBS)
  • Medic: “White Is the Color” – James Moser (NBC)
  • The Philco Television Playhouse – Paddy Chayefsky (NBC)

Hosting}}“>

News and miscellaneous category{| class“wikitable”Hosting}}

John Daly (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Douglas Edwards (CBS)
• Clete Roberts (Syndication)
• John Cameron Swayze (NBC)
• Eric Sevareid (CBS)

George Gobel (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Richard Boone (NBC)
• Walt Disney (ABC)
• Preston Foster (Syndication)
• Tennessee Ernie Ford (CBS)
• Michael O’Shea (NBC)
• Fess Parker (ABC)

Singing}}“>

Singing{| class“wikitable”Singing}}

Perry Como (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Eddie Fisher (NBC)
• Frankie Laine (Syndication)
• Gordon MacRae (NBC)
• Tony Martin (NBC)

Dinah Shore (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

• Jane Froman (CBS)
• Peggy King (NBC)
• Gisele MacKenzie (NBC)
• Jo Stafford (CBS)

technical categories.“>

Most major nominations{| class“wikitable”Creative Arts Emmy>technical categories.

! Network !! Number ofNominations| 60| 44| 15{| class=“wikitable“|+Programs with multiple major nominations! Program !! Category !! Network !! Number ofNominationsI Love Lucy >CBS rowspan=“3“|5The Jackie Gleason Show >| VarietyStudio One >DramaFour Star Playhouse >4Make Room for Daddy >| ABCMedic >Drama NBCClimax! >3Dragnet >| NBCThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show >CBSLux Video Theatre >| DramaMister Peepers >Comedy NBCOur Miss Brooks >| CBSThe Philco Television Playhouse >Drama NBCA Christmas Carol >2Disneyland >Variety ABCThe George Gobel Show >| NBCThe Jack Benny Program >| CBSThe Loretta Young Show >| NBCPrivate Secretary >| CBSThe United States Steel Hour >| ABCWaterfront >| SyndicatedYour Hit Parade >| NBCtechnical categories.“>

Most major awards{| class“wikitable”Creative Arts Emmy>technical categories.

! Network !! Number ofAwards| 10| 7| 6{| class=“wikitable“|+Programs with multiple major awards! Program !! Category !! Network !! Number ofAwardsStudio One >| 3Disneyland >Variety ABC rowspan=“3“|2The Jackie Gleason Show >| CBSMake Room for Daddy >| ABC

Notes

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References

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External links

• Emmys.com list of 1955 Nominees & Winners
• {{IMDb event|0000223/1955}}

{{EmmyAwardsbyYear}}