9th Primetime Emmy Awards

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.

Contents 1 Awards, Winners, & Nominations 1.1 Best Series One Hour or More 1.2 Best Series Half Hour or Less 1.3 Best New Program Series 1.4 Best Public Service Series 1.5 Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series 1.6 Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series 1.7 Best Single Performance by an Actor 1.8 Best Single Performance by an Actress 1.9 Best Supporting Performance by an Actor 1.10 Best Supporting Performance by an Actress 1.11 Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series 1.12 Best Female Personality - Continuing Performance 1.13 Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance 2 References

Awards, Winners, & Nominations

Best Series One Hour or More

• Caesar's Hour (NBC)
• Climax! (CBS)
• Omnibus (CBS)
• The Perry Como Show (NBC)
• Toast of the Town (CBS)

Best Series Half Hour or Less

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
• Father Knows Best (NBC)
• The Jack Benny Program (CBS)
• Person to Person (CBS)
• The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)

Best New Program Series

• Air Power (CBS)
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)
• The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC)
• Playhouse 90 (CBS)
• The Steve Allen Show (NBC)

Best Public Service Series

• Meet the Press (NBC)
• NBC Television Opera Theatre (NBC)
• See It Now (CBS)
• Wide Wide World (NBC)
• You Are There (CBS)

Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series

• James Arness for Gunsmoke
• Charles Boyer for Four Star Playhouse
• David Niven for Four Star Playhouse
• Hugh O'Brian for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
• Robert Young for Father Knows Best

Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series

• Jan Clayton for Lassie
• Ida Lupino for Four Star Playhouse
• Peggy Wood for Mama
• Jane Wyman for Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
• Loretta Young for Letter to Loretta

Best Single Performance by an Actor

• Lloyd Bridges for The Alcoa Hour
• Fredric March for Producers' Showcase
• Sal Mineo for Studio One
• Jack Palance for Playhouse 90
• Red Skelton for Playhouse 90

Best Single Performance by an Actress

• Edna Best for This Happy Breed
• Nancy Kelly for Studio One
• Evelyn Rudie for Playhouse 90
• Claire Trevor for Producers' Showcase

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor

• Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show
• Paul Ford for The Phil Silvers Show
• William Frawley for I Love Lucy
• Carl Reiner for Caesar's Hour
• Ed Wynn for Playhouse 90

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress

• Pat Carroll for Caesar's Hour
• Ann B. Davis for The Bob Cummings Show
• Audrey Meadows for The Jackie Gleason Show
• Mildred Natwick for Ford Star Jubilee
• Vivian Vance for I Love Lucy

Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series

• Jack Benny for The Jack Benny Program
• Sid Caesar for Caesar's Hour
• Robert Cummings for The Bob Cummings Show
• Ernie Kovacs for The Ernie Kovacs Show
• Phil Silvers for The Phil Silvers Show

Best Female Personality - Continuing Performance

• Dinah Shore (NBC)^[1]
• Arlene Francis (NBC)
• Gisele MacKenzie (NBC)
• Faye Emerson (CBS)
• Rosemary Clooney

Best Male Personality - Continuing Performance

• Perry Como (NBC)^[2]
• Leonard Bernstein (CBS)
• Tennessee Ernie Ford (NBC)
• Alfred Hitchcock (CBS)
• Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (Dumont)
• Steve Allen (NBC)

References

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