10th Primetime Emmy Awards

10th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	April 15, 1958
Location	Coconut Grove, Hollywood, California
Hosted by	Danny Thomas
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

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Programs

Best Comedy Series	Best Dramatic Anthology Series
The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS) The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS), (NBC) Caesar's Hour, (NBC) Father Knows Best, (NBC) The Jack Benny Show, (CBS)	Playhouse 90, (CBS) Alfred Hitchcock Presents, (CBS) Climax!, (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame, (NBC) Studio One, (CBS)
Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters	Best Musical, Variety, Audience Participation or Quiz Series
Gunsmoke, (CBS) Lassie, (CBS) Maverick, (ABC) Perry Mason, (CBS) Wagon Train, (NBC)	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	Best New Program Series of the Year
Omnibus, (ABC), (NBC) Bell Telephone Science Series, (NBC) Person to Person, (CBS) See It Now, (CBS) Wide Wide World, (NBC)	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, (Episode: "The Comedian"), (CBS) The Edsel Show, (CBS) General Motors 50th Anniversary Show, (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "The Green Pastures"), (NBC) Playhouse 90, (Episode: "The Helen Morgan Story"), (CBS)

Acting

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	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
*Jack Benny as Jack Benny on The Jack Benny Show, (CBS)* Sid Caesar as Himself on Caesar's Hour, (NBC) Steve Allen as Himself on The Steve Allen Show, (NBC) Perry Como as Himself on The Perry Como Show, (NBC) Jack Paar as Himself on Tonight Starring Jack Paar, (NBC)	*Dinah Shore as Herself on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, (NBC)* Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS) Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, (CBS) Dody Goodman as Herself on Tonight Starring Jack Paar, (NBC) Loretta Young as Herself on The Loretta Young Show, (NBC)
Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series	Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series
*Robert Young as Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, (NBC)* James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, (CBS) Bob Cummings as Bob Collins on The Bob Cummings Show, (CBS), (NBC) Phil Silvers as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko on The Phil Silvers Show, (CBS) Danny Thomas as Danny Williams on The Danny Thomas Show, (ABC), (CBS)	*Jane Wyatt as Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best, (NBC)* Eve Arden as Liza Hammond on The Eve Arden Show, (CBS) Spring Byington as Lily Ruskin on December Bride, (CBS) Jan Clayton as Ellen Miller on Lassie, (CBS) Ida Lupino as Eve Drake on Mr. Adams and Eve, (CBS)

Supporting performances

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

Single performances

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

Directing

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

Writing

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

Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

CBS – 57
NBC – 43
ABC – 6

By program

Playhouse 90 (CBS) – 11
Father Knows Best (NBC) – 6
Caesar's Hour (NBC) / Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 5
Gunsmoke (CBS) / The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) / Studio One (CBS) / Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) – 4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) / I Love Lucy (CBS) / Omnibus (NBC) – 3

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

CBS – 12
NBC – 9
ABC – 1

By program

Playhouse 90 (CBS) – 4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) – 3
Father Knows Best (NBC) / Omnibus (NBC) / The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) – 2

Notes

1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

↑ "1958 Primetime Emmy Awards". IMDb. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

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