11th Primetime Emmy Awards

Template:Short description Template:Short description The 11th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 11th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 6, 1959, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Moulin Rouge Nightclub in Hollywood, California. It was hosted by Raymond Burr. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

For the first time in Emmy history, all major categories were split into genre-specific fields, this would become standard for later ceremonies. The top show of the night was the NBC special, An Evening with Fred Astaire, it tied the record of five major wins. Father Knows Best also set a milestone, becoming the first show to be nominated in every major category (series, writing, directing, and the four major acting categories).

Winners and nominees

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

Programs

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Template:Award category The Jack Benny Show (CBS)Template:Double dagger The Bob Cummings Show (NBC) The Danny Thomas Show (CBS) Father Knows Best (CBS / NBC) The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) The Red Skelton Show (CBS)	Template:Award category Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre (NBC)Template:Double dagger Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) General Electric Theater (CBS) The Loretta Young Show (NBC) Naked City (ABC) Peter Gunn (NBC)
Template:Award category Playhouse 90 (CBS)Template:Double dagger The United States Steel Hour (CBS)	Template:Award category The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)Template:Double dagger The Perry Como Show (NBC) The Steve Allen Show (NBC)
Template:Award category Omnibus (NBC)Template:Double dagger Bold Journey (ABC) Meet the Press (NBC) Small World (CBS) The Twentieth Century (CBS) New York Philharmonic: Young People's Concerts (CBS)	Template:Award category Maverick (ABC)Template:Double dagger Gunsmoke (CBS) Have Gun – Will Travel (CBS) The Rifleman (ABC) Wagon Train (NBC)
Template:Award category What's My Line? (CBS)Template:Double dagger I've Got a Secret (CBS) Keep Talking (CBS) The Price Is Right (NBC) This Is Your Life (NBC) You Bet Your Life (NBC)	Template:Award category An Evening with Fred Astaire (NBC)Template:Double dagger Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (ABC)
Template:Award category An Evening with Fred Astaire (NBC)Template:Double dagger Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Little Moon of Alban" (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Child of Our Time" (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Old Man" (CBS)	Template:Award category Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Little Moon of Alban" (NBC)Template:Double dagger DuPont Show of the Month: "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (CBS) DuPont Show of the Month: "Hamlet" (CBS) DuPont Show of the Month: "The Hasty Heart" (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Johnny Belinda" (NBC)

Acting

Lead performances

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Template:Award category Perry Como – The Perry Como Show as himself (CBS)Template:Double dagger Steve Allen – The Steve Allen Show as himself (NBC) Jack Paar – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as himself (NBC)	Template:Award category Dinah Shore – The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as herself (NBC)Template:Double dagger Patti Page – The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show as herself (ABC)
Template:Award category Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Show as Jack Benny (NBC)Template:Double dagger Walter Brennan – The Real McCoys as Grandpa Amos McCoy (ABC) Bob Cummings – The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins (NBC) Phil Silvers – The Phil Silvers Show as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko (CBS) Danny Thomas – The Danny Thomas Show as Danny Williams (ABC / CBS) Robert Young – Father Knows Best as Jim Anderson (CBS / NBC)	Template:Award category Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson (CBS / NBC)Template:Double dagger Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen (CBS) Spring Byington – December Bride as Lily Ruskin (CBS) Ida Lupino – Mr. Adams and Eve as Eve Drake (CBS) Donna Reed – The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone (ABC) Ann Sothern – The Ann Sothern Show as Katy O'Connor (CBS)
Template:Award category Raymond Burr – Perry Mason as Perry Mason (CBS)Template:Double dagger James Arness – Gunsmoke as Matt Dillon (CBS) Richard Boone – Have Gun – Will Travel as Paladin (CBS) James Garner – Maverick as Bret Maverick (ABC) Craig Stevens – Peter Gunn as Peter Gunn (NBC) Efrem Zimbalist Jr. – 77 Sunset Strip as Stuart Bailey (ABC)	Template:Award category Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC)Template:Double dagger Phyllis Kirk – The Thin Man as Nora Charles (NBC) June Lockhart – Lassie as Ruth Martin (CBS) Jane Wyman – Fireside Theatre as herself (NBC)

Supporting performances

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Template:Award category Tom Poston – The Steve Allen Show as himself (NBC)Template:Double dagger Richard Crenna – The Real McCoys as Luke McCoy (ABC) Paul Ford – The Phil Silvers Show as Col. John T. Hall (CBS) Maurice Gosfield – The Phil Silvers Show as Pvt. Duane Doberman (CBS) Billy Gray – Father Knows Best as Bud (CBS / NBC) Harry Morgan – December Bride as Pete Porter (CBS)	Template:Award category Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show as Charmaine Schultz (NBC)Template:Double dagger Rosemary DeCamp – The Bob Cummings Show as Margaret MacDonald (NBC) Elinor Donahue – Father Knows Best as Betty (CBS / NBC) Verna Felton – December Bride as Hilda Crocker (CBS) Kathleen Nolan – The Real McCoys as Kate McCoy (ABC) Zasu Pitts – The Gale Storm Show as Susanna Pomeroy (CBS)
Template:Award category Dennis Weaver – Gunsmoke as Chester (CBS)Template:Double dagger Herschel Bernardi – Peter Gunn as Lt. Jacoby (NBC) Johnny Crawford – The Rifleman as Mark McCain (ABC) William Hopper – Perry Mason as Paul Drake (CBS)	Template:Award category Barbara Hale – Perry Mason as Della Street (CBS)Template:Double dagger Lola Albright – Peter Gunn as Edie Hart (NBC) Amanda Blake – Gunsmoke as Kitty (CBS) Hope Emerson – Peter Gunn as Mother (NBC)

Single performances

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Template:Award category Fred Astaire – An Evening with Fred Astaire as himself (NBC)Template:Double dagger Robert Crawford Jr. – Playhouse 90: "Child of Our Time" as Tanguy (CBS) Paul Muni – Playhouse 90: "Last Clear Chance" as Sam Arlen (CBS) Christopher Plummer – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Little Moon of Alban" as Kenneth Boyd (NBC) Mickey Rooney – Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: "Eddie" as Eddie (NBC) Rod Steiger – Playhouse 90: "A Town Has Turned to Dust" as Harvey Denton (CBS)

Template:Award category Julie Harris – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Little Moon of Alban" as Bridgid Mary (NBC)Template:Double dagger Judith Anderson – The DuPont Show of the Month: "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" as Marquesa de Montemayor (CBS) Helen Hayes – The United States Steel Hour: "One Red Rose for Christmas" as Mother Seraphim (CBS) Piper Laurie – Playhouse 90: "Days of Wine and Roses" as Kirsten Clay (CBS) Geraldine Page – Playhouse 90: "Old Man" as the Young Woman (CBS) Maureen Stapleton – Kraft Television Theatre: "All the King's Men" as Sadie Burke (NBC)

Directing

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Template:Award category An Evening with Fred Astaire – Bud Yorkin (NBC)Template:Double dagger The Perry Como Show – Clark Jones (NBC) Pontiac Star Parade – Joseph Cates and Gower Champion (NBC)	Template:Award category Father Knows Best: "Medal for Margaret" – Peter Tewksbury (CBS)Template:Double dagger The Danny Thomas Show: "Pardon My Accent" – Sheldon Leonard (CBS) The Jack Benny Show: "Gary Cooper" – Seymour Berns (CBS) Mr. Adams and Eve: "The Interview" – Richard Kinon (CBS) The Real McCoys: "Kate's Career" – Hy Averback (ABC)
Template:Award category Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: "Eddie" – Jack Smight (NBC)Template:Double dagger Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Lamb to the Slaughter" – Alfred Hitchcock (CBS) General Electric Theater: "Kid at the Stick" – James Neilson (CBS) General Electric Theater: "One Is a Wanderer" – Herschel Daugherty (CBS) Peter Gunn: "The Kill" – Blake Edwards (NBC)	Template:Award category Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Little Moon of Alban" – George Schaefer (NBC)Template:Double dagger Playhouse 90: "Child of Our Time" – George Roy Hill (CBS) Playhouse 90: "A Town Has Turned to Dust" – John Frankenheimer (CBS)

Writing

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Template:Award category An Evening with Fred Astaire – Herbert Baker and Bud Yorkin (NBC)Template:Double dagger Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf – A.J. Russell (ABC) The Perry Como Show – Goodman Ace, Mort Green, George Foster and Jay Burton (NBC) The Sid Caesar Show – Larry Gelbart and Woody Allen (NBC) The Steve Allen Show – Leonard Stern, Stan Burns, Herbert Sargent, Bill Dana, Don Hinkley, Hal Goodman and Larry Klein (NBC)

Template:Award category The Jack Benny Show: "Ernie Kovacs" – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Sam Perrin and Al Gordon (CBS)Template:Double dagger The Bob Cummings Show: "Grandpa Clobbers the Air Force" – Paul Henning and Dick Wesson (NBC) Father Knows Best: "Medal for Margaret" – Roswell Rogers (CBS) The Phil Silvers Show: "Bilko's Vampire" – Billy Friedberg, Arnie Rosen and Coleman Jacoby (CBS) The Real McCoys: "Once There Was a Traveling Salesman" – Bill Manhoff (ABC)

Template:Award category Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: "Eddie" – Alfred Brenner and Ken Hughes (NBC)Template:Double dagger Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre: "The Loudmouth" – Christopher Knopf (NBC) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Lamb to the Slaughter" – Roald Dahl (CBS) General Electric Theater: "One Is a Wanderer" – Samuel A. Taylor (CBS) Peter Gunn: "The Kill" – Blake Edwards (NBC)

Template:Award category Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Little Moon of Alban" – James Costigan (NBC)Template:Double dagger Playhouse 90: "Child of Our Time" – Irving G. Neiman (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Days of Wine and Roses" – J.P. Miller (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Old Man" – Horton Foote (CBS) Playhouse 90: "A Town Has Turned to Dust" – Rod Serling (CBS)

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations

Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	69
NBC	57
ABC	16

Programs with multiple major nominations

Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Playhouse 90	Drama	CBS	14
Father Knows Best	Comedy	CBS/NBC	7
Peter Gunn	Drama	NBC
Little Moon of Alban			6
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre			5
The Bob Cummings Show	Comedy
An Evening with Fred Astaire	Musical/Variety
The Phil Silvers Show	Comedy	CBS
The Real McCoys		ABC
General Electric Theater	Drama	CBS	4
Gunsmoke	Western
The Jack Benny Show	Comedy
The Perry Como Show	Musical/Variety	NBC
The Steve Allen Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Drama	CBS	3
The Danny Thomas Show	Comedy
December Bride
Perry Mason	Drama
Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf	Musical/Variety	ABC	2
The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Drama	CBS
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Musical/Variety	NBC
Have Gun – Will Travel	Western	CBS
The Loretta Young Show	Drama	NBC
Maverick	Western	ABC
Mr. Adams and Eve	Comedy	CBS
The Rifleman	Western	ABC
The United States Steel Hour	Drama	CBS

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards

Network	Number of Awards
NBC	19
CBS	10

Programs with multiple major awards

Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
An Evening with Fred Astaire	Musical/Variety	NBC	5
Little Moon of Alban	Drama		4
Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre			3
The Jack Benny Show	Comedy	CBS
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Musical/Variety	NBC	2
Father Knows Best	Comedy	CBS
Perry Mason	Drama

Notes

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1959 Nominees & Winners
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