6th Primetime Emmy Awards
6th Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
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Date | February 11, 1954 | |||
Location | Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California | |||
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | |||
Hosted by | Ed Sullivan | |||
Highlights | ||||
Most awards | I Love Lucy The United States Steel Hour (2) | |||
Most nominations | I Love Lucy The Jackie Gleason Show Mister Peepers Your Show of Shows (4) | |||
Outstanding Dramatic Program | The United States Steel Hour | |||
Outstanding Situation Comedy | I Love Lucy | |||
Outstanding Variety Program | Omnibus | |||
Television/radio coverage | ||||
Network | KHJ | |||
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The 6th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on February 11, 1954, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was hosted by Don DeFore at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. Don DeFore was president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and sold this first national broadcast of the Emmy Awards to NBC. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The ceremony included several new categories, including Best New Program, as well as awards for Supporting Actor and Actress in a television series. This was also the first year that acting nominees were nominated for a specific television show, in the past nominees were simply nominated as individuals.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[1]
Programs
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| Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program
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Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program
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Best Public Affairs Program
| Best Program of News or Sports
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Acting
Lead performances
Best Male Star of a Regular Series
| Best Female Star of a Regular Series
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Supporting performances
Best Series Supporting Actor
| Best Series Supporting Actress
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Hosting
Most Outstanding Personality
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- NBC – 36
- CBS – 30
- ABC – 3
- By program
- I Love Lucy (CBS) / The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) / Mr. Peepers (NBC) / Your Show of Shows (NBC) – 4
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- CBS – 8
- NBC – 5
- ABC – 3
- By program
- I Love Lucy (CBS) / The United States Steel Hour (ABC) – 2
- 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 1954 Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
External links
- Emmys.com list of 1954 Nominees & Winners
- 6th Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb
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