6th Primetime Emmy Awards

6th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	February 11, 1954
Location	Hollywood Palladium, ; Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Ed Sullivan
Television/radio coverage
Network	KHJ

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

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Programs

Best Situation Comedy	Best Dramatic Program
I Love Lucy, (CBS) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS) Mr. Peepers, (NBC) Our Miss Brooks, (CBS) Topper, (CBS)	The United States Steel Hour, (ABC) Kraft Television Theatre, (NBC) Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse, (NBC) Robert Montgomery Presents, (NBC) Studio One, (CBS)
Best Variety Program	Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program
Omnibus, (CBS) The Colgate Comedy Hour, (NBC) The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS) Your Show of Shows, (NBC) Toast of the Town, (CBS)	This Is Your Life, (NBC) What's My Line?, (CBS) I've Got a Secret, (CBS) Two for the Money, CBS You Bet Your Life, NBC
Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program	Best Children's Program
Dragnet, (NBC) Foreign Intrigue, (NBC) I Led Three Lives, (NBC) Suspense, (CBS) The Web, (CBS)	Kukla, Fran and Ollie, (NBC) Big Top, (CBS) Ding Dong School, (NBC) Super Circus, (NBC) Zoo Parade, (NBC)
Best Public Affairs Program	Best Program of News or Sports
Victory at Sea, (NBC) Adventure, (CBS) Life Is Worth Living, (Syndication) Meet the Press, (NBC) Person to Person, (CBS)	See It Now, (CBS) Camel News Caravan, (NBC) Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, (NBC) NCAA Football Games, (NBC) Pabst Blue Ribbion Bouts, (CBS) Professional Football, (DuMont)
Best New Program
Make Room for Daddy, (ABC) The United States Steel Hour, (ABC) Adventure, (CBS) Ding Dong School, (NBC) The Loretta Young Show, (NBC) Person to Person, (CBS)

Lead performances

Best Male Star of a Regular Series	Best Female Star of a Regular Series
*Donald O'Connor as Himself on The Colgate Comedy Hour, (NBC)* Sid Caesar as Various characters on Your Show of Shows, (NBC) Wally Cox as Robinson Peepers on Mr. Peepers, (NBC) Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS) Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on Dragnet, (NBC)	*Eve Arden as Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks, (CBS)* Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, (CBS) Imogene Coca as Various characters on Your Show of Shows, (NBC) Dinah Shore as Herself on The Dinah Shore Show, (NBC) Loretta Young as Herself on The Loretta Young Show, (NBC)

Supporting performances

Best Series Supporting Actor	Best Series Supporting Actress
*Art Carney as Ed Norton on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)* Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith on Dragnet, (NBC) William Frawley as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy, (CBS) Tony Randall as Harvey Weskitt on Mr. Peepers, (NBC) Carl Reiner as Various characters on Your Show of Shows, (NBC)	*Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, (CBS)* Bea Benaderet as Blanche Morton on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, (CBS) Ruth Gilbert as Max on The Milton Berle Show (NBC) Marion Lorne as Mrs. Gurney on Mr. Peepers, (NBC) Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden on The Jackie Gleason Show, (CBS)

Hosting

Most Outstanding Personality
Edward R. Murrow, (CBS) Arthur Godfrey, (CBS) Martha Raye, NBC Fulton J. Sheen, Syndication Jack Webb, NBC

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

"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

External links

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

[Winners/Nominees-1] Emmys.com list of 1954 Nominees & Winners