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8th Primetime Emmy Awards

1956 American television programming awards

Field	Value
name	8th Primetime Emmy Awards
date	March 17, 1956
location	Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
hosts	Art Linkletter
John Charles Daly
network	NBC
most_awards	The Phil Silvers Show
Producers' Showcase (4)
most_nominations	Producers' Showcase (12)
award1_type	Best Comedy Series
award1_winner	The Phil Silvers Show
award2_type	Best Dramatic Series
award2_winner	Producers' Showcase
award3_type	Best Variety Series
award3_winner	The Ed Sullivan Show
previous	7th
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	9th

John Charles Daly Producers' Showcase (4) The 8th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 17, 1956, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Hollywood, California and was hosted by Art Linkletter and John Charles Daly. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were The Phil Silvers Show, and Producers' Showcase. Each show won a record four major awards. Producers' Showcase, with its twelve major nominations, became the first show to receive over ten major nominations. (Both of these records were subsequently passed by multiple shows).

Winners and nominees

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

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Producing

Writing

Best Specialty Act – Single or Group

Most major nominations

Network	Number of
Nominations
CBS	61
NBC	54
ABC	11

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Nominations
Producers' Showcase	Drama	NBC	12
The United States Steel Hour	CBS	7
Ford Star Jubilee	Variety	6
The Bob Cummings Show	Comedy	CBS	5
Make Room for Daddy	ABC
The Phil Silvers Show	CBS
Caesar's Hour	NBC	4
Climax!	Drama	CBS
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse	NBC	3
Disneyland	Action/Adventure	ABC
The George Gobel Show	Comedy	NBC
The Honeymooners	CBS
I Love Lucy
Kraft Television Theatre	Drama	NBC
Wide Wide World	Documentary
The 20th Century Fox Hour	Drama	CBS	2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Action/Adventure
The Dinah Shore Show	Music/Variety	NBC
Dragnet	Action/Adventure
Goodyear Television Playhouse	Drama
The Jack Benny Program	Comedy	CBS
The Perry Como Show	Music/Variety	NBC
You Are There	Documentary	CBS

Most major awards

Network	Number of
Awards
CBS	14
NBC	8
ABC	2

Program	Category	Network	Number of
Awards
The Phil Silvers Show	Comedy	CBS	4
Producers' Showcase	Drama	NBC
Ford Star Jubilee	Variety	CBS	3
Disneyland	Action/Adventure	ABC	2

;Notes

References

"Emmys.com list of 1956 Nominees & Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].
"Emmys.com Best Specialty Act – Single or Group". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].

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