9th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Comedian In A Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Sid Caesar |
Caesar's Hour
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Robert Cummings |
The Bob Cummings Show
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Ernie Kovacs |
The Ernie Kovacs Show
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Jack Benny |
The Jack Benny Program
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Phil Silvers |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor - Continuing Performance
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Robert Young |
Father Knows Best
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David Niven |
Four Star Playhouse
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Charles Boyer |
Four Star Playhouse
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James Arness |
Gunsmoke
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Hugh O'Brian |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Male Personality Continuing Performance
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Leonard Bernstein |
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Tennessee Ernie Ford |
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Alfred Hitchcock |
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Fulton J. Sheen |
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Steve Allen |
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Perry Como |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Red Skelton |
Playhouse 90
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Sal Mineo |
Westinghouse Studio One Dino |
Fredric March |
Producers' Showcase Dodsworth |
Jack Palance |
Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight |
Lloyd Bridges |
The Alcoa Hour Tragedy in a Temporary Town |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Comedienne In A Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Nanette Fabray |
Caesar's Hour
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Edie Adams |
The Ernie Kovacs Show
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Lucille Ball |
I Love Lucy
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Ann Sothern |
Private Secretary
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Gracie Allen |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Female Personality Continuing Performance
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Arlene Francis |
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Gisele MacKenzie |
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Faye Emerson |
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Dinah Shore |
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Rosemary Clooney |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Performance By An Actress
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Mildred Natwick |
Ford Star Jubilee Blithe Spirit |
Vivian Vance |
I Love Lucy
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Audrey Meadows |
The Jackie Gleason Show
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Pat Carroll |
Caesar's Hour
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Ann B. Davis |
The Bob Cummings Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography in Entertainment Programming for a Special
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Lloyd Ahern |
The 20th Century Fox Hour Stranger in the Night |
George E. Diskant |
Four Star Playhouse Tunnel of Fear |
Robert Pittack |
General Electric Theater The Glorious Gift of Molly Malloy |
John L. Russell |
General Electric Theater The Night Goes On |
Norbert Brodine |
The Loretta Young Show The Pearl |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Actor in a Dramatic Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Robert Young |
Father Knows Best
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David Niven |
Four Star Playhouse
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Charles Boyer |
Four Star Playhouse
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James Arness |
Gunsmoke
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Hugh O'Brian |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Actress in a Dramatic Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Ida Lupino |
Four Star Playhouse
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Jane Wyman |
The Jane Wyman Show
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Jan Clayton |
Lassie
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Peggy Wood |
Mama
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Loretta Young |
The Loretta Young Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction - Half Hour or Less
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
George Archainbaud |
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers The Traitor |
Clay Yurdin |
Camera Three As I Lay Dying |
Sheldon Leonard |
The Danny Thomas Show Danny's Comeback |
Herschel Daugherty |
General Electric Theater The Road that Led Afar |
William D. Russell |
You Are There First Moscow Purge Trial |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Direction - One Hour or More
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Lewis Allen |
The 20th Century Fox Hour Child of the Regiment |
Bob Banner |
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 5 October with Sinatra |
George Roy Hill |
Kraft Television Theatre A Night to Remember |
Kirk Browning |
NBC Television Opera Theatre La Boheme |
John Frankenheimer |
Playhouse 90 Forbidden Area |
Ralph Nelson |
Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Art Direction - One Hour or More
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Jan Scott |
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
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Duane McKinney |
Kraft Television Theatre
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Henry May |
Omnibus
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Don Shirley |
The Perry Como Show
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Albert Heschong |
Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Art Direction - Half Hour or Less
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
George Patrick |
General Electric Theater
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John Robert Lloyd |
General Electric Theater
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John J. Lloyd |
General Electric Theater
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John Meehan |
General Electric Theater
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Martin Obzina |
General Electric Theater
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Grover Cole |
Adventure
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Warren Clymer |
Frontiers of Faith
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Frank Swig |
The Dinah Shore Show
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Paul Barnes |
Your Hit Parade
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Live Camera Work
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Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Kraft Television Theatre For episode \"A Night to Remember (#9.31)\" |
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Playhouse 90 For episode \"Requiem for a Heavyweight\" |
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Producers' Showcase For episode \"Jack and the Beanstalk\". |
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Wide Wide World For episode \"An American Sunday\". |
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Republican Convention For pool coverage of the 1956 Republican Convention. |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best News Commentator Or Analyst
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Edward R. Murrow |
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Walter Cronkite |
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John Daly |
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Douglas Edwards |
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Chet Huntley |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Public Service Program Or Series
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Meet the Press
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NBC Television Opera Theatre
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See It Now
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Wide Wide World
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You Are There
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Musical Contribution For Television
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Oliver Wallace |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color For composing of score. |
Sidney Fine |
Medic For orchestration of Victor Young's music. |
Leonard Bernstein |
Omnibus For composing and conducting. |
Nelson Riddle |
Rosemary Clooney Show For arrangement of musical score. |
Walter Schumann |
The Ford Show For vocal arrangements. |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best New Program Series Of The Year
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Air Power Best New Program Series |
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Playhouse 90 Best New Program Series |
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Best New Program Series |
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The Ernie Kovacs Show Best New Program Series |
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The Steve Allen Show Best New Program Series |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Series - Half Hour or Less
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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Father Knows Best
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Person to Person
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The Jack Benny Program
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The Phil Silvers Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Claire Trevor |
Producers' Showcase Dodsworth |
Evelyn Rudie |
Playhouse 90 Eloise |
Gracie Fields |
The United States Steel Hour Old Lady Shows Her Medals |
Nancy Kelly |
Westinghouse Studio One The Pilot |
Edna Best |
Ford Star Jubilee The Happy Breed |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Single Program Of The Year
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight |
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Kraft Television Theatre A Night to Remember - Titanic |
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Omnibus Leonard Bernstein |
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See It Now Secret Life of Danny Kaye |
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The Victor Borge Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Performance By An Actor
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Carl Reiner |
Caesar's Hour
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William Frawley |
I Love Lucy
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Paul Ford |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Ed Wynn |
Playhouse 90 Requiem For A Heavyweight |
Art Carney |
The Jackie Gleason Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
James P. Cavanagh |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Fog Closing In |
Morton S. Fine |
Frontier Patrol |
David Friedkin |
Frontier Patrol |
John Nesbitt |
Telephone Time Man with the Beard |
Richard Morris |
The Loretta Young Show The Pearl |
Daniel B. Ullman |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp The Buntline |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour or More
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Rod Serling |
Playhouse 90 Requiem for a Heavyweight |
Reginald Rose |
The Alcoa Hour Tragedy in a Temporary Town |
Louis S. Peterson |
Goodyear Television Playhouse Joey |
George Roy Hill |
Kraft Television Theatre A Night to Remember |
John Whedon |
Kraft Television Theatre A Night to Remember |
Elick Moll |
Playhouse 90 Sizeman and Son |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Film Editing
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Frank P. Keller |
The Bell Laboratory Science Series Our Mr. Sun |
Robert Watts |
Cheyenne The Bounty Killers |
Richard Fantl |
Father Knows Best Betty's Birthday |
Samuel E. Beetley |
Four Star Playhouse Tunnel of Fear |
Daniel A. Nathan |
The Jane Wyman Show Between Jobs |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Coverage - Newsworthy Event
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York For coverage of the arrival of Andrea Doria survivors in New York. |
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National Political Conventions - NBC For coverage of the National Political Conventions (August 13-17, 1956 and August 20-23, 1956). |
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National Political Conventions - ABC For coverage of the National Political Conventions (August 13-17, 1956 and August 20-23, 1956). |
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Years of Crisis For episode: Calendar Year 1956 |
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Andrea Doria Sinking For coverage of the Andrea Doria sinking (July 31, 1956). |
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Series - One Hour or More
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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Caesar's Hour
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Climax!
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Omnibus
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The Perry Como Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy
Nominations »
Nominee |
Nominated Work |
Nat Hiken |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Billy FriedBerg |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Tony Webster |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Leonard B. Stern |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Arnie Rosen |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Coleman Jacoby |
The Phil Silvers Show
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Sam Perrin |
The Jack Benny Program
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George Balzer |
The Jack Benny Program
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Hal Goldman |
The Jack Benny Program
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Al Gordon |
The Jack Benny Program
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Louis M. Heyward |
The Ernie Kovacs Show
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Ernie Kovacs |
The Ernie Kovacs Show
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Rex Lardner |
The Ernie Kovacs Show
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Mike Marmer |
The Ernie Kovacs Show
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Mel Tolkin |
Caesar's Hour
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Gary Belkin |
Caesar's Hour
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Mel Brooks |
Caesar's Hour
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Sheldon Keller |
Caesar's Hour
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Neil Simon |
Caesar's Hour
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Larry Gelbart |
Caesar's Hour
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Michael Stewart |
Caesar's Hour
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Goodman Ace |
The Perry Como Show
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Jay Burton |
The Perry Como Show
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George Foster |
The Perry Como Show
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Mort Green |
The Perry Como Show
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
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