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1956
Emmy Award Winners
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Best Series,Half Hour or Less:
Phil Silvers Show (CBS)
Best Series, One Hour or More:
Caesar's Hour (NBC)
Best Continuing Performance By an Actor in a Dramatic Series:
Robert Young, Father Knows Best
Best Continuing Performance By an Actress in a Dramatic Series:
Loretta Young, Loretta Young Show
Best Supporting Performance By an Actor:
Carl Reiner, Caesar's Hour
Best Supporting Performance By an Actress:
Pat Carroll, Caesar's Hour
Best Direction, Half Hour or Less:
Sheldon Leonard, Danny Thomas Show : Danny's Comeback
Best Teleplay Writing, Half Hour or Less:
James P. Cavanagh, Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Fog Closing In
Best Direction, One Hour or More:
Ralph Nelson, Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More:
Rod Serling, Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Best Male Personality, Continuing Performance:
Perry Como
Best Female Personality, Continuing Performance:
Dinah Shore
Best New Program Series:
Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Best Single Program of the Year:
Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight (CBS)
Best Single Performance By an Actor:
Jack Palance, Playhouse 90: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Best Single Performance By an Actress:
Claire Trevor, Producers' Showcase - Dodsworth
Best Continuing Performance By a Comedian in a Series:
Sid Caesar, Caesar's Hour
Best Continuing Performance By a Comedienne in a Series:
Nanette Fabray, Caesar's Hour
Best Comedy Writing, Variety or Situation Comedy:
Nat Hiken, Billy Friedberg, Tony Webster, Leonard Stern, Arnold Rosen
and Coleman Jacoby, Phil Silvers Show
Best Public Service Series:
See It Now (CBS)
Best News Commentator:
Edward R. Murrow |