1962 American television programming awards
The 14th Emmy Awards , later referred to as the 14th Primetime Emmy Awards , were held on May 22, 1962, to honor the best in television of the year. It was hosted by Johnny Carson in New York, Bob Newhart in Los Angeles and David Brinkley in Washington, DC. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top show of the night was the CBS courtroom drama The Defenders which swept the four major categories it was nominated in. The Bob Newhart Show won top honors for comedy, and in doing so, became the first show to win a top program prize (comedy or drama) for what would be the show's only season. Composer Richard Rodgers would also become the first person to complete the Grand Slam of entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony ) when winning for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed with Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years .
Among the better-known presenters were Fred Astaire , Lucille Ball , Barbara Stanwyck , Judy Garland , Jimmy Durante , Jack Webb , Walter Brennan , Eartha Kitt , Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and Cyril Ritchard , whose pronunciation of "tomatoes" as "tomahtoes" greatly amused the audience; he humorously apologized and repeated it with the American pronunciation.
Winners and nominees
E. G. Marshall , Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) winner
Shirley Booth , Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) winner
Don Knotts , Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor winner
Peter Falk , Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role winner
Julie Harris , Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role winner
Franklin J. Schaffner , Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama winner
Carl Reiner , Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy winner
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Programs
Programs
Outstanding Daytime Program
Purex Summer Specials (NBC)
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Educational and Public Affairs Programming
David Brinkley's Journal (NBC)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Victoria Regina "
Bell and Howell Close-Up! (ABC): "Walk in My Shoes"
CBS Reports (CBS): "Biography of a Bookie Joint "
The Judy Garland Show (CBS)
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait (NBC)
Acting
Acting
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Directing
Writing
Writing
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Carl Reiner
The Bob Newhart Show (NBC) – Roland Kibbee , Bob Newhart , Don Hinkley , Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove , Robert Kaufman , Norm Liebmann, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder and Larry Siegel
Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC) – Nat Hiken, Tony Webster and Terry Ryan
Chun King Chow Mein Hour (ABC) – Stan Freberg
The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Ed Simmons , David O'Brien , Martin Ragaway , Arthur Phillips , Al Schwartz , Sherwood Schwartz and Red Skelton
Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait (NBC) – Lou Hazam
Most major nominations
Networks with multiple major nominations[ note 1]
Network
Number of Nominations
NBC
37
CBS
35
ABC
26
Programs with multiple major nominations
Program
Category
Network
Number of Nominations
Ben Casey
Drama
ABC
7
The Dick Powell Theatre
NBC
6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Alcoa Premiere
ABC
4
The Defenders
CBS
Naked City
ABC
Bell and Howell Close-Up!
Documentary/Educational
3
Car 54, Where Are You?
Comedy
NBC
CBS Reports
Documentary/Educational
CBS
The Red Skelton Show
Comedy
The Andy Griffith Show
2
The Bob Newhart Show
NBC
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Comedy
CBS
Dr. Kildare
Drama
NBC
The Garry Moore Show
Comedy/Variety
CBS
The Gertrude Berg Show
Comedy
Hazel
NBC
The Judy Garland Show
Variety
CBS
NBC White Paper
Daytime/Documentary
NBC
Purex Summer Specials
Route 66
Drama
CBS
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait
Documentary
NBC
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Children's/Variety
Most major awards
Networks with multiple major awards[ note 1]
Network
Number of Awards
NBC
10
CBS
9
Programs with multiple major awards
Program
Category
Network
Number of Awards
The Defenders
Drama
CBS
4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
NBC
3
Notes
^ a b "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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