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Emmy Awards: 1966

Emmy

Date:	22 May
Host:	Danny Kaye (Hollywood); Bill Cosby (New York City)
Location:	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California, USA Americana Hotel, New York, New York, USA
Notes:	The awards are presented to shows that were broadcast between 1 May 1965 and 10 April 1966.

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"I Spy" (1965) - Bill Cosby; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Fugitive, The" (1963) - David Janssen (I); ABC "I Spy" (1965) - Robert Culp; NBC "Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) - David McCallum (I); NBC "Slattery's People" (1964) - Richard Crenna; CBS

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama


Winner:
	"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) {The Game (#3.1)} - Cliff Robertson; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Eagle in a Cage} - Trevor Howard (I); NBC Hamlet (1964/I) (TV) - Christopher Plummer (I); Syndicated Inherit the Wind (1965) (TV) - Ed Begley (I); NBC Inherit the Wind (1965) (TV) - Melvyn Douglas; NBC

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Dick Van Dyke; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Get Smart" (1965) - Don Adams (I); NBC "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) - Bob Crane (I); CBS

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Big Valley, The" (1965) - Barbara Stanwyck; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Honey West" (1965) - Anne Francis (I); ABC "Peyton Place" (1964) - Barbara Parkins; ABC

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama


Winner:
	"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) - Simone Signoret; NBC - For episode "A Small Rebellion".
Other Nominees:
	"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) - Shelley Winters; NBC - For playing "Edith". - For episode "Back to Back". "Dr. Kildare" (1961) - Margaret Leighton; NBC - For episodes "Behold The Great Man", "A Life for a Life", "Web of Hate", and "Horizontal Hero". "I Spy" (1965) - Eartha Kitt; NBC - For episode "The Loser".

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Mary Tyler Moore; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Bewitched" (1964) - Elizabeth Montgomery (I); ABC "Lucy Show, The" (1962) - Lucille Ball; CBS

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama


Winner:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Eagle in a Cage} - James Daly (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) - Leo G. Carroll; NBC "Trials of O'Brien, The" (1965) - David Burns (I); CBS

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy


Winner:
	"Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960) - Don Knotts; CBS - For episode "The Return of Barney Fife".
Other Nominees:
	"Batman" (1966) - Frank Gorshin; ABC - For episode "Hi Diddle Riddle". "Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Morey Amsterdam; CBS "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) - Werner Klemperer; CBS

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama


Winner:
	"Peyton Place" (1964) - Lee Grant (I); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Eagle in a Cage} - Pamela Franklin; NBC "I Spy" (1965) - Jeanette Nolan; NBC - For episode "The Conquest of Maude Murdock". Inherit the Wind (1965) (TV) - Diane Baker; NBC

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy


Winner:
	"Bewitched" (1964) - Alice Pearce; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Bewitched" (1964) - Agnes Moorehead; ABC "Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Rose Marie (I); CBS

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"Bewitched" (1964) - William Asher; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Jerry Paris; CBS "Get Smart" (1965) - Paul Bogart; NBC - For episode "Diplomat's Daughter".

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music


Winner:
	Julie Andrews Show, The (1965) (TV) - Alan Handley; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Andy Williams Show, The" (1962) - Bob Henry (I); NBC "Dean Martin Show, The" (1965) - Greg Garrison; NBC Color Me Barbra (1966) (TV) - Dwight Hemion; CBS Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (1965) (TV) - Dwight Hemion; NBC

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) {The Game (#3.1)} - Sydney Pollack; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Eagle in a Cage} - George Schaefer (I); NBC "I Spy" (1965) - Sheldon Leonard; NBC - For episodes "So Long, Patrick Henry" (Hong Kong segments), "A Cup Of Kindness" and "Carry Me Back To Old Tsing-Tao". Inherit the Wind (1965) (TV) - George Schaefer (I); NBC

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy


Winner:
	"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Bill Persky; Sam Denoff; CBS - For episode "Coast To Coast Big Mouth".
Other Nominees:
	"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Bill Persky; Sam Denoff; CBS - For episode "The Ugliest Dog In The World". "Get Smart" (1965) - Mel Brooks (writer); Buck Henry (writer); NBC - For episode "Mr. Big".

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety


Winner:
	Evening with Carol Channing, An (1966) (TV) - Hal Goldman (I); Al Gordon (I); Sheldon Keller; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Danny Kaye Show, The" (1963) - Ernest Chambers; Pat McCormick (I); Ron Friedman (III); Larry Tucker; Paul Mazursky; Billy Barnes (I); Bernard Rothman; Norman Barasch; Carroll Moore; CBS Julie Andrews Show, The (1965) (TV) - Bill Persky; Sam Denoff; NBC

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama


Winner:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Eagle in a Cage} - Millard Lampell (writer); NBC - At the presentation of the award, Lampell said: "I think I ought to mention that I was blacklisted for 10 years," one of the first public acknowledgments of the effects of the McCarthy era.
Other Nominees:
	"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) {The Game (#3.1)} - S. Lee Pogostin (writer); NBC "I Spy" (1965) - Morton S. Fine (writer); David Friedkin (writer); NBC - For episode "A Cup of Kindness".

Individual Achievements in Cinematography - Cinematography


Nominees:
	"Bonanza" (1959) - Haskell B. Boggs (cinematographer); William P. Whitley (cinematographer); NBC "Fugitive, The" (1963) - Meredith M. Nicholson (II) (cinematographer); ABC "Wild Wild West, The" (1965) - Ted Voightlander (cinematographer); CBS Michelangelo: The Last Giant (1966) (TV) - Tom Priestley (III) (cinematographer); NBC

Individual Achievements in Cinematography - Special


Nominees:
	"Bonanza" (1959) - Edward P. Ancona Jr. (color coordinator); NBC

Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts - Art Direction


Nominees:
	"Andy Williams Show, The" (1962) - Edward Stephenson (I); NBC

Individual Achievements in Film Editing


Winner:
	"Bonanza" (1959) - Marvin Coil (editor); Everett Douglas (I) (editor); Ellsworth Hoagland (editor); NBC

Individual Achievements in Sound Editing


Nominees:
	"Batman" (1966) - Dick Le Grand (sound editor); Ross Taylor (II) (sound editor); Harold E. Wooley (sound editor); Ralph Hickey (sound editor); ABC

Individual Achievements in Music - Arranging


Nominees:
	"Hollywood Palace, The" (1964) - Mitchell Ayres (conductor); Joseph Lipman (arranger); ABC Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) (TV) - Marty Paich; ABC

Individual Achievements in Music - Composition


Winner:
	Michelangelo: The Last Giant (1966) (TV) - Laurence Rosenthal (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Bonanza" (1959) - David Rose (I); NBC "Gunsmoke" (1955) - Morton Stevens (I); CBS - For episode "Seven Hours To Dawn". "I Spy" (1965) - Earle H. Hagen; NBC "Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) - Jerry Goldsmith; NBC - For the original theme music. "Run for Your Life" (1965) - Pete Rugolo; NBC Making of a President: 1964, The (1966) (TV) - Lalo Schifrin; CBS

Outstanding Musical Program


Winner:
	Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (1965) (TV) - Dwight Hemion (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Bell Telephone Hour, The" (1959) - Barry Wood (I) (executive producer); NBC Color Me Barbra (1966) (TV) - Joe Layton (producer); Dwight Hemion (producer); CBS

Individual Achievements in Music - Conducting


Nominees:
	"Bell Telephone Hour, The" (1959) - Donald Voorhees; NBC "Hollywood Palace, The" (1964) - Mitchell Ayres; ABC "Saga of Western Man" (1964) - Erich Leinsdorf; ABC - For episode "Beethoven: Ordeal and Triumph". Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (1965) (TV) - Gordon Jenkins; Nelson Riddle; NBC Julie Andrews Show, The (1965) (TV) - Irwin Kostal; NBC Michelangelo: The Last Giant (1966) (TV) - Laurence Rosenthal (I); NBC

Outstanding Dramatic Series


Winner:
	"Fugitive, The" (1963) - Alan A. Armer (producer); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Bonanza" (1959) - David Dortort (producer); NBC "I Spy" (1965) - David Friedkin (producer); Morton S. Fine (producer); NBC "Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964) - Norman Felton (I) (executive producer); NBC "Slattery's People" (1964) - Irving Elman (producer); CBS

Special Classification of Individual Achievements


Winners:
	"Jackie Gleason Show, The" (1966) - Art Carney (actor); CBS - For episode "The Adoption". "That Was the Week That Was" (1964) - Burr Tillstrom; NBC - For the "Berlin Wall" hand ballet.
Other Nominees:
	"Andy Williams Show, The" (1962) - Nick Castle (II) (choreographer); NBC Charlie Brown Christmas, A (1965) (TV) - Charles M. Schulz (writer); CBS

Outstanding Children's Program


Winner:
	Charlie Brown Christmas, A (1965) (TV) - Lee Mendelson (producer); Bill Melendez (producer); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - Al Hyslop (producer); CBS "Children's Theater" (1949) - George A. Heinemann (producer); NBC - For episode "The World of Stuart Little". "Discovery" (1962) - Jules Power (executive producer); ABC "Disneyland" (1954) - Walt Disney (producer); Ron Miller (I) (producer); NBC - For episode "Further Adventures of Gallagher".

Outstanding Dramatic Program


Winner:
	Ages of Man, The (1966) (TV) - David Susskind (producer); Daniel Melnick (producer); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Eagle in a Cage} - George Schaefer (I) (producer); NBC "Slattery's People" (1964) - Irving Elman (producer); CBS - For episode "Rally 'Round Your Own Flag, Mister". Inherit the Wind (1965) (TV) - George Schaefer (I) (producer); NBC

Outstanding Variety Special


Winner:
	"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) - Bob Hope (I) (executive producer); NBC - For the Christmas Special (19 January 1966).
Other Nominees:
	Julie Andrews Show, The (1965) (TV) - Alan Handley (producer); NBC

Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs


Winners:
	"Camera Three" (1956) - Dan Gallagher (VII); CBS "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" (1963) - Don Meier; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Today" (1952) - Al Morgan (VI); NBC - For episode "A Tribute to Stevenson".

Outstanding Comedy Series


Winner:
	"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961) - Carl Reiner (producer); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Batman" (1966) - Howie Horwitz (producer); ABC "Bewitched" (1964) - Jerry Davis (III) (producer); ABC "Get Smart" (1965) - Leonard Stern (executive producer); NBC "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) - Edward H. Feldman (producer); CBS

Individual Achievements in Electronic Production - Lighting


Nominees:
	"Andy Williams Show, The" (1962) - John Freschi; NBC

Outstanding Variety Series


Winner:
	"Andy Williams Show, The" (1962) - Bob Finkel (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Danny Kaye Show, The" (1963) - Robert Scheerer (producer); CBS "Hollywood Palace, The" (1964) - William O. Harbach (producer); Nick Vanoff (producer); ABC "Red Skelton Show, The" (1951) - Seymour Berns (producer); CBS "Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" (1962) - Art Stark (producer); NBC

Achievements in Educational Television - Individuals


Winner:
	"French Chef, The" (1962) - Julia Child (instructor/hostess); NET

Trustees Award


Awarded to:
	Edward R. Murrow (I) - Who brought together the highest qualities of broadcasting and journalism so that he became a symbol to colleagues and the public alike of the complete broadcast journalist.