12th Primetime Emmy Awards

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12th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateJune 20, 1960
Location NBC Studios, Burbank, California
Presented by Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by Fred Astaire
Highlights
Most awards The Jack Benny Show
The Moon and Sixpence (2)
Most nominations Startime (5)
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor The Art Carney Special
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama Playhouse 90
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety Fabulous Fifties
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming The Huckleberry Hound Show
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Service The Twentieth Century
Television/radio coverage
Network NBC
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The 12th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on June 20, 1960, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios, in Burbank, California. It was hosted by Fred Astaire. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

Contents

The ceremony's format was a sharp contrast to the previous year's. Several Acting categories were either combined or simply removed, and nearly every category had only three nominees, as opposed to the traditional five or six. Due to the relatively small crop of categories, no show received more than two major awards. The NBC anthology Startime received the most major nominations with five.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). [1]

Programs

Programs
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Affairs and Education
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News

Acting

Lead performances

Lead performances
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support)
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support)

Single performances

Single performances
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor (Lead or Support)
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress (Lead or Support)

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing
Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations [note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Nominations
CBS32
NBC17
ABC3
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
StartimeDramaNBC5
Father Knows BestComedyCBS3
The Jack Benny Show
The Moon and SixpenceDramaNBC
Playhouse 90CBS
CBS ReportsDocumentary/Public Affairs2
The Danny Thomas ShowComedy
DuPont Show of the MonthDrama
The Red Skelton ShowComedy
The Twentieth CenturyDocumentary/Public Affairs
The UntouchablesDramaABC

Most major awards

Networks [note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Awards
CBS8
NBC4
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
The Jack Benny ShowComedyCBS2
The Moon and SixpenceDramaNBC
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

  1. "Emmys.com list of 1960 Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.