Primetime Emmy Awards 1956
The 8th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held March 17, 1956 · 10 categories · everything in 1956
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Producers' Showcase
- Nominee Climax!
- Nominee Goodyear Television Playhouse
- Nominee The United States Steel Hour
- Nominee Westinghouse Studio One
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner The Phil Silvers Show
- Nominee Caesar's Hour
- Nominee The Bob Cummings Show
- Nominee The Danny Thomas Show
- Nominee The George Gobel Show
- Nominee The Jack Benny Program
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner Toast of the Town
- Nominee Ford Star Jubilee
- Nominee Shower of Stars
- Nominee The Dinah Shore Show
- Nominee The Perry Como Show
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Lloyd Nolan · Ford Star Jubilee
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Mary Martin · Producers' Showcase
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Art Carney · The Honeymooners
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Winner Nanette Fabray · Caesar's Hour
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner Franklin J. Schaffner · Ford Star Jubilee
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Rod Serling · Patterns
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Arnold M. Auerbach · The Phil Silvers Show
- Nominee Mel Brooks · Caesar's Hour
- Nominee Bob Carroll, Jr., Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh Davis, Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf · I Love Lucy
- Nominee Everett Greenbaum, Hal Kanter, Howard Leeds, Harry Winkler · The George Gobel Show
- Nominee George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Sam Perrin · The Jack Benny Program