Primetime Emmy Awards 1961
The 13th Primetime Emmy Awards · Held May 16, 1961 · 11 categories · everything in 1961
Outstanding Drama Series
- Winner Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Naked City
- Nominee Sacco-Vanzetti Story
- Nominee The Twilight Zone
- Nominee The Untouchables
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Winner The Jack Benny Program
- Nominee Candid Camera
- Nominee The Andy Griffith Show
- Nominee The Bob Hope Show
- Nominee The Flintstones
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Winner Astaire Time
- Nominee An Hour with Danny Kaye
- Nominee Belafonte New York
- Nominee The Garry Moore Show
- Nominee Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Maurice Evans · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Ed Wynn · Desilu Playhouse
- Nominee Cliff Robertson · The United States Steel Hour
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Winner Judith Anderson · Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Elizabeth Montgomery · The Untouchables
- Nominee Ingrid Bergman · Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Winner Don Knotts · The Andy Griffith Show
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Winner George Schaefer · Macbeth from Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Nominee Sidney Lumet · Sacco-Vanzetti Story
- Nominee Ralph Nelson · The Man in the Funny Suit from Desilu Playhouse
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Sheldon Leonard · The Danny Thomas Show
- Nominee Peter Tewksbury · My Three Sons
- Nominee Jack Shea, Dick McDonough · The Bob Hope Show
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Winner Rod Serling · The Twilight Zone
- Nominee Reginald Rose · Sacco-Vanzetti Story
- Nominee Dale Wasserman · The Lincoln Murder Case from DuPont Show of the Month
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Winner Sherwood Schwartz · The Red Skelton Show
- Nominee Richard Baer · Hennesey
- Nominee Jack Elinson · The Danny Thomas Show
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
- Winner Fred Astaire