6th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 6th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on February 11, 1954 to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was hosted by Ed Sullivan at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

Awards, Winners, & Nominations

Best Situation Comedy

• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS)
• I Love Lucy (CBS)
• Mister Peepers (NBC)
• Our Miss Brooks (CBS)
• Topper (CBS)

Best Dramatic Program

• Goodyear Television Playhouse (NBC)
• Kraft Television Theatre (NBC)
• The Philco Television Playhouse (NBC)
• Robert Montgomery Presents (NBC)
• Studio One (CBS)
• The United States Steel Hour (ABC)

Best Mystery, Action, or Adventure Program

• Dragnet (NBC)
• Foreign Intrigue (NBC)
• I Led Three Lives (NBC)
• Suspense (CBS)
• The Web (CBS)

Best Variety Program

• The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
• The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
• Omnibus (CBS)
• Your Show of Shows (NBC)

Best Audience Participation, Quiz or Panel Program

• I've Got a Secret (CBS)
• This Is Your Life (NBC)
• Two for the Money (CBS)
• What's My Line? (CBS)
• You Bet Your Life (CBS)

Best Public Affairs Program

• Adventure (CBS)
• Life is Worth Living (Syndication)
• Meet the Press (NBC)
• Person to Person (CBS)
• Victory at Sea (NBC)

Best Program of News or Sports

• Camel News Caravan (NBC)
• Cavalcade of Sports (NBC)
• NCAA Football Games] (NBC)
• Pabst Fight (CBS)
• Professional Football (DuMont)
• See It Now (CBS)

Best New Program

• Adventure (CBS)
• Ding Dong School (NBC)
• Letter to Loretta (NBC)
• Make Room for Daddy (ABC)
• Person to Person (CBS)
• The United States Steel Hour (ABC)

Best Female Star of a Regular Series

• Eve Arden for Our Miss Brooks (CBS)
• Lucille Ball for I Love Lucy (CBS)
• Imogene Coca for Your Show of Shows
• Dinah Shore for The Dinah Shore Show (NBC)
• Loretta Young for Letter to Loretta (NBC)

Best Male Star of a Regular Series

• Sid Caesar for Your Show of Shows (NBC)
• Wally Cox for Mr. Peepers (NBC)
• Jackie Gleason for The Jackie Gleason Show
• Donald O'Connor for The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
• Jack Webb for Dragnet (NBC)

Best Series Supporting Actress

• Bea Benaderet for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS)
• Ruth Gilbert for The Milton Berle Show (NBC)
• Marion Lorne for Mister Peepers (NBC)
• Audrey Meadows for The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
• Vivian Vance for I Love Lucy (CBS)

Best Series Supporting Actor

• Ben Alexander for Dragnet (NBC)
• Art Carney for The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
• William Frawley for I Love Lucy (CBS)
• Tony Randall for Mister Peepers (NBC)
• Carl Reiner for Your Show of Shows (NBC)

Best Children's Program

• Big Top (CBS)
• Ding Dong School (NBC)
• Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (NBC)
• Super Circus (NBC)
• Zoo Parade (NBC)

Most Outstanding Personality

• Arthur Godfrey (CBS)
• Edward R. Murrow (CBS)
• Martha Raye (NBC)
• Fulton J. Sheen (Syndication)
• Jack Webb (NBC)

External links

• "IMDb: Emmy Awards: 1954". Internet Movie Database. http://imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Emmy_Awards/1954. Retrieved 2007-12-05.