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12th Primetime Emmy Awards

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Date
  
June 20, 1960

Network
  
NBC

Hosted by
  
Fred Astaire

Location
  
NBC Studios, Burbank, California

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.

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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.

Most major nominations

By network
  • CBS – 32
  • NBC – 17
  • ABC – 3
    • By program
  • Startime (NBC) – 6
  • Father Knows Best (CBS) / The Jack Benny Show (CBS) / The Moon and the Sixpence (NBC) / Playhouse 90 (CBS) – 3

    • Most major awards

    By network
  • CBS – 8
  • NBC – 4
  • ABC – 1
    • By program
  • The Jack Benny Show (CBS) / The Moon and the Sixpence (NBC) – 2
    • Notes

    References

    12th Primetime Emmy Awards Wikipedia
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