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8th Primetime Emmy Awards

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Date
  
March 17, 1956

Network
  
NBC

Location
  
Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles, California

Hosted by
  
Art Linkletter John Charles Daly

The 8th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 17, 1956 to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Hollywood, California and was hosted by Art Linkletter and John Charles Daly. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

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The top shows of the night were The Phil Silvers Show, and Producers' Showcase. Each show won a record four major awards. Producers' Showcase, with its twelve major nominations, became the first show to receive over ten major nominations. (Both of these records were subsequently passed by multiple shows).

Most major nominations

By network
  • CBS – 61
  • NBC – 54
  • ABC – 11
    • By program
  • Producers' Showcase (NBC) – 12
  • The United States Steel Hour (CBS) – 7
  • Ford Star Jubilee (CBS) / Make Room for Daddy (ABC) – 6
  • The Bob Cummings Show (CBS) / The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) – 5
  • Caesar's Hour (NBC) / Climax! (CBS) – 4
  • Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse (NBC) / Disneyland (ABC) / The George Gobel Show (NBC) / The Honeymooners (CBS) / I Love Lucy (CBS) / Kraft Television Theatre (NBC) – 3

    • Most major awards

    By network
  • CBS – 14
  • NBC – 8
  • ABC – 2
    • By program
  • The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) / Producers' Showcase (NBC) – 4
  • Ford Star Jubilee (CBS) – 3
  • Disneyland (ABC) - 2
    • Notes

    References

    8th Primetime Emmy Awards Wikipedia
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