The 9th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 9th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 16, 1957, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Desi Arnaz hosted the event. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. Categories were sorted based on running time, instead of by genre.

The top shows of the night were Caesar's Hour and Playhouse 90. Each show won a then-record five major awards, (however, two of Playhouse 90's wins came in now defunct categories).

Caesar's Hour became the first show to be nominated in all four major acting categories. Caesar's Hour also made history when it swept the four acting categories. For over fifty years, it remained the only show to win every major acting award. In 2004, the miniseries Angels in America became the second show, and first miniseries/television film, to sweep the acting field. In 2020, Schitt’s Creek became the first comedy or drama series to win in all four acting categories.

Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Programs

+ The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) Father Knows Best (NBC) The Jack Benny Program (CBS) Person to Person (CBS) Caesar's Hour (NBC) Climax! (CBS) The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) Omnibus (CBS) The Perry Como Show (NBC) Kraft Television Theatre (NBC) Playhouse 90 (CBS) Producers' Showcase (NBC) Republican National Convention (ABC / CBS / NBC) Wide Wide World (NBC) Years of Crisis (CBS) Andrea Doria Sinking (CBS) Andrea Doria Survivors Arrive in New York (CBS) National Political Conventions (ABC) National Political Conventions (NBC) See It Now (CBS) Meet the Press (NBC) NBC Opera Theatre (NBC) Wide Wide World (NBC) You Are There (CBS) Playhouse 90 (CBS) Air Power (CBS) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show (NBC) The Steve Allen Sunday Show (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (CBS) Kraft Television Theatre: "A Night to Remember" (NBC) Omnibus: "Leonard Bernstein" (CBS) See It Now: "Secret Life of Danny Kaye" (CBS) The Victor Borge Show (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances + Sid Caesar – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC) Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Program as Jack Benny (CBS) Robert Cummings – The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins (CBS) Ernie Kovacs – The Ernie Kovacs Show as himself (NBC) Phil Silvers – The Phil Silvers Show as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko (CBS) Nanette Fabray – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC) Edie Adams – The Ernie Kovacs Show as herself (NBC) Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen (CBS) Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy as Lucy Ricardo (CBS) Ann Sothern – Private Secretary as Susie McNamara (CBS) Robert Young – Father Knows Best as Jim Anderson (NBC) James Arness – Gunsmoke as Marshal Matt Dillon (CBS) Charles Boyer – Four Star Playhouse as various characters (CBS) David Niven – Four Star Playhouse as various characters (CBS) Hugh O'Brian – The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Wyatt Earp (ABC) Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC) Jan Clayton – Lassie as Ellen Miller (CBS) Ida Lupino – Four Star Playhouse as various characters (CBS) Peggy Wood – Mama as Mama (CBS) Jane Wyman – Jane Wyman Theatre as herself (NBC)

Supporting performances + Carl Reiner – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC) Art Carney – The Jackie Gleason Show as Ed Norton (CBS) Paul Ford – The Phil Silvers Show as Col. John T. Hall (CBS) William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS) Ed Wynn – Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" as Army (CBS) Pat Carroll – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC) Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show as Charmaine Schultz (CBS) Audrey Meadows – The Jackie Gleason Show as Alice Kramden (CBS) Mildred Natwick – Ford Star Jubilee: "Blithe Spirit" as Madame Arcati (CBS) Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS)

Single performances + Jack Palance – Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" as Harlan "Mountain" McClintock (CBS) Lloyd Bridges – Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse: "Tragedy in a Temporary Town" as Alec Beggs (NBC) Fredric March – Producers' Showcase: "Dodsworth" as Sam Dodsworth (NBC) Sal Mineo – Studio One: "Dino" as Dino Minetta (CBS) Red Skelton – Playhouse 90: "The Big Slide" as Buddy McCoy (CBS) Claire Trevor – Producers' Showcase: "Dodsworth" as Fran Dodsworth (NBC) Edna Best – Ford Star Jubilee: "This Happy Breed" as Ethel Gibbons (CBS) Gracie Fields – The United States Steel Hour: "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals" as Sarah Dowey (CBS) Nancy Kelly – Studio One: "The Pilot" as Sister M. Aquinas (CBS) Evelyn Rudie – Playhouse 90: "Eloise" as Eloise (CBS)

Directing + The Danny Thomas Show: "Danny's Comeback" – Sheldon Leonard (ABC) Camera Three: "As I Lay Dying" – Clay Yurdin (CBS) G.E. Theatre: "The Road That Led Afar" – Herschel Daugherty (CBS) Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers: "The Traitor" – George Archainbaud (NBC) You Are There: "The First Moscow Purge Trial" – William Russell (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" – Ralph Nelson (CBS) The 20th Century Fox Hour: "Child of the Regiment" – Lewis Allen (CBS) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show: "Frank Sinatra" – Bob Banner (NBC) Kraft Television Theatre: "A Night to Remember" – George Roy Hill (NBC) NBC Opera Theatre: "La Boheme" – Kirk Browning (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Forbidden Area"– John Frankenheimer (CBS)

Writing + Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Fog Closing In" – James P. Cavanagh (CBS) Frontier: "Patrol" – Morton Fine and David Friedkin (NBC) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: "The Buntime" – Dan Ullman (ABC) The Loretta Young Show: "The Pearl" – Richard Morris (NBC) Telephone Time: "Man with the Beard" – John Nesbitt (ABC) Playhouse 90: "Requiem for a Heavyweight" – Rod Serling (CBS) Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse: "Joey" – Louis Peterson (NBC) Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse: "Tragedy in a Temporary Town" – Reginald Rose (NBC) Kraft Television Theatre: "A Night to Remember" – George Roy Hill and John Whedon (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Sizeman and Son" – Elick Moll (CBS) The Phil Silvers Show – Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, Leonard Stern and Tony Webster (CBS) Caesar's Hour – Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon, Michael Stewart and Mel Tolkin (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show – Louis M. Heyward, Ernie Kovacs, Rex Lardner and Mike Marmer (NBC) The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sam Perrin (CBS) The Perry Como Show – Goodman Ace, Jay Burton, Mort Green and George Foster (NBC)

Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofNominations CBS 59 NBC 41 ABC 6

+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Network Number ofNominations Playhouse 90 CBS 11 Caesar's Hour NBC 6 The Ernie Kovacs Show 4 Kraft Television Theatre The Phil Silvers Show CBS Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse NBC 3 Four Star Playhouse CBS I Love Lucy The Jack Benny Program Producers' Showcase NBC Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS 2 The Bob Cummings Show NBC The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Father Knows Best Ford Star Jubilee CBS The Jackie Gleason Show The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ABC The Loretta Young Show NBC NBC Opera Theatre Omnibus CBS The Perry Como Show NBC See It Now CBS Studio One Wide Wide World NBC You Are There CBS

Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofAwards CBS 11 NBC 8

+Programs with multiple major awards Program Network Number ofAwards Caesar's Hour NBC 5 Playhouse 90 CBS The Phil Silvers Show 2

Notes

References

External links Emmys.com list of 1957 Nominees & Winners