The 10th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 10th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on April 15, 1958, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Coconut Grove in Hollywood, California. It was hosted by Danny Thomas. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The anthology drama Playhouse 90, was the top show for the second consecutive year, earning the most major nominations (11) and wins (4).

Winners and nominees

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

Programs + The Phil Silvers Show (CBS) The Bob Cummings Show (CBS / NBC) Caesar's Hour (NBC) Father Knows Best (NBC) The Jack Benny Program (CBS) Playhouse 90 (CBS) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) Climax! (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) Studio One (CBS) Gunsmoke (CBS) Lassie (CBS) Maverick (ABC) Perry Mason (CBS) Wagon Train (NBC) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) The Perry Como Show (NBC) The Steve Allen Show (NBC) Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) Omnibus (ABC / NBC) Bell Telephone Science Series (NBC) Person to Person (CBS) See It Now (CBS) Wide Wide World (NBC) The Seven Lively Arts (CBS) Leave It to Beaver (CBS) Maverick (ABC) Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) Wagon Train (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" (CBS) The Edsel Show (CBS) General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures" (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances + Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Program as Jack Benny (CBS) Steve Allen – The Steve Allen Show as himself (NBC) Sid Caesar – Caesar's Hour as himself (NBC) Perry Como – The Perry Como Show as himself (NBC) Jack Paar – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as himself (NBC) Dinah Shore – The Dinah Shore Chevy 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) Dody Goodman – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as herself (NBC) Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC) Robert Young – Father Knows Best as Jim Anderson (NBC) James Arness – Gunsmoke as Marshal Matt Dillon (CBS) Bob Cummings – The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins (CBS / NBC) Phil Silvers – The Phil Silvers Show as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko (CBS) Danny Thomas – The Danny Thomas Show as Danny Williams (ABC / CBS) Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson (NBC) Eve Arden – The Eve Arden Show as Liza Hammond (CBS) Spring Byington – December Bride as Lily Ruskin (CBS) Jan Clayton – Lassie as Ellen Miller (CBS) Ida Lupino – Mr. Adams and Eve as Eve Drake (CBS)

Supporting performances + Carl Reiner – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC) Paul Ford – The Phil Silvers Show as Col. John T. Hall (CBS) William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS) Louis Nye – The Steve Allen Show as various characters (NBC) Dennis Weaver – Gunsmoke as Chester (CBS) Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show as Charmaine Schultz (CBS / NBC) Pat Carroll – Caesar's Hour as Alice Brewster (NBC) Verna Felton – December Bride as Hilda Crocker (CBS) Marion Lorne – Sally as Myrtle Banford (CBS) Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS)

Single performances + Peter Ustinov – Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" as Dr. Samuel Johnson (NBC) Lee J. Cobb – Studio One: "No Deadly Medicine" as Dr. Joseph Pearson (CBS) Mickey Rooney – Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" as Sammy Hogarth (CBS) David Wayne – Suspicion: "Heartbeat" as James Mennick (NBC) Ed Wynn – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "On Borrowed Time" as Gramps Northrup (CBS) Polly Bergen – Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" as Helen Morgan (CBS) Julie Andrews – Cinderella as Cinderella (CBS) Helen Hayes – The Alcoa Hour: "Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper" as Mrs. Gilling (NBC) Piper Laurie – Studio One: "The Deaf Heart" as Ruth Cornelius (CBS) Teresa Wright – Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" as Annie Sullivan (CBS)

Directing + Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Glass Eye" – Robert Stevens (CBS) The Danny Thomas Show – Sheldon Leonard (ABC / CBS) Father Knows Best – Peter Tewksbury (NBC) The Patrice Munsel Show – Clark Jones (ABC) Your Hit Parade – Bill Hobin (NBC) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show – Bob Banner (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame – George Schaefer (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – John Frankenheimer (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" – George Roy Hill (CBS) Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" – Arthur Penn (CBS)

Writing + Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: "The Lonely Wizard" – Paul Monash (CBS) Father Knows Best: "Margaret Hires a Gardener" – Roswell Rogers (NBC) Frontiers of Faith: "A Chassidic Tale" – Morton Wishengrad (NBC) Gunsmoke: "Born to Hang" – John Meston (CBS) Leave It to Beaver: "Beaver Gets 'Spelled" – Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher (CBS) Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – Rod Serling (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures" – Marc Connelly (NBC) Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" – James Lee (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" – William Gibson (CBS) Studio One: "No Deadly Medicine" – Arthur Hailey (CBS) The Phil Silvers Show – Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, A.J. Russell, Terry Ryan, Phil Sharp, Tony Webster and Sydney Zelinka (CBS) Caesar's Hour – Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon, Michael Stewart, and Mel Tolkin (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show – Ernie Kovacs (NBC) Father Knows Best – Roswell Rogers and Paul West (NBC) The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, and Sam Perrin (CBS)

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 57 NBC 43 ABC 6

+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations Playhouse 90 Drama CBS 11 Father Knows Best Comedy NBC 6 Caesar's Hour 5 Hallmark Hall of Fame Drama Gunsmoke CBS 4 The Phil Silvers Show Comedy Studio One Drama Tonight Starring Jack Paar Musical/Variety NBC The Bob Cummings Show Comedy CBS/NBC 3 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Musical/Variety NBC I Love Lucy Comedy CBS The Jack Benny Program Omnibus Public Service NBC The Steve Allen Show Musical/Variety Alfred Hitchcock Presents Drama CBS 2 The Danny Thomas Show Comedy December Bride Lassie Drama Leave It to Beaver Comedy Maverick Drama ABC The Perry Como Show Musical/Variety NBC Wagon Train Drama

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 12 NBC 9

+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards Playhouse 90 Drama CBS 4 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Musical/Variety NBC 3 Father Knows Best Comedy 2 Omnibus Public Affairs ABC/NBC The Phil Silvers Show Comedy CBS

Notes

References

External links Emmys.com list of 1958 Nominees & Winners