14th Primetime Emmy Awards

14th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date May 22, 1962
Location Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted by Bob Newhart
Television/Radio coverage
Network NBC

The 14th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 14th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 22, 1962, to honor the best in television of the year. It was hosted by Bob Newhart. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top show of the night was the CBS courtroom drama The Defenders which swept the four major categories it was nominated in. The Bob Newhart Show won top honors for comedy, and in doing so, became the first show to win a top program prize (comedy or drama) for what would be the show's only season.

Winners and Nominees

[1]

Programs

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama
Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music – Variety Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music – Music
Outstanding Daytime Program Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming
Outstanding Program Achievement
in the Field of Educational and Public Affairs Programming
The Program of the Year

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Directing

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama

Writing

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field
  • Lou Hazam, for Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait, (NBC)
    • Arthur Holch for ABC Close Up!, (Episode: "Walk In My Shoes"), (ABC)
    • George Lefferts for Purex Summer Specials, (NBC)
    • Jay McMullen for CBS Reports, (Episode: "Biography of a Bookie Joint"), (CBS)
    • Al Wasserman, Arthur Zegart for NBC White Paper, (Episode: "Battle of Newburgh"), (NBC)

Most major nominations

By network [note 1]
By program

Most major awards

By network [note 1]
By program
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

  1. "1962 Primetime Emmy Awards". IMDb. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

External links

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