14th Primetime Emmy Awards
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
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Programs
Acting
Lead performances
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) |
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) |
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Supporting performances
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor |
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress |
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Single performances
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
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Directing
Writing
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy |
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama |
- Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS)
- Stan Freberg, for Chun King Chow Mein Hour, (ABC)
- Nat Hiken, Tony Webster, Terry Ryan for Car 54, Where Are You?, (CBS)
- Roland Kibbee, Bob Newhart, Don Hinkley, Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove, Robert Kaufman, Norm Liebmann, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder, Larry Siegel for The Bob Newhart Show, (NBC)
- Ed Simmons, David O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Al Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz, Red Skelton for The Red Skelton Show, (CBS)
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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)
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Most major nominations
- By network [note 1]
- NBC – 37
- CBS – 35
- ABC – 26
- By program
Most major awards
- By network [note 1]
- By program
- Notes
- 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
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