10th Primetime Emmy Awards

|+ {{sronly|Programs}}

• The Phil Silvers Show (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• The Bob Cummings Show (CBS / NBC)
• Caesar's Hour (NBC)
• Father Knows Best (NBC)
• The Jack Benny Program (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Dramatic Anthology Series}}

• Playhouse 90 (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
• Climax! (CBS)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
• Studio One (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Musical, Variety, Audience Participation or Quiz Series}}

• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
• The Perry Como Show (NBC)
• The Steve Allen Show (NBC)
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best New Program Series of the Year}}

• The Seven Lively Arts (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Leave It to Beaver (CBS)
• Maverick (ABC)
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC)
• Wagon Train (NBC)

|+ {{sronly|Lead performances}}

• Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Program as Jack Benny (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself}}

• Dinah Shore – The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as herself (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series}}

• Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

|+ {{sronly|Supporting performances}}

• Carl Reiner – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series}}

• Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show as Charmaine Schultz (CBS / NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

|+ {{sronly|Single performances}}

• Peter Ustinov – Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" as Dr. Samuel Johnson (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support}}

• Polly Bergen – Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" as Helen Morgan (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

|+ {{sronly|Directing}}

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Glass Eye" – Robert Stevens (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Direction, One Hour or More}}

• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show – Bob Banner (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

|+ {{sronly|Writing}}

• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: "The Lonely Wizard" – Paul Monash (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More}}

• Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – Rod Serling (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 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)

|+Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

|+Programs with multiple major nominations

|+Networks with multiple major awards"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

|+Programs with multiple major awards