14th Primetime Emmy Awards#Programs

|+ {{sronly|Programs}}

• The Bob Newhart Show (NBC)
• The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
• Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC)
• Hazel (NBC)
• The Red Skelton Show (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama}}

• The Defenders (CBS)
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
• Ben Casey (ABC)
• The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC)
• Naked City (ABC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music – Music}}

• Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan (CBS)
• The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC)
• Directions (ABC)
• NBC Television Opera Theatre (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming}}

• New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein (CBS)
• 1, 2, 3 Go! (NBC)
• Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
• The Shari Lewis Show (NBC)
• Update (NBC)
• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|The Program of the Year}}

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Victoria Regina"
• Bell and Howell Close-Up! (ABC): "Walk in My Shoes"
• CBS Reports (CBS): "Biography of a Bookie Joint"
• The Judy Garland Show (CBS)
• Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait (NBC)

|+ {{sronly|Acting}}

• E. G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston in The Defenders (CBS)
• Paul Burke as Det. Adam Flint in Naked City (ABC)
• Jackie Cooper as Lt. Chick Hennesey in Hennesey (CBS)
• Vince Edwards as Dr. Ben Casey in Ben Casey (ABC)
• George Maharis as Buz Murdock in Route 66 (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)}}

• Shirley Booth as Hazel Burke in Hazel (NBC)
• Gertrude Berg as Sarah Green in The Gertrude Berg Show (CBS)
• Donna Reed as Donna Stone in The Donna Reed Show (ABC)
• Mary Stuart as Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Reynolds Vincente Tourneur in Search for Tomorrow (CBS)
• Cara Williams as Gladys Porter in Pete and Gladys (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor}}

• Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
• Sam Jaffe as Dr. David Zorba in Ben Casey (ABC)
• Barry Jones as The Dean in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Victoria Regina")
• Horace McMahon as Lt. Mike Parker in Naked City (ABC)
• George C. Scott as Dr. Karl Anders in Ben Casey (ABC) (Episode: "I Remember a Lemon Tree")

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress}}

• Pamela Brown as The Duchess of Kent in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Victoria Regina")
• Jeanne Cooper as Linda Miller in Ben Casey (ABC) (Episode: "But Linda Only Smiled")
• Colleen Dewhurst in Focus (NBC)
• Joan Hackett as Ellen Parker in Ben Casey (ABC) (Episode: "A Certain Time, A Certain Darkness")
• Mary Wickes as Maxfield in The Gertrude Berg Show (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role}}

• Peter Falk as Aristidi Fresco in The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC): "The Price of Tomatoes"
• Milton Berle as Eddie Doyle in The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC): "Doyle Against the House"
• James Donald as Prince Albert in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Victoria Regina"
• Lee Marvin as Hughes in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "People Need People"
• Mickey Rooney as Augie Miller in The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC): "Somebody's Waiting"

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role}}

• Julie Harris as Queen Victoria in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Victoria Regina"
• Geraldine Brooks as Katherine Barnes in Bus Stop (ABC): "Call Back Yesterday"
• Suzanne Pleshette as Julie Lawler in Dr. Kildare (NBC): "Shining Image"
• Inger Stevens as Anna Beza in The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC): "The Price of Tomatoes"
• Ethel Waters as Jenny Henderson in Route 66 (CBS): "Goodnight, Sweet Blues"

|+ {{sronly|Directing}}

• Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC) – Nat Hiken
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – John Rich
• The Garry Moore Show (CBS) – Dave Geisel
• Henry Fonda and the Family (CBS) – Bud Yorkin
• The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Seymour Berns

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama}}

• The Defenders (CBS) – Franklin J. Schaffner
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "People Need People" – Alex Segal
• Dr. Kildare (NBC): "Shining Image" – Buzz Kulik
• Naked City (ABC) – Arthur Hiller
• Westinghouse Presents: "Come Again to Carthage" (CBS) – Jack Smight

|+ {{sronly|Writing}}

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Carl Reiner
• The Bob Newhart Show (NBC) – Roland Kibbee, Bob Newhart, Don Hinkley, Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove, Robert Kaufman, Norm Liebmann, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder and Larry Siegel
• Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC) – Nat Hiken, Tony Webster and Terry Ryan
• Chun King Chow Mein Hour (ABC) – Stan Freberg
• The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Ed Simmons, David O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Al Schwartz, Sherwood Schwartz and Red Skelton

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama}}

• The Defenders (CBS) – Reginald Rose
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "People Need People" – Henry F. Greenberg
• Ben Casey (ABC): "I Remember a Lemon Tree" – Jack Laird
• The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC): "The Price of Tomatoes" – Richard Alan Simmons
• The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Rod Serling

|+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