15th Primetime Emmy Awards

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• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
• The Danny Kaye Show (NBC) (Episode: "Lucille Ball")
• McHale's Navy (ABC)

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

• The Defenders (CBS)
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC)
• The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC)
• The Eleventh Hour (NBC)
• Naked City (ABC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Panel,
Quiz or Audience Participation}}

• The General Electric College Bowl (CBS)
• Password All-Stars (CBS)
• To Tell the Truth (CBS)

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

• Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC)
• Captain Kangaroo (CBS)
• Discovery (ABC)
• Mr. Wizard (NBC)
• The Shari Lewis Show (NBC)
• Update (NBC)

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

• The Tunnel (NBC)
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont"
• The Danny Kaye Show (NBC): "Lucille Ball"
• The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"

|+ {{sronly|Acting}}

• E.G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston in The Defenders (CBS)
• Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Commander Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy (ABC)
• Paul Burke as Det. Adam Flint in Naked City (ABC)
• Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders in Combat! (ABC)
• Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (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)
• Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael in The Lucy Show (CBS)
• Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS)
• Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• Irene Ryan as Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies (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)
• Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker in McHale's Navy (ABC)
• Paul Ford as Col. Wainwright Purdy III in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "The Teahouse of the August Moon")
• Hurd Hatfield as Lionel Rothschild in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Invincible Mr. Disraeli")
• Robert Redford as George Laurents in Alcoa Premiere (ABC) (Episode: "The Voice of Charlie Pont")

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

• Glenda Farrell as Martha Morrison in Ben Casey (ABC) (Episode: "A Cardinal Act of Mercy")
• Davey Davison as Laura Hunter in The Eleventh Hour (NBC) (Episode: "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things")
• Nancy Malone as Libby Kingston in Naked City (ABC)
• Rose Marie as Sally Rogers in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• Kate Reid as Queen Victoria in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Invincible Mr. Disraeli")

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

• Trevor Howard as Benjamin Disraeli in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli"
• Bradford Dillman as Charlie Pont in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont"
• Don Gordon as Joey Tassili in The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"
• Walter Matthau as Meredith in The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo"
• Joseph Schildkraut as Rabbi Gottlieb in Sam Benedict (NBC): "Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells"

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

• Kim Stanley as Faith Parsons in Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy"
• Diahann Carroll as Ruby Jay in Naked City (ABC): "A Horse Has A Big Head, Let Him Worry"
• Diana Hyland as Liza Laurents in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont"
• Eleanor Parker as Connie Folsom in The Eleventh Hour (NBC): "Why Am I Grown So Cold?"
• Sylvia Sidney as Adela in The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"

|+ {{sronly|Directing}}

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – John Rich
• The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Richard Whorf
• The Garry Moore Show (CBS) – Dave Geisel
• The Jack Benny Show (CBS) – Frederick De Cordova
• The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Seymour Berns

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

• The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" – Stuart Rosenberg
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" – Robert Ellis Miller
• Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" – Sydney Pollack
• The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" – Fielder Cook
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" – George Schaefer

|+ {{sronly|Writing}}

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Carl Reiner
• The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Paul Henning
• Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC) – Nat Hiken
• The Jack Benny Show (CBS) – Sam Perrin, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and George Balzer
• The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Ed Simmons, Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Larry Rhine, Mort Greene, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Red Skelton, Bruce Howard and Rick Mittleman

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

• The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" – Reginald Rose and Robert Thom
• Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" – Halsted Welles
• Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" – Norman Katkov
• The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" – Sidney Carroll
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" – James Lee

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

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