16th Primetime Emmy Awards

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• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• The Bill Dana Show (NBC)
• The Farmer's Daughter (ABC)
• McHale's Navy (ABC)
• That Was The Week That Was (NBC)

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

• The Defenders (CBS)
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC)
• East Side/West Side (CBS)
• Mr. Novak (NBC)
• The Richard Boone Show (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Program Achievement
in the Field of News Commentary or Public Affairs}}

• NBC White Paper (NBC)
• The American Revolution of '63 (NBC)
• CBS Reports (CBS)
• Chronicle (CBS)
• Town Meeting of the World (CBS)

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

• Discovery (ABC)
• Exploring (NBC)
• Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (NBC)
• NBC Children's Theatre (NBC)
• Science All-Stars (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Acting}}

• Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• Richard Boone as Judge in The Richard Boone Show (NBC)
• David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (ABC)
• Dean Jagger as Principal Albert Vane in Mr. Novak (NBC)
• George C. Scott as Neil Brock in East Side/West Side (CBS)

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

• Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• Shirley Booth as Hazel Burke in Hazel (NBC)
• Patty Duke as Cathy Lane in The Patty Duke Show (ABC)
• Irene Ryan as Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)
• Inger Stevens as Katy Holstrum in The Farmer's Daughter (ABC)

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

• Albert Paulsen as Lt. Volkoval in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC) (Episode: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich")
• Sorrell Booke as Julius Orloff in Dr. Kildare (NBC) (Episode: "What's God to Julius?")
• Conlan Carter as Doc in Combat! (ABC) (Episode: "The Hostages")
• Carl Lee as Lonnie Hill in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS) (Episode: "Express Shop from Lenox Avenue")

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

• Ruth White as Shelagh Mangan in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Little Moon of Alban")
• Martine Bartlett as Miranda Ledoux Porter in Arrest and Trial (ABC) (Episode: "Journey Into Darkness")
• Anjanette Comer as Annabelle Selinsky on Arrest and Trial (ABC)(Episode: "Journey Into Darkness")
• Rose Marie as Sally Rogers in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
• Claudia McNeil as Mrs. Hill in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS)(Episode: "Express Shop from Lenox Avenue")

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

• Jack Klugman as Joe Larch in The Defenders (CBS): "Blacklist"
• James Earl Jones as Joe in East Side/West Side (CBS): "Who Do You Kill?"
• Roddy McDowall as Paul LeDoux in Arrest and Trial (ABC): "Journey into Darkness"
• Jason Robards as Abraham Lincoln in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
• Rod Steiger as Mike Kirsch in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "A Slow Fade to Black"
• Harold J. Stone as Elihu Kaminsky in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS): "Nurse is a Feminine Noun"

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

• Shelley Winters as Jenny Dworak in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "Two Is The Number"
• Ruby Dee as Jenny Bishop in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS): "Express Stop from Lennox Avenue"
• Bethel Leslie as Ellen Dudley in The Richard Boone Show (NBC): "Statement of Fact"
• Jeanette Nolan as Jessie McCoony in The Richard Boone Show (NBC): "Vote No on 11!"
• Diana Sands as Ruth in East Side/West Side (CBS): "Who Do You Kill?"

|+ {{sronly|Directing}}

• The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Jerry Paris
• The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Richard Whorf
• The Farmer's Daughter (ABC) – Paul Nickell, William D. Russell and Don Taylor
• McHale's Navy (ABC) – Sidney Lanfield

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

• The Danny Kaye Show (CBS) – Robert Scheerer
• The Andy Williams Show (NBC) – Bob Henry
• The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC) – Clark Jones and Sid Smith
• New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein (CBS) – Roger Englander
• That Was the Week That Was (NBC) – Marshall Jamison

|+ {{sronly|Writing}}

• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "It's Mental Work" – Rod Serling
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (CBS): "The Jar" – James Bridges
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "The Patriots" – Robert Hartung
• The Richard Boone Show (NBC): "The Hooligan" – Walter Newman

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

• The Defenders (CBS): "Blacklist" – Ernest Kinoy
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "Something About Lee Wiley" – David Rayfiel
• Breaking Point (ABC): "And James Was A Very Small Snail" – Allan Sloane
• Dr. Kildare (NBC): "What's God to Julius?" – Adrian Spies
• East Side/West Side (CBS): "Who Do You Kill?" – Arnold Perl

|+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