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 1956

BEST SERIES (HALF HOUR OR LESS):
You'll Never Get Rich (CBS)

BEST SERIES (ONE HOUR OR MORE):
Caesar's Hour (NBC)

BEST NEW PROGRAM SERIES:
Playhouse 90 (CBS)

BEST PUBLIC SERVICE SERIES:
See It Now (CBS)

BEST SINGLE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR:
Playhouse 90 <episode> "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (CBS)

BEST COVERAGE OF A NEWSWORTHY EVENT:
Years of Crisis, Edward R. Morrow and correspondents

BEST CONTINUING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A DRAMATIC SERIES:
Robert Young, Father Knows Best (NBC)

BEST CONTINUING PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A DRAMATIC SERIES:
Loretta Young, The Loretta Young Show (NBC)

BEST SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR:
Jack Palance, Playhouse 90 <episode> "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (CBS)

BEST SINGLE PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS:
Claire Trevor, Producers' Showcase <episode> "Dodsworth"

BEST MALE PERONALITY (CONTINUING PERFORMANCE):
Perry Como (NBC)

BEST FEMALE PERONALITY (CONTINUING PERFORMANCE):
Dinah Shore (NBC)

BEST CONTINUING PERFORMANCE BY A COMEDIAN IN A SERIES:
Sid Caesar, Caesar's Hour (NBC)

BEST CONTINUING PERFORMANCE BY A COMEDIENNE IN A SERIES:
Nanette Fabray, Caesar's Hour (NBC)

BEST CONTINUING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE (ACTOR):
Carl Reiner, Caesar's Hour (NBC)

BEST CONTINUING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE (ACTRESS):
Pat Carroll, Caesar's Hour (NBC)

BEST NEWS COMMENTATOR:
Edward R. Murrow (CBS)

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BEST DIRECTION (HALF HOUR OR LESS):
Sheldon Leonard, The Danny Thomas Show <episode> "Danny's Comeback" (ABC)

BEST DIRECTION (ONE HOUR OR MORE):
Ralph Nelson, Playhouse 90 <episode> "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (CBS)

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BEST TELEPLAY WRITING (HALF HOUR OR LESS):
James P. Cavanaugh, Alfred Hitchcock Presents <episode> "Fog Closing In" (CBS)

BEST TELEPLAY WRITING (ONE HOUR OR MORE):
Rod Serling, Playhouse 90 <episode> "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (CBS)


BEST COMEDY WRITING:
You'll Never Get Rich (CBS)

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BEST ENGINEERING OR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT:
Ampex and CBS for Videotape development
 

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