14th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 14th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 14th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 22, 1962, to honor the best in television of the year. It was hosted by Johnny Carson in New York, Bob Newhart in Los Angeles and David Brinkley in Washington, DC. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

14th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 22, 1962
LocationHollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byJohnny Carson, Bob Newhart, David Brinkley
Highlights
Most awardsThe Defenders (4)
Most nominationsBen Casey (7)
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of HumorThe Bob Newhart Show
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of DramaThe Defenders
Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music - VarietyThe Garry Moore Show
Outstanding Program Achievements in the Fields of Variety and Music - MusicLeonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan
The Program of the YearHallmark Hall of Fame: "Victoria Regina"
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC

The top show of the night was the CBS courtroom drama The Defenders which swept the four major categories it was nominated in. The Bob Newhart Show won top honors for comedy, and in doing so, became the first show to win a top program prize (comedy or drama) for what would be the show's only season. Composer Richard Rodgers would also become the first person to complete the Grand Slam of entertainment awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) when winning for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed with Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years.

Among the better-known presenters were Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Barbara Stanwyck, Judy Garland, Jimmy Durante, Jack Webb, Walter Brennan, Eartha Kitt, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and Cyril Ritchard, whose pronunciation of "tomatoes" as "tomahtoes" greatly amused the audience; he humorously apologized and repeated it with the American pronunciation.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

E. G. Marshall, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead) winner
Shirley Booth, Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead) winner
Don Knotts, Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor winner
Peter Falk, Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role winner
Julie Harris, Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role winner
Franklin J. Schaffner, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama winner
Carl Reiner, Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy winner
Programs
Outstanding Daytime Program
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming
Outstanding Program Achievement
in the Field of Educational and Public Affairs Programming
  • 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)

Lead performances

Acting
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor
Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing
Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Nominations
NBC37
CBS35
ABC26
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
Ben CaseyDramaABC7
The Dick Powell TheatreNBC6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Alcoa PremiereABC4
The DefendersCBS
Naked CityABC
Bell and Howell Close-Up!Documentary/Educational3
Car 54, Where Are You?ComedyNBC
CBS ReportsDocumentary/EducationalCBS
The Red Skelton ShowComedy
The Andy Griffith Show2
The Bob Newhart ShowNBC
The Dick Van Dyke ShowComedyCBS
Dr. KildareDramaNBC
The Garry Moore ShowComedy/VarietyCBS
The Gertrude Berg ShowComedy
HazelNBC
The Judy Garland ShowVarietyCBS
NBC White PaperDaytime/DocumentaryNBC
Purex Summer Specials
Route 66 DramaCBS
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-PortraitDocumentaryNBC
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorChildren's/Variety

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards[note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Awards
NBC10
CBS9
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
The DefendersDramaCBS4
Hallmark Hall of FameNBC3
Notes
  1. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

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