# 10th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 10th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 10th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on April 15, 1958, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Coconut Grove in Hollywood, California. It was hosted by Danny Thomas. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The anthology drama Playhouse 90, was the top show for the second consecutive year, earning the most major nominations (11) and wins (4).

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### Programs

Programs :
| Best Comedy Series The Phil Silvers Show (CBS)‡ The Bob Cummings Show (CBS / NBC) Caesar's Hour (NBC) Father Knows Best (NBC) The Jack Benny Program (CBS) | Best Dramatic Anthology Series Playhouse 90 (CBS)‡ Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS) Climax! (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) Studio One (CBS) |
| Best Dramatic Series with Continuing Characters Gunsmoke (CBS)‡ Lassie (CBS) Maverick (ABC) Perry Mason (CBS) Wagon Train (NBC) | Best Musical, Variety, Audience Participation or Quiz Series The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC)‡ The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) The Perry Como Show (NBC) The Steve Allen Show (NBC) Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) |
| Best Public Service Program or Series Omnibus (ABC / NBC)‡ Bell Telephone Science Series (NBC) Person to Person (CBS) See It Now (CBS) Wide Wide World (NBC) | Best New Program Series of the Year The Seven Lively Arts (CBS)‡ Leave It to Beaver (CBS) Maverick (ABC) Tonight Starring Jack Paar (NBC) Wagon Train (NBC) |
| Best Single Program of the Year Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" (CBS)‡ The Edsel Show (CBS) General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures" (NBC) Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" (CBS) ||

### Acting
#### Lead performances

Lead performances :
| Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Himself Jack Benny – The Jack Benny Program as Jack Benny (CBS)‡ Steve Allen – The Steve Allen Show as himself (NBC) Sid Caesar – Caesar's Hour as himself (NBC) Perry Como – The Perry Como Show as himself (NBC) Jack Paar – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as himself (NBC) | Best Continuing Performance (Female) in a Series by a Comedienne, Singer, Hostess, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays Herself Dinah Shore – The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as herself (NBC)‡ Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen (CBS) Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy as Lucy Ricardo (CBS) Dody Goodman – Tonight Starring Jack Paar as herself (NBC) Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC) |
| Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series Robert Young – Father Knows Best as Jim Anderson (NBC)‡ James Arness – Gunsmoke as Marshal Matt Dillon (CBS) Bob Cummings – The Bob Cummings Show as Bob Collins (CBS / NBC) Phil Silvers – The Phil Silvers Show as MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko (CBS) Danny Thomas – The Danny Thomas Show as Danny Williams (ABC / CBS) | Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson (NBC)‡ Eve Arden – The Eve Arden Show as Liza Hammond (CBS) Spring Byington – December Bride as Lily Ruskin (CBS) Jan Clayton – Lassie as Ellen Miller (CBS) Ida Lupino – Mr. Adams and Eve as Eve Drake (CBS) |

#### Supporting performances

Supporting performances :
| Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series Carl Reiner – Caesar's Hour as various characters (NBC)‡ Paul Ford – The Phil Silvers Show as Col. John T. Hall (CBS) William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS) Louis Nye – The Steve Allen Show as various characters (NBC) Dennis Weaver – Gunsmoke as Chester (CBS) | Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic or Comedy Series Ann B. Davis – The Bob Cummings Show as Charmaine Schultz (CBS / NBC)‡ Pat Carroll – Caesar's Hour as Alice Brewster (NBC) Verna Felton – December Bride as Hilda Crocker (CBS) Marion Lorne – Sally as Myrtle Banford (CBS) Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS) |

#### Single performances

Single performances :
| Actor – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support Peter Ustinov – Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" as Dr. Samuel Johnson (NBC)‡ Lee J. Cobb – Studio One: "No Deadly Medicine" as Dr. Joseph Pearson (CBS) Mickey Rooney – Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" as Sammy Hogarth (CBS) David Wayne – Suspicion: "Heartbeat" as James Mennick (NBC) Ed Wynn – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "On Borrowed Time" as Gramps Northrup (CBS) | Actress – Best Single Performance – Lead or Support Polly Bergen – Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" as Helen Morgan (CBS)‡ Julie Andrews – Cinderella as Cinderella (CBS) Helen Hayes – The Alcoa Hour: "Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper" as Mrs. Gilling (NBC) Piper Laurie – Studio One: "The Deaf Heart" as Ruth Cornelius (CBS) Teresa Wright – Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" as Annie Sullivan (CBS) |

### Directing

Directing :
| Best Direction, Half Hour or Less Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Glass Eye" – Robert Stevens (CBS)‡ The Danny Thomas Show – Sheldon Leonard (ABC / CBS) Father Knows Best – Peter Tewksbury (NBC) The Patrice Munsel Show – Clark Jones (ABC) Your Hit Parade – Bill Hobin (NBC) | Best Direction, One Hour or More The Dinah Shore Chevy Show – Bob Banner (NBC)‡ Hallmark Hall of Fame – George Schaefer (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – John Frankenheimer (CBS) Playhouse 90: "Helen Morgan" – George Roy Hill (CBS) Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" – Arthur Penn (CBS) |

### Writing

Writing :
| Best Teleplay Writing, Half Hour or Less Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: "The Lonely Wizard" – Paul Monash (CBS)‡ Father Knows Best: "Margaret Hires a Gardener" – Roswell Rogers (NBC) Frontiers of Faith: "A Chassidic Tale" – Morton Wishengrad (NBC) Gunsmoke: "Born to Hang" – John Meston (CBS) Leave It to Beaver: "Beaver Gets 'Spelled" – Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher (CBS) | Best Teleplay Writing, One Hour or More Playhouse 90: "The Comedian" – Rod Serling (CBS)‡ Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Green Pastures" – Marc Connelly (NBC) Omnibus: "The Life of Samuel Johnson" – James Lee (NBC) Playhouse 90: "The Miracle Worker" – William Gibson (CBS) Studio One: "No Deadly Medicine" – Arthur Hailey (CBS) |
| Best Comedy Writing The Phil Silvers Show – Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, A.J. Russell, Terry Ryan, Phil Sharp, Tony Webster and Sydney Zelinka (CBS)‡ Caesar's Hour – Gary Belkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Sheldon Keller, Neil Simon, Michael Stewart, and Mel Tolkin (NBC) The Ernie Kovacs Show – Ernie Kovacs (NBC) Father Knows Best – Roswell Rogers and Paul West (NBC) The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, and Sam Perrin (CBS) ||

## Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations :
| Network | Number of Nominations |
| CBS | 57 |
| NBC | 43 |
| ABC | 6 |
Programs with multiple major nominations :
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Nominations |
| Playhouse 90 | Drama | CBS | 11 |
| Father Knows Best | Comedy | NBC | 6 |
| Caesar's Hour | Comedy | NBC | 5 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Drama | NBC | 5 |
| Gunsmoke | Drama | CBS | 4 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Comedy | CBS | 4 |
| Studio One | Drama | CBS | 4 |
| Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Musical/Variety | NBC | 4 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Comedy | CBS/NBC | 3 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Musical/Variety | NBC | 3 |
| I Love Lucy | Comedy | CBS | 3 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Comedy | CBS | 3 |
| Omnibus | Public Service | NBC | 3 |
| The Steve Allen Show | Musical/Variety | NBC | 3 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Drama | CBS | 2 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
| December Bride | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
| Lassie | Drama | CBS | 2 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Comedy | CBS | 2 |
| Maverick | Drama | ABC | 2 |
| The Perry Como Show | Musical/Variety | NBC | 2 |
| Wagon Train | Drama | NBC | 2 |

## Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards :
| Network | Number of Awards |
| CBS | 12 |
| NBC | 9 |
Programs with multiple major awards :
| Program | Category | Network | Number of Awards |
| Playhouse 90 | Drama | CBS | 4 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Musical/Variety | NBC | 3 |
| Father Knows Best | Comedy | NBC | 2 |
| Omnibus | Public Affairs | ABC/NBC | 2 |
| The Phil Silvers Show | Comedy | CBS | 2 |

### Notes

* 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.