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6th Primetime Emmy Awards

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Field	Value
name	6th Primetime Emmy Awards
date	February 11, 1954
location	Hollywood Palladium,
Los Angeles, California
presenter	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
host	Ed Sullivan
network	KHJ
most_awards	I Love Lucy
The United States Steel Hour (2)
most_nominations	I Love Lucy
The Jackie Gleason Show
Mister Peepers
Your Show of Shows (4)
award1_type	Outstanding Dramatic Program
award1_winner	The United States Steel Hour
award2_type	Outstanding Situation Comedy
award2_winner	I Love Lucy
award3_type	Outstanding Variety Program
award3_winner	Omnibus
previous	5th
main	Primetime Emmy Awards
next	7th

Los Angeles, California The United States Steel Hour (2) The Jackie Gleason Show Mister Peepers Your Show of Shows (4) The 6th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on February 11, 1954, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was hosted by Don DeFore at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. Don DeFore was president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and sold this first national broadcast of the Emmy Awards to NBC. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The ceremony included several new categories, including Best New Program, as well as awards for Supporting Actor and Actress in a television series. This was also the first year that acting nominees were nominated for a specific television show, in the past nominees were simply nominated as individuals.

Winners and nominees

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

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Hosting

Most major nominations

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

NBC – 36
CBS – 30
ABC – 3

; By program

I Love Lucy (CBS) / The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) / Mr. Peepers (NBC) / Your Show of Shows (NBC) – 4

Most major awards

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

CBS – 8
NBC – 5
ABC – 3

; By program

I Love Lucy (CBS) / The United States Steel Hour (ABC) – 2

;Notes

References

"Emmys.com list of 1954 Nominees & Winners". [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]].

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