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.
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 (1961 TV series)|The Bob Newhart Show] won top honors for comedy, and in doing so, became the first show to win a top program prize 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 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

Programs

The Bob Newhart Show * The Andy Griffith Show * Car 54, Where Are You? * Hazel * The Red Skelton Show	The Defenders * Alcoa Premiere * Ben Casey * The Dick Powell Theatre * Hallmark Hall of Fame * Naked City
The Garry Moore Show * Here's Edie**** * The Judy Garland Show * Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall * Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan * The Bell Telephone Hour * Directions * NBC Television Opera Theatre
Purex Summer Specials * Calendar**** * The Linkletter Show * Today Show\|Today] * The Verdict is Yours	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein * 1, 2, 3 Go! * Captain Kangaroo * The Shari Lewis Show * Update * Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
David Brinkley's Journal * ABC's Wide World of Sports**** * Bell and Howell Close-Up! * CBS Reports * Howard K. Smith * NBC White Paper	Hallmark Hall of Fame : "Victoria Regina" * Bell and Howell Close-Up! : "Walk in My Shoes" * CBS Reports : "Biography of a Bookie Joint" * The Judy Garland Show * Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait

Most major nominations

Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Ben Casey	Drama	ABC	7
The Dick Powell Theatre	Drama	NBC	6
Hallmark Hall of Fame	Drama	NBC	6
Alcoa Premiere	Drama	ABC	4
The Defenders	Drama	CBS	4
Naked City	Drama	ABC	4
Bell and Howell Close-Up!	Documentary/Educational	ABC	3
Car 54, Where Are You?	Comedy	NBC	3
CBS Reports	Documentary/Educational	CBS	3
The Red Skelton Show	Comedy	CBS	3
The Andy Griffith Show	Comedy	CBS	2
The Bob Newhart Show	Comedy	NBC	2
The Dick Van Dyke Show	Comedy	CBS	2
Dr. Kildare	Drama	NBC	2
The Garry Moore Show	Comedy/Variety	CBS	2
The Gertrude Berg Show	Comedy	CBS	2
Hazel	Comedy	NBC	2
The Judy Garland Show	Variety	CBS	2
NBC White Paper	Daytime/Documentary	NBC	2
Purex Summer Specials	Daytime/Documentary	NBC	2
Route 66	Drama	CBS	2
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait	Documentary	NBC	2
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Children's/Variety	NBC	2

Most major awards

Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
The Defenders	Drama	CBS	4
Hallmark Hall of Fame	Drama	NBC	3

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