8th Primetime Emmy Awards


The 8th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 17, 1956, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Hollywood, California and was hosted by Art Linkletter and John Charles Daly. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were The Phil Silvers Show, and Producers' Showcase. Each show won a record four major awards. Producers' Showcase, with its twelve major nominations, became the first show to receive over ten major nominations..

Winners and nominees

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

Most major nominations

ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
Producers' ShowcaseDramaNBC12
The United States Steel HourDramaCBS7
Ford Star JubileeVarietyCBS6
The Bob Cummings ShowComedyCBS5
Make Room for DaddyComedyABC5
The Phil Silvers ShowComedyCBS5
Caesar's HourComedyNBC4
Climax!DramaCBS4
Alcoa-Goodyear PlayhouseDramaNBC3
DisneylandAction/AdventureABC3
The George Gobel ShowComedyNBC3
The HoneymoonersComedyCBS3
I Love LucyComedyCBS3
Kraft Television TheatreDramaNBC3
Wide Wide WorldDocumentaryNBC3
The 20th Century Fox HourDramaCBS2
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAction/AdventureCBS2
The Dinah Shore ShowMusic/VarietyNBC2
DragnetAction/AdventureNBC2
Goodyear Television PlayhouseDramaNBC2
The Jack Benny ProgramComedyCBS2
The Perry Como ShowMusic/VarietyNBC2
You Are ThereDocumentaryCBS2

Most major awards

ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
The Phil Silvers ShowComedyCBS4
Producers' ShowcaseDramaNBC4
Ford Star JubileeVarietyCBS3
DisneylandAction/AdventureABC2

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