12th Primetime Emmy Awards

1960 American television programming awards February 2025 July 2026 12th Primetime Emmy Awards June 20, 1960 NBC Studios, Burbank, California Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Fred Astaire NBC The Jack Benny ShowThe Moon and Sixpence (2) Startime (5) Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor The Art Carney Special Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama Playhouse 90 Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety Fabulous Fifties Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming The Huckleberry Hound Show Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Service The Twentieth Century 11th Primetime Emmy Awards 13th The 12th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on June 20, 1960, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios, in Burbank, California. It was hosted by Fred Astaire. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. The ceremony's format was a sharp contrast to the previous year's. Several Acting categories were either combined or simply removed, and nearly every category had only three nominees, as opposed to the traditional five or six. Due to the relatively small crop of categories, no show received more than two major awards. The NBC anthology Startime received the most major nominations with five. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1960 Emmys.com list of 1960 Nominees & Winners Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Programs + Programs #EEDD82 Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor The Art Carney Special (NBC)Winner The Danny Thomas Show (CBS) Father Knows Best (CBS) The Jack Benny Show (CBS) The Red Skelton Show (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama Playhouse 90 (CBS)Winner DuPont Show of the Month (CBS) The Moon and Sixpence (NBC) Startime (NBC) The Untouchables (ABC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety The Fabulous Fifties (CBS)Winner Another Evening with Fred Astaire (NBC) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (NBC) The Garry Moore Show (CBS) The Revlon Revue (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming The Huckleberry Hound Show (Syndicated)Winner Captain Kangaroo (CBS) Lassie (CBS) Mr. Wizard (NBC) Quick Draw McGraw (Syndicated) #EEDD82 Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Affairs and Education The Twentieth Century (CBS)Winner CBS Reports (CBS) Meet the Press (NBC) Small World (CBS) The VIII Olympic Winter Games (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News The Huntley–Brinkley Report (NBC)Winner Chet Huntley Reporting (NBC) Douglas Edwards with the News (CBS) Journey to Understanding (NBC) Acting Lead performances + Lead performances #EEDD82 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead or Support) Robert Stack – The Untouchables as Eliot Ness (ABC)Winner Richard Boone – Have Gun — Will Travel as Paladin (CBS) Raymond Burr – Perry Mason as Perry Mason (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead or Support) Jane Wyatt – Father Knows Best as Margaret Anderson (CBS)Winner Donna Reed – The Donna Reed Show as Donna Stone (ABC) Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC) Single performances + Single performances #EEDD82 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor (Lead or Support) Laurence Olivier – The Moon and Sixpence as Charles Strickland (NBC)Winner Lee J. Cobb – Playhouse 90: "Project Immortality" as Dr. Lawrence Doner (CBS) Alec Guinness – Startime: "The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks" as Jebal Deeks (NBC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress (Lead or Support) Ingrid Bergman – Startime: "The Turn of the Screw" as the Governess (NBC)Winner Julie Harris – DuPont Show of the Month: "Ethan Frome" as Mattie Silver (CBS) Teresa Wright – NBC Sunday Showcase: "The Margaret Bourke-White Story" as Margaret Bourke-White (NBC) Directing + Directing #EEDD82 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy The Jack Benny Show – Ralph Levy and Bud Yorkin (CBS)Winner The Danny Thomas Show – Sheldon Leonard (CBS) The Red Skelton Show – Seymour Berns (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama The Moon and Sixpence – Robert Mulligan (NBC)Winner Desilu Playhouse: "The Untouchables" – Phil Karlson (CBS) Startime: "The Turn of the Screw" – John Frankenheimer (NBC) Writing + Writing #EEDD82 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy The Jack Benny Show – George Balzer, Hal Goldman, Sam Perrin and Al Gordon (CBS)Winner The Ballad of Louie the Louse – Nat Hiken (CBS) Father Knows Best – Dorothy Cooper and Roswell Rogers (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama The Twilight Zone – Rod Serling (CBS)Winner Playhouse 90: "Project Immortality" – Loring Mandel (CBS) Startime: "The Turn of the Screw" – James Costigan (NBC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field CBS Reports: "The Population Explosion" – Howard K. Smith and Av Westin (CBS)Winner Project XX: "Life in the Thirties" – Richard Hanser (NBC) The Twentieth Century: "From Kaiser to Fuehrer" – James Benjamin (CBS) Most major nominations +Networks with multiple major nominations"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofNominations CBS 32 NBC 17 ABC 3 +Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations Startime Drama NBC 5 Father Knows Best Comedy CBS 3 The Jack Benny Show The Moon and Sixpence Drama NBC Playhouse 90 CBS CBS Reports Documentary/Public Affairs 2 The Danny Thomas Show Comedy DuPont Show of the Month Drama The Red Skelton Show Comedy The Twentieth Century Documentary/Public Affairs The Untouchables Drama ABC Most major awards +Networks"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofAwards CBS 8 NBC 4 +Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards The Jack Benny Show Comedy CBS 2 The Moon and Sixpence Drama NBC Notes "note" References External links Emmys.com list of 1960 Nominees & Winners 0000223/1960 012 Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Category:20th century in Los Angeles County, California