18th Primetime Emmy Awards

1966 American television programming awards February 2025 July 2026 18th Primetime Emmy Awards May 22, 1966 Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Danny KayeBill Cosby CBS The Dick Van Dyke Show (4) The Dick Van Dyke Show (8) Outstanding Comedy Series The Dick Van Dyke Show Outstanding Dramatic Series The Fugitive Outstanding Dramatic Program The Ages of Man Outstanding Musical Program Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Outstanding Variety Series The Andy Williams Show 17th Primetime Emmy Awards 19th The 18th Emmy Awards, later known as the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 22, 1966, at the Hollywood Palladium. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye and Bill Cosby. 24 awards were presented. The top show of the night was The Dick Van Dyke Show, which won its fourth consecutive top series award, and achieved four major wins. The ceremony returned to a more traditional format, after experimenting the previous year. Winners and nominees Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. Programs + Programs #EEDD82 Outstanding Comedy Series The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Batman (ABC) Bewitched (ABC) Get Smart (NBC) Hogan's Heroes (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Dramatic Series The Fugitive (ABC) Bonanza (NBC) I Spy (NBC) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (NBC) Slattery's People (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Variety Series The Andy Williams Show (NBC) The Danny Kaye Show (CBS) The Hollywood Palace (ABC) The Red Skelton Show (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Musical Program Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (NBC) The Bell Telephone Hour (NBC) The Bolshoi Ballet (Syndicated) Color Me Barbra (CBS) New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Variety Special Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope Christmas Special (NBC) An Evening with Carol Channing (CBS) Jimmy Durante Meets the Lively Arts (ABC) The Julie Andrews Show (NBC) The Swinging World of Sammy Davis, Jr. (Syndicated) #EEDD82 Outstanding Children's Program A Charlie Brown Christmas (CBS) Captain Kangaroo (CBS) Discovery (ABC) NBC Children's Theatre: "The World of Stuart Little" (NBC) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: "Further Adventures of Gallagher" (NBC) #EEDD82 Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs Camera Three (CBS) Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (NBC) Today (NBC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Dramatic Program The Ages of Man (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Eagle in a Cage" (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Inherit the Wind" (NBC) Slattery's People: "Rally 'Round Your Own Flag, Mister" (CBS) Acting Lead performances + Lead performances #EEDD82 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Don Adams as Maxwell Smart in Get Smart (NBC) Bob Crane as Col. Robert E. Hogan in Hogan's Heroes (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael in The Lucy Show (CBS) Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched (ABC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott in I Spy (NBC) Richard Crenna as James Slattery in Slattery's People (CBS) Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson in I Spy (NBC) David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (ABC) David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (NBC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley in The Big Valley (ABC) Anne Francis as Honey West in Honey West (ABC) Barbara Parkins as Betty Anderson Cord in Peyton Place (ABC) Supporting performances + Supporting performances #EEDD82 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Don Knotts as Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show (CBS) (Episode: "The Return of Barney Fife") Morey Amsterdam as Buddy Sorrell in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Frank Gorshin as The Riddler in Batman (ABC) (Episode: "Hi Diddle Riddle") Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink in Hogan's Heroes (CBS) #EEDD82 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz in Bewitched (ABC) Rose Marie as Sally Rogers in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Agnes Moorehead as Endora in Bewitched (ABC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama James Daly as Dr. O'Meara in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage") David Burns as The Great McGonigle in The Trials of O'Brien (CBS) Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (NBC) #EEDD82 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama Lee Grant as Stella Chernak in Peyton Place (ABC) Diane Baker as Rachel Brown in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Inherit the Wind") Pamela Franklin as Betsy Balcombe in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage") Jeanette Nolan as Helen Robinson in I Spy (NBC) (Episode: "The Conquest of Maude Murdock") Single performances + Single performances #EEDD82 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Cliff Robertson as Quincey Parke in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "The Game" Ed Begley as Matthew Harrison Brady in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Inherit the Wind" Melvyn Douglas as Henry Drummond in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Inherit the Wind" Trevor Howard as Napoleon in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Eagle in a Cage" Christopher Plummer as Hamlet in Hamlet at Elsinore (Syndicated) #EEDD82 Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama Simone Signoret as Sara Lescault in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "A Small Rebellion" Eartha Kitt as Angel in I Spy (NBC): "The Loser" Margaret Leighton as Chris Becker in Dr. Kildare (NBC): "A Life for a Life" Shelley Winters as Edith in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "Back to Back" Directing + Directing #EEDD82 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Bewitched (ABC) – William Asher The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Jerry Paris Get Smart (NBC): "Diplomat's Daughter" – Paul Bogart #EEDD82 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "The Game" – Sydney Pollack Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Eagle in a Cage" – George Schaefer Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Inherit the Wind" – George Schaefer I Spy (NBC) – Sheldon Leonard #EEDD82 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music The Julie Andrews Show (NBC) – Alan Handley The Andy Williams Show (NBC) – Bob Henry Color Me Barbra (CBS) – Dwight Hemion The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (NBC) – Greg Garrison Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (NBC) – Dwight Hemion Writing + Writing #EEDD82 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS): "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" – Bill Persky and Sam Denoff The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS): "The Ugliest Dog in the World" – Bill Persky and Sam Denoff Get Smart (NBC): "Mr. Big" – Mel Brooks and Buck Henry #EEDD82 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Eagle in a Cage" – Millard Lampell Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "The Game" – S. Lee Pogostin I Spy (NBC): "A Cup of Kindness" – Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin #EEDD82 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety An Evening with Carol Channing (CBS) – Al Gordon, Hal Goldman and Sheldon Keller The Danny Kaye Show (CBS) – Ernest Chambers, Pat McCormick, Ron Friedman, Larry Tucker, Paul Mazursky, Billy Barnes, Bernard Rothman, Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore The Julie Andrews Show (CBS) – Bill Persky and Sam Denoff Emmys.com list of 1966 Nominees & Winners 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 NBC 45 CBS 29 ABC 15 +Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations The Dick Van Dyke Show Comedy CBS 8 I Spy Drama NBC 7 Eagle in a Cage Special NBC 6 Bewitched Comedy ABC 5 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Drama NBC Inherit the Wind Special Get Smart Comedy 4 Hogan's Heroes CBS 3 The Julie Andrews Show Variety The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Drama NBC Slattery's People CBS The Andy Williams Show Variety NBC 2 Batman Comedy ABC Color Me Barbra Music CBS The Danny Kaye Show Variety An Evening with Carol Channing Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Music NBC The Fugitive Drama ABC Peyton Place Most major awards +Networks with multiple major awards "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. Network Number ofAwards NBC 45 CBS 9 ABC 5 +Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards The Dick Van Dyke Show Comedy CBS 4 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Drama NBC 3 Bewitched Comedy ABC 2 Eagle in a Cage Special NBC Notes "note" References External links Emmys.com list of 1966 Nominees & Winners 0000223/1966 018 Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards