The 7th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 7, 1955, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the "Moulin Rouge Nightclub" in Hollywood, California. The ceremony, hosted by Steve Allen and broadcast on NBC, was the first Emmy Awards ceremony to be televised nationally. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. New categories for this ceremony included awards for writing and directing, as well as one-time performances in anthology series, (this category would eventually morph into the current guest-acting category). Studio One was the most successful show of the night, winning three awards.

Fredric March made Emmy history when he became the first actor to be nominated for two different works in the same category. However, he lost for both of his performances in the category of Best Actor in a Single Performance.

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

Programs

+ Make Room for Daddy (ABC) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (CBS) I Love Lucy (CBS) Mister Peepers (NBC) Our Miss Brooks (CBS) Private Secretary (CBS) The United States Steel Hour (ABC) Four Star Playhouse (CBS) Medic (NBC) The Philco Television Playhouse (NBC) Studio One (CBS) Disneyland (ABC) The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS) The George Gobel Show (NBC) The Jack Benny Program (CBS) The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) Your Hit Parade (NBC) This Is Your Life (NBC) Masquerade Party (ABC) People Are Funny (NBC) What's My Line? (CBS) You Bet Your Life (CBS) Dragnet (NBC) Foreign Intrigue (NBC) I Led Three Lives (NBC) Racket Squad (CBS) Waterfront (Syndicated) Lassie (CBS) Art Linkletter and the Kids (Syndicated) Ding Dong School (NBC) Kukla, Fran and Ollie (ABC) Time for Beany (PTN) Zoo Parade (NBC) Omnibus (CBS) Life Is Worth Living (DuMont) Meet the Press (NBC) See It Now (CBS) Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (NBC) Forrest Hills Tennis Matches (NBC) Greatest Moments in Sports (NBC) NCAA Football Games (ABC) Pabst Blue Ribbion Bouts (CBS) Professional Football (DuMont) Stories of the Century (Syndicated) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (Syndicated) Annie Oakley (Syndicated) Death Valley Days (CBS) The Roy Rogers Show (NBC) House Party (CBS) The Betty White Show (NBC) The Bob Crosby Show (CBS) The Garry Moore Show (CBS) The Robert Q. Lewis Show (CBS) Disneyland: "Operation Undersea" (ABC) Light's Diamond Jubilee (Simulcast) Medic: "White Is the Color" (NBC) Shower of Stars: "A Christmas Carol" (CBS) Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances + Danny Thomas – Make Room for Daddy as Danny Williams (ABC) Richard Boone – Medic as Dr. Konrad Styner (NBC) Robert Cummings – My Hero as Bob Beanblossom (NBC) Jackie Gleason – The Jackie Gleason Show as Ralph Kramden (CBS) Jack Webb – Dragnet as Sgt. Joe Friday (NBC) Loretta Young – The Loretta Young Show as herself (NBC) Gracie Allen – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Gracie Allen (CBS) Eve Arden – Our Miss Brooks as Connie Brooks (CBS) Lucille Ball – I Love Lucy as Lucy Ricardo (CBS) Ann Sothern – Private Secretary as Susie McNamara (CBS)

Supporting performances + Art Carney – The Jackie Gleason Show as Ed Norton (CBS) Ben Alexander – Dragnet as Officer Frank Smith (NBC) Don DeFore – The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Thorny (ABC) William Frawley – I Love Lucy as Fred Mertz (CBS) Gale Gordon – Our Miss Brooks as Osgood Conklin (CBS) Audrey Meadows – The Jackie Gleason Show as Alice Kramden (CBS) Bea Benaderet – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Blanche Morton (CBS) Jean Hagen – Make Room for Daddy as Margaret Williams (ABC) Marion Lorne – Mister Peepers as Mrs. Gurney (NBC) Vivian Vance – I Love Lucy as Ethel Mertz (CBS)

Single performances + Robert Cummings – Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" as Juror #8 (CBS) Frank Lovejoy – Lux Video Theatre: "Double Indemnity" as Walter Neff (CBS) Fredric March – The Best of Broadway: "The Royal Family" as Tony Cavendish (CBS) Fredric March – Shower of Stars: "A Christmas Carol" as Ebenezer Scrooge (CBS) Thomas Mitchell – The Ford Television Theatre: "The Good of His Soul" as Father Devlin (NBC) David Niven – Four Star Playhouse: "The Answer" as Deacon (CBS) Judith Anderson – Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Macbeth" as Lady Macbeth (CBS) Ethel Barrymore – Climax!: "The Thirteenth Chair" as Mme. Rosalie La Grange (CBS) Beverly Garland – Medic: "White Is the Color" as Estelle Collins (NBC) Ruth Hussey – Lux Video Theatre: "Craig's Wife" as Harriet Craig (CBS) Dorothy McGuire – Climax!: "The Gioconda Smile" as Janet Spence (CBS) Eva Marie Saint – The Philco Television Playhouse: "Middle of the Night" as Betty (NBC) Claire Trevor – Lux Video Theatre: "Ladies in Retirement" as Ellen Creed (CBS)

Directing + Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" – Franklin Schaffner (CBS) Four Star Playhouse – Roy Kellino (CBS) The Loretta Young Show – Robert Florey (NBC) The United States Steel Hour – Alex Segal (ABC) Waterfront – Ted Post (Syndicated) Your Hit Parade – Clark Jones (NBC)

Writing + The George Gobel Show – James B. Allardice, Jack Douglas, Hal Kanter and Harry Winkler (NBC) I Love Lucy – Jess Oppenheimer, Bob Carroll, Jr. and Madelyn Pugh Davis (CBS) The Jack Benny Program – George Balzer, Milt Josefsberg, Sam Perrin and John Tackaberry (CBS) The Jackie Gleason Show – Jackie Gleason (CBS) Make Room for Daddy – Danny Thomas (ABC) Mister Peepers – Jim Fritzell and Everett Greenbaum (NBC) Studio One: "Twelve Angry Men" – Reginald Rose (CBS) Climax!: "An Error in Chemistry" – David Dortort (CBS) Four Star Playhouse: "The Answer" – Leonard Freeman (CBS) Medic: "White Is the Color" – James Moser (NBC) The Philco Television Playhouse – Paddy Chayefsky (NBC)

News and miscellaneous category + John Daly (ABC) Douglas Edwards (CBS) Clete Roberts (Syndication) John Cameron Swayze (NBC) Eric Sevareid (CBS) George Gobel (NBC) Richard Boone (NBC) Walt Disney (ABC) Preston Foster (Syndication) Tennessee Ernie Ford (CBS) Michael O'Shea (NBC) Fess Parker (ABC)

Singing + Perry Como (NBC) Eddie Fisher (NBC) Frankie Laine (Syndication) Gordon MacRae (NBC) Tony Martin (NBC) Dinah Shore (NBC) Jane Froman (CBS) Peggy King (NBC) Gisele MacKenzie (NBC) Jo Stafford (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 60 NBC 44 ABC 15

+Programs with multiple major nominations Program Category Network Number ofNominations I Love Lucy Comedy CBS 5 The Jackie Gleason Show Variety Studio One Drama Four Star Playhouse 4 Make Room for Daddy Comedy ABC Medic Drama NBC Climax! CBS 3 Dragnet Mystery/Intrigue NBC The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Comedy CBS Lux Video Theatre Drama Mister Peepers Comedy NBC Our Miss Brooks CBS The Philco Television Playhouse Drama NBC A Christmas Carol CBS 2 Disneyland Variety ABC The George Gobel Show NBC The Jack Benny Program CBS The Loretta Young Show Drama NBC Private Secretary Comedy CBS The United States Steel Hour Drama ABC Waterfront Mystery/Intrigue Syndicated Your Hit Parade Variety NBC

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 CBS 10 NBC 7 ABC 6

+Programs with multiple major awards Program Category Network Number ofAwards Studio One Drama CBS 3 Disneyland Variety ABC 2 The Jackie Gleason Show CBS Make Room for Daddy Comedy ABC

Notes

References

External links Emmys.com list of 1955 Nominees & Winners