The 1954 Sylvania Television Awards were presented on November 30, 1954, in New York City. The Sylvania Awards were established by Sylvania Electric Products. The awards were selected by a committee of judges that included Ethel Barrymore, Deems Taylor, and James A. Farley.
The committee presented the following awards: Grand award - James E. Moser, creator and writer of Medic Most outstanding program - Medic, awards to executive producer Worthington Miner and Dow Chemical Co. (NBC) Best dramatic series - The Philco Goodyear Television Playhouse, Fred Coe and Gordon Duff, producers (NBC) Finest original teleplay - Man or Mountain Top, awards to Robert Alan Aurthur, author, and Arthur Penn, director (NBC) Dramatic actor - Steven Hill Dramatic actress - Eva Marie Saint Character actor - E. G. Marshall Character actress - Eileen Heckart Outstanding comedy team - Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, and Art Carney, for their work in the "Honeymooners" sketches on The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS) Wholesome family entertainment - Father Knows Best, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, Screen Gems (CBS) Most outstanding series for children of all ages - Disneyland, Walt Disney (ABC) Finest local children's show - Little Schoolhouse, Mrs. Eleanor Hempel (KTTV, Los Angeles) Best educational series - The Search, Irving Gitlin, producer (CBS) Comedian of the year - George Gobel (NBC) Documentary program of the year - Three Two One . . . Zero, Henry Salomon Jr., producer and co-writer (NBC) Excellent showmanship in variety entertainment - Ed Sullivan and Marlo Lewis, Talk of the Town (CBS) Local public service - Our Beautiful Potomac, Stuart Finley, producer and narrator (WRC-TV, Washington, DC) Superior camera direction - Franklin Schaffner, director, for Twelve Angry Men (CBS) Public information service - John Charles Daly, producer, for Open Hearing (ABC) Local television news coverage - Telepix News, John Tillman, newscaster, WPIX, New York City
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