13th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 13th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 13th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on May 16, 1961, to honor the best in television of the year. It was hosted by Dick Powell. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

13th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 16, 1961
Location	Moulin Rogue Nightclub, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Dick Powell
Television/radio coverage
Network	NBC

The top show of the night was the NBC anthology Hallmark Hall of Fame for their production of Macbeth. It won in all its nominated categories, tying the record (since broken) of five major wins. A milestone was set by The Flintstones, it became the first ever animated show to be nominated in one of the main series categories (comedy or drama). It would be the only animated show to accomplish this feat until 2009, when Family Guy was included in the expanded comedy field.

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed below.[1]

Programs

Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor	Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama
The Jack Benny Show, (CBS) The Andy Griffith Show, (CBS) The Bob Hope Show, (NBC) Candid Camera, (CBS) The Flintstones, (ABC)	Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Macbeth", (NBC) Naked City, (ABC) Sacco-Vanzetti Story, (NBC) The Twilight Zone, (CBS) The Untouchables, (ABC)
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety	Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming
Astaire Time, (NBC) An Hour with Danny Kaye, (CBS) Belafonte New York, (CBS) The Garry Moore Show, (CBS) The Jack Paar Tonight Show, (NBC)	Young People's Concerts: Aaron Copland Birthday Party, (CBS) Captain Kangaroo, (CBS) The Huckleberry Hound Show, (Syndicated) The Shari Lewis Show, (NBC) Shirley Temple Theatre, (NBC)
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Service	The Program of the Year
The Twentieth Century, (CBS) CBS Reports, (CBS) NBC White Paper, (NBC) Project XX, (NBC) Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years, (ABC)	Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Macbeth"), (NBC) 1960 Presidential Nominating Conventions, (NBC) An Hour with Danny Kaye, (CBS) Astaire Time, (NBC) NBC Sunday Showcase, (Sacco-Vanzetti Story), (NBC)

Lead performances

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)
Raymond Burr as Perry Mason on Perry Mason, (CBS) Jackie Cooper as Lt. Chick Hennesey on Hennesey, (CBS) Robert Stack as Eliot Ness on The Untouchables, (ABC)	Barbara Stanwyck as Herself on The Barbara Stanwyck Show, (NBC) Donna Reed as Donna Stone on The Donna Reed Show, (ABC) Loretta Young as Herself on The Loretta Young Show, (NBC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series	Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Single Program
Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, (CBS) Abby Dalton as Lt. Martha Hale on Hennesey, (CBS) Barbara Hale as Della Street on Perry Mason, (CBS)	Roddy McDowall as Philip Hamilton on NBC Sunday Showcase, (Episode: "Our American Heritage: Not Without Honor"), (NBC) Charles Bronson as Soldier Conlon on General Electric Theatre, (Episode: "Memory in White"), (CBS) Peter Falk as Sydney Jarmon on The Law and Mr. Jones, (Episode: "Cold Turkey"), (ABC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Maurice Evans as Macbeth on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Macbeth"), (NBC) Cliff Robertson as Charlie Gordon on The United States Steel Hour, (Episode: "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon"), (CBS) Ed Wynn as Himself on Desilu Playhouse, (Episode: "The Man in the Funny Suit"), (CBS)	Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Macbeth"), (NBC) Ingrid Bergman as Clare Lester on Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life, (CBS) Elizabeth Montgomery as Rusty Heller on The Untouchables, (Episode: "The Rusty Heller Story"), (NBC)

Directing

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
Sheldon Leonard for The Danny Thomas Show, (CBS) Jack Shea, Dick McDonough for The Bob Hope Show, (NBC) Peter Tewksbury for My Three Sons, (ABC)	George Schaefer for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Macbeth"), (NBC) Sidney Lumet for NBC Sunday Showcase, (Sacco-Vanzetti Story), (NBC) Ralph Nelson for Desilu Playhouse, (Episode: "The Man in the Funny Suit"), (CBS)

Writing

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
Sherwood Schwartz, Dave O'Brien, Al Schwartz, Martin Ragaway, Red Skelton for The Red Skelton Show, (CBS) Charles Stewart, Jack Elinson for The Danny Thomas Show, (CBS) Richard Baer for Hennesey, (CBS)	Rod Serling for The Twilight Zone, (CBS) Reginald Rose, for NBC Sunday Showcase, (Sacco-Vanzetti Story), (NBC) Dale Wasserman for The DuPont Show of the Month, (Episode: "The Lincoln Murder Case"), (CBS)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field
Victor Wolfson, for Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years, (ABC) Fred W. Friendly, David Lowe, Edward R. Murrow for CBS Reports, (Episode: "Harvest of Shame"), (CBS) Arthur Barron, Al Wasserman for NBC White Paper, (Episode: "The U-2 Affair"), (NBC)

Most major nominations

By network [note 1]

• CBS – 29
• NBC – 24
• ABC – 9

By program

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) / NBC Sunday Showcase (NBC) – 5
• Hennesey (CBS) / The Untouchables (NBC) – 3

Most major awards

By network [note 1]

• CBS / NBC – 8
• ABC – 1

By program

• Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 5

Notes

1. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

1. Emmys.com list of 1961 Nominees & Winners

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1961 Nominees & Winners
• 13th Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb