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13th Primetime Emmy Awards

1961 American television programming awards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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 Joey Bishop and Dick Powell. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

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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.

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Winners and nominees

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Winners and nominees are listed below.[1]

Programs

Programs
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Public Service

Acting

Lead performances

Acting
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead)
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead)

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

Single performances

Directing

Directing

Writing

Writing
Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field
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Most major nominations

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Most major awards

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

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