4th Primetime Emmy Awards

4th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	February 18, 1952
Location	Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California
Host	Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Television coverage
Network	KECA
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The 4th Annual Emmy Awards, retroactively known as the 4th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards after the debut of the Daytime Emmys, were presented at the Cocoanut Grove in Los Angeles, California on February 18, 1952. The ceremonies were hosted by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

This was the first year that nominations were considered on a national television network basis. Previously, the Emmys were primarily given out to shows that were produced or aired in the Los Angeles area.

Nominations and winners

Programs

Best Comedy Show	Best Dramatic Show
The Red Skelton Show, (NBC) The Burns and Allen Show, (CBS) Herb Shriner Show, (ABC) Groucho Marx, (NBC) I Love Lucy, (CBS)	Studio One (CBS) Celanese Theatre, (ABC) Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse, (NBC) Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, (ABC) Robert Montgomery Presents, (NBC)
Best Variety Show
Your Show of Shows, (NBC) All Star Revue, (NBC) Comedy Hour, (NBC) The Fred Waring Show, (CBS) Toast of the Town, (CBS)

Acting

Best Actor	Best Actress
Sid Caesar Walter Hampden Charlton Heston Thomas Mitchell Robert Montgomery Vaughn Taylor	Imogene Coca Helen Hayes Maria Riva Mary Sinclair Margaret Sullavan

Hosting

Best Comedian or Comedienne
Red Skelton, (NBC) Lucille Ball, (CBS) Sid Caesar, (NBC) Imogene Coca, (NBC) Jimmy Durante, (NBC) Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, (NBC) Herb Shriner, (ABC)