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18th Primetime Emmy Awards
18th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	May 22, 1966
Location	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Danny Kaye; Bill Cosby
Highlights
Most awards	The Dick Van Dyke Show (4)
Most nominations	Hallmark Hall of Fame (11)
Outstanding Comedy Series	The Dick Van Dyke Show
Outstanding Dramatic Series	The Fugitive
Outstanding Dramatic Program	The Ages of Man
Outstanding Musical Program	Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
Outstanding Variety Series	The Andy Williams Show
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Network	CBS

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The 18th Emmy Awards, later known as the 18th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 22, 1966, at the Hollywood Palladium. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye and Bill Cosby.

The top show of the night was The Dick Van Dyke Show, which won its fourth consecutive top series award, and tied the record (since broken) of five major wins. The ceremony returned to a more traditional format, after experimenting the previous year.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

Programs

Outstanding Comedy Series	Outstanding Dramatic Series
The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS) Batman, (ABC) Bewitched, (ABC) Get Smart, (NBC) Hogan's Heroes, (CBS)	The Fugitive, (ABC) Bonanza, (NBC) I Spy, (NBC) The Man from U.N.C.L.E., (NBC) Slattery's People, (CBS)
Outstanding Variety Series	Outstanding Musical Program
The Andy Williams Show, (NBC) The Danny Kaye Show, (CBS) The Hollywood Palace, (ABC) The Red Skelton Show, (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, (NBC)	Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, (NBC) The Bell Telephone Hour, (NBC) The Bolshoi Ballet (Syndicated) Color Me Barbra, (CBS) New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein, (CBS)
Outstanding Variety Special	Outstanding Children's Program
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, (Episode: "Christmas Special"), (NBC) An Evening with Carol Channing, (CBS) Jimmy Durante Meets the Lively Arts, (ABC) The Julie Andrews Show, (NBC) The Swinging World of Sammy Davis, Jr., (Syndicated)	A Charlie Brown Christmas, (CBS) Captain Kangaroo, (CBS) Discovery, (ABC) NBC Children's Theatre, (Episode: The World of Stuart Little", (NBC) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, (Episode: "Further Adventures of Gallagher", (NBC)
Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs	Outstanding Dramatic Program
Camera Three, (CBS) Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, (NBC) Today, (NBC)	The Ages of Man, (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage"), (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Inherit the Wind"), (NBC) Slattery's People, (Episode: "Rally 'Round Your Own Flag, Mister"), (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series
*Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS)* Don Adams as Maxwell Smart on Get Smart, (NBC) Bob Crane as Col. Robert E. Hogan on Hogan's Heroes, (CBS)	*Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS)* Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael on The Lucy Show, (CBS) Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens on Bewitched, (ABC)
Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series	Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
*Bill Cosby as Alexander Scott on I Spy, (NBC)* Richard Crenna as James Slattery on Slattery's People, (CBS) Robert Culp as Kelly Robinson on I Spy, (NBC) David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble on The Fugitive, (ABC) David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., (NBC)	*Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley on The Big Valley, (ABC)* Anne Francis as Honey West on Honey West, (ABC) Barbara Parkins as Betty Anderson Cord on Peyton Place, (ABC)

Supporting performances

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy
*Don Knotts as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, (Episode: "The Return of Barney Fife"), (CBS)* Morey Amsterdam as Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS) Frank Gorshin as The Riddler on Batman, (Episode: "Hi Diddle Riddle"), (ABC) Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink on Hogan's Heroes, (CBS)	*Alice Pearce as Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched, (ABC)* Rose Marie as Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS) Agnes Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched, (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama
*James Daly as Dr. O'Meara on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage"), (NBC)* David Burns as The Great McGonigle on The Trials of O'Brien, (CBS) Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., (NBC)	*Lee Grant as Stella Chernak on Peyton Place, (ABC)* Diane Baker as Rachel Brown on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Inherit the Wind"), (NBC) Pamela Franklin as Betsy Balcombe on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage"), (NBC) Jeanette Nolan as Helen Robinson on I Spy, (Episode: "The Conquest of Maude Murdock"), (NBC)

Single performances

Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama	Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama
*Cliff Robertson as Quincey Parke on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre,* (Episode: "The Game"), (NBC)** Ed Begley as Matthew Harrison Brady on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Inherit the Wind"), (NBC) Melvyn Douglas as Henry Drummond on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Inherit the Wind"), (NBC) Trevor Howard as Napoleon on Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage"), (NBC) Christopher Plummer as Hamlet on Hamlet at Elsinore, (Syndicated)	*Simone Signoret as Sara Lescault on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, (Episode: "A Small Rebellion"), (NBC)* Eartha Kitt as Angel on I Spy, (Episode: "The Loser"), (NBC) Margaret Leighton as Chris Becker on Dr. Kildare, (Episode: "A Life for a Life"), (NBC) Shelley Winters as Edith on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, (Episode: "Back to Back"), (NBC)

Directing

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama
*William Asher for Bewitched,* (ABC)** Paul Bogart for Get Smart, (Episode: "Diplomat's Daughter"), (NBC) Jerry Paris for The Dick Van Dyke Show, (CBS)	*Sydney Pollack for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre,* (Episode: "The Game"), (NBC)** Sheldon Leonard for I Spy, (NBC) George Schaefer for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage"), (NBC) George Schaefer for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Inherit the Wind"), (NBC)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music
*Alan Handley for The Julie Andrews Show,* (NBC)** Greg Garrison for The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, (NBC) Dwight Hemion for Color Me Barbra, (CBS) Dwight Hemion for Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, (NBC) Bob Henry for The Andy Williams Show, (NBC)

Writing

Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy	Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama
*Bill Persky, Sam Denoff for The Dick Van Dyke Show, (Episode: "Coast to Coast Big Mouth"), (CBS)* Mel Brooks, Buck Henry for Get Smart, (Episode: "Mr. Big"), (NBC) Bill Persky, Sam Denoff for The Dick Van Dyke Show, (Episode: "The Ugliest Dog In The World"), (CBS)	*Millard Lampell for Hallmark Hall of Fame, (Episode: "Eagle in a Cage"), (NBC)* Morton S. Fine, David Friedkin, for I Spy, (Episode: "A Cup of Kindness"), (NBC) S. Lee Pogostin for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, (Episode: "The Game"), (NBC)
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety
An Evening with Carol Channing, (CBS) The Danny Kaye Show, (CBS) The Julie Andrews Show, (CBS)

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Most major nominations

By network ^{[note 1]}

NBC – 45
CBS – 29
ABC – 15

By program

Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 11
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – 8
I Spy (NBC) – 7
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC) – 6
Bewitched (ABC) – 5
Get Smart (NBC) – 4

Most major awards

By network ^{[note 1]}

NBC – 45
CBS – 9
ABC – 5

By program

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – 4
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC) – 4
Bewitched (ABC) – 2
Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) – 2

Notes

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

References

^ Emmys.com list of 1966 Nominees & Winners

External links

[MW_Note-2] "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

[Winners/Nominees-1] Emmys.com list of 1966 Nominees & Winners

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