15th Primetime Emmy Awards explained

15th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date:	May 26, 1963
Location:	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Presenter:	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosts:	Annette Funicello Don Knotts
Network:	NBC
Most Awards:	The Defenders (4)
Most Nominations:	Alcoa Premiere The Defenders (7)
Award1 Type:	Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor
Award1 Winner:	The Dick Van Dyke Show
Award2 Type:	Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama
Award2 Winner:	The Defenders
Award3 Type:	Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Music
Award3 Winner:	Julie and Carole at Carnegie Hall
Award4 Type:	Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety
Award4 Winner:	The Andy Williams Show
Award5 Type:	The Program of the Year
Award5 Winner:	The Tunnel
Previous:	14th
Next:	16th

The 15th Emmy Awards Ceremony, later known as the 15th Primetime Emmy Awards, were handed out on May 26, 1963. The ceremony was hosted by Annette Funicello and Don Knotts. Winners are listed in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.

The top shows of the night were The Defenders and The Dick Van Dyke Show. Each won for series, directing, and writing in their respective genres. The Defenders led the night in major wins (4) and nominations (7).

Winners and nominees

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Programs

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) The Danny Kaye Show (NBC) (Episode: "Lucille Ball") McHale's Navy (ABC)	The Defenders (CBS) Alcoa Premiere (ABC) The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC) The Eleventh Hour (NBC) Naked City (ABC)
The Andy Williams Show (NBC) Carol and Company (CBS) The Garry Moore Show (CBS) Here's Edie (ABC) The Red Skelton Show (CBS)	The General Electric College Bowl (CBS) Password All-Stars (CBS) To Tell the Truth (CBS)
The Tunnel (NBC) The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) (Episode: "Emergency Ward") Project XX (NBC) (Episode: "He is Risen The River Nile (NBC) Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (NBC)	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC) Captain Kangaroo (CBS) Discovery (ABC) Mr. Wizard (NBC) The Shari Lewis Show (NBC) Update (NBC)
David Brinkley's Journal (NBC) ABC Close Up	(ABC) CBS Reports (CBS) Howard K. Smith (ABC) The Twentieth Century (CBS)	The Tunnel (NBC) Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" The Danny Kaye Show (NBC): "Lucille Ball" The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"

Acting

Lead performances

E.G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston in The Defenders (CBS) Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Commander Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy (ABC) Paul Burke as Det. Adam Flint in Naked City (ABC) Vic Morrow as Sgt. Saunders in Combat! (ABC) Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)

Shirley Booth as Hazel Burke in Hazel (NBC) Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael in The Lucy Show (CBS) Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe in The Doctors and the Nurses (CBS) Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Irene Ryan as Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS)

Supporting performances

Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife in The Andy Griffith Show (CBS) Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker in McHale's Navy (ABC) Paul Ford as Col. Wainwright Purdy III in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "The Teahouse of the August Moon") Hurd Hatfield as Lionel Rothschild in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Invincible Mr. Disraeli") Robert Redford as George Laurents in Alcoa Premiere (ABC) (Episode: "The Voice of Charlie Pont")

Glenda Farrell as Martha Morrison in Ben Casey (ABC) (Episode: "A Cardinal Act of Mercy") Davey Davison as Laura Hunter in The Eleventh Hour (NBC) (Episode: "Of Roses and Nightingales and Other Lovely Things") Nancy Malone as Libby Kingston in Naked City (ABC) Rose Marie as Sally Rogers in The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) Kate Reid as Queen Victoria in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC) (Episode: "Invincible Mr. Disraeli")

Single performances

Trevor Howard as Benjamin Disraeli in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" Bradford Dillman as Charlie Pont in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" Don Gordon as Joey Tassili in The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" Walter Matthau as Meredith in The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" Joseph Schildkraut as Rabbi Gottlieb in Sam Benedict (NBC): "Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells"

Kim Stanley as Faith Parsons in Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" Diahann Carroll as Ruby Jay in Naked City (ABC): "A Horse Has A Big Head, Let Him Worry" Diana Hyland as Liza Laurents in Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" Eleanor Parker as Connie Folsom in The Eleventh Hour (NBC): "Why Am I Grown So Cold?" Sylvia Sidney as Adela in The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman"

Directing

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – John Rich The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Richard Whorf The Garry Moore Show (CBS) – Dave Geisel The Jack Benny Show (CBS) – Frederick De Cordova The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Seymour Berns

The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" – Stuart Rosenberg Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" – Robert Ellis Miller Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" – Sydney Pollack The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" – Fielder Cook

Writing

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Carl Reiner The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS) – Paul Henning Car 54, Where Are You? (NBC) – Nat Hiken The Jack Benny Show (CBS) – Sam Perrin, Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and George Balzer The Red Skelton Show (CBS) – Ed Simmons, Dave O'Brien, Martin Ragaway, Arthur Phillips, Larry Rhine, Mort Greene, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Red Skelton, Bruce Howard and Rick Mittleman

The Defenders (CBS): "The Madman" – Reginald Rose and Robert Thom Alcoa Premiere (ABC): "The Voice of Charlie Pont" – Halsted Welles Ben Casey (ABC): "A Cardinal Act of Mercy" – Norman Katkov The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC): "Big Deal in Laredo" – Sidney Carroll Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Invincible Mr. Disraeli" – James Lee

Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations^[2]

Network	Number of Nominations
CBS	34
NBC	30
ABC	23

Programs with multiple major nominations

Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
Alcoa Premiere	Drama	ABC	7
The Defenders		CBS
The Dick Van Dyke Show	Comedy		6
Hallmark Hall of Fame	Drama	NBC
Ben Casey		ABC	4
The Beverly Hillbillies	Comedy	CBS
The DuPont Show of the Week	Documentary/Drama	NBC
Naked City	Drama	ABC
The Eleventh Hour	Drama	NBC	3
McHale's Navy	Comedy	ABC
The Red Skelton Show	Comedy/Variety	CBS
The Danny Kaye Show	Comedy	NBC	2
The Garry Moore Show	Variety	CBS
The Tunnel	Documentary	NBC

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards

Network	Number of Awards
CBS	9
NBC	7
ABC	2

Programs with multiple major awards

Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
The Defenders	Drama	CBS	4
The Dick Van Dyke Show	Comedy		3
Ben Casey	Drama	ABC	2
The Tunnel	Documentary	NBC

External links

• • Web site: Advanced Primetime Awards Search . . 2008-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20080914045417/http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php. 14 September 2008 .
• Emmys.com list of 1963 Nominees & Winners

Notes and References

1. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1963 Emmys.com list of 1963 Nominees & Winners
2. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.