18th Primetime Emmy Awards explained

18th Primetime Emmy Awards
Date:	May 22, 1966
Location:	Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Presenter:	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosts:	Danny Kaye Bill Cosby
Network:	CBS
Most Awards:	The Dick Van Dyke Show (4)
Most Nominations:	The Dick Van Dyke Show (8)
Award1 Type:	Outstanding Comedy Series
Award1 Winner:	The Dick Van Dyke Show
Award2 Type:	Outstanding Dramatic Series
Award2 Winner:	The Fugitive
Award3 Type:	Outstanding Dramatic Program
Award3 Winner:	The Ages of Man
Award4 Type:	Outstanding Musical Program
Award4 Winner:
Award5 Type:	Outstanding Variety Series
Award5 Winner:	The Andy Williams Show
Previous:	17th
Next:	19th

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 achieved four 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

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)
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)	(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)
Chrysler Presents The Bob Hope 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: "The World of Stuart Little" (NBC) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: "Further Adventures of Gallagher" (NBC)
Camera Three (CBS) Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (NBC) Today (NBC)	The Ages of Man (CBS) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Eagle in a Cage" (NBC) Hallmark Hall of Fame: "Inherit the Wind" (NBC) Slattery's People: "Rally 'Round Your Own Flag, Mister" (CBS)

Acting

Lead performances

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

Supporting performances

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

Single performances

Cliff Robertson as Quincey Parke in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "The Game" Ed Begley as Matthew Harrison Brady in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Inherit the Wind" Melvyn Douglas as Henry Drummond in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Inherit the Wind" Trevor Howard as Napoleon in Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Eagle in a Cage" Christopher Plummer as Hamlet in Hamlet at Elsinore (Syndicated)

Simone Signoret as Sara Lescault in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "A Small Rebellion" Eartha Kitt as Angel in I Spy (NBC): "The Loser" Margaret Leighton as Chris Becker in Dr. Kildare (NBC): "A Life for a Life" Shelley Winters as Edith in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "Back to Back"

Directing

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

Writing

The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS): "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" – Bill Persky and Sam Denoff The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS): "The Ugliest Dog in the World" – Bill Persky and Sam Denoff Get Smart (NBC): "Mr. Big" – Mel Brooks and Buck Henry	Hallmark Hall of Fame (NBC): "Eagle in a Cage" – Millard Lampell Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (NBC): "The Game" – S. Lee Pogostin I Spy (NBC): "A Cup of Kindness" – Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin
An Evening with Carol Channing (CBS) – Al Gordon, Hal Goldman and Sheldon Keller The Danny Kaye Show (CBS) – Ernest Chambers, Pat McCormick, Ron Friedman, Larry Tucker, Paul Mazursky, Billy Barnes, Bernard Rothman, Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore The Julie Andrews Show (CBS) – Bill Persky and Sam Denoff

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Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations^[2]

Network	Number of Nominations
NBC	45
CBS	29
ABC	15

Programs with multiple major nominations

Program	Category	Network	Number of Nominations
The Dick Van Dyke Show	Comedy	CBS	8
I Spy	Drama	NBC	7
Eagle in a Cage	Special	NBC	6
Bewitched	Comedy	ABC	5
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Drama	NBC
Inherit the Wind	Special
Get Smart	Comedy		4
Hogan's Heroes		CBS	3
The Julie Andrews Show	Variety
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Drama	NBC
Slattery's People		CBS
The Andy Williams Show	Variety	NBC	2
Batman	Comedy	ABC
Color Me Barbra	Music	CBS
The Danny Kaye Show	Variety
An Evening with Carol Channing
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music	Music	NBC
The Fugitive	Drama	ABC
Peyton Place

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards ^[3]

Network	Number of Awards
NBC	45
CBS	9
ABC	5

Programs with multiple major awards

Program	Category	Network	Number of Awards
The Dick Van Dyke Show	Comedy	CBS	4
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Drama	NBC	3
Bewitched	Comedy	ABC	2
Eagle in a Cage	Special	NBC

Notes

External links

• Emmys.com list of 1966 Nominees & Winners

Notes and References

1. http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1966 Emmys.com list of 1966 Nominees & Winners
2. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.
3. "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.