18th Primetime Emmy Awards
DateMay 22, 1966
LocationHollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byDanny Kaye
Bill Cosby
Highlights
Most awardsThe Dick Van Dyke Show (4)
Most nominationsThe Dick Van Dyke Show (8)
Outstanding Comedy SeriesThe Dick Van Dyke Show
Outstanding Dramatic SeriesThe Fugitive
Outstanding Dramatic ProgramThe Ages of Man
Outstanding Musical ProgramFrank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
Outstanding Variety SeriesThe Andy Williams Show
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

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

Programs
Outstanding Musical Program
Outstanding Children's Program
Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs

Acting

Lead performances

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)

Supporting performances

Supporting performances
  • 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

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

Directing

Directing
  • 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

Writing

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

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Most major nominations

Networks with multiple major nominations[note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Nominations
NBC45
CBS29
ABC15
Programs with multiple major nominations
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Nominations
The Dick Van Dyke ShowComedyCBS8
I SpyDramaNBC7
Eagle in a CageSpecialNBC6
BewitchedComedyABC5
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDramaNBC
Inherit the WindSpecial
Get SmartComedy4
Hogan's HeroesCBS3
The Julie Andrews ShowVariety
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.DramaNBC
Slattery's PeopleCBS
The Andy Williams ShowVarietyNBC2
BatmanComedyABC
Color Me BarbraMusicCBS
The Danny Kaye ShowVariety
An Evening with Carol Channing
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His MusicMusicNBC
The FugitiveDramaABC
Peyton Place

Most major awards

Networks with multiple major awards [note 1]
NetworkNumber of
Awards
NBC45
CBS9
ABC5
Programs with multiple major awards
ProgramCategoryNetworkNumber of
Awards
The Dick Van Dyke ShowComedyCBS4
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDramaNBC3
BewitchedComedyABC2
Eagle in a CageSpecialNBC
Notes
  1. 1 2 "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories.

References

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