The 12th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on June 20, 1960, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the NBC Studios, in

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. It was hosted by

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. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. The ceremony's format was a sharp contrast to the previous year's. Several Acting categories were either combined or simply removed, and nearly every category had only three nominees, as opposed to the traditional five or six. Due to the relatively small crop of categories, no show received more than two major awards. The

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anthology '' Startime'' received the most major nominations with five.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Single performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations

;By network"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * CBS – 32 * NBC – 17 * ABC – 3 ; By program * ''Startime'' (NBC) – 5 * ''Father Knows Best'' (CBS) / ''The Jack Benny Show'' (CBS) / ''The Moon and the Sixpence'' (NBC) / ''Playhouse 90'' (CBS) – 3

Most major awards

;By network"Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * CBS – 8 * NBC – 4 * ABC – 1 ; By program * ''The Jack Benny Show'' (CBS) / ''The Moon and Sixpence'' (NBC) – 2 ;Notes

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1960 Nominees & Winners
* {{EmmyAwardsbyYear

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