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. Don DeFore was president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and sold this first national broadcast of the Emmy Awards to NBC. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses. The ceremony included several new categories, including Best New Program, as well as awards for Supporting Actor and Actress in a television series. This was also the first year that acting nominees were nominated for a specific television show, in the past nominees were simply nominated as individuals.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Hosting

Most major nominations

;By network "Major" constitutes the categories listed above: Program, Acting, Directing, and Writing. Does not include the technical categories. * NBC – 36 * CBS – 30 * ABC – 3 ; By program * ''I Love Lucy'' (CBS) / ''The Jackie Gleason Show'' (CBS) / ''Mr. Peepers'' (NBC) / ''Your Show of Shows'' (NBC) – 4

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 – 5 *ABC – 3 ; By program * ''I Love Lucy'' (CBS) / ''The United States Steel Hour'' (ABC) – 2 ;Notes

References

External links

Emmys.com list of 1954 Nominees & Winners
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