3rd Primetime Emmy Awards

3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Date	January 23, 1951
Location	Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Earl Warren
Website	http://www.emmys.com/
Television/radio coverage
Network	KLAC

The 3rd Emmy Awards, retroactively known as the 3rd Primetime Emmy Awards after the debut of the Daytime Emmy Awards, were presented at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California on January 23, 1951.

This would be the last year that the Emmys were primarily given out to shows that were produced or aired in the Los Angeles area. Starting with the 4th Annual Emmy Awards, nominations were considered on a national television network basis.

Winners and nominees

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Programs

Best Dramatic Show	Best Children's Show
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, (KECA) Fireside Theater, (KTLA) I Remember Mama, (KTLA) The Philco Television Playhouse, (KNBH) Studio One, (KTTV)	Time for Beany (KTLA) The Cisco Kid, (KNBH) Jump Jump, (KTTV) Kukla, Fran and Ollie, (KNBH) The Lone Ranger, (KTLA)
Best Games and Audience Participation Show	Best Cultural Show
Truth or Consequences, (KTTV) Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, (KNBH) Life with Linkletter, (KECA) Pantomime Quiz, (KECA) You Bet Your Life, (KNBH)	Campus Chorus and Orchestra, (KTSL) Designed for Women, (KNBH) Vienna Philharmonic, (KTTV) Sunset Service, (KNBH) The Woman's Voice, (KTTV)
Best Educational Show	Best News Program
KFI-TV University, (KFI) Kieran's Kaleidoscope, (KECA) Know Your Schools, (KFI) Magazine of the Week, (KTLA) Zoo Parade, (KNBH)	KTLA Newsreel, (KTLA) Clete Roberts, (KLAC) Ford News and Weather, (KNBH) Fleetwood Lawton, (KTSL)
Best Variety Show	Best Sports Program
The Alan Young Show, (KTTV) Four Star Revue, (KNBH) The Ken Murray Show, (KTTV) Texaco Star Theater, (KNBH) Your Show of Shows, (KNBH)	Los Angeles Rams Football, (KNBH) College Basketball Games, (KTTV) College Football Games, (KTTV) Hollywood Baseball, (KLAC) Los Angeles Baseball, (KFI)
Best Public Service
City at Night, (KTLA) Classified Column, (KTTV) In Our Time, (KTTV) Community Chest Kickoff Teleforum, (KTLA) Marshall Plan, (KECA)

Acting

Best Actor	Best Actress
Alan Young Sid Caesar José Ferrer Stan Freberg Charles Ruggles	Gertrude Berg Judith Anderson Imogene Coca Helen Hayes Betty White

Hosting

Most Outstanding Personality
Groucho Marx, (KNBH) Sid Caesar, (KNBH) Faye Emerson, (KTTV) and (KECA) Dick Lane, (KTLA)

Special Events

Best Special Events
Departure of Marines to Korea, (KTLA) Arrival of Cruiser from Korea, (KTLA) Commissioning of Hospital Ship Haven Election Coverage, (KECA) Tournament of Roses, (KECA)

Station Awards

KTLA for Station Achievement
KNBH for Technical Achievement

References

^ Emmys.com list of 1951 Nominees & Winners

External links

[Winners/Nominees-1] Emmys.com list of 1951 Nominees & Winners

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