1957 Sylvania Television Awards

1957 TV awards show hosted by Don Ameche

Sylvania Award
Sponsored by	Sylvania Electric Products
Date	January 15, 1958
Location	New York City
Country	United States
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The 1957 Sylvania Television Awards were presented on January 15, 1958, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Don Ameche was the master of ceremonies. The Sylvania Awards were established by Sylvania Electric Products.

The committee presented the following awards:^[1]

Special awards

Face the Nation for its interview of Nikita Khrushchev
See It Now for its program based on Marian Anderson's goodwill tour abroad
Mary Martin and Richard Halliday for NBC's presentation of Annie Get Your Gun
NBC Opera Theatre for "creative achievement in imaginative presentation of classical music"
Wide Wide World for "outstanding creative coverage of educational subjects"

Category awards

Original teleplay - William Gibson for The Miracle Worker, Playhouse 90
Television adaptation - James Lee for The Life of Samuel Johnson on Omnibus
Actor - Lee J. Cobb in No Deadly Medicine on Studio One
Actress - Kim Stanley in Traveling Lady on Studio One
Supporting role actor - Torin Thatcher in Beyond This Place on DuPont Show of the Month
Supporting role actress - Patty McCormack in The Miracle Worker
Dramatic series - Hallmark Hall of Fame
New series - The Twentieth Century
Documentary series - See It Now
Network news - NBC
Public service series - U.N. in Action
Variety series - The Steve Allen Show
Comedy series - Jack Paar's Tonight
Daytime series - Matinee Theater
Light musical series - The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Children's series - Let's Take a Trip
Religious series - Look Up and Live
Educational series - Omnibus