Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series
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The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Series was a Primetime Emmy Award presented to the best new television series sporadically from 1954 to 1973.
Winners and nominations
[edit]1950s
[edit]| Year | Program | Network | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 (6th) | |||
| Make Room for Daddy | ABC | Louis F. Edelman, executive producer; Sheldon Leonard, Charles Stewart, producers | |
| The United States Steel Hour | George Kondolf, Carol Irwin, producers | ||
| Adventure | CBS | Robert Northshield, producer | |
| Ding Dong School | NBC | Reinald Werrenrath, producer | |
| Letter to Loretta | Tom Lewis, Matthew Rapf, executive producers | ||
| Person to Person | CBS | John Aaron, Jesse Zousmer, Charles Hill, Robert Sammon, Edward R. Murrow, producers | |
| 1956 (9th) | |||
| Playhouse 90 | CBS | Peter Kortner, executive producer; Julian Claman, Martin Manulis, Herbert Brodkin, producers | |
| Air Power | CBS | Perry Wolff, James B Faichney, producers | |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | NBC | Bob Banner, Robert Wells, producers | |
| The Ernie Kovacs Show | Louis Heyward, producer | ||
| The Steve Allen Sunday Show | Nick Vanoff, producer | ||
| 1957 (10th) | |||
| The Seven Lively Arts | CBS | John Houseman, executive producer; Robert Herridge, producer | |
| Leave it to Beaver | CBS | Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher, producers | |
| Maverick | ABC | William T. Orr, executive producer; Roy Huggins, Coles Trapnell, producers | |
| Tonight Starring Jack Paar | NBC | Perry Cross, Paul Keyes, Bob Shanks, producers | |
| Wagon Train | Howard Christie, Richard Lewis, executive producers; Frederick Shorr, producer |
1970s
[edit]| Year | Program | Network | Nominee(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1970 (22nd) | |||
| Room 222 | CBS | Gene Reynolds, producer | |
| The Bill Cosby Show | NBC | Bill Cosby, executive producer; Marvin Miller, producer | |
| The Forsyte Saga | PBS | Donald Wilson, producer | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | ABC | David J. O'Connell, producer; David Victor, executive producer | |
| Sesame Street | NET | David D. Connell, executive producer; Sam Gibbon, producer; Lutrelle Horne, producer; Jon Stone, producer | |
| 1970–1971 (23rd) | |||
| All in the Family | CBS | Norman Lear, producer | |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | NBC | David Levinson | |
| The Flip Wilson Show | Bob Henry, producer; Monte Kay, executive producer | ||
| Mary Tyler Moore | CBS | James L. Brooks, executive producer; Allan Burns, executive producer; David Davis, producer | |
| The Odd Couple | ABC | Jerry Belson, executive producer; Jerry Davis, producer; Garry Marshall, executive producer | |
| 1971–1972 (24th) | |||
| Elizabeth R | PBS | Roderick Graham, producer; Christopher Sarson, executive producer | |
| Columbo | NBC | Everett Chambers, producer; Richard Levinson, executive producer; William Link, executive producer | |
| Sanford and Son | Aaron Ruben, producer; Bud Yorkin, executive producer | ||
| The Six Wives of Henry VIII | PBS | Mark Shivas, producer; Ronald Travers, producer | |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | CBS | Chris Bearde, producer; Allan Blye, producer | |
| 1972–1973 (25th) | |||
| America: A Personal History of the United States | NBC | Michael Gill, producer | |
| The Julie Andrews Hour | ABC | Julie Andrews, Star; Nick Vanoff, producer | |
| Kung Fu | Jerry Thorpe, producer | ||
| M*A*S*H | CBS | Gene Reynolds, producer | |
| Maude | Norman Lear, executive producer; Rod Parker, producer | ||
| The Waltons | Robert L. Jacks, producer; Lee Rich, executive producer |