La siguiente es una lista de los nominados, los ganadores están en negrita:

• What's My Line?, CBS
• Down You Go, DuMont
• This Is Your Life, NBC
• Two for the Money, CBS
• You Bet Your Life, NBC

• Big Top, CBS
• The Gabby Hayes Show, NBC
• Kukla, Fran and Ollie, NBC
• Puppet Playhouse, NBC
• Super Circus, NBC
• Time for Beany, KTLA
• Zoo Parade, NBC

• Celanese Theatre, ABC
• Goodyear Television Playhouse, NBC
• Kraft Television Theatre, NBC
• Robert Montgomery Presents, NBC
• Studio One, CBS

• The Big Story, NBC
• Dragnet, NBC
• Foreign Intrigue, Syndicated
• Martin Kane, Private Eye, NBC
• Racket Squad, NBC

• Camel News Caravan, NBC
• Life Is Worth Living, DuMont
• Meet the Press, NBC
• See It Now, CBS
• Victory at Sea, NBC

• The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, ABC
• Amos 'n Andy Show, The, CBS
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, CBS
• I Love Lucy, CBS
• Mister Peepers, NBC
• Our Miss Brooks, CBS

• Arthur Godfrey and His Friends, CBS
• The Colgate Comedy Hour, NBC
• The Jackie Gleason Show, CBS
• Toast of the Town, CBS
• Your Show of Shows, NBC

• John Forsythe
• Charlton Heston
• Thomas Mitchell
• John Newland
• Vaughn Taylor
• Jack Webb

• Sarah Churchill
• Helen Hayes
• June Lockhart
• Maria Riva
• Peggy Wood

• Sid Caesar, NBC
• Wally Cox, NBC
• Jimmy Durante, NBC
• Jackie Gleason, CBS
• Herb Shriner, ABC

• Eve Arden, CBS
• Lucille Ball, CBS
• Imogene Coca, NBC
• Joan Davis, NBC
• Martha Raye, NBC

• Lucille Ball, CBS
• Jimmy Durante, NBC
• Arthur Godfrey, CBS
• Edward R. Murrow, CBS
• Donald O'Connor, NBC
• Fulton J. Sheen, DuMont
• Adlai Stevenson, NBC