The 1st Emmy Awards, retroactively known as the 1st Primetime Emmy Awards after the debut of the counterpart Daytime Emmy Awards, were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 25, 1949. Only shows produced in Los Angeles County, California and aired in the Los Angeles media market were eligible to win. The awards were hosted by Walter O'Keefe who substituted for Rudy Vallée when he had to leave town at the last minute. A special award category was introduced and awarded to Louis McManus for designing the actual Emmy Award statuette.
primetime, emmy, awards, emmy, awards, retroactively, known, after, debut, counterpart, daytime, emmy, awards, were, presented, hollywood, athletic, club, angeles, tuesday, january, 1949, only, shows, produced, angeles, county, california, aired, angeles, medi. The 1st Emmy Awards retroactively known as the 1st Primetime Emmy Awards after the debut of the counterpart Daytime Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles on Tuesday January 25 1949 Only shows produced in Los Angeles County California and aired in the Los Angeles media market were eligible to win The awards were hosted by Walter O Keefe who substituted for Rudy Vallee when he had to leave town at the last minute A special award category was introduced and awarded to Louis McManus for designing the actual Emmy Award statuette 1st Primetime Emmy AwardsDateJanuary 25 1949LocationHollywood Athletic Club Los Angeles CaliforniaPresented byAcademy of Television Arts and SciencesHosted byWalter O KeefeHighlightsMost Popular Television ProgramPantomime Quiz TimeTelevision radio coverageNetworkKTSLPrimetime Emmy Awards 2nd Contents 1 Winners and nominees 1 1 Programs 1 2 Hosting 1 2 1 Station Award 1 2 2 Special Award 1 2 3 Technical Award 2 References 3 External linksWinners and nominees editWinners are listed first highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger 1 Programs edit Programs Most Popular Television Program Pantomime Quiz KTLA Armchair Detective KTLA Don Lee Music Hall KTSL Felix De Cola Show KTLA Judy Splinters KTLA Mabel s Fables KTLA Masked Spooner KTSL Treasure of Literature KFI TV Tuesday Varieties KTLA What s the Name of that Song KTSL Best Film Made for Television The Necklace Your Show Time Series Christopher Columbus Hollywood Brevities It Could Happen to You Tell Tale Heart Time Signal Hosting edit Hosting Most Outstanding Television Personality Shirley Dinsdale Rita LeRoy Patricia Morison Mike Stokey Bill Welsh Station Award edit KTLA for Outstanding Overall Performance in 1948 Special Award edit Louis McManus for designing the Emmy Award statuette McManus was presented with a plaque as an award instead of a copy of the very statue which he was being honored for Technical Award edit Charles Mesak of Don Lee Television for the introduction of TV camera technology PhasefaderReferences edit Emmys com list of 1949 Nominees amp Winners Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences External links editEmmys com list of 1949 Nominees amp Winners 1st Primetime Emmy Awards at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1st Primetime Emmy Awards amp oldid 1198146373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
