8th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 8th Emmy Awards, later referred to as the 8th Primetime Emmy Awards, were held on March 17, 1956, to honor the best in television of the year. The ceremony was held at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Hollywood, California and was hosted by Art Linkletter and John Charles Daly. All nominations are listed, with winners in bold and series' networks are in parentheses.
The top shows of the night were The Phil Silvers Show, and Producers' Showcase. Each show won a record four major awards. Producers' Showcase, with its twelve major nominations, became the first show to receive over ten major nominations..

Winners and nominees

Programs

Best Comedy Series	Best Dramatic Series
The Phil Silvers Show, * The Bob Cummings Show, * Caesar's Hour, * The George Gobel Show, * The Jack Benny Program, * Make Room for Daddy,	Producers' Showcase, * Climax!, * Goodyear Television Playhouse, * Studio One, * The United States Steel Hour,
Best Variety Series	Best Audience Participation Series
The Ed Sullivan Show, * The Dinah Shore Show, * Ford Star Jubilee, * The Perry Como Show, * Shower of Stars,	The $64,000 Question, * I've Got a Secret,**** * People Are Funny, * What's My Line?, * You Bet Your Life,
Best Action or Adventure Series	Best Children's Series
Disneyland, * Alfred Hitchcock Presents, * Dragnet, * Gunsmoke, * The Lineup,	Lassie, * Ding Dong School,**** * Kukla, Fran and Ollie, * Mickey Mouse Club, * The Pinky Lee Show, * Puppet Playhouse,
Best Documentary Program	Best Special Event or News Program
Omnibus, *Meet the Press, * Person to Person, * See It Now, * Wide Wide World,	A-Bomb Coverage, *7th Primetime Emmy Awards, 27th Academy Awards, Rose Bowl, *World Series,
Best Music Series	Best Contribution to Daytime Programming
Your Hit Parade, * Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, * The Dinah Shore Show, * The Perry Como Show, * The Voice of Firestone,	Matinee Theatre, * The Bob Crosby Show,**** * The Garry Moore Show, * Home, * Today,
Best Single Program of the Year
Producers' Showcase, , * Disneyland, , * Ford Star Jubilee, , * Make Room for Daddy, , * Producers' Showcase, , * The United States Steel Hour, , * Wide Wide World ,

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Single performances

Directing

Producing

Writing

Best Specialty Act - Single or Group

Most major nominations

;By network

CBS – 61
NBC – 54
ABC – 11

; By program

Producers' Showcase – 12
The United States Steel Hour – 7
Ford Star Jubilee / Make Room for Daddy – 6
The Bob Cummings Show / The Phil Silvers Show – 5
Caesar's Hour / Climax! – 4
Alcoa-Goodyear Playhouse / Disneyland / The George Gobel Show / The Honeymooners / I Love Lucy / Kraft Television Theatre – 3
Most major awards