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The 1954 Sylvania Television Awards were presented on November 30, 1954, in New York City. The
Sylvania Awards were established by
Sylvania Electric Products. The awards were selected by a committee of judges that included
Ethel Barrymore,
Deems Taylor, and
James A. Farley.
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The committee presented the following awards:
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- Grand award - James E. Moser, creator and writer of
Medic
- Most outstanding program - Medic, awards to executive producer Worthington Miner and Dow Chemical Co. (NBC)
- Best dramatic series -
The Philco Goodyear Television Playhouse,
Fred Coe and Gordon Duff, producers (NBC)
- Finest original teleplay - Man or Mountain Top, awards to
Robert Alan Aurthur, author, and
Arthur Penn, director (NBC)
- Dramatic actor -
Steven Hill
- Dramatic actress -
Eva Marie Saint
- Character actor -
E. G. Marshall
- Character actress -
Eileen Heckart
- Outstanding comedy team -
Jackie Gleason,
Audrey Meadows, and
Art Carney, for their work in the "
Honeymooners" sketches on
The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
- Wholesome family entertainment -
Father Knows Best,
Robert Young and
Jane Wyatt,
Screen Gems (CBS)
- Most outstanding series for children of all ages -
Disneyland,
Walt Disney (ABC)
- Finest local children's show - Little Schoolhouse, Mrs. Eleanor Hempel (KTTV, Los Angeles)
- Best educational series - The Search, Irving Gitlin, producer (CBS)
- Comedian of the year -
George Gobel (NBC)
- Documentary program of the year - Three Two One . . . Zero, Henry Salomon Jr., producer and co-writer (NBC)
- Excellent showmanship in variety entertainment -
Ed Sullivan and
Marlo Lewis,
Talk of the Town (CBS)
- Local public service - Our Beautiful Potomac, Stuart Finley, producer and narrator (WRC-TV, Washington, DC)
- Superior camera direction -
Franklin Schaffner, director, for
Twelve Angry Men (CBS)
- Public information service -
John Charles Daly, producer, for Open Hearing (ABC)
- Local television news coverage - Telepix News, John Tillman, newscaster, WPIX, New York City
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