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	Emmy
	...Best Actor
	...Best Actress
	...Best Comedy Show
	...Best Variety Show
	...Comedian or Comedienne
	...Best Dramatic Show
	Special Achievement Award



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Emmy Awards: 1952

Emmy

Date:	18 February
Host:	Lucille Ball; Desi Arnaz
Location:	Coconut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Actor


Winner:
	Sid Caesar
Other Nominees:
	Walter Hampden Charlton Heston Thomas Mitchell (I) Robert Montgomery (I) Vaughn Taylor (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Imogene Coca
Other Nominees:
	Helen Hayes (I) Maria Riva Mary Sinclair (I) Margaret Sullavan

Best Comedy Show


Winner:
	"The Red Skelton Show" (1951) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"I Love Lucy" (1951) - CBS "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) - CBS "The Herb Shriner Show" (1949) - ABC "You Bet Your Life" (1950) - NBC

Best Variety Show


Winner:
	"Your Show of Shows" (1950) - NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Four Star Revue" (1950) - NBC "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950) - NBC "The Fred Waring Show" (1949) - CBS "Toast of the Town" (1948) - CBS

Best Comedian or Comedienne


Winner:
	Red Skelton; NBC
Other Nominees:
	Herb Shriner; ABC Lucille Ball; CBS Sid Caesar; NBC Imogene Coca; NBC Jimmy Durante; NBC Jerry Lewis (I); Dean Martin (I); NBC

Best Dramatic Show


Winner:
	"Studio One" (1948) - CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Celanese Theatre" (1951) - ABC "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951) - NBC - Also for "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1948). "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1950) - ABC "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) - NBC

Special Achievement Award


Winner:
	Estes Kefauver - For outstanding public service on television.
Other Nominees:
	AT&T - For the transcontinental Micro-Wave Relay System. Jack Burrell (II); KNBH - For the development of an independent TV transmission Mobile Unit.