1954 Sylvania Television Awards
| Sylvania Award | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | Sylvania Electric Products |
| Date | November 30, 1954 |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
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.
The committee presented the following awards:
- 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