The 1957 Sylvania Television Awards were presented on January 15, 1958, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Don Ameche was the master of ceremonies. The Sylvania Awards were established by Sylvania Electric Products.
The committee presented the following awards:
Special awards
Face the Nation for its interview of Nikita Khrushchev
See It Now for its program based on Marian Anderson's goodwill tour abroad
Mary Martin and Richard Halliday for NBC's presentation of Annie Get Your Gun
NBC Opera Theatre for "creative achievement in imaginative presentation of classical music" Wide Wide World for "outstanding creative coverage of educational subjects"
Category awards
Original teleplay - William Gibson for The Miracle Worker, Playhouse 90
Television adaptation - James Lee for The Life of Samuel Johnson on Omnibus
Actor - Lee J. Cobb in No Deadly Medicine on Studio One
Actress - Kim Stanley in Traveling Lady on Studio One
Supporting role actor - Torin Thatcher in Beyond This Place on DuPont Show of the Month Supporting role actress - Patty McCormack in The Miracle Worker Dramatic series - Hallmark Hall of Fame New series - The Twentieth Century Documentary series - See It Now Network news - NBC Public service series - U.N. in Action Variety series - The Steve Allen Show Comedy series - Jack Paar's Tonight Daytime series - Matinee Theater Light musical series - The Dinah Shore Chevy Show Children's series - Let's Take a Trip Religious series - Look Up and Live Educational series - Omnibus