 The awards ceremony took place during an actors strike. Although  the Emmy show was not a party in the labor dispute, the actors  unions decided to boycott the ceremony (with participation up to  individual members) as a public show of unity. Dick Clark (I) (qv)  and Steve Allen (I) (qv) stepped in as hosts at the last minute to  replace Bob Newhart (qv), Michael Landon (qv) and  Lee Remick (qv), and most of the presenters were television  executives and other non