The Art Carney Special is a comedy television series starting Art Carney as Axel Heist that aired on NBC from 1959 until 1961. The show earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards. Outstanding Comedy Series at the 12th Primetime Emmy Awards, June 20, 1960. Wiki link Wiki link Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB).