High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 21st Annual Tony Awards ceremony was broadcast on March 26, 1967, from the Shubert Theatre in New York City on the ABC Television network. This was the Awards ceremony`s inaugural broadcast on U.S. network television. The hosts were Mary Martin and Robert Preston. This year also marked the first joint presentation of the awards by the American Theatre Wing with The Broadway League (formerly The League of American Theatres and Producers).