Everything about The Daytime Emmy totally explained
The
Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the
New York-based
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the
Los Angeles-based
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in
American daytime television programming.
History
The first daytime-themed
Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in 1972, when
The Doctors and
General Hospital were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. That year,
The Doctors won the first Best Show Daytime Emmy. In addition, the award for Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in a Daytime Drama was given to
Mary Fickett from
All My Children. A previous category "Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming" was added once in 1968 with individuals like
Days of Our Lives star
MacDonald Carey nominated. Due to voting rules of the time judges could opt to either award one or no Emmy, and in the end they decided that no one nominated was deserving of the golden statuette. This snub outraged then
Another World writer
Agnes Nixon, causing her to write in
The New York Times, "...after viewing the recent fiasco of the Emmy awards, it may well be considered a mark of distinction to have been ignored by this group."
Longtime
General Hospital star
John Beradino became a leading voice to have daytime talent honored with special recognition for their work. The first separate awards show made just for daytime programming was broadcast in 1974 from the Channel Gardens at Rockefeller Center in New York. The hosts that year were
Barbara Walters and
Peter Marshall. The gala is now usually held at nearby
Radio City Music Hall, with occasional broadcasts from
Madison Square Garden. The 2006 Emmys were held at the
Kodak Theatre in
Los Angeles (the first time they've ever been held outside of New York), where the
Academy Awards have been presented since the venue's opening in 2001. The 2007 ceremony was also held at the Kodak Theatre on
June 15 2007.
Originally, the show was aired during the daytime hours (except for the 1983 and 1984 awards, which were not televised), but in 1991 the awards were moved to a nighttime broadcast. In recent years, the Daytime Emmy Awards have seen its ratings decline, prompting the move from three hours of televised content to two. Still, the award broadcast is guaranteed to draw in a fairly high percentage of viewers, and many special events have aired before the live telecast in an attempt to grab households tuning in for the awards.
ABC/
Disney's
SoapNet cable channel usually airs special programming revolving around the Daytime Emmys in the month before the show, along with a red carpet special before the awards ceremony, and a post-show. When
NBC hosted the awards shows, they'd routinely air special one-off episodes of their soap operas, such as . NBC would televise their last Daytime Emmys in 2004 and then dropped it. The 2006 awards aired for three hours, from 8-11 p.m. ET. During the past three turns for CBS, the network has used the first hour to carry
The Price Is Right specials, a United States Navy prime-time special and, in 2007, a repeat of that morning's final episode with host Bob Barker.
Previously, the show has been produced by one of its own Lifetime Achievement honorees,
Dick Clark. The 2004, 2006 and 2007 shows were produced by White Cherry Entertainment.
Due to the relatively small talent pool in Daytime television (particularly television soap operas) it has become quite common for the same people to be nominated year after year. The most infamous of these is
All My Children star
Susan Lucci, whose name became synonymous with being nominated for an award and never winning after having been nominated 19 times with no wins. Lucci finally won the award for Best Actress in 1999.
Award categories
Daytime Emmys are awarded in the following categories:
Overall
Directing
Directing For A Game/Audience Participation Show
Directing For A Drama Series
Directing For A Talk Show
Directing For A Lifestyle Show
Directing For A Children's Series
Directing For A Children/Youth/Family Special
Directing For A Special Class Program
Performance
Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Younger Actor In A Drama Series
Younger Actress In A Drama Series
Performer In A Children's Series
Performer In A Children/Youth/Family Special
Performer In An Animated Program
Game Show Host
Talk Show Host
Lifestyle Show Host
Writing
Writing For A Drama Series
Writing For A Children's Series
Writing For A Children/Youth/Family Special
Writing For A Special Class Special
Prior to 2007, the Lifestyle categories were previously known as the Service Show categories.
Creative Arts Daytime Emmys
Creative Arts Emmy Awards are awarded in the following categories:
Art direction
- Art Direction- Set Decoration- Scenic Design
- Art Direction- Set Decoration- Scenic Design For A Drama Series
Casting For A Drama Series
Costumes
- Costume Design For A Series
- Costume Design For A Drama Series
Editing
- Single Camera Editing For A Series
- Multiple Camera Editing For A Series
- Multiple Camera Editing For A Drama Series
Hairstyling
- Hairstyling For A Series
- Hairstyling For A Drama Series
Lighting Direction
- Lighting Direction For A Series
- Lighting Direction For A Drama Series
Main Title Design
Makeup
- Makeup
- Makeup For A Drama Series
Music
- Music Direction and Composition
- Music Direction and Composition For A Drama Series
- Original Song
Sound Editing and Mixing
- Sound Editing For A Series
- Sound Editing For A Drama Series
- Sound Mixing For A Series
- Sound Mixing For A Drama Series
Technical Direction
- Single Camera Photography- Video or Electronic
- Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Series
- Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video For A Drama Series
Award ceremonies
1st Daytime Emmy Awards (May 21, 1974; NBC)
2nd Daytime Emmy Awards (May 20, 1975; CBS)
3rd Daytime Emmy Awards (May 19, 1976; ABC)
4th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 24, 1977; NBC)
5th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 16, 1978; CBS)
6th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 15, 1979; ABC)
7th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 20, 1980; NBC)
8th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 19, 1981; CBS)
9th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 18, 1982; ABC)
10th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 21, 1983; not televised)
11th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 19, 1984; not televised)
12th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 11, 1985; ABC)
13th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 17, 1986; NBC)
14th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 16, 1987; CBS)
15th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 14, 1988; ABC)
16th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 20, 1989; NBC)
17th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 19, 1990; CBS)
18th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 18, 1991; ABC)
19th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 23, 1992; NBC)
20th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 21, 1993; CBS)
21st Daytime Emmy Awards (May 20, 1994; ABC)
22nd Daytime Emmy Awards (May 19, 1995; NBC)
23rd Daytime Emmy Awards (May 17, 1996; CBS)
24th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 16, 1997; ABC)
25th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 15, 1998; NBC)
26th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 21, 1999; CBS)
27th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 19, 2000; ABC)
28th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 18, 2001; NBC)
29th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 17, 2002; CBS)
30th Daytime Emmy Awards (May 16, 2003; ABC)
31st Daytime Emmy Awards (May 21, 2004; NBC)
32nd Daytime Emmy Awards (May 20, 2005; CBS)
33rd Daytime Emmy Awards (April 28, 2006; ABC)
34th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 15, 2007; CBS)
35th Daytime Emmy Awards (June 20, 2008; ABC)Further Information
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