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. Emmys are considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music) and Tony Awards (for stage).[1][2] [edit] 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."[3] 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 have ever been held outside of New York), where the Academy Awards have been presented since the venue's opening in 2001.[4] The 2007 ceremony was also held at the Kodak Theatre on June 15, 2007 and was recently held there on June 20, 2008. The show originally aired during the daytime hours, moving to nighttime in 1991. In recent years, the Daytime Emmy Awards have seen its ratings decline, prompting the shift from three hours of televised content to two. 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, which airs special programming revolving around the Daytime Emmys in the month before the show, broadcasts a red carpet special before the awards ceremony, and a post-show. When NBC hosted the awards shows, it would air special one-off episodes of their soap operas, such as Another World: Summer Desire. 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. In August 2009, The CW broadcast the Daytime Emmys for the first time, despite not having any daytime programming. The airing delivered the ceremony's worst ratings ever [5]. Previously, the show has been produced by one of its own Lifetime Achievement honorees, Dick Clark. The 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 shows were produced by White Cherry Entertainment. Due to the relatively small talent pool in daytime television, it has become common for the same people to be nominated repeatedly. 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 18 times without receiving an award before finally winning a Daytime Emmy for Best Actress in 1999.[6] [edit] Award categories Daytime Emmys are awarded in the following categories: Programming 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 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. [edit] 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
[edit] 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; CBS)
- 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)
- 36th Daytime Emmy Awards (August 30, 2009; The CW)
[edit] Actors who have won two or more Daytime Emmys - Justin Deas (6) (1984, 1988-1989, 1994-1995, 1997)
- Anthony Geary (6) (1982, 1999-2000, 2004, 2006, 2008)
- Erika Slezak (6) (1984, 1986, 1992, 1995-1996, 2005)
- David Canary (5) (1986, 1988-1989, 1993, 2001)
- Susan Flannery (4) (1975, 2000, 2002-2003)
- Kim Zimmer (4) (1985, 1987, 1990, 2006)
- Peter Bergman (3) (1991-1992, 2002)
- Sarah Brown (3) (1997-1998, 2000)
- Jennifer Finnigan (3) (2002-2004)
- Helen Gallagher (3) (1976-1977, 1988)
- Rick Hearst (3) (1991, 2004, 2007)
- Jonathan Jackson (3) (1995, 1998-1999)
- Michael E. Knight (3) (1986-1987, 2001)
- Jennifer Landon (3) (2006-2008)
- Christian LeBlanc (3) (2005, 2007, 2009)
- Julia Barr (2) (1990, 1998)
- Larry Bryggman (2) (1984, 1987)
- Martha Byrne (2) (1987, 2001)
- Macdonald Carey (2) (1974-1975)
- Susan Haskell (2) (1994, 2009)
- Judith Light (2) (1980-1981)
- Dorothy Lyman (2) (1982-1983)
- Kevin Mambo (2) (1996-1997)
- Cady McClain (2) (1990, 2004)
- Kimberly McCullough (2) (1989, 1996)
- Tom Pelphrey (2) (2006, 2008)
- Kristoff St. John (2) (1992, 2008)
- Michelle Stafford (2) (1997, 2004)
- Gina Tognoni (2) (2006, 2008)
- Heather Tom (2) (1993, 1999)
- Jerry verDorn (2) (1995-1996)
- Jess Walton (2) (1991, 1997)
- Douglass Watson (2) (1980-1981)
- Ellen Wheeler (2) (1986, 1988)
- Darnell Williams (2) (1983, 1985)
[edit] See also [edit] References - ^ BBC Learning English | Emmy awards
- ^ Emmys For Dame Helen/The Sopranos - Reality TV | Photos | News | Galleries
- ^ Eckhardt Nixon, Agnes. "They’re Happy to Be Hooked". The New York Times. 7 July 1968 :D13.
- ^ "The Daytime Emmys Go Hollywood!" - SoapCentral.com 9 September 2005
- ^ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007988.html "Pigskin's kicking in" CW's broadcast of the "36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" on Sunday drew the show's lowest ratings to date (0.6/2 in 18-49, 2.72m), but it did outperform the net's weak averages on the night this summer. - Variety.com] 1 September 2009
- ^ de Moraes, Lisa (July 6, 2006). "For the Primetime Emmys, a Series of Changes". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501599.html. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
[edit] External links | Daytime Emmy Awards categories | | | Program | | | | Acting | | | | Other performances | | | |
