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Daytime Emmy Awards

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    Best Actor in Daytime Drama - For a Series

    • Macdonald Carey in Lock Up (1959)
      Winner
      • Macdonald Carey
      • Days of Our Lives
    • John Beradino
      • John Beradino
      • General Hospital
    • Peter Hansen at an event for Port Charles (1997)
      • Peter Hansen
      • General Hospital

    Best Actor in Daytime Drama - For a Special Program

    • Pat O'Brien in Ragtime (1981)
      Winner
      • Pat O'Brien
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Other Woman".
    • Don Porter in Also Rans/Portrait of Solange (1981)
      • Don Porter
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "Mother of the Bride".
    • Peter Coffield
      • Peter Coffield
      • CBS Daytime 90
      For episode "Legacy of Fear".

    Best Actress in Daytime Drama - For a Series

    • Elizabeth Hubbard
      Winner
      • Elizabeth Hubbard
      • The Doctors
    • Mary Stuart in Thunderhoof (1948)
      • Mary Stuart
      • Search for Tomorrow
    • Mary Fickett
      • Mary Fickett
      • All My Children
    • Rachel Ames
      • Rachel Ames
      • General Hospital

    Best Actress in Daytime Drama - For a Special Program

    • Cathleen Nesbitt in Family Plot (1976)
      Winner
      • Cathleen Nesbitt
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Mask of Love".
    • Eve Arden
      • Eve Arden
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "Mother of the Bride".
    • Constance Towers
      • Constance Towers
      • CBS Daytime 90
      For episode "Once In Her Life".

    Best Host or Hostess in a Game Show

    • Peter Marshall
      Winner
      • Peter Marshall
      • The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
    • Art Fleming in Jeopardy! (1964)
      • Art Fleming
      • Jeopardy!
    • Allen Ludden
      • Allen Ludden
      • Password

    Best Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service, or Variety Series

    • Dinah Shore
      Winner
      • Dinah Shore
      • Dinah's Place
    • Merv Griffin
      • Merv Griffin
      • The Merv Griffin Show
    • Mike Douglas 1/18/56
      • Mike Douglas
      • The Mike Douglas Show
    • Barbara Walters at an event for Bride Wars (2009)
      • Barbara Walters
      • Not for Women Only

    Best Individual Director for a Drama Series

    • Winner
      • Wes Kenney
      • Days of Our Lives
      • Norman Hall
      • The Doctors
      • Hugh McPhillips
      • The Doctors

    Best Individual Director for a Game Show

    • Winner
      • Mike Gargiulo
      • Jackpot
      • Jerome Shaw
      • The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)
      • Stu Phelps
      • Password
      For episode with Carol Burnett and Elizabeth Montgomery.

    Best Individual Director for a Special Program

    • Winner
      • Wes Kenney
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "Miss Kline, We Love You".
      • Lela Swift
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Gift of Terror".
    • Burt Brinckerhoff in Route 66 (1960)
      • Burt Brinckerhoff
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Mask of Love".
      • Peter Levin
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Other Woman".

    Best Individual Director for a Talk, Service or Variety Program

    • Winner
      • Dick Carson
      • The Merv Griffin Show
      For episode with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell, 'Fran Warren (I)' and Kay Starr.
      • Ron Appling
      • The Merv Griffin Show
      For episode with Clint Eastwood, 'Forrest Tucker' (qv and 'Stanley Myron Handleman'.
      • Glen Swanson
      • Dinah's Place
      For episode with José Feliciano.

    Best Writing for a Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Edge of Night

      7.8 (508)
      Henry Slesar
    • [object Object]

      The Doctors

      7.1 (266)
      Eileen Pollock
      Robert Pollock
      James Lipton
    • [object Object]

      General Hospital

      6.6 (6K)
      Frank Hursley
      Doris Hursley
      Bridget Dobson
      Deborah Hardy

    Best Writing for a Game Show

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)

      6.8 (1.1K)
      Jay Redack
      Harry Friedman
      Harold Schneider
      Gary Johnson
      Steve Levitch
      Rick Kellard
      Rowby Goren
    • [object Object]

      Jeopardy!

      7.6 (696)
      Lynette Williams
      Elizabeth M. Camp
      Leslie Cooper
      Mark Eisman
      G. Ross Parker
      James J. Thesing
    • [object Object]

      Match Game

      8.3 (2.7K)
      Robert Sherman
      R. Patrick Neary
      Joseph Neustein
      Dick DeBartolo

    Best Writing for a Special Program

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      7.3 (58)
      Lila Garrett
      Sandy Krinski
      For episode "Mother of The Bride".
    • [object Object]

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      Alone with Terror

      7.3 (58)
      Art Wallace
    • CBS Daytime 90

      7.8 (14)
      Robert J. Shaw
      For episode "Once in her Life".

    Best Writing for a Talk, Service or Variety Program

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Merv Griffin Show

      6.6 (630)
      Tony Garofalo
      Bob Murphy
      Merv Griffin
      For episode with 'Bille Jean King', Mark Spitz, Hank Aaron and Johnny Unitas.
    • [object Object]

      Dinah's Place

      7.5 (56)
      Bill Walker
      Bob Howard
      Fred Tatashore
      For episode "The Child Abuse Show".
    • [object Object]

      Soul Train

      8.1 (743)
      Don Cornelius
      For episode with Johnny Mathis.

    Daytime Actor of the Year

    • Pat O'Brien in Ragtime (1981)
      Winner
      • Pat O'Brien
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Other Woman".

    Daytime Actress of the Year

    • Cathleen Nesbitt in Family Plot (1976)
      Winner
      • Cathleen Nesbitt
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "The Mask of Love".

    Daytime Director of the Year

    • Winner
      • Wes Kenney
      • The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
      For episode "Miss Kline, We Love You".

    Daytime Writer of the Year

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      7.3 (58)
      Lila Garrett
      Sandy Krinski
      For episode "Mother of The Bride".

    Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Young and the Restless

      5.3 (7.2K)
      Tom Trimble(art director)
      Brock Broughton(set decorator)
      Tied with Otis Riggs Jr. for Another World (1964).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Another World

      7.0 (1.2K)
      Otis Riggs Jr.
      Tied with Tom Trimble and 'Brock Broughton' (qv for The Young and the Restless (1973).
    • CBS Daytime 90

      7.8 (14)
      Victor Paganuzzi(scenic designer)
      John A. Wendell(set decorator)
      For episode "Once In Her Life".
    • [object Object]

      Love of Life

      7.4 (129)
      Lloyd R. Evans(scenic designer)
      Tom Cunningham(set decorator)
      John A. Wendell(set decorator)

    Outstanding Children's Instructional Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Inside/Out

      8.5 (33)
      Larry Walcoff(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

      8.8 (10K)
      Leland Hazard(executive producer)
      Fred Rogers(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Schoolhouse Rock!

      8.2 (4.6K)
      Tom Yohe(executive producer)
      Radford Stone(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Sesame Street

      8.1 (16K)
      Jon Stone(executive producer)
      Robert Cunniff(producer)

    Outstanding Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      The Mask of Love

      7.3 (58)
      Bill Jobe
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Hazel Roy
    • [object Object]

      Another World

      7.0 (1.2K)
      Lewis Brown
    • [object Object]

      Somerset

      7.4 (103)
      Julia Sze

    Outstanding Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Doctors

      7.1 (266)
      Joseph Stuart
    • [object Object]

      General Hospital

      6.6 (6K)
      James Young(producer)
      Jim Hursley(creator)
      Doris Hursley(creator)
    • [object Object]

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Betty Corday(executive producer)
      Ted Corday(creator)
      Irna Phillips(creator)
      Allan Chase(creator)
      Wes Kenney(producer)

    Outstanding Drama Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      The Other Woman

      7.3 (58)
      John Conboy
    • [object Object]

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      A Special Act of Love

      7.3 (58)
      John Choy
    • CBS Daytime 90

      Episode: 

      Tiger on a Chain

      7.8 (14)
      Tony Converse(executive producer)
      Darryl Hickman(executive producer)
      Linda Fidler Wendell(producer)

    Outstanding Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      Miss Kline, We Love You

      7.3 (58)
      Gary Anderson
    • [object Object]

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      The Mask of Love

      7.3 (58)
      Jerry Greene
    • CBS Daytime 90

      Episode: 

      Once in Her Life

      7.8 (14)
      Jeff Laing

    Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zoom

      7.7 (376)
      Jim Crum
      Christopher Sarson
    • [object Object]

      Captain Kangaroo

      8.0 (1.7K)
      James Kramer(executive producer)
      Jim Hirschfeld(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

      6.7 (2.8K)
      Norm Prescott
      Lou Scheimer
    • [object Object]

      Star Trek: The Animated Series

      7.2 (8.9K)
      Lou Scheimer
      Norm Prescott

    Outstanding Entertainment Children's Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      Episode: 

      Rookie of the Year

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Daniel Wilson
    • [object Object]

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      Episode: 

      My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Gerald I. Isenberg(executive producer)
      Richard Marx(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Swiss Family Robinson

      6.5 (35)
      Walter J. Hucker(executive producer)

    Outstanding Game Show

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Password

      7.4 (544)
      Frank Wayne(executive producer)
      Howard Felsher(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)

      6.8 (1.1K)
      Merrill Heatter(executive producer)
      Bob Quigley(executive producer)
      Jay Redack
    • [object Object]

      Jeopardy!

      7.6 (696)
      Robert Rubin(producer)

    Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Electric Company

      8.1 (2.5K)
      Ron Baldwin(art director)
      Nat Mongioi(set decorator)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sesame Street

      8.1 (16K)
      Jim Henson(performer)
      Frank Oz(performer)
      Caroll Spinney(performer)
      Jerry Nelson(performer)
      Richard Hunt(performer)
      Fran Brill(performer)
    • [object Object]

      The Electric Company

      8.1 (2.5K)
      Tom Whedon(writer)
      John Boni(writer)
      Sara Compton(writer)
      Tom Dunsmuir(writer)
      Thad Mumford(writer)
      Jerry Stevens(writer)
      Jim Thurman(writer)

    Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      This Is the Life

      6.2 (102)
      Ken Lamkin(technical director)
      Sam Drummy(cameraman)
      Gary Stanton(cameraman)
      Bob Hatfield(cameraman)
      For episode "Gift of Tears"
    • Illustrated, Simplified and Painless Sunday School

      9.1 (41)
      John Ward(scenic designer)
      Myron Bleam(set decorator)
      For episode "St. Francis of Assisi, The Tower of Babel, David and Goliath"
    • The Holy Land

      Doris Ann(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Directions

      6.4 (26)
      Sid Darion(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Directions

      6.4 (26)
      Paul E. Wilson(producer)
      For episode "Christmas In Wales"

    Outstanding Informational Children's Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Make a Wish

      8.9 (69)
      Lester Cooper(executive producer)
      Tom Bywaters(producer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      7.1 (1.4K)
      William Hanna(executive producer)
      Joseph Barbera(executive producer)
      William Schwartz(producer)
      American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
      For episode: "The Runaways".
    • [object Object]

      The Electric Company

      8.1 (2.5K)
      Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr.(executive producer)
      Andrew B. Ferguson Jr.(producer)
    • In the News

      8.6 (46)
      Joel Heller(executive producer)
      Judy Reemtsma(producer)
    • What's It All About?

      Joel Heller(executive producer)
      Walter Lister(producer)
      For episode "What's Impeachment All About?"
    • What's It All About?

      Joel Heller(executive producer)
      Walter Lister(producer)
      For episode "What's The Energy Crisis All About?"

    Outstanding Lighting Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Young and the Restless

      5.3 (7.2K)
      Dick Holbrook
      For episode on 11 January 1974.
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Mel Handelsman
    • [object Object]

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Alan E. Scarlett
      For episode on 20 July 1973.
    • [object Object]

      General Hospital

      6.6 (6K)
      Ron Holden

    Outstanding Makeup

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      The Mask of Love

      7.3 (58)
      Doug Kelly
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Sylvia Lawrence
    • [object Object]

      The Edge of Night

      7.8 (508)
      Andy Eger
    • [object Object]

      The Doctors

      7.1 (266)
      Lee Baygan

    Outstanding Musical Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

      Episode: 

      A Special Act of Love

      7.3 (58)
      Richard Clements
    • [object Object]

      The Doctors

      7.1 (266)
      John Geller
    • [object Object]

      The Edge of Night

      7.8 (508)
      Paul Taubman

    Outstanding Sound Mixing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Ernie Dellutri
      For episode on 20 July 1973.
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Albin S. Lemanski
    • [object Object]

      General Hospital

      6.6 (6K)
      Dick Ellis
      For episode on 8 February 1974.

    Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Merv Griffin Show

      6.6 (630)
      Bob Murphy
    • [object Object]

      Dinah's Place

      7.5 (56)
      Henry Jaffe(executive producer)
      Fred Tatashore(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Mike Douglas Show

      7.1 (608)
      Woody Fraser

    Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Life to Live

      6.9 (2.8K)
      Lou Marchand(technical director)
      Gerald M. Dowd(cameraman)
      Frank Melchiorre(cameraman)
      John Morris(cameraman)
      For episode on 2 July 1973.
    • [object Object]

      The Edge of Night

      7.8 (508)
      Harold Schutzman(technical director)
      Hal Weldon(cameraman)
      William Unkel(cameraman)
      Robert Toerper(cameraman)
    • [object Object]

      The Price is Right

      7.5 (4.5K)
      A.J. Cunningham(technical director)
      Rick Tanzi(cameraman)
      Joe Arvizu(cameraman)
      Jack Jennings(cameraman)
      Wayne Orr(cameraman)
    • [object Object]

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Gordon C. James
      George Simpson(cameraman)
      George Meyer(cameraman)
      John Kullman
    • [object Object]

      The Young and the Restless

      5.3 (7.2K)
      Clive Bassett(technical director)
      Paul Johnson(cameraman)
      Dick Ouderkirk(cameraman)
      Marvin Dresser(cameraman)
      Rick Tanzi(cameraman)
      Gordon T. Sweeney(cameraman)
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      J.J. Lupatkin(technical director)
      Bill Degenhardt(technical director)
      John Wood(cameraman)
      Frank Zuccaro(cameraman)
      Jimmy Woodle(cameraman)
      Joseph Solomito(cameraman)
      Al Gianetta(cameraman)
      Len Gelardi(cameraman)

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    Event date

    May 28, 1974

    Event location

    USA

    Event links

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