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Daytime Emmy Awards

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    Daytime Emmy

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    Outstanding Achievement in Coverage of Special Events

    • Winner

      The Great English Garden Party: Peter Ustinov Looks at 100 Years of Wimbledon

      Ken Ashton(producer)
      Allison Hawkes(producer)
      Pamela Moncur(producer)

    • CBS All American Thanksgiving Day Parade

      Mike Gargiulo(executive producer)
      Vern Diamond(producer)
      Clarence Schimmel(producer)
      Jim Hirschfeld(producer)
      Wilfred Fielding(producer)
      Malachy Wienges(producer)

    • CBS Tournament of Roses Parade and Pageant

      Mike Gargiulo(executive producer)
      Vern Diamond(producer)

    • 4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

      Walter C. Miller(executive producer)

    • Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

      Dick Schneider(producer)

    Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

    • Winner
      • James Pritchett
      • The Doctors
    • Matthew Cowles
      • Matthew Cowles
      • All My Children
      • Larry Keith
      • All My Children
      • Michael Storm
      • One Life to Live
    • Michael Levin
      • Michael Levin
      • Ryan's Hope
    • Andrew Robinson in The X-Files (1993)
      • Andrew Robinson
      • Ryan's Hope

    Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

    • Winner
      • Laurie Heineman
      • Another World
    • Mary Fickett
      • Mary Fickett
      • All My Children
    • Susan Lucci
      • Susan Lucci
      • All My Children
    • Beverlee McKinsey
      • Beverlee McKinsey
      • Another World
      • Victoria Wyndham
      • Another World
    • Susan Seaforth Hayes
      • Susan Seaforth Hayes
      • Days of Our Lives
      • Jennifer Harmon
      • One Life to Live

    Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Captain Kangaroo

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

      Once Upon a Classic

      7.3 (39)
      Jay Rayvid(executive producer)
      Shep Greene(producer)
      For episode "Robin Hood".
    • [object Object]

      Zoom

      7.7 (376)
      Terri Payne Francis(executive producer)
      Bob Glover(producer)
      Janet Weaver(producer)

    Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      Episode: 

      Hewitt's Just Different

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Daniel Wilson(executive producer)
      Fran Sears(producer)
    • [object Object]

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      Episode: 

      The Pinballs

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Martin Tahse
    • [object Object]

      NBC Special Treat

      7.4 (51)
      Charles Andrews(executive producer)
      Ken Greengrass(executive producer)
      For episode "How The Beatles Changed The World".
    • [object Object]

      NBC Special Treat

      7.4 (51)
      Marilyn Olin
      Lee Polk
      For episode "A Piece Of Cake".
    • [object Object]

      Once Upon a Classic

      7.3 (39)
      Jay Rayvid(executive producer)
      Shep Greene(producer)
      For episode "Man From Nowhere".

    • Winners

      Episode: 

      I Can

      8.0 (12)
      Robert Guenette(executive producer)
      Paul Asselin(producer)
      Diane Asselin(producer)

    • Winners

      Episode: 

      Journey Together

      8.0 (12)
      Robert Guenette(executive producer)
      Paul Asselin(producer)
      Diane Asselin(producer)

    Outstanding Children's Informational Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Animals, Animals, Animals

      8.4 (36)
      Lester Cooper(executive producer)
      Peter Weinberg(producer)

    • ABC Minute Magazine

      Thomas H. Wolf(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Villa Alegre

      8.4 (83)
      Claudio Guzmán(executive producer)
      Larry Gottlieb(producer)

    Outstanding Children's Informational Special

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      Episode: 

      Very Good Friends

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Martin Tahse(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People

      Episode: 

      Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare

      6.9 (63)
      Daniel Wilson

    Outstanding Children's Instructional Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Schoolhouse Rock!

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

      Sesame Street

      8.1 (16K)
      Al Hyslop

    Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Betty Corday(executive producer)
      Wes Kenney(executive producer)
      Jack Herzberg(producer)
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Bud Kloss(producer)
      Agnes Nixon(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Ryan's Hope

      7.2 (608)
      Claire Labine(executive producer)
      Paul Avila Mayer(executive producer)
      Robert Costello(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Young and the Restless

      5.3 (7.2K)
      John Conboy(executive producer)
      Patricia Wenig(producer)

    Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)

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

      The $10,000 Pyramid

      6.8 (514)
      Bob Stewart(executive producer)
      Anne-Marie Schmitt(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Family Feud

      7.1 (2.6K)
      Howard Felsher

    Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show

    • Richard Dawson
      Winner
      • Richard Dawson
      • Family Feud
    • Dick Clark
      • Dick Clark
      • The $10,000 Pyramid
    • Gene Rayburn
      • Gene Rayburn
      • Match Game
    • Chuck Woolery in Love Connection (1983)
      Susan Stafford
      • Chuck Woolery
      • Susan Stafford
      • Wheel of Fortune

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

    • Phil Donahue
      Winner
      • Phil Donahue
      • Donahue
    • Dinah Shore
      • Dinah Shore
      • Dinah!
    • James Underwood Crockett
      • James Underwood Crockett
      • The Victory Garden
    • Jim Nabors in Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964)
      • Jim Nabors
      • The Jim Nabors Show

    Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Big Apple Birthday

      5.9 (17)
      Bonnie Karrin(film editor)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      NBC Special Treat

      Episode: 

      Five Finger Discount

      7.4 (51)
      Brianne Murphy(cinematographer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People

      Episode: 

      Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare

      6.9 (63)
      Tom Aldredge(performer)
    • Winner

      The Magic Hat

      5.5 (10)
      David Wolf(writer)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People

      Episode: 

      Henry Winkler Meets William Shakespeare

      6.9 (63)
      Tony Di Girolamo(lighting director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      Episode: 

      Hewitt's Just Different

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Jan Hartman(writer)

    Outstanding Individual Achievement in Daytime Programming

    • Winner

      After Hours: Singin', Swingin' and All That Jazz

      Steve Cunningham(technical director)
      Hector Ramirez(cameraman)
      Shel Mooney(cameraman)
      Marty Wagner(cameraman)
      David Finch(cameraman)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Young and the Restless

      5.3 (7.2K)
      Steve Cunningham(technical director)
      Fred Gough(cameraman)
      Joe Vicens(cameraman)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Family Feud

      7.1 (2.6K)
      Joyce Grossman(video tape editing)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mike Douglas Show

      7.1 (608)
      David M. Clark(lighting director)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Search for Tomorrow

      7.0 (354)
      Connie Wexler(costume designer)

    Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming

    • Winner

      This Is My Son

      Carolee Campbell(performer)
    • Winner

      Continuing Creation

      Douglass Watson
    • Winner

      Continuing Creation

      Joseph Vadala(cinematographer)

    Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series

    • Winner
      • Richard Dunlap
      • The Young and the Restless
      • Ira Cirker
      • Another World
      • Richard T. McCue
      • As the World Turns
      • Al Rabin
      • Days of Our Lives
      • Robert Myhrum
      • Love of Life
      • Lela Swift
      • Ryan's Hope

    Outstanding Individual Director for a Game or Audience Participation Show

    • Winner
      • Mike Gargiulo
      • The $10,000 Pyramid
      • Paul Alter
      • Family Feud
      For episode "Valentine's Day Celebration Special".

    Outstanding Individual Director for a Variety Program

    • Winner
      • Martin Haig Mackey
      • Over Easy
      • Glen Swanson
      • Dinah!
      For episode "Dinah and the Philadelphians".
    • Don Roy King at an event for The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011)
      • Don Roy King
      • The Mike Douglas Show
      For episode "Mike In Hollywood".

    Outstanding Religious Programming

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Woman of Valor

      Doris Ann(executive producer)
      Martin Hoade(producer)

    • Francis of Assisi: A Search for the Man and His Meaning

      Doris Ann(executive producer)
      Martin Hoade(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Directions

      6.4 (26)
      Sid Darion(executive producer)

    Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Donahue

      6.3 (438)
      Richard Mincer(executive producer)
      Patricia McMillen(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Dinah!

      7.0 (329)
      Henry Jaffe(executive producer)
      Fred Tatashore(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Merv Griffin Show

      6.6 (630)
      Bob Murphy
    • [object Object]

      The Mike Douglas Show

      7.1 (608)
      Frank Miller(executive producer)
      Brad Lachman(producer)

    Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ryan's Hope

      7.2 (608)
      Claire Labine
      Paul Avila Mayer
      Mary Munisteri
      Allan Leicht
      Judith Pinsker
    • [object Object]

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      William J. Bell
      Kay Lenard
      Bill Rega
      Patricia Falken Smith
      Margaret Stewart
    • [object Object]

      Days of Our Lives

      5.3 (7.9K)
      Ann Marcus
      Ray Goldstone
      Joyce Perry
      Michael Robert David
      Laura Olsher
      Rocci Chatfield
      Elizabeth Harrower
    • [object Object]

      All My Children

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Agnes Nixon
      Cathy Chicos
      Doris Frankel
      Kenneth Harvey
      Kathryn McCabe
      Wisner Washam
      Mary K. Wells
      Jack Wood
    • [object Object]

      Guiding Light

      6.6 (2K)
      Jerome Dobson
      Bridget Dobson
      Nancy Ford
      Jean Rouverol
      Robert White
      Phyllis White

    Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Live from Lincoln Center

      8.5 (312)
      John Goberman(executive producer)
      For episode "Recital Of Tenor Luciano Pavarotti From The Met".
    • [object Object]

      Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom

      8.5 (539)
      Don Meier(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Camera Three

      7.2 (77)
      John Musilli(executive producer/producer)
      Roger Englander(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Good Morning America

      4.4 (2.2K)
      Woody Fraser(executive producer)
      George Merlis(producer)
      Merrill M. Mazuer(producer)
      Bob Blum(producer)

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    June 7, 1978

    Event location

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