Award ceremony for television programming of 1985 and 1986
The 13th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, July 17, 1986, on NBC to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from March 6, 1985 to March 5, 1986. The telecast, lasting from 3-4:30 p.m., preempted Santa Barbara .
Winners in each category are in bold .
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series [ edit ]
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing [ edit ]
General Hospital
As the World Turns
Guiding Light (John B Kuntz)
The Young and the Restless
NOTE: The award was originally given to The Young and the Restless until a tally miscount forced The Young and the Restless to hand over the award to Guiding Light .
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing [ edit ]
As the World Turns
Guiding Light
The Young and the Restless
Days of our Lives
One Life to Live
Outstanding Game Show [ edit ]
The $25,000 Pyramid - A Bob-Sande Stewart Production for CBS (Syn. by 20th Century Fox)
Family Feud - A Mark Goodson Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
Jeopardy! - A Merv Griffin Production (Syn. by KingWorld)
The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson Production for CBS (Syn. by Television Program Source)
Wheel of Fortune - A Merv Griffin Production for NBC (Syn. by KingWorld)
Outstanding Game Show Host [ edit ]
Jim Henson , Margaret Loesch , Lee Gunther, Bob Richardson, John Gibbs and Jeffrey Scott (Muppet Babies )
Paul Bogrow, Buzz Potamkin , Steve Lumley, Allan Stevens and Chris Cuddington (CBS Storybreak )
Lee Mendelson , Bill Melendez and Charles M. Schulz (The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show )
Bill Cosby , Lou Scheimer , Marsh Lamore, Steve Gerber and Phil Harnage (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids )
William Hanna , Joseph Barbera , Gerard Baldwin, Bob Hathcock, Ray Patterson , Patsy Cameron and Tedd Anasti (The Smurfs )