Daytime drama award
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 24th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1972, when the award was originally called Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama for two years.[ 1] [ 2]
The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were presented in 1974, when this award was renamed Outstanding Drama Series and given in honor of a daytime drama .[ 2] The awards ceremony was not televised in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for lack of integrity.[ 3] [ 4]
The Emmy was named after an "Immy", an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.[ 5] The statuette was designed by Louis McManus , who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy.[ 5] The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip. The statuette weighs 5 pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.[ 5]
The award was first presented to The Doctors , which first aired in 1963. General Hospital holds the record for the most awards, winning on sixteen occasions. In 2007, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless tied, which was the first tie in this category. The Young and the Restless has also received the most nominations, with a total of thirty-three. ABC has been the most successful network, with a total of twenty-one wins.
As of the 2024 ceremony , General Hospital is the most recent recipient of the award.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
Table key
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Indicates the winner
^ Executive Producer: Jill Farren Phelps , Supervising Producers: John Fisher , Tony Morina , Producer: Mary O’Leary
^ Executive Producer: Bradley Bell , Supervising Producers: Rhonda Friedman , Edward Scott , Coordinating Producer: Mark Pinciotti , Producers: Colleen Bell , Cynthia J. Popp , Casey Kasprzyk
^ Executive Producer: Ken Corday , Co-Executive Producers: Lisa DeCazotte , Greg Meng
Senior Coordinating Producers: Janet Spellman-Drucker , Tim Stevens , Coordinating Producer: Randy Dugan , Producer:
Albert Alarr
^ Executive Producers: Rich Frank , Jeff Kwatinetz , Jennifer Pepperman , Supervising Producer: Catherine Maher-Smith , Coordinating Producers: Vivian Gundaker , Jennifer Salamone , Line Producer: Chris Savage
^ Executive Producer: Ken Corday , Senior Coordinating Producer: Janet Spellman-Drucker , Co-Executive Producers: Lisa DeCazotte , Greg Meng , Coordinating Producer: Randy Dugan , Producer: Albert Alarr
^ Executive Producer: Jill Farren Phelps , Supervising Producers: John Fisher , Tony Morina , Coordinating Producer: Mary O'Leary , Producer: Mary O’Leary
^ Executive Producer: Bradley Bell , Supervising Producers: Rhonda Friedman , Edward Scott , Casey Kasprzyk Coordinating Producer: Mark Pinciotti , Producers: Colleen Bell , Cynthia J. Popp ,
^ Executive Producer: Frank Valentini , Coordinating Producer: Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon , Producers: Mercer Barrows, Michelle Henry , Mary Kelly Weir
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