The 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the

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(NATAS), "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the 2012 calendar year". The ceremony took place on June 16, 2013 at

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, in

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, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was televised in the United States by HLN and executive produced by Gabriel Gornell. The evening was hosted by

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and

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for the first time and the pre-show ceremony was hosted by Hammer and

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. The drama pre-nominees were announced on February 27, 2013, and the nominations were announced during an episode of ''

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'' on May 1, 2013. The acceptance speech format was altered to add live on-stage interviews with recipients directly following their acceptance speeches for the first time in award show history. In related events, the 40th Annual

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ceremony was held at the

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on June 14, 2013. ''

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'' won the most awards, with four trophies including for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team and five other Creative Arts Emmy Awards out of their 11 nominations. ''

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'' won two awards including Outstanding Drama Series. ''

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'' won its fourth award in the Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment category. ''

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'' had received the most nominations, with a total of 23 (including Creative Arts Emmy Awards).

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received two nominations for hosting duties, one in

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for ''

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'' and the other in Outstanding Talk Show Host for ''

''. The Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to

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and Bob Stewart. The ceremony attracted 913,000 viewers.

Winners and nominees

In the lists below, the winner of the category is shown first, with a double-dagger (), followed by the other nominees.

Lifetime Achievement Award

* Bob Stewart

Presenters and performances

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical acts.

Presenters

Performers

References

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