The 47th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the

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(NATAS), honored the best in

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programming in 2019. The winners in leading categories were presented in a remotely-produced special aired by

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on June 26, hosted by the panel of the network's daytime talk show '' The Talk''. The NATAS originally planned to hold a ceremony over three nights for the first time on June 12–14, 2020, at the

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. Due to the

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, the ceremony was cancelled. The nominations, originally scheduled to be announced on April 27, 2020, were also delayed to May 21.

Ceremony information

The 47th Daytime Emmy Awards were originally scheduled for the first time to be presented over three nights, instead of the traditional main ceremony and the separate

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ceremony, to honor its ever expanding set of award categories. On March 19, 2020, the NATAS postponed the ceremonies due to the

. The NATAS then announced on April 28 that the awards would be presented at a date to be determined later, in a remotely-produced "virtual" format. On May 20, the NATAS announced that the winners in leading categories would be presented in a special airing June 26 on

. It marked the first time that the Daytime Emmys were broadcast on U.S. TV since

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(after being relegated to a

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), and the ceremony's return to both CBS and broadcast television for the first time since

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. The special was produced by

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, which had produced previous Daytime Emmys ceremonies for CBS. The nominees were announced the next day on CBS's daytime talk show '' The Talk'', whose panel would later be announced as hosts of the special. Some of the additional award categories were announced simultaneously on Twitter, while others are planned to be announced separately later in July 2020. The Spanish language winners have yet to be announced and no clear date has been set.

Award changes

As part of several initiatives regarding

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, the NATAS decided to replace both the younger actor and younger actress drama categories with a single

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Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series.

Winners and nominees

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Nominations were announced on May 21, 2020. Winners in each category are listed first, in boldface.

References

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