The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program is an award presented annually by the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is an American professional service organization founded in 1955 for "the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, edu ...
(NATAS) and
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States. It is a 501(c)(6) non-prof ...
(ATAS). It is given to honor a
television newsmagazine that covers "the entertainment industry with a focus on human interest, popular culture and celebrity gossip and interviews".
Programs of this genre airing between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. are eligible to enter.
This category additionally awards the work of the
producer titles,
segment producer(s),
host(s),
anchor(s) and
correspondent(s) "credited on a minimum of 19% of the original episodes".
At the
41st Daytime Emmy Awards
The 41st Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast fr ...
held in 2014, ''
Entertainment Tonight
''Entertainment Tonight'' (or simply ''ET'') is an American Broadcast syndication, first-run syndicated news broadcasting news magazine, newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Para ...
'' and ''
Extra'' were the first winners of this award when they tied in this category. The awards ceremony was not televised in 2014, and instead aired only online through the DaytimeEmmys.net website as there was an inability to find a proper TV broadcast channel.
The Emmy was named after an "Immy", an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.
The statuette was designed by
Louis McManus
Louis Manuel McManus (May 31, 1898 – April 17, 1968) was an American television engineer, film editor, and designer of the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known as the designer for the appearance of the Emmy award statuette and symbol for the Ac ...
, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy.
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.
Since its inception, the award has been given to two entertainment news program. ''Entertainment Tonight'' holds the record for the most awards, winning four occasions. This program also joins ''
Access Hollywood'' and ''Extra'' for having the most nominations, with a total of five. As of the
2022 ceremony, ''Entertainment Tonight'' became the most recent recipient of the award.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
2010s and 2020s
Multiple wins
;7 wins
*''
Entertainment Tonight
''Entertainment Tonight'' (or simply ''ET'') is an American Broadcast syndication, first-run syndicated news broadcasting news magazine, newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Para ...
''
;2 wins
*''
Extra''
Multiple nominations
;9 nominations
*''
Access Hollywood''
*''
Entertainment Tonight
''Entertainment Tonight'' (or simply ''ET'') is an American Broadcast syndication, first-run syndicated news broadcasting news magazine, newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Para ...
''
*''
Extra''
;5 nominations
*''
E! News''
*''
Inside Edition''
;2 nominations
*''DailyMailTV''
*''
The Insider''
*''
TMZ''
References
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Daytime Emmy Awards
Awards established in 2014