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Daytime Emmy Award For Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team 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 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1974, and it is given to honor the performances of the entire writing team participating in a form of a daytime drama. The award was previously called Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series between 1974 and 1986, where the category had various names and honored different members of the writing team. Therefore, since then, the category began to start using its current title years. 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, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy. The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip, weighs five pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold. ''The Y ...
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Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards, or Daytime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), the Daytime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. The first ceremony was held in 1st Daytime Emmy Awards, 1974, expanding what was originally a prime time-themed Emmy Award. Ceremonies generally are held in May or June, but starting in 2025, the ceremony will be held in October. History The first Emmy Award ceremony took place on January 25, 1949. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in 1972, when ''The Doctors (1963 TV series), The Doctors'' and ''General Hospital'' were nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. That year, ''The Doctors'' won the first Best Sho ...
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Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV. Founded in 1927, headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City and being part of the " Big Three" television networks, CBS has major production facilities and operations at the CBS Broadcast Center and the headquarters of owner Paramount at One Astor Plaza (both also in that city) and Television City and the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. It is sometimes referred to as the Eye Network, after the company's trademark symbol of an eye (which has been in use since October 20, 1951), and also the Tiffany Network, which alludes to the perceived high quality of its programming during the tenur ...
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One Life To Live
''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park (production company), Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature ethnically and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social issues. ''One Life to Live'' was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and then to an hour on January 16, 1978. ''One Life to Live'' heavily focuses on the members and relationships of the Lord family. Actress Erika Slezak began portraying the series' protagonist Victoria Lord in March 1971 and played the character continuously for the rest of the show's run on ABC Daytime, winning a record six Daytime Emmy Awards for the role. In 2002, ...
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7th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979). The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo. Six awards were given. The ceremony was telecast at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 on NBC. It preempted '' Another World'', which was a 90-minute program at the time. Winners in each category are in bold. Outstanding Daytime Drama Series *''All My Children'' *'' Another World'' *''Guiding Light'' Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series * James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, ''All My Children'') * William Mooney (Paul Martin, ''All My Children'') * Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, ''Another World'') * Franc Luz (Dr. John Bennett, '' The Doctors'') * John Gabriel (Dr. Seneca Beaulac, ''Ryan's Hope'') * Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, ''Ryan's Hope'') Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series *Julia Barr (Brooke English, ''All My Children'') *Kathleen Noone (Elle ...
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6th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 6th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1979 to commemorate excellence in American daytime programming from the previous year (1978). The 1979 Emmy awards introduced the supporting actor and actress categories, meaning that five awards were given out that year, a first in the awards show's history. The outstanding individual achievement in technical and design excellence for daytime drama series category made its debut also (which includes video, audio, music, lighting, art and scenic directors, designers, makeup artists, hair dressers, graphic and title sequence designers). The ceremony was telecast at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 17 on CBS. ''Guiding Light'', normally scheduled for 2:30-3:30 p.m., aired a half-hour episode. ''Love of Life'', normally scheduled for 4 p.m., was preempted. Winners in each category are in bold. Outstanding Daytime Drama Series *''All My Children'' *''Days of Our Lives'' *'' Ryan's Hope'' *''The Young and the Restless'' Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Dra ...
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5th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 5th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Wednesday, June 7, 1978, on ABC, to commemorate excellence in American daytime programming from the previous year (1977). The awards were hosted by ''Family Feud'' host Richard Dawson, who also won an award for best game show host. Airing from 3 to 4:30 p.m. EST, the telecast preempted ''General Hospital'' and ''The Edge of Night''. Winners in each category are in bold. Outstanding Daytime Drama Series *''All My Children'' *''Days of Our Lives'' *'' Ryan's Hope'' *''The Young and the Restless'' Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series * Matthew Cowles (Billy Clyde Tuggle, ''All My Children'') *Lawrence Keith (Nick Davis, ''All My Children'') * James Pritchett (Dr. Matt Powers, '' The Doctors'') * Michael Storm ( Dr. Larry Wolek, ''One Life to Live'') *Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, ''Ryan's Hope'') * Andrew Robinson (Frank Ryan, ''Ryan's Hope'') Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series * Mary Fickett (Ruth Martin, ''All My Ch ...
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As The World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soap opera ''Guiding Light''. With 13,763 hours of cumulative narrative, ''As the World Turns'' has the longest total running time of any television show. In terms of continuous run of production, ''As the World Turns'' at 54 years holds the fourth-longest run of any daytime network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by ''General Hospital'', ''Guiding Light'', and ''Days of Our Lives''. ''As the World Turns'' was produced for its first 43 years in Manhattan and in Brooklyn from 2000 until 2010. Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on April 2, 1956, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, EST, airing as a 30-minute serial. Prior to that date, all serials had been 15 minutes in length. ''As the World Tur ...
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Ryan's Hope
''Ryan's Hope'' is an American soap opera created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, airing for 13 years on ABC from July 7, 1975, to January 13, 1989. It revolves around the trials and tribulations within a large Irish-American family in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Origins In late 1974, ABC Daytime approached Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the head writers of CBS' ''Love of Life,'' about creating a new soap opera similar to ''General Hospital''. Labine and Mayer added a large Irish-American family — the Ryans — to what ABC was calling ''City Hospital''. Another of the show's working titles was ''A Rage to Love'', but that was soon changed.Schemering, Christopher, ''Soap Opera Encyclopedia'', 1987, Ballantine Books Patriarch Johnny Ryan ( Bernard Barrow) owned a bar, Ryan's, across from fictional Riverside Hospital in New York City. His wife, Maeve (Helen Gallagher), assisted him in his duties, as did their children: Fran ...
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4th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 4th Daytime Emmy Awards were held Thursday, May 12, 1977, on NBC to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1976). The live coverage held from Tavern on the Green restaurant in Central Park, New York. The fourth awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given. Hosts were Peter Marshall, Chuck Woolery, Victoria Wyndham, Jack Gilford, and Soupy Sales with a special guest appearance by Gilda Radner of ''Saturday Night Live''. Telecast from 3-4:30 p.m., the awards preempted '' Another World'' and ''The Gong Show''. Winners in each category are in bold. Outstanding Daytime Drama Series *''All My Children'' *'' Another World'' *''Days of Our Lives'' *''The Edge of Night'' *''Ryan's Hope'' Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series *Larry Keith (Nick Davis, ''All My Children'') * James Pritchett (Dr. Matt Powers, '' The Doctors'') *Farley Granger ( Dr. Will Vernon, ''One Life to Live'') *Val Dufour (John Wyatt, ''Search for Tomo ...
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Guiding Light
''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. ''Guiding Light'' aired on CBS for 57 years between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, overlapping a 19-year broadcast on radio between January 25, 1937, and June 29, 1956. With 72 years of radio and television runs, ''Guiding Light'' is the longest-running American soap opera, ahead of ''General Hospital''. When the show debuted on radio in 1937, it centered on Reverend John Ruthledge and people whose lives revolved around him. The "Guiding Light" in the show's title originally referred to the lamp in Ruthledge's study that people used as a sign for them to find his help when needed. When the show transitioned to television in the 1950s, the Bauers, a German immigrant family first introduced in 1948, became the focus of the program. Other core families were introduced over the show's run, including the Norrises in the 1960s; the Marlers and the Spauldings in the 1 ...
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3rd Daytime Emmy Awards
The 3rd Daytime Emmy Awards were held Tuesday, May 11, 1976 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1975). The third awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given. Hosted by Bob Barker, the telecast aired from 3-4:30 p.m. EST on CBS and preempted reruns of ''All in the Family'', plus ''Match Game'' and ''Tattletales''. Winners in each category are in bold. Outstanding Daytime Drama Series *''All My Children'' *'' Another World'' *''Days of Our Lives'' *''The Young and the Restless'' Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series *Macdonald Carey ( Dr. Tom Horton, ''Days of our Lives'') * Bill Hayes ( Doug Williams, ''Days of our Lives'') *John Beradino ( Dr. Steve Hardy, ''General Hospital'') *Shepperd Strudwick (Victor Lord, ''One Life to Live'') *Larry Haines (Stu Bergman, ''Search for Tomorrow'') *Michael Nouri (Steve Kaslo, ''Search for Tomorrow'') Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series * Frances Heflin (Mona ...
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Days Of Our Lives
''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed new episodes on Peacock since September 12, 2022. The soap is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965. A co-production of Corday Productions and Sony Pictures Television, the series was created by husband-and-wife team Ted Corday and Betty Corday. During ''Days of Our Lives'' early years, Irna Phillips (creator of former NBC stablemate '' Another World'' as well as its former CBS rivals, '' As the World Turns'' and ''Guiding Light'') served as a story editor for the program and many of the show's earliest storylines were written by William J. Bell, who would depart the series in 1975 to focus full-time on ''The Young and the Restless'', which he created for ...
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