Annual award, 1974–2022
TheDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host was an award presented annually by theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) andAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given to honor the outstanding work of agame show host who has appeared in at least 19% of total episodes for the calendar year.[ 1]
The1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 withPeter Marshall receiving the award for his hosting duty on thepanel game showHollywood Squares [ 2] Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show before changing to its current title in 1985.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Since its inception, the award has been given to 18 hosts. In 1983,Betty White became the first woman to win the award and eventually was joined byMeredith Vieira 22 years later as the only two women to have garnered the award.Steve Harvey andWayne Brady are the only African American game show hosts to have won the Emmy. In 1990,Bob Barker andAlex Trebek tied for the award, which was the first tie in this category. Also in 1990, Barker became the host with the most wins in the category when he won a fifth time, surpassing Marshall's previous record of four; Barker went on to win in nine additional years, ultimately receiving fourteen wins. Trebek has since received five additional wins. Trebek last won the award at the2021 ceremony , which was accepted posthumously due to his death in November 2020. Trebek also has been nominated on 32 occasions, more than any other host.
At the2022 ceremony , Harvey became the last awarded host in this category for his hosting duties onFamily Feud Primetime Emmy Awards as part of a re-alignment of categories betweenNATAS andATAS and was renamedOutstanding Host for a Game Show [ 6]
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
Table key ‡ Indicates the winner † Indicates a posthumous winner
Peter Marshall was the first consecutive winner (1974-75) in this category for hostingHollywood Squares Allen Ludden won in 1976 for hostingPassword Richard Dawson won once in 1977 (out of seven nominations) for hostingFamily Feud Dick Clark won three (out of ten nominations) for hosting several versions ofPyramid Betty White won in 1983 for hostingJust Men! Pat Sajak has won three awards (out of fourteen nominations) for hostingWheel of Fortune Ben Stein has won once in 1999 from four nominations for his hosting duty onWin Ben Stein's Money Jimmy Kimmel has won once in 1999 from two nominations, sharing both honors with co-host,Ben Stein onWin Ben Stein's Money Tom Bergeron won in 2000 (tied with Bob Barker) and was nominated (2001 and 2003) for hostingHollywood Squares Regis Philbin received two consecutive nominations, winning in 2001 for hosting theABC version ofWho Wants to Be a Millionaire Meredith Vieira earned seven nominations (winning in 2005 and 2009) for hosting thesyndicated version ofWho Wants to Be a Millionaire Ben Bailey won three times (2010, 2011 and 2013) for hostingCash Cab Todd Newton received four nominations, winning once in 2012 for hostingFamily Game Night Steve Harvey received nine consecutive nominations, winning three times (2014, 2017 and 2022) for hostingFamily Feud Wayne Brady received twelve nominations, winning in 2018, for hostingLet's Make a Deal Craig Ferguson garnered two consecutive wins (2015 and 2016) out of three nominations for hostingCelebrity Name Game Chris Harrison garnered two consecutive nominations (2018 and 2019) for hostingWho Wants to Be a Millionaire John Michael Higgins was nominated in 2019, for hosting duty onAmerica Says Alfonso Ribeiro was nominated in 2020 and 2021 for hosting duty onCatch 21 Hosts with multiple wins and nominations [ edit ] The following individuals received two or more Game Show Host awards:
Bob Barker has the most wins in this category for his hosting duty onThe Price Is Right Alex Trebek has been nominated on 32 occasions, receiving eight wins.The following individuals received two or more Game Show Host nominations:
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