44th Daytime Emmy Awards
Official poster
Awarded for	Outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television
Date	April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)
Location	Pasadena Civic Auditorium Pasadena, California, U.S.
Presented by	National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted by	Mario Lopez Sheryl Underwood
Preshow host	Carolyn Hennesy[1]
Highlights
Most nominations	The Young and the Restless (25)
Outstanding Drama Series	General Hospital
Outstanding Game Show	Jeopardy!
Website	emmyonline.com/daytime
Television/radio coverage
Network	Facebook Live Periscope Producer
Produced by	Michael Levitt David Michaels David Parks
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The44th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by theNational 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 from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the 2016 calendar year". The ceremony took place on April 30, 2017 at thePasadena Civic Auditorium, inPasadena, California, and began at 5:00 p.m.PST / 8:00 p.m.EST.^[2][3] The ceremony, livestreamed in the United States byFacebook Live andPeriscope Producer, was executively produced byMichael Levitt, David Parks, and the Senior Vice President of the Daytime Emmy Awards, David Michaels.^[4][5] Actors and television hostsMario Lopez andSheryl Underwood hosted the ceremony for the first time.^[6][7]

In related events, the Academy held its44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony also at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on April 28, 2017.^[2] On January 26, 2017, the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented toMary Hart.^[3]Soap Opera Digest reported that formerAll My Children starSusan Lucci would make an appearance at the ceremony, as part of a segment paying tribute to the serial's creator,Agnes Nixon.^[8]

TheNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced and implemented some category and rule changes for the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards:^[9][10][11]

• For the Blue Ribbon Final round of judging, the pre-nominees of the six Drama performer categories can create a reel of scenes/appearances that have aired during the 2016 calendar year, that is up to four episodes and reaches a length of 20 minutes long. This is a change from last year, where performers were only to submit a 20-minute reel containing just two episodes.
• In the categories of (Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team andOutstanding Drama Series Writing Team, other than one sole episode, the series may now select 2 episodes from the 2016 Calendar year to submit for evaluation.
• Talk Shows categories (Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment andOutstanding Talk Show/Informative) can now submit any two episodes from the 2016 calendar year, rather than from one single episode as had been done for several previous years.

The nominees for the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on March 22, 2017, during an episode of CBS's daytime talk showThe Talk.^[12]The Young and the Restless led all nominees with 25 nominations;The Bold and the Beautiful came in second with 23.

Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[13]

• Mary Hart, former long-running host ofEntertainment Tonight

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical acts.^[8][5][14]

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