Daytime drama award
TheDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series is an award presented annually by theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) andAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the24th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1972, when the award was originally calledOutstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama for two years.[ 1] [ 2]
Thefirst daytime-themed Emmy Awards were presented in 1974, when this award was renamedOutstanding Drama Series and given in honor of adaytime drama .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The award was first presented toThe Doctors General Hospital Guiding Light The Young and the Restless The Young and the Restless has also received the most nominations, with a total of thirty-three.ABC has been the most successful network, with a total of twenty-one wins.
As of the2025 ceremony ,General Hospital is the most recent recipient of the award.
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
Series with multiple wins [ edit ] 18 wins 11 wins The Young and the Restless 4 wins As the World Turns Days of our Lives 3 wins All My Children The Bold and the Beautiful Guiding Light Santa Barbara 2 wins ^ Executive Producer:Jill Farren Phelps , Supervising Producers:John Fisher ,Tony Morina , Producer:Mary O’Leary ^ Executive Producer:Bradley Bell , Supervising Producers:Rhonda Friedman ,Edward Scott , Coordinating Producer:Mark Pinciotti , Producers:Colleen Bell ,Cynthia J. Popp ,Casey Kasprzyk ^ Executive Producer:Ken Corday , Co-Executive Producers:Lisa DeCazotte ,Greg Meng Senior Coordinating Producers:Janet Spellman-Drucker ,Tim Stevens , Coordinating Producer:Randy Dugan , Producer:Albert Alarr ^ Executive Producers:Rich Frank ,Jeff Kwatinetz ,Jennifer Pepperman , Supervising Producer:Catherine Maher-Smith , Coordinating Producers:Vivian Gundaker ,Jennifer Salamone , Line Producer:Chris Savage ^ Executive Producer:Ken Corday , Senior Coordinating Producer:Janet Spellman-Drucker , Co-Executive Producers:Lisa DeCazotte ,Greg Meng , Coordinating Producer:Randy Dugan , Producer:Albert Alarr ^ Executive Producer:Jill Farren Phelps , Supervising Producers:John Fisher ,Tony Morina , Coordinating Producer:Mary O'Leary , Producer:Mary O’Leary ^ Executive Producer:Bradley Bell , Supervising Producers:Rhonda Friedman ,Edward Scott ,Casey Kasprzyk Coordinating Producer:Mark Pinciotti , Producers:Colleen Bell ,Cynthia J. Popp , ^ Executive Producer:Frank Valentini , Coordinating Producer:Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon , Producers: Mercer Barrows,Michelle Henry ,Mary Kelly Weir ^a b "Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama 1972" . New York: emmys.com and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived fromthe original on August 6, 2013. RetrievedAugust 5, 2013 .^a b "The Daytime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Drama Series" . Philadelphia:Soapcentral . Archived fromthe original on August 15, 2013. RetrievedJuly 10, 2013 .^ "Controversial Daytime Emmy show will go on" .The Gainesville Sun . RetrievedJune 17, 2013 .^ Passalacqua, Connie (August 23, 1985)."Soap scoop: Daytime Emmys need improvement" .Edmonton Journal Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. RetrievedDecember 31, 2012 . ^ "Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama 1973" . New York: emmys.com and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.Archived from the original on August 6, 2013. 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