16th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 16th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, June 29, 1989, on NBC to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1988). The awards aired from 3-5 pm (Eastern time). Again this year, the awards ceremony was a joint presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) on the East Coast and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) on the West Coast. The ceremonies and live telecast was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The non-televised Daytime Emmy Awards presentation for programs and individual achievement, primarily for excellence in creative arts categories, was held four days earlier on June 25.

Contents

• Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series
• Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing
• Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing
• Outstanding Game Show
• Outstanding Game Show HostHostess
• Outstanding Animated Program
• Outstanding Film Sound Mixing
• Outstanding Film Sound Editing Tie
• References

Winners in each category are in bold. Two winners were recorded in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series category, as a tie was recorded in the race between actresses Debbi Morgan and Nancy Lee Grahn.