Country United States Most awards General Hospital (12) Category of Daytime Emmy Award | First awarded 1972 Instituted 1972 | |
Awarded for Outstanding Drama Series Currently held by General Hospital (2016) Most nominations The Young and the Restless (33) People also search for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series Presented by National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Winners & Nominees General HospitalFrank Valentini - Mercer Barrows - MK Weir -, General Hospital, Winner, The Young and the RestlessJill Farren Phelps - Charles Pratt Jr - Anthony Morina -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, The Bold and the BeautifulEdward J Scott - Bradley Bell - Cynthia J Popp -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Nominee, Days of Our LivesKen Corday - Greg Meng - Albert Alarr -, Days of Our Lives, Nominee, The Young and the RestlessJill Farren Phelps - Anthony Morina - Mary O'Leary -, The Young and the Restless, Winner, Days of Our LivesKen Corday - Greg Meng - Albert Alarr -, Days of Our Lives, Winner, The Bold and the BeautifulColleen Bell - Edward J Scott - Bradley Bell -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Nominee, General HospitalFrank Valentini - Mercer Barrows - MK Weir -, General Hospital, Nominee, The Young and the RestlessJill Farren Phelps - Anthony Morina - Mary O'Leary -, The Young and the Restless, Winner, The Bold and the BeautifulColleen Bell - Edward J Scott - Bradley Bell -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Nominee, One Life to LiveJeff Kwatinetz - Richard H Frank - Jennifer Pepperman -, One Life to Live, Nominee, Days of Our LivesKen Corday - Greg Meng - Albert Alarr -, Days of Our Lives, Nominee, Days of Our LivesKen Corday - Greg Meng - Albert Alarr -, Days of Our Lives, Winner, The Young and the RestlessJill Farren Phelps - Maria Arena Bell - Anthony Morina -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, The Bold and the BeautifulColleen Bell - Edward J Scott - Bradley Bell -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Nominee, One Life to LiveFrank Valentini - Sonia Blangiardo - John Tumino -, One Life to Live, Nominee, General HospitalFrank Valentini - Mercer Barrows - MK Weir -, General Hospital, Nominee, General HospitalJill Farren Phelps - Robert Guza Jr - Mercer Barrows -, General Hospital, Winner, All My ChildrenJulie Hanan Carruthers - Hope Harmel Smith - Nadine Aronson, All My Children, Nominee, The Young and the RestlessMaria Arena Bell - Anthony Morina - Sally McDonald -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, Days of Our LivesKen Corday - Gary Tomlin - Greg Meng -, Days of Our Lives, Nominee | ||
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series 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 24th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1972, when the award was originally called Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama for two years.
The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were presented in 1974, when this award was renamed Outstanding Drama Series and given in honor of a daytime drama. The awards ceremony was not televised in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for lack of integrity. 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. The statuette weighs 5 pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.
The award was first presented to The Doctors, which first aired in 1963. General Hospital holds the record for the most awards, winning on twelve occasions. In 2007, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless tied, which was the first tie in this category. 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 the 2016 ceremony, General Hospital became the most recent recipient of the award.
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.