First awarded 1974 Country United States of America Category of Daytime Emmy Award | Official website emmyonline.org/daytime Instituted 1974 | |
Awarded for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team Currently held by The Bold and the Beautiful
(2016) Most awards Ryan's Hope
The Young and the Restless (6) Most nominations The Young and the Restless (23) Presented by National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences People also search for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team Winners & Nominees The Bold and the BeautifulBradley Bell - Michele Val Jean - Patrick Mulcahey -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Winner, The Young and the RestlessLloyd Gold - Charles Pratt Jr - Michael Conforti -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, General HospitalChris Van Etten - Ron Carlivati - Jean Passanante -, General Hospital, Nominee, The Bold and the BeautifulBradley Bell - Michele Val Jean - Patrick Mulcahey -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Winner, The Young and the RestlessLloyd Gold - Michael Conforti - Jean Passanante -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, General HospitalChris Van Etten - Ron Carlivati - Elizabeth Page -, General Hospital, Nominee, Days of Our LivesGary Tomlin - Melissa Salmons - Christopher Whitesell -, Days of Our Lives, Nominee, The Young and the RestlessJosh Griffith - Shelly Altman - Tracey Thomson -, The Young and the Restless, Winner, The Bold and the BeautifulBradley Bell - Kay Alden - Michele Val Jean -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Nominee, Days of Our LivesGary Tomlin - Melissa Salmons - Christopher Whitesell -, Days of Our Lives, Nominee, The Bold and the BeautifulBradley Bell - Kay Alden - Michele Val Jean -, The Bold and the Beautiful, Winner, The Young and the RestlessMaria Arena Bell - Hogan Sheffer - Scott Hamner -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, One Life to LiveChris Van Etten - Ron Carlivati - Elizabeth Page -, One Life to Live, Nominee, General HospitalChris Van Etten - Ron Carlivati - Elizabeth Page -, General Hospital, Nominee, Days of Our Lives, Days of Our Lives, Winner, All My ChildrenAgnes Nixon - Lloyd Gold - Chip Hayes -, All My Children, Nominee, The Young and the RestlessMaria Arena Bell - Hogan Sheffer - Scott Hamner -, The Young and the Restless, Nominee, General HospitalMeg Bennett - Michael Conforti - Michele Val Jean -, General Hospital, Nominee | ||
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team 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 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1974 and it is given to honored the performances of the entire writing team participating in a form of a daytime drama.
The award was previously called Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series between 1974 and 1986, where the category had various names and honored different members of the writing team. Therefore, since then, the category began to start using its current title years. 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, weighs five pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.
Ryan's Hope, Guiding Light, and The Young and the Restless hold the record for most wins with six. The Young and the Restless has also received the most nominations, with a total of twenty-three. ABC has been the network the most successful, with a total of eighteen wins. In 1997, All My Children and The Young and the Restless tied, which was the first tie in this category. As of the 2016 ceremony, The Bold and the Beautiful is 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.