Before the Daytime Emmy Awards

Before 1973, there was not a separate Emmy ceremony for daytime television. In fact, in 1971 only one award was handed out---the award for top daytime drama series. By 1972, the committee added another award that would honor Outstanding Achievement By and Individual in a Daytime Drama. The award went to All My Children's Mary Fickett (Ruth Brent).

Winners are denoted by boldface type and a bullet (•).

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DAYTIME DRAMA-PROGRAMS
1971 to 1972

• The Doctors
General Hospital

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DAYTIME DRAMA
1972 to 1973

Days of our Lives
The Doctors
• The Edge of Night
One Life to Live

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN DAYTIME DRAMA
1972 to 1973

MacDonald Carey (Tom Horton, Days of our Lives)
• Mary Fickett (Ruth Brent, All My Children)
Norman Hall (Director, The Doctors)
H. Wesley Kenney (Director, Days of our Lives)
Peter Levin (Director, Love is a Many Splendored Thing)
Victor Pagnuzzi (Scenic Designer, Love is a Many Splendored Thing)
David Pressman (Director, One Life to Live)
John A. Wendell (Set Director, Love is a Many Splendored Thing)

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THE FINAL TALLY