The First Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
In 1973, daytime television was given its own Emmy ceremony. At the time there were three categories---one for the top show, another for the top actor, and third was for top actress.
Winners are denoted by boldface type and a bullet (•).
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Days of our Lives
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The Doctors
General Hospital
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
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Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton, Days of our Lives)
John Beradino (Steve Hardy, General Hospital)
Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin, General Hospital)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Mary Fickett (Ruth Martin, All My Children)
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Elizabeth Hubbard (Althea Davis, The Doctors)
Rachel Ames (Audrey Hardy, General Hospital)
Mary Stuart (Joanne Vincente, Search For Tomorrow)
BEST WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Doctors
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The Edge of Night
General Hospital
BEST INDIVIDUAL DIRECTOR FOR A DRAMA SERIES
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Days of our Lives - Wes Kenney
The Doctors - Norman Hall
The Doctors - Hugh McPhillips
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION OR SCENIC DESIGN
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Another World
CBS Daytime 90
Love of Live
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The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
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The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
All My Children
Another World
Somerset
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
All My Children
The Doctors
The Edge of Night
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION
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The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
The Doctors
The Edge of Night
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING
All My Children
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Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND ELECTRONIC CAMERAWORK
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One Life to Live
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION
All My Children
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
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The Young and the Restless
THE FINAL TALLY
Days of our Lives: 3 wins (1 acting, 1 technical, plus Directing)
5 nominations: 1 acting, 2 technical, plus Directing and Series
The Doctors: 2 wins (1 acting, 1 technical)
7 nominations: 1 acting, 1 technical, plus Writing, 2 Directing, and Series
The Young and the Restless: 2 wins (2 technical)
2 nominations: 2 technical
The Edge of Night: 1 win (Writing)
3 nominations: 2 technical, plus Writing
Another World: 1 win (1 technical)
2 nominations; 2 technical
One Life to Live: 1 win (1 technical)
1 nomination
General Hospital
7 nominations: 3 acting, 2 technical, plus Writing and Series
All My Children
5 nominations: 1 acting, 4 technical
Love of Live
1 nomination: 1 technical
Search For Tomorrow
1 nomination: 1 acting
Somerset
1 nomination: 1 acting
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