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Daytime Emmy Awards: 1974

Daytime Emmy

Date:	28 May
Host:	Peter Marshall (I) (New York City); Barbara Walters (New York City)
Location:	Rockerfeller Plaza, New York, New York, USA
Notes:	The awards are presented to shows that were broadcast between 19 March 1973 and 17 March 1974.

Best Actor in Daytime Drama - For a Special Program


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Pat O'Brien (I); ABC - For episode "The Other Woman".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Don Porter (I); ABC - For episode "Mother of the Bride". "CBS Daytime 90" (1974) - Peter Coffield; CBS - For episode "Legacy of Fear".

Best Actor in Daytime Drama - For a Series


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Macdonald Carey; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - John Beradino; ABC "General Hospital" (1963) - Peter Hansen (I); ABC

Daytime Actor of the Year


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Pat O'Brien (I); ABC - For episode "The Other Woman".

Best Actress in Daytime Drama - For a Series


Winner:
	"Doctors, The" (1963) - Elizabeth Hubbard; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Mary Fickett; ABC "General Hospital" (1963) - Rachel Ames (I); ABC "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Mary Stuart (I); CBS

Best Actress in Daytime Drama - For a Special Program


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Cathleen Nesbitt; ABC - For episode "The Mask of Love".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Eve Arden; ABC - For episode "Mother of the Bride". "CBS Daytime 90" (1974) - Constance Towers; CBS - For episode "Once In Her Life".

Daytime Actress of the Year


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Cathleen Nesbitt; ABC - For episode "The Mask of Love".

Best Individual Director for a Talk, Service or Variety Program


Winner:
	"Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Dick Carson; Syndicated - For episode with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell (I), Fran Warren (I) and Kay Starr.
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah's Place" (1970) - Glen Swanson; NBC - For episode with José Feliciano. "Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Ron Appling; Syndicated - For episode with Clint Eastwood, Forrest Tucker and Myron Handleman, Stanley.

Outstanding Lighting Direction


Winner:
	"Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Richard Holbrook; CBS - For episode on 11 January 1974.
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Mel Handelsman; ABC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Alan E. Scarlett; NBC - For episode on 20 July 1973. "General Hospital" (1963) - Ron Holden; ABC

Best Individual Director for a Drama Series


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Wes Kenney; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Doctors, The" (1963) - Norman Hall (I); NBC "Doctors, The" (1963) - Hugh McPhillips (I); NBC

Outstanding Musical Direction


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Richard Clements (I); ABC - For episode "A Special Act of Love".
Other Nominees:
	"Doctors, The" (1963) - John Geller; NBC "Edge of Night, The" (1956) - Paul Taubman; CBS

Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork


Winner:
	"One Life to Live" (1968) - Lou Marchand (technical director); Gerald M. Dowd (cameraman); Frank Melchiorre (cameraman); John Morris (XXXIII) (cameraman); ABC - For episode on 2 July 1973.

Daytime Director of the Year


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Wes Kenney; ABC - For episode "Miss Kline, We Love You".

Best Individual Director for a Special Program


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Wes Kenney; ABC - For episode "Miss Kline, We Love You".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Burt Brinckerhoff; ABC - For episode "The Mask of Love". "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Peter Levin (I); ABC - For episode "The Other Woman". "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Lela Swift; ABC - For episode "The Gift of Terror".

Best Individual Director for a Game Show


Winner:
	"Jackpot" (1974) - Mike Gargiulo (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Jerome Shaw; NBC "Password" (1961) - Stu Phelps; ABC - For episode with Carol Burnett and Elizabeth Montgomery (I).

Best Writing for a Talk, Service or Variety Program


Winner:
	"Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Tony Garafalo; Bob Murphy (III); Merv Griffin; Syndicated - For episode with Jean King, Bille, Mark Spitz (I), Hank Aaron and Johnny Unitas.
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah's Place" (1970) - Bill Walker (XX); Bob Howard (IV); Fred Tatashore; NBC - For episode "The Child Abuse Show". "Soul Train" (1971) - Don Cornelius (I); Syndicated - For episode with Johnny Mathis.

Best Writing for a Drama Series


Winner:
	"Edge of Night, The" (1956) - Henry Slesar; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Doctors, The" (1963) - Eileen Pollock (II); Robert Mason Pollock; James Lipton; NBC "General Hospital" (1963) - Frank Hursley; Doris Hursley; Bridget Dobson; Deborah Hardy; ABC

Best Writing for a Special Program


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Lila Garrett; Sandy Krinski; ABC - For episode "Mother of The Bride".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Art Wallace (I); ABC - For episode "Alone with Terror". "CBS Daytime 90" (1974) - Robert J. Shaw; CBS - For episode "Once in her Life".

Best Writing for a Game Show


Winner:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Jay Redack; Harry Friedman (I); Harold Schneider (II); Gary Johnson (I); Steve Levitch; Rick Kellard; Rowby Goren; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Match Game 73" (1973) - Robert Sherman (IV); R. Patrick Neary; Joseph Neustein; Dick DeBartolo; CBS

Outstanding Art Direction or Scenic Design


Winners:
	"Another World" (1964) - Otis Riggs Jr.; NBC "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Tom Trimble (I) (art director); Brock Broughton (set decorator); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"CBS Daytime 90" (1974) - Victor Paganuzzi (scenic designer); John A. Wendell (set decorator); CBS - For episode "Once In Her Life". "Love of Life" (1951) - Lloyd R. Evans (scenic designer); Tom Cunningham (IV) (set decorator); John A. Wendell (set decorator); CBS

Outstanding Costume Design


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Bill Jobe; ABC - For episode "The Mask of Love".
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Hazel Roy; ABC "Another World" (1964) - Lewis Brown (I); NBC "Somerset" (1970) - Julia Sze; NBC

Outstanding Sound Mixing


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Ernie Dellutri; NBC - For episode on 20 July 1973.
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Albin S. Lemanski; ABC "General Hospital" (1963) - Dick Ellis (II); ABC - For episode on 8 February 1974.

Outstanding Editing


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Gary Anderson (II); ABC - For episode "Miss Kline, We Love You".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Jerry Greene; ABC - For episode "The Mask of Love". "CBS Daytime 90" (1974) - Jeff Laing (II); CBS - For episode "Once in Her Life".

Outstanding Makeup


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Douglas Kelly (IV); ABC - For episode "The Mask of Love".
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Sylvia Lawrence; ABC "Doctors, The" (1963) - Lee Baygan; NBC "Edge of Night, The" (1956) - Andrew Eger; ABC

Outstanding Drama Series


Winner:
	"Doctors, The" (1963) - Joseph Stuart; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Betty Corday (executive producer); Ted Corday (creator); Irna Phillips (creator); Allan Chase (creator); Wes Kenney (producer); NBC "General Hospital" (1963) - James Young (XXIII) (producer); Jim Hursley (creator); Doris Hursley (creator); ABC

Outstanding Informational Children's Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Joseph Barbera (executive producer); William Hanna (I) (executive producer); William Schwartz (II) (producer); ABC - For episode "Runaways".

Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series


Winner:
	"Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Bob Murphy (III); Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah's Place" (1970) - Henry Jaffe (executive producer); Fred Tatashore (producer); NBC "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Woody Fraser; Syndicated

Outstanding Game Show


Winner:
	"Password" (1961) - Frank Wayne (III) (executive producer); Howard Felsher (producer); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Merrill Heatter (executive producer); Bob Quigley (executive producer); Jay Redack; NBC "Jeopardy!" (1964) - Robert Rubin (III) (producer); NBC

Daytime Writer of the Year


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Lila Garrett; Sandy Krinski; ABC - For episode "Mother of The Bride".

Outstanding Entertainment Children's Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Daniel Wilson (III); ABC - For Episode "Rookie of the Year".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Gerald I. Isenberg (executive producer); Richard Marx (III) (producer); ABC - For episode "My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel". Swiss Family Robinson, The (1973/II) (TV) - Walter J. Hucker (executive producer); CBS

Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series


Winner:
	"Zoom" (1972) - Jim Crum; Christopher Sarson; PBS
Other Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - Jim Kramer (I) (executive producer); Jim Hirschfeld (producer); CBS "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" (1972) - Norm Prescott; Lou Scheimer; CBS "Star Trek" (1973) - Lou Scheimer; Norm Prescott; NBC

Best Host or Hostess in a Game Show


Winner:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Peter Marshall (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Jeopardy!" (1964) - Art Fleming; NBC "Password" (1961) - Allen Ludden; ABC

Outstanding Informational Children's Series


Winner:
	"Make a Wish" (1970) - Lester Cooper (executive producer); Tom Bywaters (producer); ABC

Best Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service, or Variety Series


Winner:
	"Dinah's Place" (1970) - Dinah Shore; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Merv Griffin; Syndicated "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Mike Douglas (I); Syndicated "Not for Women Only" (1968) - Barbara Walters; Syndicated

Outstanding Drama Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - John Conboy (I); ABC - For episode "The Other Woman"
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - John Choy; ABC - For episode "A Special Act of Love". "CBS Daytime 90" (1974) - Tony Converse (I) (executive producer); Darryl Hickman (executive producer); Linda Fidler Wendell (producer); CBS - For episode "Tiger on a Chain".