Daytime Emmy Awards: 1975

Daytime Emmy

Date:	15 May
Host:	Stephanie Edwards (I) (New York City); Monty Hall (New York City)
Location:	Hudson River Cruise Ship, New York Harbor, New York, New York, USA

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) {Last Bride of Salem (#2.6)} - Bradford Dillman; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Jack Carter (II); ABC - For episode "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose". "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Bert Convy; ABC - For episode "Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby...".

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series


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

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Kay Lenz; ABC - For episode "Heart in Hiding".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Diane Baker; ABC - For episode "Can I Save My Children?". "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Lois Nettleton; ABC - For episode "The Last Bride of Salem". "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) {The Girl Who Couldn't Lose (#3.4)} - Julie Kavner; ABC - (Shown within "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972)).

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Susan Flannery; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Ruth Warrick; ABC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Susan Seaforth Hayes; NBC "General Hospital" (1963) - Rachel Ames (I); ABC

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Special Program


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Mort Lachman; ABC - For episode "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Walter C. Miller; ABC - For episode "Can I Save My Children".

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Variety Program


Winner:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Glen Swanson; Syndicated - For episode "Dinah Salutes Broadway".
Other Nominees:
	"Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Dick Carson; Syndicated - For episode with Robert Goulet, Louis Prima and Shecky Greene.

Outstanding Individual Director in a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Richard Dunlap; CBS - For episode on 25 November 1975.
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Ira Cirker; NBC - For episode on 3 May 1974. "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Joseph Behar; NBC - For episode on 20 November 1975.

Outstanding Individual Director for a Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Jerome Shaw; NBC - For episode on 28 October 1974.
Other Nominees:
	"Let's Make a Deal" (1963) - Joseph Behar; ABC - For episode on 6 March 1975.

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Special Program


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Audrey Davis Levin; ABC - For episode "Heart in Hiding".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Ruth Brooks Flippen; ABC - For episode "Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby...". "ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Lila Garrett; Sandy Krinski; ABC - For episode "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose".

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Another World" (1964) - Harding Lemay; Tom King (I); Charles Kozloff; Jan Merlin; Douglas Marland; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - William J. Bell; Patricia Falken Smith; Bill Rega; NBC - For episode on 21 November 1974. "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - William J. Bell; CBS - For episode on 22 October 1974.

Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Merrill Heatter (executive producer); Bob Quigley (executive producer); Jay Redack (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) - Bob Stewart (V) (executive producer); Anne-Marie Schmitt; ABC "Jeopardy!" (1964) - Robert Rubin (III) (executive producer); Lynette Williams (producer); NBC "Let's Make a Deal" (1963) - Stefan Hatos (executive producer); Alan Gilbert (II) (producer); ABC

Outstanding Daytime Drama Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Ira Barmak (executive producer); Lila Garrett (producer); ABC - For episode "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" (1972) - Robert Michael Lewis (I) (executive producer); George Paris (II) (producer); ABC - For episode "The Last Bride of Salem".

Outstanding Host in a Game Show or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Peter Marshall (I); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Let's Make a Deal" (1963) - Monty Hall; ABC "Match Game, The" (1962) - Gene Rayburn; CBS

Outstanding Individual Achievement Children's Programming


Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - Robert Keeshan (performer); CBS Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975) (TV) - Charles M. Schulz (writer); CBS

Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series


Winner:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Henry Jaffe (executive producer); Carolyn Raskin (executive producer); Fred Tatashore (producer); Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Jack Reilly (IV) (executive producer); Woody Fraser (producer); Syndicated "Today" (1952) - Stuart Schulberg (executive producer); Douglas Sinsel (producer); Gene Farinet (producer); NBC

Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Series


Winner:
	"Star Trek" (1973) - Lou Scheimer (producer); Norm Prescott (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - Jim Hirschfeld (producer); CBS "Pink Panther Show, The" (1969) - David H. DePatie (producer); Friz Freleng (producer); NBC

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


Winner:
	"Today" (1952) - Barbara Walters; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Dinah Shore; Syndicated "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Mike Douglas (I); Syndicated "Today" (1952) - Jim Hartz (I); NBC

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - John Conboy (I) (producer); William J. Bell (creator); Lee Phillip Bell (creator); CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Paul Rauch (I) (executive producer); Joe Rothenberger (producer); Mary S. Bonner (producer); Irna Phillips (creator); William J. Bell (creator); NBC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Betty Corday (executive producer); Ted Corday (creator); Irna Phillips (creator); Allan Chase (I) (creator); Jack Herzberg (producer); NBC

Outstanding Individual Achievement - Daytime Programming


Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Paul Lynde (performer); NBC "Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Jay Redack; Harry Friedman (I); Gary Johnson (I); Harold Schneider (II); Rick Kellard; Steve Levitch; NBC - For episode on 22 November 1974. "How to Survive a Marriage" (1974) - Stas Pyka (graphic designer/title sequence); NBC - For episode on 7 January 1975.

Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Special


Winner:
	"CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People, The" (1973) - Edward Villella (executive producer); Gardner Compton (producer); CBS - For episode "Harlequin".
Other Nominees:
	"CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People, The" (1973) - Herman Krawitz (executive producer); Bob Weiner (II) (producer); CBS - For episode "Ailey Celebrates Ellington".