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Daytime Emmy Awards: 1976

Daytime Emmy

Date:	11 May
Host:	Bob Barker (New York City)
Location:	Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, New York, USA
Notes:	The awards are presented to shows that were broadcast between 11 March 1975 and 15 March 1976.

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Special


Winners:
	First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) - James Luisi; NBC First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (1975) (TV) - Gerald Gordon (II); NBC

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Larry Haines; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Macdonald Carey; NBC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Bill Hayes (I); NBC "General Hospital" (1963) - John Beradino; ABC "One Life to Live" (1968) - Shepperd Strudwick; ABC "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Michael Nouri; CBS

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Special


Winner:
	First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson (1976) (TV) - Elizabeth Hubbard; NBC
Other Nominees:
	First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) - Susan Browning; NBC

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Ryan's Hope" (1975) - Helen Gallagher; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Frances Heflin; ABC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Susan Seaforth Hayes; NBC "General Hospital" (1963) - Denise Alexander (I); ABC "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Mary Stuart (I); CBS

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Special Program


Winner:
	First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson (1976) (TV) - Nick Havinga; NBC
Other Nominees:
	First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) - John J. Desmond; NBC First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (1975) (TV) - Ira Cirker; NBC

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Variety Program


Winner:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Glen Swanson; Syndicated - For episode "Dinah Salutes Tony Orlando and Dawn on Their Fifth Anniversary".
Other Nominees:
	"Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Don Roy King; Syndicated - For episode with Fred Astaire and Kelly, Gene.

Outstanding Individual Director for a Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) - Mike Gargiulo (I); ABC - For episode on 18 February 1976.
Other Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Jerome Shaw; NBC

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"One Life to Live" (1968) - David Pressman (II); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Doctors, The" (1963) - Hugh McPhillips (I); NBC "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Richard Dunlap; CBS

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Special Program


Winner:
	First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson (1976) (TV) - Audrey Davis Levin; NBC
Other Nominees:
	First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) - Ethel Frank; NBC

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Days of Our Lives" (1965) - William J. Bell; Kay Lenard; Patricia Falken Smith; Bill Rega; Margaret Stewart (III); Sheri Anderson (I); Wanda Coleman; NBC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Agnes Nixon; Wisner Washam; Kathryn McCabe; Mary K. Wells; Jack Wood; ABC "Edge of Night, The" (1956) - Henry Slesar; ABC "Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Bridget Dobson; Jerome Dobson; Jean Rouverol; CBS "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - William J. Bell; Kay Alden; CBS

Outstanding Daytime Drama Special


Winner:
	First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson (1976) (TV) - Jeff Young (V) (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) - Linda Fidler Wendell; NBC First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (1975) (TV) - Paul Rauch (I); NBC

Outstanding Children's Instructional Programming - Series and Specials


Winner:
	"Schoolhouse Rock!" (1973) - Tom Yohe (executive producer); Radford Stone (producer); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"MisteRogers' Neighborhood" (1968) - Fred Rogers (I) (executive producer); Bill Moates (producer); PBS "Sesame Street" (1969) - Jon Stone (I) (executive producer); Dulcy Singer (producer); PBS

Outstanding Informational Children's Special


Winner:
	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1976) (TV) - Lee Mendelson; Warren Lockhart; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Daniel Wilson (III); ABC - For episode "Winning and Losing: Diary of a Campaign".

Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Series


Winner:
	"Big Blue Marble, The" (1974) - Henry Fownes; Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - Jim Hirschfeld; CBS "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" (1972) - Norm Prescott; Lou Scheimer; CBS "Zoom" (1972) - Austin Hoyt (executive producer); PBS

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Daytime Programming


Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Paul Lynde; NBC

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


Winner:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Dinah Shore; Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Good Morning America" (1975) - David Hartman (II); ABC "Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Merv Griffin; Syndicated "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Mike Douglas (I); Syndicated

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Another World" (1964) - Paul Rauch (I) (executive producer); Joe Rothenberger (producer); Mary S. Bonner (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Budd Kloss (producer); ABC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Betty Corday (executive producer); Jack Herzberg (producer); Al Rabin (producer); NBC "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - John Conboy (I) (executive producer); Patricia Wenig (producer); CBS

Outstanding Daytime Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) - Bob Stewart (V) (executive producer); Anne-Marie Schmitt (producer); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Merrill Heatter (executive producer); Bob Quigley (executive producer); Jay Redack (producer); NBC "Let's Make a Deal" (1963) - Stefan Hatos (executive producer); Alan Gilbert (II) (producer); ABC "Match Game 73" (1973) - Ira Skutch; CBS "New Price Is Right, The" (1972) - Frank Wayne (III) (executive producer); Jay Wolpert (producer); CBS

Outstanding Informational Children's Series


Winner:
	"Go" (1973) - George A. Heinemann (executive producer); Rift Fournier (producer); J. Philip Miller (producer); William A. Lewis (producer); Joan Bender (producer); NBC
Other Nominees:
	"Electric Company, The" (1971) - Andrew B. Ferguson Jr.; PBS "Make a Wish" (1970) - Lester Cooper (executive producer); Peter Weinberg (producer); ABC

Outstanding Host or Hostess - Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"Password" (1961) - Allen Ludden; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Peter Marshall (I); NBC "Jackpot" (1974) - Geoff Edwards (I); NBC

Outstanding Daytime Talk, Service or Variety Series


Winner:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Henry Jaffe (executive producer); Carolyn Raskin (executive producer); Fred Tatashore (producer); Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Good Morning America" (1975) - Mel Ferber (executive producer); George Merlis (producer); Bob Lissit (producer); ABC "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Jack Reilly (IV) (executive producer); Woody Fraser (producer); Syndicated

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming


Winner:
	"Sesame Street" (1969) - Jim Henson (I) (performer); Frank Oz (performer); Jerry Nelson (I) (performer); Caroll Spinney (performer); Richard Hunt (I) (performer); PBS - For episode on 25 April 1975.

Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Special


Winner:
	"CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People, The" (1973) - Sylvia Fine (executive producer); Bernard Rothman (producer); Jack Wohl (producer); Herbert Bonis (producer); CBS - For episode "Danny Kaye's Look-In at the Metropolitan Opera".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Arthur Barron; Evelyn Barron; ABC - For episode "It Must Be Love ('Cause I Feel So Dumb!)". "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Daniel Wilson (III); ABC - For episode "Me and Dad's New Wife" "NBC Special Treat" (1975) - William P. D'Angelo (executive producer); R.S. Allen (executive producer); Harvey Bullock (executive producer); Michael S. McLean (producer); NBC - For episode "Papa and Me".