Daytime Emmy Awards: 1977

Daytime Emmy

Date:	12 May
Host:	Peter Marshall (I) (New York City); Chuck Woolery (New York City); Victoria Wyndham (New York City); Jack Gilford (New York City); Soupy Sales (New York City)
Location:	Delacorte Theatre, Central Park, New York, New York, USA

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Val Dufour; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Larry Keith (I); ABC "Doctors, The" (1963) - James Pritchett; NBC "One Life to Live" (1968) - Farley Granger; ABC "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Larry Haines; CBS

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Ryan's Hope" (1975) - Helen Gallagher; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Ruth Warrick; ABC "Another World" (1964) - Beverlee McKinsey; NBC "Ryan's Hope" (1975) - Nancy Addison; ABC "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) - Mary Stuart (I); CBS

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Variety Program


Winner:
	"Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Don Roy King; Syndicated - For episode "Mike in Hollywood with Ray Charles and Michel Legrand".
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Glen Swanson; Syndicated - For episode "Dinah from Australia". "Gong Show, The" (1976) - John Dorsey (I); NBC "Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Dick Carson; Syndicated - For episode "Merv Griffin in Israel".

Outstanding Individual Director for a Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) - Mike Gargiulo (I); ABC - For episode with Tony Randall (I) and Jo Anne Worley.
Other Nominees:
	"Let's Make a Deal" (1963) - Joseph Behar; ABC

Outstanding Individual Director for a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Ryan's Hope" (1975) - Lela Swift; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"Another World" (1964) - Ira Cirker; NBC "As the World Turns" (1956) - Paul E. Davis; Leonard Valenta; CBS "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Joseph Behar; NBC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Al Rabin; NBC "Edge of Night, The" (1956) - John Sedwick; ABC

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Ryan's Hope" (1975) - Claire Labine; Paul Avila Mayer; Mary Munisteri; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Agnes Nixon; Wisner Washam; Kathryn McCabe; Mary K. Wells; Jack Wood (II); ABC "Another World" (1964) - Harding Lemay; Tom King (I); Peter Swet; Barry Berg; Jan Merlin; Arthur Giron; Kathy Callaway; NBC "As the World Turns" (1956) - Robert Soderberg; Edith R. Sommer; Ralph Ellis (I); Eugenie Hunt; Theodore Apstein; Gillian Spencer; CBS "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - William J. Bell; Patricia Falken Smith; Bill Rega; Kay Lenard; Margaret Stewart (III); NBC

Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"Tattletales" (1974) - Bert Convy; CBS
Other Nominees:
	"$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) - Dick Clark (I); ABC "Match Game 73" (1973) - Gene Rayburn; CBS

Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show


Winner:
	"Family Feud" (1976) - Howard Felsher; ABC
Other Nominees:
	"$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) - Bob Stewart (V) (executive producer); Anne-Marie Schmitt (producer); ABC "Hollywood Squares, The" (1965) - Bob Quigley (executive producer); Merrill Heatter (executive producer); Jay Redack (producer); NBC "Match Game 73" (1973) - Ira Skutch; CBS "Tattletales" (1974) - Ira Skutch (executive producer); Paul Alter (producer); CBS

Outstanding Children's Instructional Programming - Series and Specials


Winner:
	"Sesame Street" (1969) - Jon Stone (I) (executive producer); Dulcy Singer (producer); PBS
Other Nominees:
	"Villa Alegre" (1973) - Claudio Guzm�n (executive producer); Larry Gottlieb (producer); PBS

Outstanding Children's Informational Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - David H. DePatie (executive producer); Friz Freleng (executive producer); Robert Chenault (producer); ABC - For episode "My Mom's Having A Baby".

Outstanding Talk, Service or Variety Series


Winner:
	"Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Bob Murphy (III) (producer); Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Henry Jaffe (executive producer); Carolyn Raskin (executive producer); Fred Tatashore (producer); Syndicated "Gong Show, The" (1976) - Chuck Barris (executive producer); Gene Banks (II) (producer); NBC "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - David Salzman (executive producer); Jack Reilly (IV) (producer); Syndicated

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


Winner:
	"Phil Donahue Show, The" (1970) - Phil Donahue; Syndicated
Other Nominees:
	"Dinah!" (1974) - Dinah Shore; Syndicated "Merv Griffin Show, The" (1962) - Merv Griffin; Syndicated "Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) - Mike Douglas (I); Syndicated

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series


Winner:
	"Ryan's Hope" (1975) - Paul Avila Mayer (executive producer); Claire Labine (executive producer); Robert Costello (producer); ABC
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Bud Kloss (producer); Agnes Nixon (producer); ABC "Another World" (1964) - Paul Rauch (I) (executive producer); Mary S. Bonner (producer); Joe Rothenberger (producer); NBC "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Betty Corday (executive producer); Wes Kenney (producer); Jack Herzberg (producer); NBC "Edge of Night, The" (1956) - Erwin Nicholson (producer); ABC

Outstanding Children's Informational Series


Winner:
	"Electric Company, The" (1971) - Samuel Y. Gibbon Jr. (executive producer); PBS
Other Nominees:
	"Animals, Animals, Animals" (1976) - Lester Cooper (executive producer); Peter Weinberg (producer); ABC "Schoolhouse Rock!" (1973) - Tom Yohe (executive producer); Radford Stone (producer); ABC

Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special


Winner:
	"NBC Special Treat" (1975) - Linda Gottlieb; NBC - For episode "Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid".
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Martin Tahse; ABC - For episode "Francesca, Baby". "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Daniel Wilson (III); ABC - For episode "Blind Sunday". "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) - Daniel Wilson (III) (executive producer); Fran Sears (producer); ABC - For episode "P.J. and the President's Son". "CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People, The" (1973) - Ronald S. Kass (executive producer); Edgar Bronfman Jr. (executive producer); Gary Keys (I) (producer); CBS - For episode "The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot And Heavy, Cool And Groove All Star Jazz Show". "NBC Special Treat" (1975) - Linda Gottlieb (executive producer); Richard Marquand (producer); NBC - For episode "Luke Was There".

Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Drama Specials


Winner:
	American Woman: Portraits of Courage, The (1976) (TV) - Gaby Monet (producer/writer); Lois Nettleton (performer); Anne Grant (II) (writer); ABC

Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series


Winner:
	"Zoom" (1972) - Cheryl Susheel Bibbs (executive producer); Monia Joblin (II) (producer); Mary Benjamin (I) (producer); PBS
Other Nominees:
	"Captain Kangaroo" (1955) - Jim Hirschfeld; CBS "David Copperfield" (1974) (mini) - Jay Rayvid (executive producer); John McRae (I) (producer); Don Coney (producer); PBS - (Screened within "Once Upon a Classic" (1976)). Heidi (1974) (TV) - Jay Rayvid (executive producer); John McRae (I) (producer); Don Coney (producer); PBS - (Screened within "Once Upon a Classic" (1976)). Prince and the Pauper, The (1976) (TV) - Jay Rayvid (executive producer); Barry Letts (producer); Don Coney (producer); PBS - (Screened within "Once Upon a Classic" (1976)).