1st Daytime Emmy Awards
The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Tuesday, May 28, 1974, to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year. It was hosted by Barbara Walters and Peter Marshall at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City and televised on NBC. They were introduced to the stage by game and variety show host Garry Moore. Broadcast from 12-1:30 p.m. EST, the telecast preempted Jackpot, Celebrity Sweepstakes and local programming. For the first and only time as of 2020, the Daytime Emmy Awards aired on the same day as the Primetime Emmy Awards, broadcast that evening on NBC.
Winners in each category are in bold.- Days of Our Lives
- The Doctors
- General Hospital
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
- Macdonald Carey
- John Beradino
- Peter Hansen
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
- Mary Fickett
- Elizabeth Hubbard
- Rachel Ames
- Mary Stuart
Best Actress in Daytime Drama - For a Special Program
- Eve Arden
Best Individual Director for a Game Show
- Jerome Shaw
Best Individual Director for a Daytime Drama
- Wes Kenny
- Norman Hall
Best Writing for a Game Show
- Jay Redack, Harry Friedman, Harold Schneider, Gary Johnson, Steve Levitch, Rick Kellard, Rowby Goren
Best Writing for a Drama Series
- Henry Slesar
- Frank Hursley, Doris Hursley, Bridget Dobson, and Deborah Hardy
- Eileen Pollock, Robert Mason Pollock, and James Lipton
Best Host or Hostess in a Talk, Service, or Variety Series
- Dinah Shore
Best Host or Hostess in a Game Show
- Peter Marshall
- Monty Hall
Outstanding Game Show
- Password
- Let's Make a Deal
- The Hollywood Squares
- Zoom - Jim Crum, Christopher Sarson; PBS
- Captain Kangaroo - James Kramer, Jim Hirschfeld ; CBS
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Norm Prescott, Lou Scheimer ; CBS
- - Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott ; NBC
