4th Daytime Emmy Awards

4th Daytime Emmy Awards
Date	May 12, 1977
Location	Tavern on The Green
Television/Radio coverage
Network	NBC

The 4th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in May 12, 1977 on NBC to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1976). The live coverage held from Tavern on The Green restaurant in Central Park, New York. The fourth awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given. Hosts were Peter Marshall, Chuck Woolery, Victoria Wyndham, Jack Gilford, and Soupy Sales with a special guest appearance by Gilda Radnor of Saturday Night Live.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

• All My Children
• Another World
• Days of Our Lives
• The Edge of Night
• Ryan's Hope

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Larry Keith (Nick Davis, All My Children)
• James Pritchett (Dr. Matt Powers, The Doctors)
• Farley Granger (Dr. Will Vernon, One Life to Live)
• Val Dufour (John Wyatt, Search for Tomorrow)
• Larry Haines (Stu Bergman, Search for Tomorrow)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Ruth Warrick (Phoebe Tyler, All My Children)
• Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, Another World)
• Nancy Addison (Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)
• Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
• Mary Stuart (Joanne Vincente, Search for Tomorrow)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

• All My Children
• Ryan's Hope
• As the World Turns
• Another World
• Days of our Lives

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

• Another World
• Days of our Lives
• As the World Turns
• Ryan's Hope
• The Edge of Night

Outstanding Game Show

• Family Feud - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
• The $20,000 Pyramid - A Bob Stewart Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
• The Hollywood Squares - A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC (Syn. by Filmways)
• Match Game - A Mark-Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS (Syn. by Jim Victory)
• Tattletales - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS (Syn. by Firestone)

Outstanding Game Show Host

• Bert Convy (Tattletales)
• Dick Clark (The $20,000 Pyramid)
• Gene Rayburn (Match Game)

References

• "Daytime Emmy Awards". Internet Movie Database.