Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
43rd Daytime Emmy Awards
Awarded for	Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
Country	United States
Presented by	NATAS ATAS
First awarded	1974
Currently held by	The Bold and the Beautiful (2016)
Most awards	Ryan's Hope The Young and the Restless (6)
Most nominations	The Young and the Restless (23)
Official website	emmyonline.org/daytime

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1974 and it is given to honored the performances of the entire writing team participating in a form of a daytime drama.^[1]

The award was previously called Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series between 1974 and 1986, where the category had various names and honored different members of the writing team.^[1][2] Therefore, since then, the category began to start using its current title years.^[1] The Emmy was named after an "Immy," an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.^[3] The statuette was designed by Louis McManus, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy.^[3] The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip, weighs five pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.^[3]

Ryan's Hope, Guiding Light, and The Young and the Restless hold the record for most wins with six. The Young and the Restless has also received the most nominations, with a total of twenty-three. ABC has been the network the most successful, with a total of eighteen wins. In 1997, All My Children and The Young and the Restless tied, which was the first tie in this category. As of the 2016 ceremony, The Bold and the Beautiful is the most recent recipient of the award.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Table key

Indicates the winner

1970s

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1974 (1st)	The Edge of Night	ABC	[2]
	The Doctors	NBC
	General Hospital	ABC
1975 (2nd)	Another World	NBC	[4]
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1976 (3rd)	Days of Our Lives	NBC	[5]
	All My Children	ABC
	The Edge of Night	ABC
	Guiding Light	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1977 (4th)	Ryan's Hope	ABC	[6]
	All My Children	ABC
	Another World	NBC
	As the World Turns	CBS
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
1978 (5th)	Ryan's Hope	ABC	[7]
	All My Children	ABC
	Days of Our Lives[lower-alpha 1]	NBC
	Guiding Light	CBS
1979 (6th)	Ryan's Hope	ABC	[8]
	All My Children	ABC
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS

1980s

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1980 (7th)	Ryan's Hope	ABC	[9]
	All My Children	ABC
	The Edge of Night	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
1981 (8th)	Guiding Light	CBS
	All My Children	ABC
	General Hospital	CBS
	One Life to Live	ABC
1982 (9th)	Guiding Light	CBS	[10]
	All My Children	ABC
	The Edge of Night	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
1983 (10th)	Ryan's Hope	ABC	|[1]
	All My Children	ABC
	General Hospital	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
1984 (11th)	Ryan's Hope	ABC	|[1]
	All My Children	ABC
	General Hospital	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
1985 (12th)	All My Children	ABC	|[1]
	Another World	NBC
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	Guiding Light	CBS
1986 (13th)	Guiding Light	CBS	|[1]
	As the World Turns	CBS
	General Hospital	ABC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1987 (14th)	One Life to Live	ABC	|[1]
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1988 (15th)	All My Children	ABC	[11]
	The Judge	Syndication
	Santa Barbara	NBC
	Superior Court	Syndication
1989 (16th)	Santa Barbara	NBC	[12]
	Another World	NBC
	As the World Turns	CBS
	Guiding Light	CBS

1990s

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1990 (17th)	Guiding Light	CBS	[1]
	All My Children	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
	Santa Barbara	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1991 (18th)	Santa Barbara	NBC	[13]
	All My Children	ABC
	As the World Turns	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1992 (19th)	The Young and the Restless	CBS	[14]
	All My Children	ABC
	Guiding Light	CBS
	One Life to Live	ABC
1993 (20th)	Guiding Light	CBS	[15]
	All My Children	ABC
	As the World Turns	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1994 (21st)	One Life to Live	ABC	[16]
	Another World	NBC
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1995 (22nd)	General Hospital	ABC	[17]
	All My Children	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1996 (26th)	All My Children	ABC	[18]
	Another World	NBC
	As the World Turns	CBS
	One Life to Live	ABC
1997 (27th)	All My Children	ABC	[19]
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	General Hospital	ABC
1998 (27th)	All My Children	ABC	[20]
	Days of Our Lives	NBC	[21]
	General Hospital	ABC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
1999 (26th)	General Hospital	ABC	[22]
	All My Children	ABC
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
	Guiding Light	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS

2000s

Year	Program	Network	Re
2000 (27th)	The Young and the Restless	CBS	[23]
	As the World Turns	CBS
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
	General Hospital	ABC
2001 (28th)	As the World Turns	CBS	[24]
	All My Children	ABC
	General Hospital	ABC
	Passions	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2002 (29th)	As the World Turns	CBS	[25]
	All My Children	ABC
	One Life to Live	ABC
	Passions	NBC
2003 (30th)	General Hospital	ABC	[26]
	All My Children	ABC
	As the World Turns	CBS
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
	Guiding Light	CBS
	Passions	NBC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2004 (31st)	As the World Turns	CBS	[27]
	All My Children	ABC	[28]
	General Hospital	ABC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2005 (32nd)	As the World Turns	CBS	[29]
	General Hospital	ABC
	Guiding Light	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2006 (33rd)	The Young and the Restless	CBS	[30]
	As the World Turns	CBS	[31]
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
	One Life to Live	ABC
2007 (34th)	Guiding Light	CBS	[32]
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
	General Hospital	ABC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2008 (35th)	One Life to Live	ABC	[33]
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS	[34]
	General Hospital	ABC
	Guiding Light	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2009 (36th)	General Hospital	ABC	[35]
	All My Children	ABC	[36]
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
	One Life to Live	ABC

2010s

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2010 (37th)	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS	[37]
	All My Children	ABC	[38]
	As the World Turns	CBS
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2011 (38th)	The Young and the Restless	CBS	[39]
	As the World Turns	CBS	[40]
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
	Days of Our Lives	NBC
2012 (39th)	Days of Our Lives	NBC	[41]
	All My Children	ABC	[42]
	General Hospital	ABC
	The Young and the Restless	CBS
2013 (40th)	The Bold and the Beautiful[lower-alpha 2]	CBS	[43]
	General Hospital[lower-alpha 3]	ABC	[44]
	One Life to Live[lower-alpha 4]	ABC
	The Young and the Restless[lower-alpha 5]	CBS
2014 (41st)	The Young and the Restless[lower-alpha 6]	CBS	[45]
	The Bold and the Beautiful[lower-alpha 7]	CBS	[46]
	Days of Our Lives[lower-alpha 8]	NBC
2015 (42nd)	The Bold and the Beautiful[lower-alpha 9]	CBS	[47]
	Days of Our Lives[lower-alpha 10]	NBC	[48]
	General Hospital[lower-alpha 11]	ABC
	The Young and the Restless[lower-alpha 12]	CBS
2016 (43rd)
	The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS	[49]
	General Hospital	ABC	[50]
	The Young and the Restless	CBS

Total awards won

Wins	Program
6	Ryan's Hope
	The Young and the Restless
	Guiding Light
5	All My Children
4	As the World Turns
	General Hospital
	The Bold and the Beautiful
3	One Life to Live
2	Days of our Lives
	Santa Barbara
1	Another World
	The Edge of Night

Notes

1. Days of our Lives was nominated for two episodes, each under a different head writer.
2. Head Writer: Bradley Bell Co-Head Writers: Kay Alden, Michael Minnis, Writers: Rex M. Best, Shannon Bradley, Adam Dusevoir, Tracey Ann Kelly, Patrick Mulcahey, John F. Smith, Michele Val Jean
3. Head Writer: Ron Carlivati, Breakdown Writers: Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante, Chris Van Etten, Anna Theresa Cascio, Breakdown Writers: Kate Hall, Elizabeth Page, Scott Sickles, Katherine Schock, Editor: Elizabeth Korte
4. Head Writer: Ron Carlivati, Breakdown Writer: Lorraine Broderick, Associate Head Writers: Anna Cascio, Chris Van Etten, Script Writers: Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Melissa Salmons, Scott Sickles, Courtney Simon, Script Writers, Breakdown Writer and Script Writer: Daniel J. O'Connor, Script Editor: Katherine Schock
5. Head Writers: Maria Arena Bell and Josh Griffith, Co-Head Writers: Scott Hamner, Hogan Sheffer, Associate Head Writers: Beth Milstein, Amanda Beall, Script Editor: Brent Boyd, Associate Writer/Script Editor: Beth Milstein, Associate Writers: Amanda L. Beall, Paula Cwikly, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Marla Kanelos, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Natalie Minardi Slater, Teresa Zimmerman
6. Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Josh Griffith, Co-Head Writer: Tracey Thomson, Associate Writers: Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Lisa Seidman
7. Head Writer: Bradley Bell Co-Head Writers: Kay Alden, Michael Minnis, Writers: Rex M. Best, Shannon Bradley, Adam Dusevoir, Tracey Ann Kelly, Patrick Mulcahey, John F. Smith, Michele Val Jean
8. Head Writer: Gary Tomlin, Christopher Whitesell, Breakdown Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Writer: Fran Myers, Script Writers: David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jeanne Marie Ford, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Melissa Salmons
9. Head Writer: Bradley Bell Co-Head Writers: Michael Minnis, Writers: Rex M. Best, Shannon Bradley, Adam Dusevoir, Tracey Ann Kelly, Patrick Mulcahey, Jack F. Smith, Michele Val Jean
10. Head Writer: Gary Tomlin, Christopher Whitesell, Script Editor: Fran Myers, Breakdown Writers: Lorraine Broderick, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Script Writers: David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Jeanne Marie Ford, Janet Iacobuzio, Melissa Salmons
11. Head Writer: Ron Carlivati, Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Chris Van Etten, Script Writers: Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles
12. Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante, Script Editor: Brent Boyd, Co-Head Writer: Tracey Thomson, Writers: Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Lisa Seidman

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External links

• "IMDb: Daytime Emmy Awards". Internet Movie Database.