Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team explained

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
Awarded For:	Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
Country:	United States
Year:	1974
Holder:	General Hospital (2024)
Website:	emmyonline.org/daytime
Most Awards:	The Young and the Restless (10)
Most Nominations:	The Young and the Restless (35)

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 honor 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]

The Young and the Restless holds the record for most wins with nine. The Young and the Restless have also received the most nominations, with a total of twenty-seven. 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 2024 ceremony, General Hospital 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
The Doctors
General Hospital
1975 (2nd)	Another World
Days of Our Lives
The Young and the Restless
1976 (3rd)	Days of Our Lives
All My Children
The Edge of Night
Guiding Light
The Young and the Restless
1977 (4th)	Ryan's Hope
All My Children
Another World
As the World Turns
Days of Our Lives
1978 (5th)	Ryan's Hope
All My Children
Days of Our Lives
Guiding Light
1979 (6th)	Ryan's Hope
All My Children
Days of Our Lives
The Young and the Restless

1980s

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

1990s

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

2000s

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

2010s

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2010 (37th)	The Bold and the Beautiful
All My Children
As the World Turns
The Young and the Restless
2011 (38th)	The Young and the Restless
As the World Turns
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
2012 (39th)	Days of Our Lives
All My Children
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
2013 (40th)	The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless
2014 (41st)	The Young and the Restless
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
2015 (42nd)	The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
2016 (43rd)
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
2017 (44th)
The Young and the Restless
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
2018 (45th)	Days of Our Lives
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
2019 (46th)	The Young and the Restless
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital

2020s

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2020 (47th)	The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
2021 (48th)	The Young and the Restless
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
2022 (49th)	Days of Our Lives
Beyond Salem
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
2023 (50th)	The Young and the Restless
The Bay	Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
Beyond Salem: Chapter Two	Peacock
Days of Our Lives	NBC/Peacock
General Hospital	ABC
2024 (51st)	General Hospital
The Bay	Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful	CBS
Days of Our Lives	Peacock
The Young and the Restless	CBS

Total awards won

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

External links

Web site: IMDb: Daytime Emmy Awards . Internet Movie Database . 2007-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130729135934/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/ . 2013-07-29 . dead .

Notes and References

Web site: The Daytime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing Team Winners . soapcentral.com . August 9, 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130727140327/http://soapcentral.com/emmys/archives/winners_writing.php . July 27, 2013 . live .
Web site: The First Annual Daytime Emmy Awards . soapcentral.com . August 9, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130926074429/http://soapcentral.com/emmys/archives/1973.php . September 26, 2013 . live . Philadelphia .
Web site: Emmy Central: The Daytime Emmys® on soapcentral.com . soapcentral.com . September 3, 2013 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825204618/http://soapcentral.com/emmys/archives/index.php . August 25, 2013 . live .