1st Daytime Emmy Awards | |
Date: | May 28, 1974 |
Location: | Rockefeller Plaza, New York City |
Presenter: | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Host: | Barbara Walters Peter Marshall |
Award1 Type: | Outstanding Drama Series |
Award1 Winner: | The Doctors |
Award2 Type: | Outstanding Game Show |
Award2 Winner: | Password |
Network: | NBC |
Next: | 2nd |
The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Tuesday, May 28, 1974, to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1973). 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, the Daytime Emmy Awards aired on the same day as the Primetime Emmy Awards, broadcast that evening on NBC.[1]
Winners in each category are in bold.