| Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series | |
| Awarded For: | Daytime Talk Series |
| Presenter: | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Holder: | The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024) |
| Related: | Award was split into Talk Show—Informative and Talk Show—Entertainment from 2008 to 2022 |
| Website: | emmyonline.org |
The Daytime Emmy Award for Daytime Talk Series, originally called Outstanding Talk Show, is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) to honor daytime talk shows. It was first presented as the Outstanding Talk Show award at the 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony held in 1974.
From the 35th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008 to the 49th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2022, the award was divided into two specific categories: Outstanding Talk Show—Informative, honoring talk shows that were more informative in nature, and Outstanding Talk Show—Entertainment, honoring those that were more entertainment in nature. In 2023, the NATAS merged the two specific categories back into one, under the new official name Outstanding Daytime Talk Series.[1]
In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 (1st) | |||
| The Merv Griffin Show | [2] | ||
| Dinah's Place | |||
| The Mike Douglas Show | |||
| 1975 (2nd) | |||
| Dinah! | [3] | ||
| The Mike Douglas Show | |||
| Today | |||
| 1976 (3rd) | |||
| Dinah! | [4] | ||
| Good Morning America | |||
| The Mike Douglas Show | |||
| 1977 (4th) | |||
| The Merv Griffin Show | [5] | ||
| Dinah! | |||
| The Gong Show | |||
| The Mike Douglas Show | |||
| 1978 (5th) | |||
| Donahue | [6] | ||
| Dinah! | |||
| The Merv Griffin Show | |||
| The Mike Douglas Show | |||
| 1979 (6th) | |||
| Donahue | [7] | ||
| Dinah! | |||
| Good Morning America | |||
| The Mike Douglas Show |
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (7th) | |||
| Donahue | [8] | ||
| Dinah! | |||
| Good Morning America | |||
| 1981 (8th) | |||
| Donahue | [9] | ||
| Over Easy | |||
| The Richard Simmons Show | |||
| 1982 (9th) | |||
| The Richard Simmons Show | [10] | ||
| Donahue | |||
| Hour Magazine | |||
| Louis Rukeyser's Business Journal | |||
| 1983 (10th) | |||
| This Old House | [11] | ||
| Donahue | |||
| Hour Magazine | |||
| The Richard Simmons Show | |||
| 1984 (11th) | |||
| Woman to Woman | [12] | ||
| Donahue | |||
| Hour Magazine | |||
| This Old House | |||
| 1985 (12th) | |||
| Donahue | [13] | ||
| Hour Magazine | |||
| The Merv Griffin Show | |||
| This Old House | |||
| Woman to Woman | |||
| 1986 (13th) | |||
| Donahue | [14] | ||
| Hour Magazine | |||
| New York's Master Chefs | |||
| This Old House | |||
| 1987 (14th) | |||
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | [15] | ||
| Donahue | |||
| Hour Magazine | |||
| This Old House | |||
| 1988 (15th) | |||
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | [16] | ||
| Donahue | |||
| The Frugal Gourmet | |||
| This Old House | |||
| The Wil Shriner Show | |||
| 1989 (16th) | |||
| The Oprah Winfrey Show | [17] | ||
| Donahue | |||
| The Frugal Gourmet | |||
| Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | |||
| This Old House |
The award was split into Talk Show—Informative and Talk Show—Entertainment.
The two separate Informative and Entertainment awards were merged back into a single Daytime Talk Series award.
| Year | Program | Network | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 (50th) | |||
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | [36] | ||
| The Drew Barrymore Show | |||
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | |||
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | |||
| Today with Hoda & Jenna | |||
| 2024 (51st) | |||
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | |||
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | |||
| Tamron Hall | |||
| Turning the Table with Robin Roberts | |||
| The View |
| Wins | Host |
|---|---|
| 9 | The Oprah Winfrey Show |
| 6 | Donahue |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | |
| 4 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
| 2 | The Kelly Clarkson Show |
| Dinah! | |
| The Merv Griffin Show |
| Nominations | Host |
|---|---|
| 20 | Donahue |
| 16 | Live |
| 13 | The Oprah Winfrey Show |
| 11 | This Old House |
| The View | |
| 6 | Dinah! |
| Hour Magazine | |
| Donahue | |
| The Mike Douglas Show | |
| 5 | Leeza |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | |
| 4 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
| Good Morning America | |
| 3 | The Frugal Gourmet |
| The Richard Simmons Show | |
| 2 | |
| CNN & Company | |
| Donny & Marie | |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| The Merv Griffin Show | |
| The Montell Williams Show | |
| Soap Talk | |
| The Wayne Brady Show | |
| Woman to Woman |