Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program explained

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program
Awarded For:Outstanding Entertainment News Program
Country:United States
Year:2014
Holder:Entertainment Tonight (2022)
Website:theemmys.tv/daytime/
Most Awards:Entertainment Tonight (7)
Most Nominations:Access Hollywood
Entertainment Tonight
Extra (9)

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor a television newsmagazine that covers "the entertainment industry with a focus on human interest, popular culture and celebrity gossip and interviews".[1] [2] Programs of this genre airing between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. are eligible to enter.

This category additionally awards the work of the producer titles, segment producer(s), host(s), anchor(s) and correspondent(s) "credited on a minimum of 19% of the original episodes". At the 41st Daytime Emmy Awards held in 2014, Entertainment Tonight and Extra were the first winners of this award when they tied in this category. The awards ceremony was not televised in 2014, and instead aired only online through the DaytimeEmmys.net website as there was an inability to find a proper TV broadcast channel.[3] The Emmy was named after an "Immy", an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.[4] The statuette was designed by Louis McManus, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy.[4] The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip. The statuette weighs 5 pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.[4]

Since its inception, the award has been given to two entertainment news program. Entertainment Tonight holds the record for the most awards, winning four occasions. This program also joins Access Hollywood and Extra for having the most nominations, with a total of five. As of the 2023 ceremony, Entertainment Tonight became 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
YearProgramNetwork
2014
(41st)
Entertainment Tonight
Extra
Access Hollywood
E! News
TMZ
2015
(42nd)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
E! News
Extra
The Insider
2016
(43rd)
Extra
Access Hollywood
Entertainment Tonight
The Insider
TMZ
2017
(44th)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
E! News
Extra
Inside Edition
2018
(45th)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
DailyMailTV
E! News
Extra
2019
(46th)
DailyMailTV
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
Inside Edition
Extra
2020
(47th)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
E! News
Extra
Inside Edition
2021
(48th)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
E!’s Daily Pop
Extra
Inside Edition
2022
(49th)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
Extra
Inside Edition
2023
(50th)
Entertainment Tonight
Access Hollywood
E! News
Extra
Inside Edition

Multiple wins

8 wins
2 wins

Multiple nominations

10 nominations
6 nominations
2 nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards announces two new categories. emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. October 25, 2013. October 24, 2013. New York. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185236/http://emmyonline.com/day_41st_new_categories. dead.
  2. Web site: The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award: By Category Submission Guide. emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. July 22, 2016. PDF. New York City. March 22, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322192920/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_category_submission_guide.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Livestream Debut . . New York . March 12, 2015 . June 5, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150316202918/http://emmyonline.com/day_41st_livestream_announcement . March 16, 2015 . live.
  4. Web site: Emmy Central: The Daytime Emmys® on soapcentral.com . Soapcentral . September 3, 2013 . Philadelphia . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825204618/http://soapcentral.com/emmys/archives/index.php . August 25, 2013 . live.