Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show explained
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given in honor of a game show that features "contestants, either alone or as part of a team, who play a game involving answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes".[1] Programs that have aired at least 15 original episodes for the calendar year are eligible to enter. In 2020, a category requirement has changed, lowering the number of required original episodes from fifteen to eight.[2]
The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 with the game show Password receiving the award.[3] The award category was originally called Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show before changing to its current title in 2013.[4] [5] The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for voting integrity.[6] [7] The Emmy was named after an "Immy", an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.[8] The statuette was designed by Louis McManus, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy.[8] The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip, weighing five pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.[8]
Since its inception, the award has been given to ten game shows. In 1980, The $20,000 Pyramid and Hollywood Squares tied for the award, which was the first tie in this category. This situation repeated later only in 2011, with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune both winning the award. In 2006, Jeopardy! became the series with the most wins in the category when it won a tenth time, surpassing Pyramids previous record of nine; Jeopardy! went on to win in six additional years, ultimately receiving seventeen wins. Jeopardy! also has been nominated on 36 occasions, more than any other series.
In 2023, this category was moved to the Primetime Emmy Awards as part of a re-alignment of categories between NATAS and ATAS.[9]
Winners and nominees
Table key | Indicates the winner | |
1970s
1980s
Year | Program | Network | |
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1980 (7th) |
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The $20,000 Pyramid | ABC | [17] |
Hollywood Squares | NBC |
Family Feud | ABC | |
1981 (8th) |
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The $20,000 Pyramid | ABC | [18] |
Family Feud | ABC | |
Hollywood Squares | NBC |
1982 (9th) |
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Password Plus | NBC | [19] |
Family Feud | ABC | [20] |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
Wheel of Fortune | NBC |
1983 (10th) |
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The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [21] |
Family Feud | Syndicated | |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
1984 (11th) |
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The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [22] |
Family Feud | Syndicated | |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
1985 (12th) |
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The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [23] |
Family Feud | Syndicated | [24] |
Jeopardy! | Syndicated |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
Wheel of Fortune | Syndicated |
1986 (13th) |
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The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [25] |
Family Feud | Syndicated | [26] |
Jeopardy! | Syndicated |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
Wheel of Fortune | Syndicated |
1987 (14th) |
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The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [27] |
Jeopardy! | Syndicated | [28] |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
Wheel of Fortune | Syndicated |
1988 (15th) |
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The Price Is Right | CBS | [29] |
The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [30] |
Wheel of Fortune | Syndicated |
Win, Lose or Draw | NBC |
1989 (16th) |
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The $25,000 Pyramid | CBS | [31] |
Jeopardy! | Syndicated | [32] |
The Price Is Right | CBS |
Wheel of Fortune | Syndicated |
Win, Lose or Draw | NBC | |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
The following series received two or more wins in this category:
The following series received two or more nominations in this category:
NOTE: Family Feud, Pyramid, and Password include all versions, regardless of title changes among variants of the franchise.
See also
External links
Notes and References
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