6th Daytime Emmy Awards
award ceremony
The 6th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1979 to commemorate excellence in American daytime programming from the previous year (1978). The 1979 Emmy awards introduced the supporting actor and actress categories, meaning that five awards were given out that year, a first in the awards show's history. The outstanding individual achievement in technical and design excellence for daytime drama series category made its debut also (which includes video, audio, music, lighting, art and scenic directors, designers, makeup artists, hair dressers, graphic and title sequence designers).
The ceremony was telecast at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 17 on CBS. Guiding Light, normally scheduled for 2:30-3:30 p.m., aired a half-hour episode. Love of Life, normally scheduled for 4 p.m., was preempted.
Winners in each category are in bold.
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
All My Children
Days of Our Lives
Ryan's Hope
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Nicholas Benedict (Phil Brent, All My Children)
Jed Allan (Don Craig, Days of our Lives)
John Clarke (Mickey Horton, Days of our Lives)
Joel Crothers (Dr. Miles Cavanaugh, The Edge of Night)
Al Freeman Jr. (Ed Hall, One Life to Live)
Michael Levin (Jack Fenelli, Ryan's Hope)
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Irene Dailey (Liz Matthews, Another World)
Beverlee McKinsey (Iris Carrington, Another World)
Victoria Wyndham (Rachel Cory, Another World)
Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams, Days of Our Lives)
Nancy Addison (Jill Coleridge, Ryan's Hope)
Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Joseph Gallison (Dr.
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