12th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 12th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, August 1, 1985, on CBS to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from March 6, 1984-March 5, 1985. Two new categories were added: Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series and Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series. Seven awards were given in all.

12th Daytime Emmy Awards
DateAugust 1, 1985
Presented byNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byBob Barker
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

Beginning in 1985, the ceremony expanded from 90 to 120 minutes. Broadcast from 3-5 p.m., it preempted Guiding Light and Body Language. The telecast marked the last time the Daytime Emmys would preempt any network programming airing at 4 p.m. EST.

Winners in each category are in bold.[1]

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing
  • All My Children
  • One Life to Live
  • As the World Turns
  • Guiding Light
  • Days of our Lives

Outstanding Game Show
  • The $25,000 Pyramid - A Bob-Sande Stewart Production for CBS
  • Family Feud - A Mark Goodson Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
  • Jeopardy! - A Merv Griffin Production (Syn. by KingWorld)
  • The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson Production for CBS
  • Wheel of Fortune - A Merv Griffin Production for NBC (Syn. by KingWorld)

Outstanding Game Show Host

Outstanding Animated Program

Outstanding Film Sound Editing
  • Richard C. Allen, Robert T. Gillis, Richard Bruce Elliott, Michael L. DePatie, Michael Tomack and Ron Fedele (Muppet Babies)
  • David Gelfand (ABC Afterschool Specials)

Lifetime achievement award
gollark: I AM writing this, so you know.
gollark: Probably.
gollark: Not particularly. The slow part is going to be C compilation.
gollark: It would be something like 20 lines probably.
gollark: Too bad. If you want incremental, I WILL make pythonoforms.

References
  1. "The Twelfth Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Soapcentral. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.