7th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979). The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo. Six awards were given.

7th Daytime Emmy Awards
DateWednesday, June 4, 1980
LocationStudio 8H, 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Presented byNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byEd McMahon and Susan Seaforth Hayes
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC

The ceremony was telecast at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 on NBC. It preempted Another World, which was a 90-minute program at the time.

Winners in each category are in bold.

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 Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series
  • Eli Mintz (Locksmith, All My Children)
  • Hugh McPhillips (Hugh Pearson, Days of our Lives)
  • Kathryn Harrow (Pat Reyerson, The Doctors)
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. (Chip Warren, One Life to Live)
  • Joan Fontaine (Page Williams, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

Outstanding Game Show
  • The Hollywood Squares – A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC
  • The $20,000 Pyramid – A Bob Stewart Production for ABC
  • Family Feud – A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC

Outstanding Game Show Host
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References
  • "Daytime Emmy Awards". Internet Movie Database.
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