8th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 8th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, May 21, 1981, to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from March 6, 1980-March 5, 1981. The eighth awards did not include the cameo category from the previous year, so only five awards were given, like in previous years.
8th Daytime Emmy Awards | |
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Date | May 21, 1981 |
Location | Grand Hyatt New York |
Presented by | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosted by | Dick Clark |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | ABC |
The ceremony was telecast from 3-4:30 p.m. on ABC, preempting General Hospital and The Edge of Night.
Winners in each category are in bold.
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
- James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
- Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)
- Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
- Henderson Forsythe (David Stewart, As the World Turns)
- Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
- Julia Barr (Brooke English, All My Children)
- Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
- Judith Light (Karen Wolek, One Life to Live)
- Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord, One Life to Live)
- Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
- Matthew Cowles (Billy Clyde Tuggle, All My Children)
- William Mooney (Paul Martin, All My Children)
- Justin Deas (Tom Hughes, As the World Turns)
- Richard Backus (Barry Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
- Larry Haines (Stu Bergman, Search for Tomorrow)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
- Elizabeth Lawrence, (Myra Sloane, All My Children)
- Lois Kibbee, (Geraldine Whitney Saxon, The Edge of Night)
- Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine, General Hospital)
- Randall Edwards (Delia Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
- Jacklyn Zeman (Bobbie Spencer, General Hospital)
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing
- Guiding Light: Douglas Marland, Robert Dwywer, Nancy Franklin & Harding Lemay
- All My Children: Agnes Nixon, Wisner Washam, Jack Wood
- General Hospital
- One Life to Live
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing
- All My Children
- General Hospital
- One Life to Live
Outstanding Game Show
- The $20,000 Pyramid – A Bob Stewart Production for ABC
- Family Feud – A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC
- The Hollywood Squares – A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC
Outstanding Game Show Host
- Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares)
- Dick Clark (The $20,000 Pyramid)
- Richard Dawson (Family Feud)
References
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