Daytime Emmys: Every Outstanding Drama Series Winner Back to 1974

Fifty Daytime Emmys ceremonies have been held, with the first show held in 1974. The 51st Daytime Emmy Awards are produced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. The 51st ceremony will crown another Outstanding Daytime Drama Series this year, and the winner will be selected from between five entries — The Bay on Popstar! TV, CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful, Peacock’s Days of Our Lives, ABC’s General Hospital, Amazon Freevee’s Neighbors and CBS’s The Young and the Restless.

ABC has dominated nearly half of the past competitions with 18 for General Hospital, and next in line is CBS with a combination of TK for The Young and the Restless and 3 for The Bold and the Beautiful. Behind those, the next show with the most wins is As the World Turns with 5. Days of Our Lives clocks in at 4.

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We’ve gathered the Daytime Emmy winners for Outstanding Drama series since the first ceremony. Some soap operas have dominated the category. Find the full list below:

• 1973-1974 : The Doctors (1^st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1974-1975: The Young and the Restless (2^nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1975-1976: Another World (3^rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1976-1977: Ryan’s Hope (4^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1977-1978: Days of Our Lives (5^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1978-1979: Ryan’s Hope (6^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1979-1980: Guiding Light (7^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1980-1981: General Hospital (8^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1981-1982: Guiding Light (9^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1982-1983: The Young and the Restless (10^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1983-1984: General Hospital (11^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1984-1985: The Young and the Restless (12^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1985-1986: The Young and the Restless (13^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1986-1987: As the World Turns (14^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1987-1988: Santa Barbara (15^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1988-1989: Santa Barbara (16^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1989-1990: Santa Barbara (17^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1990-1991: As the World Turns (18^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1992-1993: The Young and the Restless (19^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1993-1994: All My Children (20^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1994-1995: General Hospital (21^st  Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1995-1996: General Hospital (22^nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1996-1997: General Hospital (21^st  Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1997-1998: All My Children (22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1999-2000: General Hospital (23^rd  Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2000-2001: As the World Turns (24^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1996-1997: General Hospital (25^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1997-1998: All My Children (26^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1998-1999: General Hospital (27^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 1999-2000: General Hospital (28^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2000-2001: As the World Turns (29^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2001-2002: One Life to Live (30^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2002-2003: As the World Turns (31^st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2003-2004: General Hospital (32^nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2004-2005: General Hospital (33^rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2006-2007: Guiding Light tied with The Young and the Restless (34^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards)

• 2007-2008: General Hospital (35^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards)

• 2008-2009: The Bold and the Beautiful (36^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards)

• 2009-2010: The Bold and the Beautiful (37^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards)

• 2010-2011: The Bold and the Beautiful (38^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards)

• 2011-2012: General Hospital (39^th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards)

• 2012-2013: Days of Our Lives (40^st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards:)

• 2013-2014: The Young and the Restless (41^st Annual Emmy Awards)

• 2014-2015: Days of Our Lives (42^nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2015-2016: General Hospital (43^rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2016-2017: General Hospital (44^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards:)

• 2017-2018: Days of Our Lives (45^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards:)

• 2018-2019: The Young and the Restless (46^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2019-2020: The Young and the Restless (47^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards:)

• 2020-2021: General Hospital (48^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2021-2022: General Hospital (49^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

• 2022-2023: General Hospital (50^th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards)

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