| Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Entertainment News Program |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Entertainment Tonight (2022) |
| Most awards | Entertainment Tonight (7) |
| Most nominations | Access Hollywood Entertainment Tonight Extra (9) |
| Website | theemmys.tv/daytime/ |
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor a television newsmagazine that covers "the entertainment industry with a focus on human interest, popular culture and celebrity gossip and interviews".[1][2] Programs of this genre airing between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. are eligible to enter.[2]
This category additionally awards the work of the producer titles, segment producer(s), host(s), anchor(s) and correspondent(s) "credited on a minimum of 19% of the original episodes".[2] At the 41st Daytime Emmy Awards held in 2014, Entertainment Tonight and Extra were the first winners of this award when they tied in this category. The awards ceremony was not televised in 2014, and instead aired only online through the DaytimeEmmys.net website as there was an inability to find a proper TV broadcast channel.[3] The Emmy was named after an "Immy", an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.[4] The statuette was designed by Louis McManus, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy.[4] The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip. The statuette weighs 5 pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.[4]
Since its inception, the award has been given to two entertainment news program. Entertainment Tonight holds the record for the most awards, winning four occasions. This program also joins Access Hollywood and Extra for having the most nominations, with a total of five. As of the 2023 ceremony, Entertainment Tonight became the most recent recipient of the award.
- ^ "The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards announces two new categories". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. October 24, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ a b c "The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award: By Category Submission Guide" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^ "The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Livestream Debut". New York: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. June 5, 2014. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Emmy Central: The Daytime Emmys® on soapcentral.com". Philadelphia: Soapcentral. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2013.