Editing Emmy Awards (section)

===Daytime===
[[File:Bradley Bell 2010 Daytime Emmy Awards.jpg|right|thumb|TV producer and writer [[Bradley Bell]] accepting [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s for his work on the daytime [[soap opera]] ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' in 2010]]
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The [[Daytime Emmy Award]]s, generally held in May or June, are presented in recognition of excellence in American [[daytime television]] programming. The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in 1972, but the first separate awards show made just for daytime programming was not held until 1974.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Like the Primetime Emmys, a separate Creative Arts Emmy ceremony is also held a few days earlier to honor the behind-the-scenes personnel working in daytime television.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The Daytime Emmys are run and voted on by members of the NATAS. Voting is done by peer judging panels. Any active member of the NATAS who has national credits for at least two years and within the last five years is eligible to be a judge. Depending on the category, voting is done using either a ratings score criteria or a preferential scoring system.<ref name="DaytimeEmmyRules">{{cite web | url=http://www.daytimeemmys.tv/ | title=39th Daytime Emmys Rules and Procedures | publisher=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences | access-date=February 29, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301180603/http://daytimeemmys.tv/ | archive-date=March 1, 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> All the drama acting categories have an additional preliminary voting round called the pre-nominations, where one or two actors from each show is selected to then move on and be considered for the primary nominations for the awards.<ref>{{cite web | title=2010 Daytime Emmy Pre-Nominations Announced | url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/2010_daytime_emmy_pre_nominations_announced/ | work=Soap Opera Digest | quote=Those are the names put forth by each show for consideration to be nominated for the awards. | access-date=March 15, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325205052/http://soapoperadigest.com/features/2010_daytime_emmy_pre_nominations_announced/ | archive-date=March 25, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>