12th Daytime Emmy Awards

12th Daytime Emmy Awards
DateAugust 1, 1985
Presented byNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hosted byBob Barker
Highlights
Outstanding Drama SeriesThe Young and the Restless
Outstanding Game ShowThe $25,000 Pyramid
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS
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The 12th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, August 1, 1985, on CBS to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from March 6, 1984, to March 5, 1985. Two new categories were added: Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series and Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series. Of the 13 categories (including Lifetime Achievement) available that year, the broadcast showed the presentation of awards in seven categories.

Broadcast from 3-4:30 p.m., it preempted Guiding Light and Body Language. The telecast marked the last time the Daytime Emmys would preempt any network programming airing at 4 p.m. EST.

Winners in each category are in bold.[1]

  1. ^ "The Twelfth Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". Soapcentral. Retrieved April 11, 2016.