16th Daytime Emmy Awards

16th Daytime Emmy Awards
Date
  • June 29, 1989 (Ceremony)
  • June 25, 1989 (Creative Arts Awards)
Location Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Television/Radio coverage
Network NBC
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The 16th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, June 29, 1989 on NBC to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1988). The awards aired from 3-5 pm (Eastern time). Again this year, the awards ceremony was a joint presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) on the East Coast and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) on the West Coast. The ceremonies and live telecast was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The non-televised Daytime Emmy Awards presentation for programs and individual achievement, primarily for excellence in creative arts categories, was held four days earlier on June 25.

Winners in each category are in bold. Two winners were recorded in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series category, as a tie was recorded in the race between actresses Debbi Morgan and Nancy Lee Grahn.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

Outstanding Game Show

Outstanding Game Show Host/Hostess

Outstanding Animated Program

Outstanding Film Sound Mixing

Outstanding Film Sound Editing (Tie)

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