[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'215763\' date=\'May 14 2009, 01:35 PM\'][quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'215761\' date=\'May 14 2009, 01:27 PM\']It just seems a bit odd that stalwarts Feud and Wheel don't really tend to pop up.[/quote]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since Wheel airs almost exclusively in early prime time (7-8 PM), I believe it isn't eligible for a daytime Emmy. Jeopardy! can slide by because it airs in afternoons in some markets (it's been on at 3:30 PM here in Chicago forever).
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Under the Daytime and Primetime Emmy rules, "daytime" is defined as 2 AM to 6 PM, except for game shows, which must compete in the Daytime Emmys if they air between 2 AM and 8 PM. Game shows that air between 8 PM and 2 AM are only eligible to compete in the Primetime Emmys.
If a show is aired both in both the daytime and primetime segments in different parts of the country, it competes in the awards for the time period in which it airs to more than 50% of the households in the U.S.
And if a game show airs in more than 50% of the country, but not 50% in either daytime or primetime (say, 40% in daytime and 30% in primetime), it can enter either awards.