2021 Daytime Emmy nominations announced

[colonial]

https://deadline.com/2021/05/daytime-emmy-awards-2021-nominations-list-1234763704/

Outstanding Game Show nominees -- J, WOF, TPIR, LMAD, FF

Host nominees -- Trebek, Harvey, Sajak, Brady, Ribeiro (Catch 21)


There does seem to be a game show-related oddity in the nominations, as Jeopardy's GOAT tournament was nominated for "Outstanding Daytime Special Event" (competing against, among other nominees, the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and a space launch). Curious that a primetime special got a Daytime Emmy nod, but I would presume the people that run the show declared it eligible.



JD

[tpirfan28]

I mean, there's almost no way Trebek doesn't win, right?

[Chuck Sutton]

I mean, there's almost no way Trebek doesn't win, right?

Chadwick Bosman?

[tyshaun1]

There does seem to be a game show-related oddity in the nominations, as Jeopardy's GOAT tournament was nominated for "Outstanding Daytime Special Event" (competing against, among other nominees, the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and a space launch). Curious that a primetime special got a Daytime Emmy nod, but I would presume the people that run the show declared it eligible.



JD

I wonder how they qualify the prime time games as.... Daytime Emmy eligible or Primetime Emmy reality eligible? I don't believe any of them have been nominated to date.

[JasonA1]

Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Competition Program.

Jane Lynch, Alec Baldwin and Ellen DeGeneres have been nominated for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program - but reality seems to crowd out the games in the Program category. There's also a Creative Arts award titled Outstanding Structured Reality Program where Lip Sync Battle has been before.

-Jason

[MSTieScott]

There does seem to be a game show-related oddity in the nominations, as Jeopardy's GOAT tournament was nominated for "Outstanding Daytime Special Event" (competing against, among other nominees, the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and a space launch). Curious that a primetime special got a Daytime Emmy nod, but I would presume the people that run the show declared it eligible.

According to the rules for the 2020 primetime Emmys (which covered the time period the GOAT tournament aired), under Criteria for Eligibility, paragraph 13:

Programs first broadcast during primetime hours, which are an extension or a special of a daytime series, are eligible in the Daytime Emmy competition, but no longer eligible in Primetime.

So the Jeopardy! folks had no choice but to enter it into the Daytime Emmys.

[Chuck Sutton]

According to the rules for the 2020 primetime Emmys (which covered the time period the GOAT tournament aired), under Criteria for Eligibility, paragraph 13:

Programs first broadcast during primetime hours, which are an extension or a special of a daytime series, are eligible in the Daytime Emmy competition, but no longer eligible in Primetime.

So the Jeopardy! folks had no choice but to enter it into the Daytime Emmys.
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In 2020 ABC still submitted Celebrity Family Feud  for Competition program and reality host,  so not clear where the line between extension and seperate program is.

[BrandonFG]

Fittingly, Alex Trebek won a posthumous award for Outstanding Game Show Host.

Jeopardy! won for Outstanding Game Show.

[BillCullen1]

They did a good job with the awards. Very nice tributes to Regis, Alex and Larry King. In the "In Memoriam" segment, Tom Kennedy was the first name and picture shown. They had Name That Tune as his main credit. The one person that wasn't mentioned was Hugh Downs, unless I missed it. But I don't think I did.

[snowpeck]

They did a good job with the awards. Very nice tributes to Regis, Alex and Larry King. In the "In Memoriam" segment, Tom Kennedy was the first name and picture shown. They had Name That Tune as his main credit. The one person that wasn't mentioned was Hugh Downs, unless I missed it. But I don't think I did.

I also noticed they misspelled composer Perry Botkin, Jr.'s name as "Blotkin".

[Winkfan]

The one person that wasn't mentioned was Hugh Downs, unless I missed it. But I don't think I did.

He'll probably be in the Primetime Emmy "In Memoriam" segment, since he co-anchored 20/20 for years.

They also barred Don Morrow, Sue Oakland, and Mark Wilson (of Alakazam fame).

Cordially,
Tammy

[BrandonFG]

They also barred Don Morrow, Sue Oakland, and Mark Wilson (of Alakazam fame).

We go over this every year. Those are not snubs; if they were to remember every single television personality who died in the last year, the ceremony would prolly still be airing as we speak.

[Mr. Matté]

They also barred Don Morrow, Sue Oakland, and Mark Wilson (of Alakazam fame).

We go over this every year. Those are not snubs; if they were to remember every single television personality who died in the last year, the ceremony would prolly still be airing as we speak.

No, they were barred. The ghost of Don Morrow was hovering out front but the man with the clipboard declared "Nope, not on the list. Get out."

[BrandonFG]

We go over this every year. Those are not snubs; if they were to remember every single television personality who died in the last year, the ceremony would prolly still be airing as we speak.

No, they were barred. The ghost of Don Morrow was hovering out front but the man with the clipboard declared "Nope, not on the list. Get out."

I lol'd.

[jjman920]

The one person that wasn't mentioned was Hugh Downs, unless I missed it. But I don't think I did.

He'll probably be in the Primetime Emmy "In Memoriam" segment, since he co-anchored 20/20 for years.

Which, if so, would certainly be fitting, but he definitely should've been included here.

As Brandon said, not everyone can be included in these things, but his work on The Today Show and Concentration were definitely major enough in the daytime field to have deserved as much recognition for his work in primetime and late night.