Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series is an Emmy award given to television programs that do not "fall into other established categories."^[1] Prior to 2000, the category was referred to as Special Class Program and both series and specials competed in the same category. A separate category for singular specials was created in 2000.^[2]

Winners and Nominees[]

Winners in bold

Outstanding Daytime Drama Special[]

1970s[]

1974

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Other Woman") (ABC)
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("A Special Act of Love") (ABC)
- CBS Daytime 90 ("Tiger on a Chain") (CBS)

1975

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Girl Who Couldn't Lose") (ABC)
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Last Bride of Salem") (ABC)

1976

First Ladies Diaries ("Edith Wilson") (NBC)
- First Ladies Diaries ("Martha Washington") (NBC)
- First Ladies Diaries ("Rachel Jackson") (NBC)

1977

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (ABC)

Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement[]

1970s[]

1978

Live from Lincoln Center ("Recital Of Tenor Luciano Pavarotti From The Met") (PBS)
- Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (SYN)
- Camera Three (CBS)
- Good Morning America (ABC)

1979

Camera Three (CBS)
- Beethoven Festival (PBS)
- Cinematic Eye (PBS)

Special Classification - Program Achievements[]

1980s[]

1980

FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- Giselle (NBC)^[3]
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)

Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement[]

1980s[]

1981

FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- Good Morning America (ABC)

1982

FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Women") (CBS)
- The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Men") (CBS)

1983

New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
- FYI: For Your Information (ABC)

1984

FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- I Remember It Well: ABC Daytime's 25th Anniversary Minutes (ABC)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)

Outstanding Special Class Program[]

1980s[]

1985

For Our Times ("To See A World") (CBS)
- ABC Notebook ("Teen Suicide") (ABC)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
- For Our Times ("Family Farms") (CBS)
- For Our Times ("Is Anyone Listening?") (CBS)
- For Our Times ("Exiles Who Never Left Home") (CBS)
- The People's Court (SYN)
- Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

Special Classification of Program Achievement[]

1980s[]

1986

Chagall's Journey (NBC)
Live from Lincoln Center ("Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with Irene Worth and Horacio Gutierrez") (PBS)
- For Our Times ("Reality Is Becoming") (CBS)
- Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Living in Hope (NBC)
- America's Musical Theater ("Treemonisha") (PBS)
- America's Musical Theater ("The Cradle Will Rock") (PBS)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
- The People's Court (SYN)

1987

ABC Notebook ("The Children of Ellis Island") (ABC)
Taking Children Seriously (NBC)
One to Grow On (NBC)
- ABC Notebook ("Learn To Read") (ABC)
- The 700 Club (SYN)
- The People's Court (SYN)gfbukyn bin gim bhgtny

Outstanding Special Class Program[]

1980s[]

1988 (Winner unknown)

New American Bandstand 1965 (SYN)
For Our Times ("From the AIDS Experience: Our Spirits to Heal") (CBS)
The People's Court (SYN)
Soap Opera Digest Awards (NBC)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)

1989

China: Walls and Bridges (ABC)
James Stewart's Wonderful Life (HBO)
- Fight Back! with David Horowitz (SYN)
- Siskel & Ebert (SYN)
- Soap Opera Awards (CBS)

1990s[]

1990 (Winner unknown)

Fight Back! with David Horowitz (SYN)
Good Morning America (ABC)
Siskel & Ebert (SYN)
Soap Opera Awards (NBC)
The Berlin Celebration Concert (PBS)

1991

Live from Lincoln Center ("Yo-Yo Ma in Concert") (PBS)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Mozart Bicentennial Birthday Serenade") (PBS)
- Siskel & Ebert (SYN)

1992

Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment (Disney Channel)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (NBC)
- The Streets (ABC)

1993

Great Wonders of the World ("Wonders of Nature") (Disney Channel)
- This Island Earth (Disney Channel)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Chamber Music Society: Masters & Masterpieces") (PBS)
- What Every Baby Knows (Lifetime)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)

1994

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- The Victory Garden (PBS)

1995

Talk Soup (E!)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- E! News Live (E!)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)

1996

World AIDS Day Special (VH1)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- E! News Live (E!)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Talk Soup (E!)

1997

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Hollywood Moments (AMC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- E! News Live (E!)
- Talk Soup (E!)

1998

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Behind the Screen with Nick Clooney (AMC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("A Celebration of Brahms") (PBS)

1999

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Behind the Screen with Nick Clooney (AMC)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Earth Matters (CNN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)

Outstanding Special Class Series[]

2000s[]

2000

Film Preservation Classics (AMC)
- Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)

2001

Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Celebrity Homes (E!)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)

2002

Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- Cool Women in History (WE)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
- Trading Spaces (TLC)

2003

A Baby Story (TLC)
- Breakfast with the Arts (A&E)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
- While You Were Out (TLC)

2004

When I Was a Girl (WE)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls (NBC)

2005

Starting Over (SYN)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Breakfast with the Arts (A&E)
- Judge Judy (SYN)

2006

A Baby Story (TLC)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Starting Over (SYN)
- Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls (NBC)

2007

Made (MTV)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Starting Over (SYN)

2008

Made (MTV)
- Cause Effect (MTVU)
- Instant Beauty Pageant (Style)
- Samantha Brown: Passport to Latin America (Travel)
- Split Ends (Style)

2009

True Life (MTV)
- Equitrekking (PBS)
- Made (MTV)
- Split Ends (Style)
- We Mean Business (A&E)

2010s[]

2010

The Relic Hunter with Ian Grant (Travel)
- Travelscope (PBS)
- Ruby (Style)
- Equitrekking (PBS)
- Laura McKenzie's Traveler (SYN)

2011

Made (MTV)
- Housecat Housecall (Animal Planet)
- Private Sessions (A&E)
- Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back (Style)

2012

Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Ask This Old House (PBS)
- Made (MTV)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
- Quiet Campus (MTV)
- Sanjay Gupta MD (CNN)

2013

Made (MTV)
- Sanjay Gupta MD (CNN)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)

2014

Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Ask This Old House (PBS)
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Sanjay Gupta MD (CNN)

2015

The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (CBS)
- Got Your 6 (MTV)
- Intelligence for Your Life (SYN)
- Xploration Earth 2050 (SYN)

2016

Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Crime Watch Daily (SYN)
- The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (CBS)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Xploration Earth 2050 (SYN)

2017

Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (Sundance TV)
- Crime Watch Daily With Chris Hansen (SYN)
- Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop (PBS)
- Working in the Theatre (American Theatre Wing)

2018

Xploration Earth 2050 (SYN)
- The Great Big Show (Great Big Story)
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Roman Atwood's Day Dreams (YouTube Red)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)

2019

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (PBS)
- Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (Sundance TV)
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Mysteries & Scandals (Oxygen)
- To Life: How Israeli Volunteers Are Changing the World (Freeform)
- Working in the Theatre (American Theatre Wing)

2020s[]

2020

The Day I Picked My Parents (A&E)
- Retro Tech (YouTube Originals)
- Returning the Favor (Facebook Watch)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Welcome Home (The CW)

References[]

^ "Submission Guide". Retrieved 16 August 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Overview". Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ O'Connor, John J. (1979-04-06). "TV Weekend: An Embryo Transplant, Michelangelo's Pieta and 'Giselle' (Published 1979)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-29.

[Daytime_Entertainment_Emmy_Awards-1] "Submission Guide". Retrieved 16 August 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Daytime_Emmy_Awards-2] "Overview". Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[3] O'Connor, John J. (1979-04-06). "TV Weekend: An Embryo Transplant, Michelangelo's Pieta and 'Giselle' (Published 1979)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-29.

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v t Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series
Daytime Drama Special (1974–1977)	The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Other Woman") (1974) The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Girl Who Couldn't Lose") (1975) First Ladies Diaries ("Edith Wilson") (1976) The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1977)
Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement (1978–1979)	Live from Lincoln Center ("Recital of Tenor Luciano Pavarotti from the Met") (1978) Camera Three (1979)
Informational Children's Series (1980)	FYI: For Your Information (1980)
Informational Children's Series (1981–1984)	FYI: For Your Information (1981) FYI: For Your Information (1982) New American Bandstand 1965 (1983) FYI: For Your Information (1984)
Special Class Program (1985, 1988–1999)	For Our Times ("To See a World") (1985) No Award (1988) China: Walls and Bridges / James Stewart's Wonderful Life (1989) No Award (1990) Live from Lincoln Center ("Yo-Yo Ma in Concert") (1991) Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment (1992) Great Wonders of the World ("Wonders of Nature") (1993) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1994) Talk Soup (1995) World AIDS Day Special (1996) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1997) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1998) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1999)
Pre-School Children's Series (1986–1987)	Chagall's Journey / Live from Lincoln Center ("Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with Irene Worth and Horacio Gutierrez") (1986) ABC Notebook ("The Children of Ellis Island") / One to Grow On / Taking Children Seriously (1987)
Special Class Series (2000–2020)	Film Preservation Classics (2000) Behind the Screen with John Burke (2001) Behind the Screen with John Burke (2002) A Baby Story (2003) When I Was a Girl (2004) Starting Over (2005) A Baby Story (2006) Made (2007) Made (2008) True Life (2009) The Relic Hunter with Ian Grant (2010) Made (2011) Super Soul Sunday (2012) Made (2013) Super Soul Sunday (2014) The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (2015) Lucky Dog (2016) Super Soul Sunday (2017) Xploration Earth 2050 (2018) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2019) The Day I Picked My Parents (2020)