7th Daytime Emmy Awards | |
Date: | Wednesday, June 4, 1980 |
Presenter: | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |
Hosts: | Ed McMahon and Susan Seaforth Hayes |
Award1 Type: | Outstanding Drama Series |
Award1 Winner: | Guiding Light |
Award2 Type: | Outstanding Game Show |
Award2 Winner: | The $20,000 Pyramid and Hollywood Squares (tie) |
Network: | NBC |
Previous: | 6th |
Next: | 8th |
The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979). The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo. Six awards were given.
The ceremony was telecast at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 on NBC. It preempted Another World, which was a 90-minute program at the time.
Winners in each category are in bold.