The 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, which honors the
craft
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s behind American
daytime television
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programming, was held at the
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
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Pasadena Civic Auditorium
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in
Pasadena, California on April 28, 2017. The event was presented in conjunction with the
44th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 44th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast fro ...
by the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The nominations were announced on March 22, 2017, during a live episode of
CBS
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's ''
The Talk'' for the third year in a row.
On January 26, 2017, it was announced that the Lifetime Achievement Award would be presented to
Harry Friedman.
Category and rule changes
The
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced and implemented some category and rule changes for the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards, which include:
* The previous two performer categories related to
Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series were replaced by four categories:
**
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
**
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
**
Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
**
Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series
* New categories were added to recognize work on Preschool Animated Programs:
** Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program
** Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Preschool Animated Program
** Outstanding Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
* The category Outstanding Musical Performance in a Talk Show/Morning Program was renamed
Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, now honoring any Daytime Program, not just talk shows or morning programs.
* The category Outstanding Children's Series was renamed Outstanding Children's and Family Viewing Series.
*Directors in the category of Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show/Entertainment News or Morning Program now have the ability to select up to 5 episodes from the 2016 calendar year, that has a total running time of 40 minutes to submit for evaluation.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Programs
Performers
Crafts
Drama
Non-Drama
References
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