25th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 25th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1998 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year.
Winners in each category are in bold. Just like the previous year, the 25th Daytime Emmy Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Outstanding Drama Series
- All My Children
- Days of Our Lives
- General Hospital
- The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Lead Actor
- Peter Bergman
- Eric Braeden
- David Canary
- Anthony Geary
- Kin Shriner
Outstanding Lead Actress
- Eileen Davidson
- Susan Lucci
- Cynthia Watros
- Jacklyn Zeman
- Kim Zimmer
Outstanding Supporting Actor
- Grant Aleksander
- Ian Buchanan
- Steve Burton
- Michael E. Knight
- Scott Reeves
Outstanding Supporting Actress
- Julia Barr
- Amy Carlson
- Amy Ecklund
- Vanessa Marcil
- Victoria Rowell
Outstanding Younger Actor
- Jensen Ackles
- Tyler Christopher
- Jonathan Jackson
- Bryant Jones
- Kevin Mambo
- Joshua Morrow
Outstanding Younger Actress
- Sarah Brown
- Christie Clark
- Camryn Grimes
- Rhonda Ross Kendrick
- Heather Tom
Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
- All My Children
- Days of Our Lives
- General Hospital
- The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
- All My Children
- Days of Our Lives
- General Hospital
- The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Talk Show
- Leeza: Leeza Gibbons, Donna Harrison, Rudy Guido, Jill Mullikin-Bates, Kathy Giaconia, Shantel Klinger, Julie Laughlin, Tracy Mazuer, Julie Ross, Marilyn Zielinski
- Live with Regis & Kathie Lee: Michael Gelman, Delores Spruell-Jackson, Joanne Saltzman, Barbara Fight, Cindy MacDonald, David Mullen, Dana Dodge, Mariann Sabol-Nieves
- The Oprah Winfrey Show: Dianne Atkinson Hudson, Oprah Winfrey, David Boul, Alice McGee, Dana Newton, Ellen Rakieten, Mollie Allen, Kandi Amelon, Amy Craig, Katy Murphy Davis, Angie Kraus, Laura Grant Sillars, Jill Van Lokeren
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show: Rosie O'Donnell, Hilary Estey McLoughlin, Bernie Young, Andy Lassner, Mimi Pizzi, David Perler, Dierdre Dod, Lisa Rechsteiner, Corin Nelson, Judy Gold, Joy Trapani, Janette Barber, Krysia Plonka
- The View: Bill Geddie, Barbara Walters, Jessica Stedman Guff, Roni Selig, Rebecca Biderman, Allison Kluger, Sue Podbielski, Alexandra Cohen, Donald Berman, Sue Solomon, Erin Saxton, Mindy Moore, William Kearney, Ann Marie Williams Gray, Jakki Taylor
Outstanding Game Show
- Jeopardy!
- Pictionary
- Win Ben Stein's Money
- Wheel of Fortune
- The Price is Right
Outstanding Game Show Host
- Pat Sajak
- Bob Barker
- Alex Trebek
Outstanding Service Show
•“Martha Stewart Living” — Martha Stewart, executive producer; Carolyn Kelly, senior producer; Brook Altman, producer.
•“The New Yankee Workshop” — Russell Morash, executive producer.
•“Newton’s Apple” — Richard Hudson, Lee Carey, executive producers; Kristian Berg, Lisa Blackstone, Jeff Nielsen, Erin Rasmussen, Kevin Williams, producers.
•“This Old House” — Russell Morash, executive producer; Bruce Irving, producer.
Outstanding Children's Special
- Louis Gossett Jr., Hillard Elkins, Dan Redler and Patrick Whitley
- Helen Holt and Jeanine Isabel Butler
- Sheila Nevins, Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford
- Carlyle Kyzer
- Paula Connelly Skorka, Howard Meltzer, Frank Doelger and Jonathan Stern
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
- Robert Ri'chard
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- Louie Anderson
- Robin Williams
- Lily Tomlin
- Maurice LaMarche
- Rob Paulsen
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
- Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein, and Gordon Goodwin
- Charles Fernandez Ron Grant, Harvey Cohen and Bruce Babcock
- Julie Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, Richard Stone, Tim Kelly, Carl Johnson
- John McDaniel
- Shirley Walker
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- Micheline Charest, Carol Greenwald, Ronald A. Weinberg, Cassandra Schafhausen, Lesley Taylor, Ken Scarborough, Joe Fallon, Peter K. Hirsch and Greg Bailey
- Liz Holzman, Wendell Morris, Jed Spingarn, Nelson Recinos, Kirk Tingblad, Charles Visser, Andrea Romano, Steven Spielberg, Russell Calabrese, Earl Kress, Mike Milo, Tom Ruegger, Charles M. Howell IV, Rusty Mills, Tom Sheppard
- David Campbell, Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway, Cydne Clark, Steve Granat, Carin Greenberg Baker, Martha Ripp, Ken Boyer, Victor Cook, Skip Jones, Rick Schneider, Peter Ferk, Don Gillies, Ken Koonce, Michael Merton and Bruce Shelly
- Steven Spielberg, Tom Ruegger, Rusty Mills, Liz Holzman, Andrea Romano, Mike Milo, Jon McClenahan, Charles M. Howell IV, Randy Rogel, Kevin Hopps, Gordon Bressack, Nick Dubois and Tom Minton
- Kristin Laskas Martin, Karen Stevens, Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom, Vince Commisso, Larry Jacobs and Susan Blu
Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
- Jean MacCurdy, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Bruce W. Timm, Hilary Bader, Stan Berkowitz, Rich Fogel, Steve Gerber, Bob Goodman, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Curt Geda, Kenji Hachizaki, Butch Lukic, Toshihiko Masuda, Dan Riba, Andrea Romano and Yuichiro Yano
- Gary Katona, Ed Wexler, Lance Khazei, Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley, Michael Karnow, and Gary Sperling
- Jean MacCurdy, Tom Minton, James T. Walker, Tim Cahill, Julie McNally Cahill, Karl Toerge, Andrea Romano, and Al Zegler
- Andy Heyward, Michael Maliani, Robby London, Christopher Hallowell, Eddie Fitzgerald, Mike Fontanelli, Janice Sonski, Daniël Shwall, Christian Choquet, Marsha Goodman, Paul F. Quinn, Lisa Schaffer, Jeffrey Scott, Henry Gilroy, and Jymn Magon
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- Erren Gottlieb, James McKenna, Bill Nye, Michael Gross, Darrell Suto, Scott Schaefer, Kit Boss, Lynn Brunelle, Michael Palleschi, Ian G. Saunders, and Simon Griffith
- Molly Boylan, Lou Berger, Sara Compton, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Ian Ellis James, Emily Perl Kingsley, David Korr, Sonia Manzano, Joey Mazzarino, Jeff Moss, Cathi Turow, Adam Rudman, Nancy Sans, Luis Santeiro, Josh Selig, Belinda Ward, John Weidman, and Mo Willems
- Fred Rogers
- Linda Ellerbee, and Walt McGraw
- Ronnie Krauss, Jill Gluckson, Billy Aronson, and McPaul Smith
Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series
- Bill Nye
- Fred Rogers
- LeVar Burton
- Caroll Spinney
- Lynne Thigpen
Outstanding Sound Editing
- Dave Howe, Thomas McGurk, Michael McAuliffe
- Anna MacKenzie, Rick Hinson, Ray Spiess, William H. Angarola, Mark Cleary, Mike Marchain, Cindy Rabideau and Robert Guastini
- Denise Brady, Anna MacKenzie, Mike Marchain, William H. Angarola, Raymond E. Spiess III, Cindy Rabideau, Ray Spiess and Robert Guastini
- Kurt Wagner
Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class
- Thomas Syslo, Timothy Borquez, Eric Freeman, Rick Hammel, Les Wolf and Marc Mailand
- Dick Maitland, Bob Schott and David Browning
- Eric Freeman, Timothy Borquez and Rick Hinson
- Diane Griffen, John Hegedes, George Brooks, Kelly Ann Foley, Gregory Beaumont, Mark Keatts and Robert Hargreaves
- Eric Hertsguaard, Melissa Ellis, Brian F. Mars, Kenneth Young, David Lynch, Marc S. Perlman, Robert Duran, William Griggs, Robert Poole II, Charles Rychwalski, Kris Daly, Dominick Certo, Jorge Riesenfeld, Bill Kean and Jennifer Mertens
Outstanding Sound Mixing
- Dave Howe, Thomas McGurk, Michael McAuliffe, Bob O'Hern, Resti Bagcal, Marion Smith
- Gary Gossett, Todd Orr, Jon Taylor and Kevin Patrick Burns
- Ron Balentine, Gary French and David M. Boothe
- Todd Orr, Kevin Patrick Burns and Jon Taylor
- John Badenhop and Robert L. Manahan
Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class
- Dick Maitland and Blake Norton
- Benoît Coaillier, Pierre L'Abbé, Julian Fischer, Pierre Bourcier, John Nestorowich and Alain Roy
- Michael Beiriger, Ray Leonard and Deb Adair
- Melissa Ellis, Michael Beiriger, Fil Brown, Ray Leonard, Michael Jiron, Allen L. Stone and Deb Adair
- Timothy Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity and Brad Brock
- Timothy Borquez and Timothy J. Garrity
- Timothy Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity and Deb Adair
Outstanding Single Camera Editing
- Darrell Suto, Michael Gross, Felicity Oram, John Reul
- Richard A. Fernandes
- Tim Warner, Michael Coleman and Julia Dunn
- Bill Howe
- Barry Rubinow, Randy Littlejohn and Mark Walters
Outstanding Children's Series">Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series">Outstanding Children's Series
- Reading Rainbow
- Beakman's World
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
- Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
Lifetime achievement award
- Oprah Winfrey