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The Daytime Emmy "Awards" (honors; prizes; recognition of being the best) recognize excellence in daytime television programming. The first Daytime Emmy Awards were "presented" (given to winners) at a ceremony in 1974. Now, they are awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles each May or June.

There are almost 70 "categories" (types) of Daytime Emmy Awards. Some are for the shows themselves, such as "Outstanding" (very good) Drama Series, Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show, and Outstanding Talk Show. Other Daytime Emmy Awards are given to the best "Lead" (main; most important) Actor/Actress or "Supporting" (secondary; working with the lead) Actor/Actress. Still others are given to the writers and directors of the shows.

Winners of the Daytime Emmy Awards receive a small, golden "statue" (a metal sculpture, usually in the shape of a person or animal) of a woman with wings who is reaching upward and holding a large ball made of many "interlocking" (touching each other and inside each other) "rings" (circles).

Because daytime television has a relatively small number of actors involved in shows, many actors have been "nominated" (named; suggested as winners) many times for the Daytime Emmy Awards. Many actors also win multiple Daytime Emmy Awards throughout their acting "careers" (all the jobs one has during one's lifetime).

Industry experts often compare the Daytime Emmy Awards to the Academy Awards for movies, the Grammy Awards for music, and the Tony Awards for "live theater" (drama on stage; plays and musicals).