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The 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, which honors the crafts behind American daytime television programming, was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on April 28, 2017. The event was presented in conjunction with the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The nominations were announced on March 22, 2017, during a live episode of CBS'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

1. Eades, Chris (April 19, 2017). "Daytime Emmys 2017: GH's Carolyn Hennesy to Host the Red Carpet Show!". ABC Soaps In Depth. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
2. ^ "Lifetime Achievement Honorees for the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
3. Fairman, Michael (January 25, 2017). "44th Annual Daytime Emmys Drama Performer Pre-Nominations Announced!". On-Air On-Soaps. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
4. "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Pre-Nominations". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. January 25, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
5. "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Nominations For the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 22, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
6. "The 44th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award: What's New?" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. January 29, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
7. Fairman, Michael (October 26, 2016). "44th Annual Daytime Emmys Competition Gets Underway!". On-Air On-Soaps. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
8. Newcomb, Roger (October 27, 2016). "44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards: Changes and New Categories". We Love Soaps. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
9. "The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominations" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. March 22, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
10. "The 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). New York City: emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2017.

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