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The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series is an Emmy award given to television programs that do not "fall into other established categories."[1] Prior to 2000, the category was referred to as Special Class Program and both series and specials competed in the same category. A separate category for singular specials was created in 2000.[2]
Winners in bold
Outstanding Daytime Drama Special
1970s
1974
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Other Woman") (ABC)
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("A Special Act of Love") (ABC)
- CBS Daytime 90 ("Tiger on a Chain") (CBS)
1975
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Girl Who Couldn't Lose") (ABC)
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak ("The Last Bride of Salem") (ABC)
1976
- First Ladies Diaries ("Edith Wilson") (NBC)
- First Ladies Diaries ("Martha Washington") (NBC)
- First Ladies Diaries ("Rachel Jackson") (NBC)
1977
- The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (ABC)
Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement
1970s
1978
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Recital Of Tenor Luciano Pavarotti From The Met") (PBS)
- Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (SYN)
- Camera Three (CBS)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
1979
- Camera Three (CBS)
- Beethoven Festival (PBS)
- Cinematic Eye (PBS)
Special Classification - Program Achievements
1980s
1980
- FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- Giselle (NBC)[3]
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement
1980s
1981
- FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
1982
- FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Women") (CBS)
- The Body Human ("The Loving Process - Men") (CBS)
1983
1984
- FYI: For Your Information (ABC)
- I Remember It Well: ABC Daytime's 25th Anniversary Minutes (ABC)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
Outstanding Special Class Program
1980s
1985
- For Our Times ("To See A World") (CBS)
- ABC Notebook ("Teen Suicide") (ABC)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
- For Our Times ("Family Farms") (CBS)
- For Our Times ("Is Anyone Listening?") (CBS)
- For Our Times ("Exiles Who Never Left Home") (CBS)
- The People's Court (SYN)
- Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
Special Classification of Program Achievement
1980s
1986
- Chagall's Journey (NBC)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with Irene Worth and Horacio Gutierrez") (PBS)
- For Our Times ("Reality Is Becoming") (CBS)
- Tournament of Roses Parade (CBS)
- Living in Hope (NBC)
- America's Musical Theater ("Treemonisha") (PBS)
- America's Musical Theater ("The Cradle Will Rock") (PBS)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (ABC)
- The People's Court (SYN)
1987
- ABC Notebook ("The Children of Ellis Island") (ABC)
- Taking Children Seriously (NBC)
- One to Grow On (NBC)
- ABC Notebook ("Learn To Read") (ABC)
- The 700 Club (SYN)
- The People's Court (SYN)
Outstanding Special Class Program
1980s
1988 (Winner unknown)
- New American Bandstand 1965 (SYN)
- For Our Times ("From the AIDS Experience: Our Spirits to Heal") (CBS)
- The People's Court (SYN)
- Soap Opera Digest Awards (NBC)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
1989
- China: Walls and Bridges (ABC)
- James Stewart's Wonderful Life (HBO)
- Fight Back! with David Horowitz (SYN)
- Siskel & Ebert (SYN)
- Soap Opera Awards (CBS)
1990s
1990 (Winner unknown)
- Fight Back! with David Horowitz (SYN)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Siskel & Ebert (SYN)
- Soap Opera Awards (NBC)
- The Berlin Celebration Concert (PBS)
1991
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Yo-Yo Ma in Concert") (PBS)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Mozart Bicentennial Birthday Serenade") (PBS)
- Siskel & Ebert (SYN)
1992
- Spaceship Earth: Our Global Environment (Disney Channel)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (NBC)
- The Streets (ABC)
1993
- Great Wonders of the World ("Wonders of Nature") (Disney Channel)
- This Island Earth (Disney Channel)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("Chamber Music Society: Masters & Masterpieces") (PBS)
- What Every Baby Knows (Lifetime)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
1994
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- The Victory Garden (PBS)
1995
- Talk Soup (E!)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- E! News Live (E!)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
1996
- World AIDS Day Special (VH1)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- E! News Live (E!)
- Good Morning America (ABC)
- Talk Soup (E!)
1997
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Hollywood Moments (AMC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- E! News Live (E!)
- Talk Soup (E!)
1998
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Behind the Screen with Nick Clooney (AMC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("A Celebration of Brahms") (PBS)
1999
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Behind the Screen with Nick Clooney (AMC)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Earth Matters (CNN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
Outstanding Special Class Series
2000s
2000
- Film Preservation Classics (AMC)
- Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- CNN Newsroom (CNN)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
2001
- Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Celebrity Homes (E!)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
2002
- Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
- Cool Women in History (WE)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
- Trading Spaces (TLC)
2003
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Breakfast with the Arts (A&E)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
- While You Were Out (TLC)
2004
- When I Was a Girl (WE)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls (NBC)
2005
- Starting Over (SYN)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Breakfast with the Arts (A&E)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
2006
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Starting Over (SYN)
- Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls (NBC)
2007
- Made (MTV)
- Animal Rescue with Alex Paen (SYN)
- A Baby Story (TLC)
- Judge Judy (SYN)
- Starting Over (SYN)
2008
- Made (MTV)
- Cause Effect (MTVU)
- Instant Beauty Pageant (Style)
- Samantha Brown: Passport to Latin America (Travel)
- Split Ends (Style)
2009
- True Life (MTV)
- Equitrekking (PBS)
- Made (MTV)
- Split Ends (Style)
- We Mean Business (A&E)
2010s
2010
- The Relic Hunter with Ian Grant (Travel)
- Travelscope (PBS)
- Ruby (Style)
- Equitrekking (PBS)
- Laura McKenzie's Traveler (SYN)
2011
- Made (MTV)
- Housecat Housecall (Animal Planet)
- Private Sessions (A&E)
- Too Fat for 15: Fighting Back (Style)
2012
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Ask This Old House (PBS)
- Made (MTV)
- Pop Up Video (VH1)
- Quiet Campus (MTV)
- Sanjay Gupta MD (CNN)
2013
- Made (MTV)
- Sanjay Gupta MD (CNN)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
2014
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Ask This Old House (PBS)
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Sanjay Gupta MD (CNN)
2015
- The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (CBS)
- Got Your 6 (MTV)
- Intelligence for Your Life (SYN)
- Xploration Earth 2050 (SYN)
2016
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Crime Watch Daily (SYN)
- The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation (CBS)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Xploration Earth 2050 (SYN)
2017
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (Sundance TV)
- Crime Watch Daily With Chris Hansen (SYN)
- Landscapes Through Time with David Dunlop (PBS)
- Working in the Theatre (American Theatre Wing)
2018
- Xploration Earth 2050 (SYN)
- The Great Big Show (Great Big Story)
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Roman Atwood's Day Dreams (YouTube Red)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
2019
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (PBS)
- Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (Sundance TV)
- Lucky Dog (CBS)
- Mysteries & Scandals (Oxygen)
- To Life: How Israeli Volunteers Are Changing the World (Freeform)
- Working in the Theatre (American Theatre Wing)
2020s
2020
- The Day I Picked My Parents (A&E)
- Retro Tech (YouTube Originals)
- Returning the Favor (Facebook Watch)
- Super Soul Sunday (OWN)
- Welcome Home (The CW)
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