Editing 3rd Daytime Emmy Awards

{{Emmys short description|1975}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = 3rd Daytime Emmy Awards
| image = 
| caption = 
| date = May 11, 1976
| location = [[Vivian Beaumont Theatre]]
| presenter = [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]]
| host = [[Bob Barker]]
| award1_type = [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]]
| award1_winner = ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
| award2_type = [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show|Outstanding Game Show]]
| award2_winner = ''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $10,000 Pyramid]]''
| network = [[CBS]]
| previous = [[2nd Daytime Emmy Awards|2nd]]
| main = {{nowrap|[[Daytime Emmy Award]]s}}
| next = [[4th Daytime Emmy Awards|4th]]
}}
The '''3rd Daytime Emmy Awards''' were held Tuesday, May 11, 1976 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1975). The third awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given. Hosted by [[Bob Barker]], the telecast aired from 3-4:30&nbsp;p.m. EST on [[CBS]] and preempted reruns of ''[[All in the Family]]'', plus ''[[Match Game]]'' and ''[[Tattletales]]''.

Winners in each category are in '''bold'''.

==Outstanding Daytime Drama Series==

*''[[All My Children]]''
*'''''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'''''
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
*''[[The Young and the Restless]]''

==Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series==

*[[Macdonald Carey]] ([[Tom Horton|Dr. Tom Horton]], ''Days of our Lives'')
*[[Bill Hayes (actor)|Bill Hayes]] ([[Doug Williams (Days of Our Lives)|Doug Williams]], ''Days of our Lives'')
*[[John Beradino]] ([[Steve Hardy (General Hospital)|Dr. Steve Hardy]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
*[[Shepperd Strudwick]] ([[Victor Lord]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
*'''[[Larry Haines]]''' (Stu Bergman, ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'')
*[[Michael Nouri]] (Steve Kaslo, ''Search for Tomorrow'')

==Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series==

*[[Frances Heflin]] (Mona Kane, ''[[All My Children]]'')
*[[Susan Seaforth Hayes]] ([[Julie Olson Williams|Julie Olson]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
*[[Denise Alexander]] ([[Lesley Webber|Dr. Lesley Williams Faulkner]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
*'''[[Helen Gallagher]]''' (Maeve Ryan, ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'')
*[[Mary Stuart (actress)|Mary Stuart]] ([[Joanne Gardner|Joanne Vincente]], ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'')

==Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing==
* ''All My Children''
* ''[[The Edge of Night]]''
* ''[[Guiding Light]]''
* ''The Young and the Restless''
* '''''Days of our Lives'''''

==Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing==
* ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
* '''''One Life to Live'''''
* ''The Young and the Restless''

==Outstanding Game Show==
*'''''[[Pyramid (game show)|The $20,000 Pyramid]]''''' - A Bob Stewart Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
*''[[The Price Is Right]]'' - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS (Syn. by Viacom)
*''[[Match Game]]'' - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS  (Syn. by Jim Victory)
*''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' - A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC (Syn. by Filmways)
*''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' - A Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Production for ABC (Syn. by WorldVision)

==Outstanding Game Show Host==
*'''[[Allen Ludden]]''' (''[[Password (American game show)|Password]]'')
*[[Peter Marshall (game show host)|Peter Marshall]] (''[[Hollywood Squares]]'')
*[[Geoff Edwards]] (''[[Jackpot (game show)|Jackpot]]'')

==References==
*{{cite web  | title =Daytime Emmy Awards  | publisher =[[Internet Movie Database]]  | url =https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/1976}}

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