The 31st Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 2004 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (2003). The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Drama Series

• As the World Turns
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• General Hospital
• Guiding Light
• The Young and the Restless

As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30 in the afternoon. ... The Bold and the Beautiful is a US television soap opera, created by Lee Phillip Bell and William J. Bell. ... General Hospital is the longest-running daytime soap opera on the American ABC television network, and is also the longest-running soap opera produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West since its inception). ... The Guiding Light (or simply Guiding Light as its known today) is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest soap opera ever told. ... The Young and the Restless (commonly abbreviated to Y&R) is an American soap opera that takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin (named after a vacation spot that series creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell visited annually). ...

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Grant Aleksander (Guiding Light)
• Maurice Benard (General Hospital)
• Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless)
• Anthony Geary (General Hospital)
• Roger Howarth (As the World Turns)
• Thorsten Kaye (Port Charles)

Grant Aleksander as Phillip Spaulding Grant Aleksander (born August 6, 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an actor best known for roles in soap operas. ... Categories: People stubs | 1963 births | Soap opera actors ... Eric Braeden as Victor Newman Eric Braeden (born Hans Jörg Gudegast on April 3, 1941) is a German film and television actor, best known for his role as the dastardly, on-again, off-again villain Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Anthony Geary, in a still from General Hospital. ... Roger Howarth as Paul Ryan Roger Howarth (born September 13, 1968) is an American actor. ... External links IMDb article Categories: People stubs | 1966 births | German actors | Soap opera actors ...

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Tamara Braun (General Hospital)
• Nancy Lee Grahn (General Hospital)
• Michelle Stafford (The Young and the Restless)
• Maura West (As the World Turns)
• Kim Zimmer (Guiding Light)

Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) is an American actress. ... Categories: Actor stubs | 1956 births | Soap opera actors ... Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Abbott Michelle Stafford (born September 14, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. ... Maura Jo West (born April 27, 1972 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA) is an actor, best known for her role on As the World Turns (1995 - present). ... Kim Zimmer Kim Zimmer (born February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actress. ...

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• William de Vry (All My Children)
• Rick Hearst (General Hospital)
• Christian LeBlanc (The Young and the Restless)
• Ron Raines (Guiding Light)
• James Reynolds (Days of Our Lives)

Rick Hearst (born Richard Charles Herbst on January 4, 1965 in Howard Beach, New York, USA) is an actor, best known for roles in US soap operas. ... Christian LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin Christian Jules LeBlanc (born August 25, 1958 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina) is an American actor. ... Ron Raines (born December 2, 1949 in Texas City, Texas) is an American actor. ... James Reynolds (born August 10, 1950 in Oskaloosa, Kansas) is an American actor. ...

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Kathy Brier (One Life to Live)
• Sharon Case (The Young and the Restless)
• Ilene Kristen (One Life to Live)
• Cady McClain (As the World Turns)
• Heather Tom (The Young and the Restless)

Kathy Brier, in a still from One Life to Live. ... Categories: 1971 births | Soap opera actors | Stub ... Ilene Kristen, in a still from One Life to Live. ... Categories: 1969 births | Soap opera actors | Stub ... Heather Tom, in a still from One Life to Live. ...

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series

• Chad Brannon (General Hospital)
• Scott Clifton (General Hospital)
• Agim Kaba (As the World Turns)
• David Lago (The Young and the Restless)
• Brian Presley (Port Charles)

Scott Clifton (born October 31, 1984 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ...

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series

• Jennifer Finnigan (The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless)
• Eden Riegel (All My Children)
• Alicia Leigh Willis (General Hospital)
• Lauren Woodland (The Young and the Restless)