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Daytime Emmy Award: Information from Answers.com (942 words) |
 | 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. |
 | The first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in 1972, when The Doctors and General Hospital were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama. |
 | Still, the award broadcast is guaranteed to draw in a fairly high percentage of viewers, and many special events have aired before the live telecast in an attempt to grab households tuning in for the awards. |
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 | The Emmy was named after an "Immy," an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube. |
 | Nominees in the Younger Actor and Actress awards category are performers who have not yet reached their 25th birthday. |
 | Should a performer reach his or her 25th birthday in the middle of a term being used for Emmy consideration, there are two possible options.The first option allows the performer to use work up to the time that he or she turned 25. |