The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was first awarded at the 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, held in 1974, and it is given to honor the performances of the entire writing team participating in a form of a daytime drama.

The award was previously called Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series between 1974 and 1986, where the category had various names and honored different members of the writing team. Therefore, since then, the category began to start using its current title years.

The Young and the Restless holds the record for most wins with nine. The Young and the Restless have also received the most nominations, with a total of twenty-seven. ABC has been the network the most successful, with a total of eighteen wins. In 1997, All My Children and The Young and the Restless tied, which was the first tie in this category.

As of the 2025 ceremony, General Hospital is the most recent recipient of the award.

Winners and nominees Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees. + Table key Indicates the winner

1970s Year Program NetworkRef 1974 (1st) The Edge of Night The Doctors General Hospital 1975 (2nd) Another World Days of Our LivesThe Young and the Restless 1976 (3rd) Days of Our Lives All My Children The Edge of Night Guiding LightThe Young and the Restless 1977 (4th) Ryan's Hope All My Children Another World As the World Turns Days of Our Lives 1978 (5th) Ryan's Hope All My Children Days of Our Lives Guiding Light 1979 (6th)Ryan's Hope All My Children Days of Our LivesThe Young and the Restless

1980s Year Program NetworkRef 1980 (7th) Ryan's Hope All My Children The Edge of Night One Life to Live 1981 (8th) Guiding Light All My Children General Hospital One Life to Live 1982 (9th) Guiding Light All My Children The Edge of Night One Life to Live 1983 (10th) Ryan's Hope All My Children General Hospital One Life to Live 1984 (11th) Ryan's Hope All My Children General Hospital One Life to Live 1985 (12th) All My ChildrenAnother World Days of Our Lives Guiding Light 1986 (13th)Guiding Light As the World Turns General HospitalThe Young and the Restless 1987 (14th) One Life to Live Days of Our LivesThe Young and the Restless 1988 (15th) All My ChildrenThe JudgeSanta BarbaraSuperior Court 1989 (16th) Santa BarbaraAnother World As the World Turns Guiding Light

1990s Year Program NetworkRef 1990 (17th) Guiding Light All My Children One Life to LiveSanta BarbaraThe Young and the Restless 1991 (18th) Santa Barbara All My ChildrenAs the World TurnsThe Young and the Restless 1992 (19th) The Young and the Restless All My ChildrenGuiding Light One Life to Live 1993 (20th) Guiding Light All My Children As the World TurnsThe Young and the Restless 1994 (21st) One Life to Live Another World Days of Our LivesThe Young and the Restless 1995 (22nd) General Hospital All My Children One Life to LiveThe Young and the Restless 1996 (26th) All My ChildrenAnother World As the World Turns One Life to Live 1997 (27th) All My Children The Young and the Restless Days of Our Lives General Hospital 1998 (27th) All My Children Days of Our Lives General HospitalThe Young and the Restless 1999 (26th) General Hospital All My Children Days of Our LivesGuiding LightThe Young and the Restless

2000s Year Program NetworkRe 2000 (27th)The Young and the Restless As the World Turns The Bold and the Beautiful General Hospital 2001 (28th) As the World Turns All My Children General HospitalPassionsThe Young and the Restless 2002 (29th) As the World Turns All My Children One Life to LivePassions 2003 (30th) General Hospital All My Children As the World Turns The Bold and the BeautifulGuiding LightPassionsThe Young and the Restless 2004 (31st) As the World Turns All My Children General HospitalThe Young and the Restless 2005 (32nd) As the World Turns General HospitalGuiding LightThe Young and the Restless 2006 (33rd) The Young and the Restless As the World Turns The Bold and the Beautiful One Life to Live 2007 (34th) Guiding Light The Bold and the Beautiful General HospitalThe Young and the Restless 2008 (35th)One Life to Live The Bold and the Beautiful General HospitalGuiding LightThe Young and the Restless 2009 (36th) General Hospital All My Children The Bold and the Beautiful One Life to Live

2010s Year Program NetworkRef 2010 (37th) The Bold and the Beautiful All My Children As the World Turns The Young and the Restless 2011 (38th) The Young and the Restless As the World Turns The Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives 2012 (39th) Days of Our Lives All My Children General Hospital The Young and the Restless 2013 (40th)The Bold and the Beautiful General Hospital One Life to Live The Young and the Restless 2014 (41st)The Young and the RestlessThe Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives 2015 (42nd)The Bold and the BeautifulDays of Our Lives General HospitalThe Young and the Restless 2016 (43rd) The Bold and the Beautiful General Hospital The Young and the Restless 2017 (44th) The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives General Hospital 2018 (45th) Days of Our Lives The Bold and the Beautiful General Hospital The Young and the Restless 2019 (46th) The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives General Hospital

2020s Year Program NetworkRef 2020 (47th)The Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives General Hospital The Young and the Restless 2021 (48th) The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful General Hospital 2022 (49th) Days of Our Lives Beyond Salem General Hospital The Young and the Restless 2023 (50th) The Young and the Restless The Bay Popstar! TV The Bold and the Beautiful CBS Beyond Salem: Chapter Two Peacock Days of Our Lives NBC/Peacock General Hospital ABC 2024(51st) General Hospital The Bay Popstar! TV The Bold and the Beautiful CBS Days of Our Lives Peacock The Young and the Restless CBS 2025 (52nd) General Hospital Days of Our Lives Peacock The Young and the Restless CBS 2026 (53rd) *Winner will be announced on October 30, 2026Beyond the Gates CBS The Bold and the Beautiful CBS Days of Our Lives Peacock General Hospital ABC

Series with multiple wins

10 wins The Young and the Restless

6 wins Ryan's Hope Guiding Light General Hospital

5 wins All My Children The Bold and the Beautiful

4 wins As the World Turns Days of our Lives

3 wins One Life to Live

2 wins Santa Barbara

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