The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It was given to honor the outstanding work of a game show host who has appeared in at least 19% of total episodes for the calendar year.
The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 with Peter Marshall receiving the award for his hosting duty on the panel game show Hollywood Squares. The award category was originally called Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show before changing to its current title in 1985. The awards ceremony was not aired on television in 1983 and 1984, having been criticized for voting integrity.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 18 hosts. In 1983, Betty White became the first woman to win the award and eventually was joined by Meredith Vieira 22 years later as the only two women to have garnered the award. Steve Harvey and Wayne Brady are the only African American game show hosts to have won the Emmy. In 1990, Bob Barker and Alex Trebek tied for the award, which was the first tie in this category. Also in 1990, Barker became the host with the most wins in the category when he won a fifth time, surpassing Marshall's previous record of four; Barker went on to win in nine additional years, ultimately receiving fourteen wins. Trebek has since received five additional wins. Trebek last won the award at the 2021 ceremony, which was accepted posthumously due to his death in November 2020. Trebek also has been nominated on 32 occasions, more than any other host.
At the 2022 ceremony, Harvey became the last awarded host in this category for his hosting duties on Family Feud. In 2023, this category was moved to the Primetime Emmy Awards as part of a re-alignment of categories between NATAS and ATAS and was renamed Outstanding Host for a Game Show.
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 † Indicates a posthumous winner
1970s Year Host(s) Program Network 1974 (1st)Peter Marshall Hollywood SquaresNBC Art Fleming Jeopardy!NBC Allen Ludden PasswordABC 1975 (2nd)Peter Marshall Hollywood SquaresNBC Monty Hall Let's Make a DealABCGene Rayburn Match GameCBS 1976 (3rd) Allen Ludden PasswordABCPeter Marshall Hollywood SquaresNBCGeoff Edwards JackpotNBC 1977 (4th)Bert Convy TattletalesCBSDick Clark The $10,000 PyramidABCGene Rayburn Match GameCBS 1978 (5th) Richard Dawson Family FeudABCDick Clark The $20,000 PyramidABCGene Rayburn Match GameCBSChuck Woolery & Susan Stafford Wheel of FortuneNBC 1979 (6th)Dick Clark The $20,000 PyramidABC Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSPeter Marshall Hollywood SquaresNBC
1980s Year Host(s) Program Network 1980 (7th)Peter Marshall Hollywood SquaresNBC Richard Dawson Family FeudABC 1981 (8th)Peter Marshall Hollywood SquaresNBCDick Clark The $20,000 PyramidABC Richard Dawson Family FeudABC 1982 (9th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Bill Cullen BlockbustersNBC Richard Dawson Family FeudABC 1983 (10th)Betty White Just Men!NBCDick Clark The $25,000 PyramidCBS Richard Dawson Family FeudABC 1984 (11th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Richard Dawson Family FeudABCBetty White Just Men!NBC 1985 (12th)Dick Clark The $25,000 PyramidCBS Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Bill Cullen Celebrity Hot PotatoNBC Richard Dawson Family FeudABCPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1986 (13th)Dick Clark The $25,000 PyramidCBS Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1987 (14th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Dick Clark The $25,000 PyramidCBSPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1988 (15th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSDick Clark The $25,000 PyramidCBSVicki Lawrence Win, Lose or DrawNBCAlex Trebek Classic ConcentrationNBC 1989 (16th)Alex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedDick Clark The $25,000 PyramidSyndicatedVicki Lawrence Schultz Win, Lose or DrawNBCPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated
1990s Year Host(s) Program Network 1990 (17th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedAlex Trebek Classic ConcentrationNBC 1991 (18th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Alex Trebek Classic ConcentrationNBCAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1992 (19th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSDom DeLuise Candid CameraSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1993 (20th)Pat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSRay Combs The Family Feud ChallengeCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1994 (21st) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1995 (22nd) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1996 (23rd) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1997 (24th)Pat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Al Roker Remember This?MSNBCAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1998 (25th)Pat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 1999 (26th)Ben Stein & Jimmy Kimmel Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Tom Bergeron Hollywood SquaresSyndicatedPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated
2000s Year Host(s) Program Network 2000 (27th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Tom Bergeron Hollywood SquaresSyndicatedRegis Philbin Who Wants to Be a MillionaireABC Pat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2001 (28th)Regis Philbin Who Wants to Be a MillionaireABC Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Tom Bergeron Hollywood SquaresSyndicatedBen Stein & Jimmy Kimmel Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy CentralAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2002 (29th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedBen Stein & Nancy Pimental Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy CentralAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2003 (30th)Alex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBS Tom Bergeron Hollywood SquaresSyndicated Donny Osmond PyramidSyndicatedPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedBen Stein & Sal Iacono Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central 2004 (31st) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedMeredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2005 (32nd)Meredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2006 (33rd)Alex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedMeredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2007 (34th) Bob Barker The Price Is RightCBSBen BaileyCash CabDiscovery ChannelPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedMeredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2008 (35th)Alex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedBen BaileyCash CabDiscovery ChannelPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 2009 (36th)Meredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicatedBen BaileyCash CabDiscovery ChannelHowie Mandel Deal or No DealNBCAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated
2010s Year Host(s) Program Network 2010 (37th) Ben Bailey Cash CabDiscovery ChannelWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedCarnie Wilson The Newlywed GameGSN2011 (38th) Ben Bailey Cash CabDiscovery ChannelWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSTodd Newton Family Game NightThe HubMeredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2012 (39th)Todd Newton Family Game NightThe HubBen BaileyCash CabDiscovery ChannelWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSMeredith Vieira Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2013 (40th) Ben Bailey Cash CabDiscovery ChannelWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSBilly EichnerFunny or Die's Billy on the StreetFuse TVSteve Harvey Family FeudSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2014 (41st) Steve Harvey Family FeudSyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSJeff FoxworthyThe American Bible ChallengeGSNTodd NewtonFamily Game NightHub Network 2015 (42nd) Craig Ferguson Celebrity Name GameSyndicatedSteve HarveyFamily FeudSyndicatedTodd NewtonFamily Game NightHub NetworkPat SajakWheel of FortuneSyndicated 2016 (43rd) Craig Ferguson Celebrity Name GameSyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBS Brooke BurnsThe ChaseGSNBilly GardellMonopoly Millionaires' ClubSyndicatedSteve HarveyFamily FeudSyndicated 2017 (44th) Steve Harvey Family FeudSyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBS Craig Ferguson Celebrity Name GameSyndicatedPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2018 (45th)Wayne Brady Let's Make a DealCBS Chris Harrison Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicatedSteve HarveyFamily FeudSyndicatedPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicatedAlex Trebek Jeopardy!Syndicated 2019 (46th) Alex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSChris Harrison Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicatedJohn Michael HigginsAmerica SaysGSNPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated
2020s Year Host(s) Program Network 2020 (47th)Alex Trebek Jeopardy!SyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSSteve HarveyFamily FeudSyndicatedAlfonso RibeiroCatch 21GSNPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 2021 (48th)Alex Trebek † (posthumous) Jeopardy!SyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSSteve HarveyFamily FeudSyndicatedAlfonso RibeiroCatch 21GSNPat Sajak Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 2022 (49th) Steve Harvey Family FeudSyndicatedWayne BradyLet's Make a DealCBSLeah ReminiPeople PuzzlerGSN Pat SajakCelebrity Wheel of FortuneABC Pat SajakWheel of FortuneSyndicated
Hosts with multiple wins and nominations
The following individuals received two or more Game Show Host awards: Wins Host 14 Bob Barker 8 Alex Trebek 4 Peter Marshall 3 Ben Bailey Dick Clark Pat Sajak Steve Harvey 2 Craig Ferguson Meredith Vieira
The following individuals received two or more Game Show Host nominations: Nominations Host 32 Alex Trebek 23 Bob Barker 21 Pat Sajak 12 Wayne Brady 10 Dick Clark 9 Steve Harvey 7 Ben Bailey Richard Dawson Meredith Vieira 6 Peter Marshall 4 Tom Bergeron Ben Stein 3 Gene Rayburn Craig Ferguson Todd Newton 2 Alfonso Ribeiro Bill Cullen Chris Harrison Jimmy Kimmel Vicki Lawrence Allen Ludden Regis Philbin Betty White
See also Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Game Show Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show
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