The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show 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 in honor of a game show that features "contestants, either alone or as part of a team, who play a game involving answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes". Programs that have aired at least 15 original episodes for the calendar year are eligible to enter. In 2020, a category requirement has changed, lowering the number of required original episodes from fifteen to eight.
The 1st Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held in 1974 with the game show Password receiving the award. The award category was originally called Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show before changing to its current title in 2013. 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 ten game shows. In 1980, The $20,000 Pyramid and Hollywood Squares tied for the award, which was the first tie in this category. This situation repeated later only in 2011, with Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune both winning the award. In 2006, Jeopardy! became the series with the most wins in the category when it won a tenth time, surpassing Pyramids previous record of nine; Jeopardy! went on to win in six additional years, ultimately receiving seventeen wins. Jeopardy! also has been nominated on 36 occasions, more than any other series.
In 2023, this category was moved to the Primetime Emmy Awards as part of a re-alignment of categories between NATAS and ATAS.
Winners and nominees + Table key Indicates the winner 1970s Year Program Network 1974 (1st) Password ABC Hollywood SquaresNBC Jeopardy!NBC 1975 (2nd) Hollywood Squares NBCDaytime Emmy Awards (1975) - IMDb The $10,000 PyramidABC Jeopardy!NBCLet's Make a DealABC 1976 (3rd) The $20,000 Pyramid ABC Hollywood SquaresNBCLet's Make a DealABC Match GameCBS The Price Is RightCBS 1977 (4th) Family Feud ABC The $10,000 PyramidABC Hollywood SquaresNBC Match GameCBS TattletalesCBS 1978 (5th) Hollywood Squares NBC The $20,000 Pyramid ABC Family FeudABC 1979 (6th) Hollywood Squares NBC The $20,000 Pyramid ABC Family FeudABC
1980s Year Program Network 1980 (7th) The $20,000 Pyramid ABC Hollywood Squares NBC Family FeudABC 1981 (8th) The $20,000 Pyramid ABC Family FeudABC Hollywood SquaresNBC 1982 (9th) Password Plus NBC Family FeudABC The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneNBC 1983 (10th) The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Family FeudSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS 1984 (11th) The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Family FeudSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS 1985 (12th) The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Family FeudSyndicated Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1986 (13th) The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Family FeudSyndicated Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1987 (14th) The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1988 (15th) The Price Is Right CBS The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Win, Lose or DrawNBC 1989 (16th) The $25,000 Pyramid CBS Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Win, Lose or DrawNBC
1990s Year Program Network 1990 (17th)Jeopardy! Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Win, Lose or DrawNBC 1991 (18th)Jeopardy! Syndicated The $100,000 PyramidSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneCBS 1992 (19th)Jeopardy! Syndicated The $100,000 PyramidSyndicated Family FeudSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS 1993 (20th)Jeopardy! Syndicated The Family Feud ChallengeCBS The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1994 (21st)Jeopardy! Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1995 (22nd)Jeopardy! Syndicated American GladiatorsSyndicated MTV's 4th Annual Rock 'n' Jock B-Ball JamMTV The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1996 (23rd) The Price Is Right CBS Jeopardy!Syndicated 1997 (24th) The Price Is Right CBSDebt Lifetime Jeopardy!Syndicated Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted HouseCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated 1998 (25th)Jeopardy! Syndicated PictionarySyndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central 1999 (26th) Win Ben Stein's Money Comedy Central Hollywood SquaresSyndicated Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated
2000s Year Program Network 2000 (27th) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ABC Hollywood SquaresSyndicated Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central 2001 (28th) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ABC Hollywood SquaresSyndicated Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central 2002 (29th)Jeopardy! Syndicated Hollywood SquaresSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central 2003 (30th)Jeopardy! Syndicated Hollywood SquaresSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Win Ben Stein's MoneyComedy Central 2004 (31st) The Price Is Right CBS Jeopardy!Syndicated Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2005 (32nd)Jeopardy! Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2006 (33rd)Jeopardy! Syndicated Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2007 (34th) The Price Is Right CBS Jeopardy!Syndicated Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2008 (35th)Cash Cab Discovery Channel Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS 2009 (36th)Cash Cab Discovery Channel Jeopardy!Syndicated Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated
2010s Year Program Network 2010 (37th)Cash Cab Discovery Channel Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?FOX Jeopardy!Syndicated The Price Is RightCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated2011 (38th)Jeopardy! Syndicated Wheel of Fortune SyndicatedCash CabDiscovery Channel The Price Is RightCBS 2012 (39th) Jeopardy! SyndicatedBrainSurgeNickelodeonCash CabDiscovery ChannelLet's Make a DealCBS Wheel of FortuneSyndicated Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2013 (40th) The Price Is Right CBSCash CabDiscovery Channel Family FeudSyndicated Jeopardy!SyndicatedLet's Make a DealCBS Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2014 (41st) Jeopardy! SyndicatedThe American Bible ChallengeGSNThe ChaseGSNLet's Make a DealCBSThe Price Is RightCBSWheel of FortuneSyndicated 2015 (42nd) Jeopardy! SyndicatedFamily FeudSyndicatedThe Price Is RightCBS 2016 (43rd) The Price Is Right CBS Jeopardy!SyndicatedLet's Make a DealCBS Monopoly Millionaires' ClubSyndicated Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2017 (44th) Jeopardy! SyndicatedCelebrity Name GameSyndicatedFamily FeudSyndicatedLet's Make a DealCBSThe Price Is RightCBS 2018 (45th) The Price Is Right CBSFamily FeudSyndicatedJeopardy!SyndicatedLet's Make a DealCBSWho Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated 2019 (46th) Family Feud SyndicatedJeopardy!SyndicatedLet's Make a DealCBS The Price Is RightCBSWho Wants to Be a MillionaireSyndicated
2020s Year Program Network 2020 (47th) Jeopardy! SyndicatedAre You Smarter than a 5th Grader? NickelodeonDouble DareNickelodeonFamily FeudSyndicated The Price Is RightCBS 2021 (48th) Jeopardy! SyndicatedFamily FeudSyndicatedLet's Make a DealCBS The Price Is RightCBSWheel of FortuneSyndicated 2022 (49th) Jeopardy! SyndicatedFamily FeudSyndicated Let's Make a DealCBSThe Price Is Right CBSWheel of FortuneSyndicated
Multiple wins and nominations
The following series received two or more wins in this category: Wins Series 19 Jeopardy! 9 Pyramid 8 The Price Is Right 4 Hollywood Squares 3 Cash Cab 2 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Password franchise Family Feud
The following series received two or more nominations in this category: Nominations Series 39 Jeopardy! 39 The Price Is Right 21 Wheel of Fortune 20 Family Feud 14 Pyramid 13 Hollywood Squares 12 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 11 Let's Make a Deal 6 Cash Cab Win Ben Stein's Money 3 Win, Lose or Draw 2 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Match Game Password franchise
NOTE: Family Feud, Pyramid, and Password include all versions, regardless of title changes among variants of the franchise.
See also Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host Daytime Emmy Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show
References
External links The official website of the Emmy Awards