16th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 16th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Thursday, June 29, 1989, on NBC to commemorate excellence in daytime programming between March 6, 1988 and March 5, 1989. The awards aired from 3-5 p.m. EST, preempting Santa Barbara. Again this year, the awards ceremony was a joint presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on the East Coast and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on the West Coast. The ceremonies and live telecast was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The non-televised Daytime Emmy Awards presentation for programs and individual achievement, primarily for excellence in creative arts categories, was held four days earlier on June 25. The ceremony did not have a formal host, but was announced by Don Pardo.
Winners in each category are in bold. Two winners were recorded in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series category, as a tie was recorded in the race between actresses Debbi Morgan and Nancy Lee Grahn.
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
- All My Children
- As the World Turns
- General Hospital
- Guiding Light
- Santa Barbara
- ''The Young and the Restless''
Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series
- Andrew Kavovit
- Darrell Utley
- '''Justin Gocke
Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing
Another WorldSanta BarbaraAs the World Turns- ''Guiding Light''
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing
As the World TurnsThe Young and the RestlessFamily Medical CenterLoving- ''One Life to Live''
Outstanding Game Show
- The $25,000 Pyramid - A Bob Stewart-Sande Stewart Production for CBS
- Jeopardy! - A production of Merv Griffin Enterprises
- The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson Production for CBS
- Wheel of Fortune - A production of Merv Griffin Enterprises for NBC
- Win, Lose or Draw - A Kilne & Friends Production for NBC
Outstanding Game Show Host/Hostess
[Daytime [Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program]]
- Karl Geurs, Mark Zaslove, Bruce Talkington and Carter Crocker
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Tom Ruegger, Ray Patterson, Lane Raichert, Bill Matheny and Laren Bright
- Bob Hathcock, Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington and Len Uhley
- Margaret Loesch, Jim Henson, Bob Richardson, John Ahern, Karen Peterson, Rudy Cataldi, Al Kouzel, Chuck Downs, Hank Saroyan, Sindy McKay and Larry Swerdlove
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Paul Sabella, Ray Patterson, Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, Bob Goe, Carl Urbano, Glenn Leopold, Sean Catherine Derek, Kevin Hopps, Bill Matheny, Reed Robbins and Ernie Contreras
Outstanding Film Sound Mixing
- '''Jeffrey J. Haboush and Greg P. Russell '''
Outstanding Film Sound Editing (Tie)
- Al Breitenbach, Ron Fedele, Richard C. Allen, Steven D. Williams and Kenneth R. Burton
- '''Steve Kirklys, Steve Michael, Peter Cole, Ken Dahlinger, Greg Teall and John Walker '''