25th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 25th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1998 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year.
Winners in each category are in bold. Just like the previous year, the 25th Daytime Emmy Awards were held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Outstanding Drama Series

All My ChildrenDays of Our LivesGeneral Hospital

''The Young and the Restless''

Outstanding Lead Actor

Outstanding Lead Actress

Outstanding Supporting Actor

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Julia Barr

Outstanding Younger Actor

Outstanding Younger Actress

Sarah Brown

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team

All My ChildrenDays of Our LivesGeneral Hospital

''The Young and the Restless''

Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team

All My ChildrenDays of Our LivesGeneral Hospital'The Young and the Restless'''''

Outstanding Talk Show

Leeza: Leeza Gibbons, Donna Harrison, Rudy Guido, Jill Mullikin-Bates, Kathy Giaconia, Shantel Klinger, Julie Laughlin, Tracy Mazuer, Julie Ross, Marilyn ZielinskiLive with Regis & Kathie Lee: Michael Gelman, Delores Spruell-Jackson, Joanne Saltzman, Barbara Fight, Cindy MacDonald, David Mullen, Dana Dodge, Mariann Sabol-NievesThe Oprah Winfrey Show: Dianne Atkinson Hudson, Oprah Winfrey, David Boul, Alice McGee, Dana Newton, Ellen Rakieten, Mollie Allen, Kandi Amelon, Amy Craig, Katy Murphy Davis, Angie Kraus, Laura Grant Sillars, Jill Van LokerenThe Rosie O'Donnell Show: Rosie O'Donnell, Hilary Estey McLoughlin, Bernie Young, Andy Lassner, Mimi Pizzi, David Perler, Dierdre Dod, Lisa Rechsteiner, Corin Nelson, Judy Gold, Joy Trapani, Janette Barber, Krysia PlonkaThe View: Bill Geddie, Barbara Walters, Jessica Stedman Guff, Roni Selig, Rebecca Biderman, Allison Kluger, Sue Podbielski, Alexandra Cohen, Donald Berman, Sue Solomon, Erin Saxton, Mindy Moore, William Kearney, Ann Marie Williams Gray, Jakki Taylor

Outstanding Game Show

Jeopardy!

Outstanding Game Show Host

Pat Sajak

Outstanding Service Show

The Pet Department — Rickie Gaffney, executive producer; Teresa Pawlowski, producer.Martha Stewart Living — Martha Stewart, executive producer; Carolyn Kelly, senior producer; Brook Altman, producer.The New Yankee Workshop — Russell Morash, executive producer.Newton’s Apple — Richard Hudson, Lee Carey, executive producers; Kristian Berg, Lisa Blackstone, Jeff Nielsen, Erin Rasmussen, Kevin Williams, producers.This Old House — Russell Morash, executive producer; Bruce Irving, producer.

Outstanding Children's Special

Louis Gossett Jr., Hillard Elkins, Dan Redler and Patrick Whitley

Helen Holt and Jeanine Isabel Butler
Sheila Nevins, Susan Hannah Hadary and William A. Whiteford
Carlyle Kyzer
Paula Connelly Skorka, Howard Meltzer, Frank Doelger and Jonathan Stern

Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special

'''Robert Ri'chard '''

Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program">Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program">Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program

Louie Anderson

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein, and Gordon Goodwin

Charles Fernandez Ron Grant, Harvey Cohen and Bruce Babcock
Julie Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, Richard Stone, Tim Kelly, Carl Johnson
John McDaniel
Shirley Walker

Outstanding Children's Animated Program">Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program">Outstanding Children's Animated Program

Micheline Charest, Carol Greenwald, Ronald A. Weinberg, Cassandra Schafhausen, Lesley Taylor, Ken Scarborough, Joe Fallon, Peter K. Hirsch and Greg Bailey

Liz Holzman, Wendell Morris, Jed Spingarn, Nelson Recinos, Kirk Tingblad, Charles Visser, Andrea Romano, Steven Spielberg, Russell Calabrese, Earl Kress, Mike Milo, Tom Ruegger, Charles M. Howell IV, Rusty Mills, Tom Sheppard
David Campbell, Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway, Cydne Clark, Steve Granat, Carin Greenberg Baker, Martha Ripp, Ken Boyer, Victor Cook, Skip Jones, Rick Schneider, Peter Ferk, Don Gillies, Ken Koonce, Michael Merton and Bruce Shelly
Steven Spielberg, Tom Ruegger, Rusty Mills, Liz Holzman, Andrea Romano, Mike Milo, Jon McClenahan, Charles M. Howell IV, Randy Rogel, Kevin Hopps, Gordon Bressack, Nick Dubois and Tom Minton
Kristin Laskas Martin, Karen Stevens, Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom, Vince Commisso, Larry Jacobs and Susan Blu

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

Jean MacCurdy, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Bruce W. Timm, Hilary Bader, Stan Berkowitz, Rich Fogel, Steve Gerber, Bob Goodman, Hiroyuki Aoyama,, Kenji Hachizaki, Butch Lukic, Toshihiko Masuda, Dan Riba, Andrea Romano and Yuichiro Yano

Gary Katona, Ed Wexler, Lance Khazei, Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley, Michael Karnow, and Gary Sperling
Jean MacCurdy, Tom Minton, James T. Walker, Tim Cahill, Julie McNally Cahill, Karl Toerge, Andrea Romano, and Al Zegler
Andy Heyward, Michael Maliani, Robby London, Christopher Hallowell, Eddie Fitzgerald, Mike Fontanelli, Janice Sonski, Daniël Shwall, Christian Choquet, Marsha Goodman, Paul F. Quinn, Lisa Schaffer, Jeffrey Scott, Henry Gilroy, and Jymn Magon

Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series">Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series">Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series

Erren Gottlieb, James McKenna, Bill Nye, Michael Gross, Darrell Suto, Scott Schaefer, Kit Boss, Lynn Brunelle, Michael Palleschi, Ian G. Saunders, and Simon Griffith Molly Boylan, Lou Berger, Sara Compton, Annie Evans, Christine Ferraro, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Ian Ellis James, Emily Perl Kingsley, David Korr, Sonia Manzano, Joey Mazzarino, Jeff Moss, Cathi Turow, Adam Rudman, Nancy Sans, Luis Santeiro, Josh Selig, Belinda Ward, John Weidman, and Mo Willems

Fred Rogers
Linda Ellerbee, and Walt McGraw
Ronnie Krauss, Jill Gluckson, Billy Aronson, and McPaul Smith

Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series

Bill Nye

Outstanding Sound Editing

Dave Howe, Thomas McGurk, Michael McAuliffe

Anna MacKenzie, Rick Hinson, Ray Spiess, William H. Angarola, Mark Cleary, Mike Marchain, Cindy Rabideau and Robert Guastini
Denise Brady, Anna MacKenzie, Mike Marchain, William H. Angarola, Raymond E. Spiess III, Cindy Rabideau, Ray Spiess and Robert Guastini
Kurt Wagner

Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class

Thomas Syslo, Timothy Borquez, Eric Freeman, Rick Hammel, Les Wolf and Marc Mailand

Dick Maitland, Bob Schott and David Browning
Eric Freeman, Timothy Borquez and Rick Hinson
Diane Griffen, John Hegedes, George Brooks, Kelly Ann Foley, Gregory Beaumont, Mark Keatts and Robert Hargreaves
Eric Hertsguaard, Melissa Ellis, Brian F. Mars, Kenneth Young, David Lynch, Marc S. Perlman, Robert Duran, William Griggs, Robert Poole II, Charles Rychwalski, Kris Daly, Dominick Certo, Jorge Riesenfeld, Bill Kean and Jennifer Mertens

Outstanding Sound Mixing

Dave Howe, Thomas McGurk, Michael McAuliffe, Bob O'Hern, Resti Bagcal, Marion Smith

Gary Gossett, Todd Orr, Jon Taylor and Kevin Patrick Burns
Ron Balentine, Gary French and David M. Boothe
Todd Orr, Kevin Patrick Burns and Jon Taylor
John Badenhop and Robert L. Manahan

Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class

Dick Maitland and Blake Norton

Benoît Coaillier, Pierre L'Abbé, Julian Fischer, Pierre Bourcier, John Nestorowich and Alain Roy
Michael Beiriger, Ray Leonard and Deb Adair
Melissa Ellis, Michael Beiriger, Fil Brown, Ray Leonard, Michael Jiron, Allen L. Stone and Deb Adair
Timothy Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity and Brad Brock
Timothy Borquez and Timothy J. Garrity
Timothy Borquez, Timothy J. Garrity and Deb Adair

Outstanding Single Camera Editing

Darrell Suto, Michael Gross, Felicity Oram, John Reul

Richard A. Fernandes
Tim Warner, Michael Coleman and Julia Dunn
Bill Howe
Barry Rubinow, Randy Littlejohn and Mark Walters

Outstanding Children's Series">Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series">Outstanding Children's Series

Reading Rainbow

Lifetime achievement award

'''Oprah Winfrey'''