31st Daytime Emmy Awards

The 31st Daytime Emmy Awards, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2003, was held on May 21, 2004 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Vanessa Marcil hosted. Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented on May 15, 2004., it is the last Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony to have aired on NBC. The nominees were announced on May 4, 2004.

Nominations and winners

The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team

Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show

Outstanding Game Show Host

Outstanding Talk Show

Outstanding Talk Show Host

Wayne Brady, The Wayne Brady Show
Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Phil McGraw, Dr. Phil
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, Live With Regis and Kelly
Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Joy Behar, ''The View''

Outstanding Service Show

Outstanding Service Show Host

Bobby Flay, Boy Meets Grill
Emeril Lagasse, Essence of Emeril
Kevin O'Connor, This Old House
Suze Orman, The Suze Orman Show
Martha Stewart, ''Martha Stewart Living''

Outstanding Special Class Series

Animal Rescue with Alex Paen
A Baby Story
Judge Judy
Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
'''When I Was a Girl'''

Outstanding Children's Animated Program

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

'Dan Kuenster'''''

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

Richard Wolf
Mike Renzi, Glen Daum, Stephen Lawrence, Tony Geiss, Dave Conner, and Danny Epstein
Paul Jacobs, Christopher Cerf, Sarah Durkee, Thomas Z. Shepard, Fred Newman, Sharon Lerner, and Chris Cardillo
Michael Rubin and Nick Balaban
Van Dyke Parks and Kevin Kiner
Peter Michael Escovedo

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Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series

Outstanding Children's Series

Assignment Discovery
Between the Lions
Jeff Corwin Unleashed
Operation Junkyard
Scout's Safari
''ZOOM''

Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to 10 veteran soap opera performers in recognition of their many years of service to the genre:

* - Anna Lee died a week before the awards ceremony and was honored with a brief moment during the telecast. Her award was accepted on her behalf by her son, actor Jeffrey Byron.