40th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The 40th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the 2012 calendar year". The ceremony was held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles on June 14, 2013.
The 40th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards was hosted by Teresa Ganzel, Actress, Voice-over Actress and Comedian of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson fame and Voice-over Actor, Bob Bergen, the voice of "Porky Pig" and others. They were joined by an illustrious group of presenters such as Susan Flannery and John McCook of The Bold and the Beautiful; Melissa Claire Egan and Ignacio Serricchio of The Young and the Restless; Arianne Zucker, James Reynolds and James Scott of Days of Our Lives; Teresa Castillo and Marc Anthony Samuel of General Hospital; Robert Scott Wilson and Denyse Tontz of All My Children; Corbin Bleu of One Life to Live; David Rudman of Sesame Street Workshop; Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Tara Perry and Thomas Hobson of Fresh Beat Band; and Christina Ferrare and Mark Steines of The Home and Family Show. In addition, there were several special presenters such as Geri Jewell of The Facts of Life, Mary Elizabeth McDonough of The Waltons, Leslie Miller of Prospect Park's version of One Life to Live, and All My Children, and Tippi Hedren, the iconic actress from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
The Bold and the Beautiful won the most awards, with four trophies including for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team and five other Creative Arts Emmy Awards out of their 11 nominations.
Winners and nominees
In the lists below, the winner of the category is in bold.| Category | Winners and nominees |
| Outstanding Animated Program | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness The Penguins of Madagascar Robot and MonsterTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesWordGirl |
| Outstanding Culinary Program | The Best Thing I Ever Made / Trisha's Southern Kitchen Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction Giada at Home Recipe Rehab |
| Outstanding Travel Program | Born to Explore with Richard Wiese Equitrekking Jack Hanna's Into the Wild Over Hawaii |
| Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program |
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| Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Kevin Clash as Elmo on Sesame Street |
| Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | Dan Vs.Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness The Legend of Korra The Penguins of Madagascar |
| Outstanding Lifestyle/Travel Host | |
| Outstanding Set Decoration for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Make-Up for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Music Direction for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Original Song for a Drama Series | |
| Outstanding Set Design | |
| Outstanding Costume Design | |
| Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special | |
| Outstanding Individual in Animation | |
| Outstanding Live & Direct To Tape Sound Mixing | Don Worsham, Pablo Munguia, Production Mixers Jamie Ledner, Post-Production Mixer Brian Riordan, Music Mixer
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| Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing |
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| Outstanding Single Camera Editing | |
| Outstanding Single Camera Photography | |
| Outstanding Sound Editing - Animation | |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing - Animation | |
| Outstanding Sound Editing - Live Action | |
| Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action | Jason Grigg |
| Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Lifestyle Program | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Talk Show | |
| Outstanding Hairstyling | |
| Outstanding Lighting Direction | |
| Outstanding MakeUp | |
| Outstanding Main Title Design | |
| Outstanding Music Direction and Composition | |
| Outstanding Original Song - Children or Animation | |
| Outstanding Writing in Animation | |
| Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | |
| Outstanding New Approaches Enhancement To A Daytime Program or Series | |
| Outstanding New Approaches Original Daytime Program or Series | |
| Outstanding Special Class Writing | |
| Outstanding Stunt Coordination | |
| Outstanding Lifestyle Program |