The 26th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1999 to commemorate excellence in daytime television programming from the previous year (1998). The main ceremonies were held May 21, 1999, at The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City and were televised live by CBS.
Memorable moments that occurred at the ceremonies included the ABC soap opera General Hospital winning a record number of Daytime Emmys with a total of eight, and Susan Lucci's first-ever win in the Outstanding Lead Actress category after losing a total of 18 times.
Winners in each category are in bold.[1]
Peter Hastings, Prudence Fenton, Matthew Knox, John A. Smith, Bryan Evans and Scott M. Gimple (One Saturday Morning – How Things Werk)
William Joyce, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith, Fabrice Giger, Corinne Kouper, Pamela Slavin, D. Scott Dyer, Guillaume Hellouin, Stephen Hodgins, Patricia R. Burns, Mike Fallows, Peter Sauder and Ben Joseph (Rolie Polie Olie)
Louie Anderson, Ahmos Hassan, Thomas L. Wilhite, Willard Carroll, Matthew O'Callaghan, Russell P. Marleau, John Lanza and Bert Ring (Life with Louie)
