25th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 25th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1998 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1997).

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Drama Series

• All My Children: Francesca James (Executive Producer); Jean Dadario Burke, senior producer; Heidi Adam, supervising producer; Ginger Smith, coordinating producer
• Days of our Lives: Ken Corday, Tom Langan, executive producers; Stephen Wyman, supervising producer; Jeanne Haney, Janet Spellman-Rider, senior coordinating producers; Tom Walker, coordinating producer
• General Hospital: Wendy Riche, executive producer; Julie Hanan Carruthers, senior supervising producer; Carol Scott, producer; Shelley Curtis, consulting producer; Marty Vagts, coordinating producer
• The Young and the Restless: William J. Bell, senior executive producer; Edward J. Scott, executive producer; David Shaughnessy, producer; Nancy Bradley Wiard, coordinating producer

Outstanding Lead Actor

• Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• David Canary (Adam Chandler/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
• Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin, Port Charles)

Outstanding Lead Actress

• Eileen Davidson (Kristen Blake, Days of our Lives)
• Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
• Cynthia Watros (Annie Dutton, Guiding Light)
• Jacklyn Zeman (Bobbie Spencer, General Hospital)
• Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne, Guiding Light)

Outstanding Supporting Actor

• Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light)
• Ian Buchanan (James Warwick, The Bold and the Beautiful)
• Steve Burton (Jason Morgan, General Hospital)
• Michael E. Knight (Tad Martin, All My Children)
• Scott Reeves (Ryan McNeil, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Supporting Actress

• Julia Barr (Brooke English, All My Children)
• Amy Carlson (Josie Watts, Another World)
• Amy Ecklund (Abigail Blume, Guiding Light)
• Vanessa Marcil (Brenda Barrett, General Hospital)
• Victoria Rowell (Drucilla Winters, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Younger Actor

• Jensen Ackles (Eric Brady, Days of our Lives)
• Tyler Christopher (Nikolas Cassadine, General Hospital)
• Jonathan Jackson (Lucky Spencer, General Hospital)
• Bryant Jones (Nate Hastings, The Young and the Restless)
• Kevin Mambo (Marcus Williams, Guiding Light)
• Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Younger Actress

• Sarah Brown (Carly Benson, General Hospital)
• Christie Clark (Carrie Brady, Days of our Lives)
• Camryn Grimes (Cassie Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Rhonda Ross Kendrick (Toni Burrell, Another World)
• Heather Tom (Victoria Newman, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team

• All My Children: Agnes Nixon, Lorraine Broderick; Hal Corley, Victor Miller, Frederick Johnson, Jeff Beldner, Christina Covino, Peggy Sloane, Craig Carlson, Karen Lewis, Michelle Patrick, Bettina F. Bradbury, Judith Donato, Kathleen Klein, Caroline Franz, Jane Owen Murphy, Charlotte Gibson
• Days of our Lives: James E. Reilly, Sally Sussman Morina; Dena Higley, Shawn Morrison, Joyce Rosenblad [1], Marlene Clark Poulter, Dorothy Ann Purser, Meredith Post, Victor Gialanella, Peggy Schibi; Frances Myers, Bruce Neckels, Maralyn Thoma
• General Hospital: Richard Culliton, Janet Iacobuzio, Christopher Whitesell; Michele Val Jean; Garin Wolf, Courtney Simon, Mary Ryan; Lynda Myles, Patrick Mulcahey, Bill Levinson, Elizabeth Korte, Craig Heller
• The Young and the Restless: William J. Bell; Kay Alden; Jerry Birn, John F. Smith, Trent Jones, Eric Freiwald, Janice Ferri Esser, Rex M. Best, Jim Houghton, Michael Minnis

Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team

• All My Children: Conal O'Brien, James A. Baffico, Robert Scinto, Casey Childs, Angela Tessinari, Karen Johnson, Barbara M. Simmons, Shirley Simmons, Paul Antonelli, A.J. Gundell, Pamela Magee, Rusty Swope, Penny Bergman, Tamara Grady
• Days of our Lives: Herb Stein, Phil Sogard, Randy Robbins, Roger Inman, Sheryl Harmon, David N. Kohn, Mason Dickson, Julie Brady, Francesca Bellini-Desimone, Joseph Lumer, Gary Wente, Roy Friedland
• General Hospital: Joseph Behar, Shelley Curtis, William Ludel, Scott McKinsey, Tony Morina, Alan Pultz, Ron Cates, Christine R. Magarian, Craig McManus, Kathy Ladd, Douglas Hayden
• The Young and the Restless: Heather H. Hill, Mike Denney, Kathryn Foster, Sally McDonald, Betty Rothenberg, Dan Brumett, Noel Maxam, Randall Hill, Don Jacob

Outstanding Talk Show

Leeza: Leeza Gibbons, Donna Harrison, Rudy Guido, Jill Mullikin-Bates, Kathy Giaconia, Shantel Klinger, Julie Laughlin, Tracy Mazuer, Julie Ross, Marilyn Zielinski

Live with Regis & Kathie Lee: Michael Gelman, Delores Spruell-Jackson, Joanne Saltzman, Barbara Fight, Cindy MacDonald, David Mullen, Dana Dodge, Mariann Sabol-Nieves

The 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 Lokeren

The 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 Plonka

The 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 Music Direction and Composition

• Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein, and Gordon Goodwin (Animaniacs)
• Bruce Babcock (The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper)
• Julie Bernstein, Steven Bernstein, Richard Stone, Tim Kelly, Carl Johnson (Pinky and the Brain)
• John McDaniel (The Rosie O'Donnell Show)
• Shirley Walker (The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest)

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

• Bruce W. Timm, Curt Geda, Yuichiro Yano, Bob Goodman, Rich Fogel, Andrea Romano, Paul Dini, Stan Berkowitz, Steve Gerber, Hiroyuki Aoyama, Alan Burnett, Jean MacCurdy, Toshihiko Masuda, Hilary Bader, Kenji Hachizaki, Dan Riba, and Butch Lukic (The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest)
• Gary Katona, Ed Wexler, Lance Khazei, Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley, Michael Karnow, and Gary Sperling (Great Minds Think for Themselves)
• Jean MacCurdy, Tom Minton, James T. Walker, Tim Cahill, Julie McNally Cahill, Karl Toerge, Andrea Romano, and Al Zegler (The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries)
• 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 (The Wacky World of Tex Avery)

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 (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
• 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 (Sesame Street)
• Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
• Linda Ellerbee, and Walt McGraw (Nick News with Linda Ellerbee)
• Ronnie Krauss, Jill Gluckson, Billy Aronson, and McPaul Smith (Reading Rainbow)

Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series

• Bill Nye (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
• Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)
• LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow)
• Caroll Spinney (Sesame Street)
• Lynne Thigpen (Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?)

Outstanding Sound Mixing

• Dave Howe, Thomas McGurk, Michael McAuliffe, Bob O'Hern, Resti Bagcal, Marion Smith (Bill Nye the Science Guy)

Outstanding Sound Editing

• Dave Howe, Thomas McGurk, Michael McAuliffe (Bill Nye the Science Guy)

Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class

• Thomas Syslo, Timothy Borquez, Eric Freeman, Rick Hammel, Les Wolf, Marc Mailand (The Angry Beavers)
• Dick Maitland, Bob Schott and David Browning (Sesame Street)
• Eric Freeman, Timothy Borquez and Rick Hinson (Life with Louie)
• Diane Griffen, John Hegedes, George Brooks, Kelly Ann Foley, Gregory Beaumont, Mark Keatts and Robert Hargreaves (The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest)
• 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, Jennifer Mertens (101 Dalmatians: The Series)

Outstanding Single Camera Editing

• Darrell Suto, Michael Gross, Felicity Oram, John Reul (Bill Nye the Science Guy)
• Richard A. Fernandes (Reading Rainbow)

Outstanding Children's Series

• Reading Rainbow

Lifetime achievement award

• Oprah Winfrey