Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special is an Emmy award given to "single original program."^[1] Fiction, non-fiction, music, and variety events are all eligible for this single category. Categories similar to this have been awarded since the Daytime Emmys early years.^[2]

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

Outstanding Special Class Special

2000's

2000

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Film Preservation Classics with Billy Bob Thornton (AMC)
• World Aids Day '99 (MTV)
• Great Performances ("From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1999") (PBS)
• MTV Uncensored (MTV)

2001

• Reel Models: The First Women of Film (AMC)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Against All Odds: AMC's Tribute to Hollywood's Disabled (AMC)
• Film Preservation Classics with Jodie Foster (AMC)
• MTV Movie Awards (MTV)

2002

• Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (AMC)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial (SYN)
• Call to Action: An Untold Story of 9/11 (AMC)
• Live from Lincoln Center ("The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: An Evening of Beethoven") (PBS)

2003

• Hollywood Rocks the Movies ("The 1970s") (AMC)
• Tournament of Roses Parade
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Behind the Scenes of This Old House (PBS)
• Opening Ceremony Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games (NBC)

2004

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Tournament of Roses Parade
• 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
• The Another World Reunion (SOAPnet)
• Live from Lincoln Center ("The Complete Brandenburg Concertos") (PBS)

2005

• 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
• The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years (TV Land)
• An Evening with Scott Hamilton & Friends (NBC)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2006

• Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
• Tournament of Roses Parade
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
• SOAPnet Reveals ABC Soap Secrets (SOAPnet)

2007

• A Question of Life or Meth (A&E)
• Tournament of Roses Parade
• 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2008

• America's Invisible Children: The Homeless Education Crisis in America (CW)
• Legally Blonde: The Musical (MTV)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
• Who's Who of World Giving (CW)

2009

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Clean House ("The Messiest Home In The Country") (Style)
• 11th Annual Ribbon of Hope Celebration (Here TV)
• Life on the Edge: A Global Crisis (FOX Reality)
• Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)

2010's

2010

• Clean House ("The Messiest Home In The Country") (Style)
• On the Edge: The Poverty Crisis in Africa (FOX Reality)
• We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (HBO)

2011

• New Orleans: Getting Back to Normal (APT)
• mtvU's Stand In with John Legend (MTVU)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Private Sessions ("Sting at Red Rocks") (A&E)
• The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (Comedy Central)

2012

• Style Exposed ("Baring It All") (Style)
• 30 Years From Here (Here TV)
• Thanksgiving Live! (Food Network)
• The Joni Show ("Holocaust: From Horror to Hope") (Daystar)
• Style Exposed ("Sperm Donor") (Style)
• President Obama’s 2011 Race To The Top Commencement Challenge (MTV 2)

2013

• Guy Fieri's Family Reunion (Food Network)
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
• Giada at Home ("The Royal Treatment") (Food Network)

2014

• The Young and the Restless ("Jeanne Cooper Tribute") (CBS)
• A World of Dreams: Voices From the OUT100 (Here TV)
• Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
• mun2 News Special ("Hecho en America") (mun2)

2015

• Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (MTV)
• E! Breaking News: Joan Rivers (E! Entertainment)
• Taco Trip (Cooking)
• Thanksgiving at Bobby’s (Food Network)

2016

• Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (Logo)
• 30th Independent Spirit Awards (IFC)
• Barefoot in L.A. (Food Network)
• R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Netflix)
• White People (MTV)

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