9th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 9th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Friday, June 11, 1982, to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1981). The telecast aired from 3-4:30 p.m. on CBS, preempting Guiding Light and Tattletales.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

• All My Children
• General Hospital
• Guiding Light
• Ryan's Hope

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Richard Shoberg (Tom Cudahy, All My Children)
• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
• Ann Flood (Nancy Pollock, The Edge of Night)
• Sharon Gabet (Raven Whitney, The Edge of Night)
• Leslie Charleson (Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard, All My Children)
• David Lewis (Edward Quartermaine, General Hospital)
• Douglas Sheehan (Joe Kelly, General Hospital
  )
• Gerald Anthony (Marco Dane, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Elizabeth Lawrence (Myra Sloane, All My Children)
• Opal Cortlandt, All My Children
  )
• Meg Mundy (Mona Croft, The Doctors)
• Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodward, Ryan's Hope)