The 14th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Tuesday, June 30, 1987 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1986). Telecast from 3-5 p.m. on ABC, the ceremony preempted General Hospital.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

• All My Children
• As the World Turns
• Santa Barbara
• The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Scott Bryce (Craig Montgomery, As the World Turns)
• Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
• A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)
• Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
• Terry Lester (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
• Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda Walsh, As the World Turns)
• Frances Reid (Alice Horton, Days of Our Lives)
• Kim Zimmer (Reva Shayne, Guiding Light)
• Marcy Walker (Eden Capwell, Santa Barbara)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

• Gregg Marx (Tom Hughes, As the World Turns)
• Anthony Call (Herb Callison, One Life to Live)
• Al Freeman, Jr. (Ed Hall, One Life to Live)
• Justin Deas (Keith Timmons, Santa Barbara)
• Richard Eden (Brick Wallace, Santa Barbara)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

• Kathleen Noone (Ellen Dalton, All My Children)
• Lisa Brown (Iva Snyder, As the World Turns)
• Kathleen Widdoes (Emma Snyder, As the World Turns)
• Peggy McCay (Caroline Brady, Days of Our Lives)
• Robin Mattson (Gina Lockridge, Santa Barbara)

Outstanding Young Man in a Daytime Drama Series

• Michael E. Knight (Tad Martin, All My Children)
• Brian Bloom (Dusty Donovan, As the World Turns)
• Jon Hensley (Holden Snyder, As the World Turns)
• Billy Warlock (Frankie Brady, Days of Our Lives)
• Grant Show (Rick Hyde, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Ingenue in a Daytime Drama Series

• Martha Byrne (Lily Walsh, As the World Turns)
• Krista Tesreau (Mindy Lewis, Guiding Light)
• Robin Wright (Kelly Capwell, Santa Barbara)
• Jane Krakowski (T.R. Kendall, Search for Tomorrow)
• Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren Fenmore, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Drama Series

• John Wesley Shipp (Martin Ellis, Santa Barbara)
• Pamela Blair (Maida Andrews, All My Children)
• Terrence Mann (Jester, As the World Turns)
• Celeste Holm (Clara Woodhouse and Lydia Woodhouse, Loving)
• Eileen Heckart (Ruth Perkins, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

• Days of our Lives
• The Young and the Restless
• One Life to Live

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

• All My Children
• Days of our Lives
• As the World Turns
• The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Game Show

• The $25,000 Pyramid - A Bob-Sande Stewart Production for CBS (Syn. by 20th Century Fox)
• Jeopardy! - A Merv Griffin Production (Syn. by KingWorld)
• The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson Production for CBS
• Wheel of Fortune - A Merv Griffin Production for NBC (Syn. by KingWorld)

Outstanding Game Show Host

• Bob Barker (The Price Is Right)
• Dick Clark (The $25,000 Pyramid)
• Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune)
• Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!)

Outstanding Animated Program

• Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Charles A. Nichols (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
• Margaret Loesch, Jim Henson, Lee Gunther, Bob Richardson, Gerry Chiniquy, Bob Kirk, Robert Shellhorn and Jeffrey Scott (Muppet Babies)
• Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Cosmo Anzilotti, Charles A. Nichols John Kimball and Rudy Larriva (It's Punky Brewster)
• Fred Wolf, Art Vitello and Jymn Magon (Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
• Freddy Monnickendam, William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Bob Hathcock, Ray Patterson, Don Lusk, Jay Sarbry, Carl Urbano and Rudy Zamora (The Smurfs)