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)
• Dorothy Lyman (Opal Cortlandt, All My Children)
• Meg Mundy (Mona Croft, The Doctors)
• Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodward, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

• Guiding Light
• All My Children
• One Life to Live
• The Edge of Night

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

• All My Children
• General Hospital
• One Life to Live
• The Edge of Night

Outstanding Game Show

• Password Plus - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for NBC
• Family Feud - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
• The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS
• Wheel of Fortune - A Merv Griffin Production for NBC

Outstanding Game Show Host

• Bob Barker (The Price Is Right)
• Bill Cullen (Blockbusters)
• Richard Dawson (Family Feud)