v t e Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
1970s	Dinah Shore (1974) Barbara Walters (1975) Dinah Shore (1976) Phil Donahue (1977) Phil Donahue (1978) Phil Donahue (1979)
1980s	Phil Donahue (1980) Hugh Downs (1981) Phil Donahue (1982) Phil Donahue (1983) Gary Collins (1984) Phil Donahue (1985) Phil Donahue (1986) Oprah Winfrey (1987) Phil Donahue (1988) Sally Jessy Raphael (1989)
1990s	Joan Rivers (1990) Oprah Winfrey (1991) Oprah Winfrey (1992) Oprah Winfrey (1993) Oprah Winfrey (1994) Oprah Winfrey (1995) Montel Williams (1996) Rosie O'Donnell (1997) Rosie O'Donnell / Oprah Winfrey (1998) Rosie O'Donnell (1999)
2000s	Rosie O'Donnell (2000) Rosie O'Donnell / Regis Philbin (2001) Rosie O'Donnell (2002) Wayne Brady (2003) Wayne Brady (2004) Ellen DeGeneres (2005) Ellen DeGeneres (2006) Ellen DeGeneres (2007) Ellen DeGeneres (2008) Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck & Barbara Walters (2009)
2010s	Mehmet Oz (2010) Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa / Mehmet Oz (2011) Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa (2012) Ricki Lake (2013) Katie Couric / Mehmet Oz (2014)
2020s	Kelly Clarkson (2023)
From 2015–2022, the category was split into Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host and Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host.

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