The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Television Writing in Daytime Serials is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best written television daytime serials since the 25th annual Writers Guild of America Awards in 1973. The winners are indicated in bold.

Winners and nominees

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Programs with multiple awards

12 awards
  • Ryan's Hope (ABC)
9 awards
  • General Hospital (ABC)
6 awards
  • The Young and the Restless (CBS)
5 awards
  • All My Children (ABC)
4 awards
  • Days of Our Lives (NBC)
3 awards
  • Search for Tomorrow (NBC)
  • Guiding Light (CBS)
  • As the World Turns (CBS)
2 awards
  • One Life to Live (ABC)

Programs with multiple nominations

18 nominations
  • Days of Our Lives (NBC)
  • General Hospital (ABC)
16 nominations
  • All My Children (ABC)
13 nominations
  • Ryan's Hope (ABC)
  • Guiding Light (CBS)
12 nominations
  • The Young and the Restless (CBS)
11 nominations
  • One Life to Live (ABC)
9 nominations
  • As the World Turns (CBS)
4 nominations
  • Love of Life (CBS)
  • The Edge of Night (CBS)
  • Another World (NBC)
3 nominations
  • Search for Tomorrow (NBC)
  • Santa Barbara (NBC)
2 nominations
  • The Doctors (NBC)
  • Texas (NBC)

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