1980s
- 1980 (7th) - Guiding Light: Allen M. Potter (executive producer), Leslie Kwartin (producer), Joe Willmore
- All My Children
- Another World
- 1981 (8th) - General Hospital: Gloria Monty
- All My Children
- Ryan's Hope
- 1982 (9th) - Guiding Light: Allen M. Potter (executive producer), Leslie Kwartin (producer), Joe Willmore
- All My Children
- General Hospital
- Ryan's Hope
- 1983 (10th) - The Young and the Restless: William J. Bell (executive producer); Wes Kenney (executive producer); Edward J. Scott (producer)
- Days of our Lives
- General Hospital
- One Life to Live
- 1984 (11th) - General Hospital: Gloria Monty
- All My Children
- Days of our Lives
- 1985 (12th) - The Young and the Restless: William J. Bell (executive producer); Wes Kenney (executive producer); Edward J. Scott (producer)
- All My Children
- Days of our Lives
- General Hospital - Gloria Monty
- Guiding Light
- 1986 (13th) - The Young and the Restless: Wes Kenney (executive producer); William J. Bell (executive producer); Edward J. Scott
- All My Children
- As the World Turns - Robert Calhoun
- General Hospital - Gloria Monty
- 1987 (14th) - As the World Turns: Robert Calhoun (executive producer), Kenneth L. Fitts (supervising producer), Michael Laibson (producer), Christine S. Banas (producer), Bonnie Bogard Maier (producer), Lisa Anne Wilson (producer)
- All My Children
- Santa Barbara - Mary-Ellis Bunim
- The Young and the Restless
- 1988 (15th) - Santa Barbara: Jill Farren Phelps, Bridget Dobson (executive producer); Steven Kent(supervising producer); Leonard Friedlander (producer); Julie Hanan Carruthers
- All My Children
- As the World Turns
- General Hospital - Gloria Monty
- The Young and the Restless
- 1989 (16th) - Santa Barbara: Jill Farren Phelps, Steve Kent, Charlotte Savitz, Leonard Friedlander, Julie Hanan Carruthers
- All My Children
- As the World Turns - Laurence Caso
- General Hospital
- Guiding Light - Robert Calhoun
- The Young and the Restless
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