Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special
{{Short description|Annual television award}}
The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special is an Emmy Awards given to "single original program."{{cite web|title=Submission Guide |url=http://emmyonline.com/download/2013-2014%20BY%20CATEGORY%20SUBMISSION%20GUIDE%20FINAL_3rd%20Edition.pdf=Emmyonline |accessdate=14 August 2014 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Fiction, non-fiction, music, and variety events are all eligible for this single category. Categories similar to this have been awarded since the Daytime Emmys early years.{{cite web|title=Overview|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/overview=IMDBInc.|accessdate=29 July 2014}}
Winners and nominees
Winners in bold
= Outstanding Special Class Special =
== 2000's ==
2000
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Film Preservation Classics with Billy Bob Thornton (AMC)
- World Aids Day '99 (MTV)
- Great Performances ("From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1999") (PBS)
- MTV Uncensored (MTV)
2001
- Reel Models: The First Women of Film (AMC)
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- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Against All Odds: AMC's Tribute to Hollywood's Disabled (AMC)
- Film Preservation Classics with Jodie Foster (AMC)
- MTV Movie Awards (MTV)
2002
- Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (AMC)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial (SYN)
- Call to Action: An Untold Story of 9/11 (AMC)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: An Evening of Beethoven") (PBS)
2003
- Hollywood Rocks the Movies ("The 1970s") (AMC)
- Tournament of Roses Parade
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Behind the Scenes of This Old House (PBS)
- Opening Ceremony Salt Lake Paralympic Winter Games (NBC)
2004
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Tournament of Roses Parade (SYN)
- 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- The Another World Reunion (SOAPnet)
- Live from Lincoln Center ("The Complete Brandenburg Concertos") (PBS)
2005
- 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years (TV Land)
- An Evening with Scott Hamilton & Friends (NBC)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
2006
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Tournament of Roses Parade
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- SOAPnet Reveals ABC Soap Secrets (SOAPnet)
2007
- A Question of Life or Meth (A&E)
- Tournament of Roses Parade
- 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero (SYN)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
2008
- America's Invisible Children: The Homeless Education Crisis in America (CW)
- Legally Blonde: The Musical (MTV)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- Who's Who of World Giving (CW)
2009
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Clean House ("The Messiest Home In The Country") (Style)
- 11th Annual Ribbon of Hope Celebration (Here TV)
- Life on the Edge: A Global Crisis (FOX Reality)
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
== 2010's ==
2010
- Clean House ("The Messiest Home In The Country") (Style)
- On the Edge: The Poverty Crisis in Africa (FOX Reality)
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (HBO)
2011
- New Orleans: Getting Back to Normal (APT)
- mtvU's Stand In with John Legend (MTVU)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Private Sessions ("Sting at Red Rocks") (A&E)
- The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (Comedy Central)
2012
- Style Exposed ("Baring It All") (Style)
- 30 Years From Here (Here TV)
- Thanksgiving Live! (Food Network)
- The Joni Show ("Holocaust: From Horror to Hope") (Daystar)
- Style Exposed ("Sperm Donor") (Style)
- President Obama’s 2011 Race To The Top Commencement Challenge (MTV 2)
2013
- Guy Fieri's Family Reunion (Food Network)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Giada at Home ("The Royal Treatment") (Food Network)
2014
- The Young and the Restless ("Jeanne Cooper Tribute") (CBS)
- A World of Dreams: Voices From the OUT100 (Here TV)
- Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
- mun2 News Special ("Hecho en America") (mun2)
2015
- Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word (MTV)
- E! Breaking News: Joan Rivers (E! Entertainment)
- Taco Trip (Cooking)
- Thanksgiving at Bobby’s (Food Network)
2016
- Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (Logo)
- 30th Independent Spirit Awards (IFC)
- Barefoot in L.A. (Food Network)
- R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Netflix)
- White People (MTV)
2017
- Out of Iraq (Logo)
- MTV Docs ("Transformation") (MTV)
- Bookaboo ("Bookaboo's Barkin' New Year's Eve") (Amazon)
- The Wildlife Docs ("Africa") (ABC)
- Disney Parks Magical Christmas Celebration (ABC)
2018
- Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty & the Beast in Me (Logo)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- An American Girl Story ("Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance") (Amazon)
- Bean (Fuse)
- I’m With The Banned (VICELAND)
- Skyward (Amazon)
2019
- Quiet Heroes (Logo)
- Light in the Water (Logo)
- A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years (Here TV)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- Super Soul Sunday ("Oprah's Book Club: Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row") (OWN)
== 2020's ==
2020
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (HBO)
- Hate Among Us (Popstar TV)
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- This Old House ("40th Anniversary Special") (PBS)
- The Young and the Restless ("Kristoff St. John Tribute") (CBS)
2021
- Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space (Discovery and Science Channel)
- 94th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC)
- 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards (IFC)
- David Blaine Ascension (YouTube Originals)
- Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (Syndicated)