# Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special is an Emmy Awards given to "single original program." 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.

## 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)
* L
* 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)