page_title: 40th Daytime Emmy Awards
section_title: Winners and nominees
hierarchical_section_title: 40th Daytime Emmy Awards / Winners and nominees
caption_attribution_description: English: Restaurateur Lidia Bastianich at Washington, D.C.'s Library of Congress Book Festival in September 2010
context_page_description: The 40th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the 2012 calendar year". The ceremony took place on June 16, 2013 at The Beverly Hilton, in Beverly Hills, California beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. The ceremony was televised in the United States by HLN and executive produced by Gabriel Gornell.
  The evening was hosted by Sam Champion, A. J. Hammer and Robin Meade for the first time and the pre-show ceremony was hosted by Hammer and Christi Paul. The drama pre-nominees were announced on February 27, 2013, and the nominations were announced during an episode of Good Morning America on May 1, 2013.
  The acceptance speech format was altered to add live on-stage interviews with recipients directly following their acceptance speeches for the first time in award show history. In related events, the 40th Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles on June 14, 2013.
context_section_description: In the lists below, the winner of the category is shown first, with a double-dagger (), followed by the other nominees.
caption: Lidia Bastianich, Outstanding Culinary Host winner
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