The
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced and implemented some category and rule changes for the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards, which include: • The previous two performer categories related to
Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series were replaced by four categories: •
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series •
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series •
Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series •
Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actor in a Digital Daytime Drama Series • New categories were added to recognize work on Preschool Animated Programs: •
Outstanding Directing in a Preschool Animated Program •
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Preschool Animated Program •
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program • The category Outstanding Musical Performance in a Talk Show/Morning Program was renamed
Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, now honoring any Daytime Program, not just talk shows or morning programs. • The category Outstanding Children's Series was renamed '''Outstanding Children's and Family Viewing Series'''. • Directors in the category of
Outstanding Directing in a Talk Show/Entertainment News or Morning Program now have the ability to select up to 5 episodes from the 2016 calendar year, that has a total running time of 40 minutes to submit for evaluation. ==Winners and nominees==