The 6th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1979 to commemorate excellence in American daytime programming from the previous year (1978).
The outstanding individual achievement in technical and design excellence for daytime drama series category made its debut also (which includes video, audio, music, lighting, art and scenic directors, designers, makeup artists, hair dressers, graphic and title sequence designers).
The ceremony was telecast at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 17 on CBS.
Guiding Light, normally scheduled for 2:30-3:30 p.m., aired a half-hour episode.
Love of Life, normally scheduled for 4 p.m., was preempted.