The 7th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1980 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1979).
The seventh awards included a cameo appearance category, giving an award to a memorable soap cameo.
The ceremony was telecast at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4 on NBC.
It preempted Another World, which was a 90-minute program at the time.
Winners in each category are in bold.