Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).

It was given to honor the outstanding work of a game show host who has appeared in at least 19% of total episodes for the calendar year.

[2] The award category was originally called Outstanding Host or Hostess in a Game or Audience Participation Show before changing to its current title in 1985.

Steve Harvey and Wayne Brady are the only African American game show hosts to have won the Emmy.

Trebek last won the award at the 2021 ceremony, which was accepted posthumously due to his death in November 2020.