Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given to honor a television newsmagazine that covers "the entertainment industry with a focus on human interest, popular culture and celebrity gossip and interviews".^[1][2] Programs of this genre airing between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. are eligible to enter.^[2]

This category additionally awards the work of the producer titles, segment producer(s), host(s), anchor(s) and correspondent(s) "credited on a minimum of 19% of the original episodes".^[2] At the 41st Daytime Emmy Awards held in 2014, Entertainment Tonight and Extra were the first winners of this award when they tied in this category. The awards ceremony was not televised in 2014, and instead aired only online through the DaytimeEmmys.net website as there was an inability to find a proper TV broadcast channel.^[3]

Since its inception, the award has been given to two entertainment news program. Entertainment Tonight holds the record for the most awards, winning four occasions. This program also joins Access Hollywood and Extra for having the most nominations, with a total of five. As of the 2024 ceremony, Entertainment Tonight became the most recent recipient of the award.