Daytime Emmy FAQ - The Emmys

Who is eligible to judge?

You are automatically eligible if: you are a current member of the Television Academy (aka Primetime) OR EQUIVALENT, a current member of any NATAS Chapter with 5+ years of national experience, or an Emmy nominee or winner (from any Emmys - Daytime, Primetime, Sports, News & Documentary, Children's & Family). Other industry individuals may be accepted if they have equivalent memberships (such as WGA, DGA, etc.)

What does judging entail?

Daytime Emmy utilizes peer judging, meaning each category is judged specifically by experts within that field. For example, cinematographers judge Cinematography. Once approved, Judges are assigned to 2-3 categories based on their expertise and are given 2-3 weeks to view all the material within their assigned categories and give it a score based on a 7 to 1 rubric. Judges are NOT asked to pick five, select their favorite, or even to compare entries against one another. Judges are asked to score each entry individually on their merits. The nominees AND the winners are determined in the SAME ROUND OF SCORING using averages.

What does that mean for FYC materials?

What is the time commitment for Judging?

Why do you require so much information?

In order to keep the judging process as fair as possible, administration is first tasked with vetting judge registrants to evaluate if they are eligible to judge (based on factors such as memberships, longevity in the industry, etc.) and then, if approved, placing each judge on panels based on their specific expertise.

JUDGES ARE NOT PERMITTED TO JUDGE ON CATEGORIES IN WHICH THEIR OWN WORK IS FEATURED.

Administration does their best to place judges on non-conflicted categories, but in events where there is no other comparable category available, the individual’s work will be removed from that judge’s ballot either by administration or by self-conflicting the entry in the judging portal.

What is the judging window this year?

Judging registration instructions - RETURNING JUDGE

STEP ONE:

Register at Orthicon - enter.theemmys.tv Make sure to login for the DAYTIME (light blue) portal:

Orthicon is both our entry platform AND our judging platform. Your same login gets you in for both purposes, year over year, and for all NATAS Emmys contests. This platform is NOT related to the Television Academy (Primetime) platform and your membership login will NOT work here.

STEP TWO:

Go to your Profile.

Fill out your Profile, including required cell phone number.

At the end of your Profile, there is a toggle asking if you want to judge Daytime. By default, the toggle is set to left/no. Toggle it to the RIGHT for YES.

***THEN CLICK SAVE!!!!!!!!!***

Then a box will appear that says Judging Qualifications.

STEP THREE:

Click on the Judging Qualifications box. This information – your IMDb or LinkedIn, membership, Peer Group, current conflicts, etc. are all REQUIRED to verify you are eligible to judge and then to place you accordingly.

Fill out the information and then click SAVE.

***BOTH THE TOGGLE AND THE JUDGING QUALIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED AS A JUDGE.***

You will receive an automated email from noreply@theemmys.tv when you:

Indicate your interest in judging
Are approved to judge for this year

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When judging opens (with instructions)

Email the Daytime team at daytime@theemmys.tv with questions!

Judging registration instructions - NEW JUDGE

STEP ONE

Register at Orthicon - enter.theemmys.tv Make sure to login for the DAYTIME (light blue) portal: