The 3rd Daytime Emmy Awards were held Tuesday, May 11, 1976 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1975). The third awards only had three categories, and thus three awards were given. Hosted by Bob Barker, the telecast aired from 3-4:30 p.m. EST on CBS and preempted reruns of All in the Family, plus Match Game and Tattletales.

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Winners in each category are in bold.

• All My Children
• Another World
• Days of Our Lives
• The Young and the Restless

• Macdonald Carey (Dr. Tom Horton, Days of our Lives)
• Bill Hayes (Doug Williams, Days of our Lives)
• John Beradino (Dr. Steve Hardy, General Hospital)
• Shepperd Strudwick (Victor Lord, One Life to Live)
• Larry Haines (Stu Bergman, Search for Tomorrow)
• Michael Nouri (Steve Kaslo, Search for Tomorrow)

• Frances Heflin (Mona Kane, All My Children)
• Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Olson, Days of Our Lives)
• Denise Alexander (Dr. Lesley Williams Faulkner, General Hospital)
• Helen Gallagher (Maeve Ryan, Ryan's Hope)
• Mary Stuart (Joanne Vincente, Search for Tomorrow)

• All My Children
• The Edge of Night
• Guiding Light
• The Young and the Restless
• Days of our Lives

• The Doctors
• One Life to Live
• The Young and the Restless

• The $20,000 Pyramid - A Bob Stewart Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
• The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS (Syn. by Viacom)
• Match Game - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS (Syn. by Jim Victory)
• Hollywood Squares - A Heatter-Quigley Production for NBC (Syn. by Filmways)
• Let's Make a Deal - A Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Production for ABC (Syn. by WorldVision)

• Allen Ludden (Password)
• Peter Marshall (Hollywood Squares)
• Geoff Edwards (Jackpot)

• "Daytime Emmy Awards". Internet Movie Database.