The 9th Daytime Emmy Awards were held on Friday, June 11, 1982, to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1981). The telecast aired from 3-4:30 p.m. on CBS, preempting Guiding Light and Tattletales.

Winners in each category are in bold.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

  • All My Children
  • General Hospital
  • Guiding Light
  • Ryan's Hope

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

  • James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
  • Richard Shoberg (Tom Cudahy, All My Children)
  • Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
  • Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine, General Hospital)
  • Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

  • Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
  • Ann Flood (Nancy Pollock, The Edge of Night)
  • Sharon Gabet (Raven Whitney, The Edge of Night)
  • Leslie Charleson (Monica Quartermaine, General Hospital)
  • Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

  • Darnell Williams (Jesse Hubbard, All My Children)
  • David Lewis (Edward Quartermaine, General Hospital)
  • Douglas Sheehan (Joe Kelly, General Hospital)
  • Gerald Anthony (Marco Dane, One Life to Live)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

  • Elizabeth Lawrence (Myra Sloane, All My Children)
  • Dorothy Lyman (Opal Cortlandt, All My Children)
  • Meg Mundy (Mona Croft, The Doctors)
  • Louise Shaffer (Rae Woodward, Ryan's Hope)

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Writing

  • Guiding Light
  • All My Children
  • One Life to Live
  • The Edge of Night

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Directing

  • All My Children
  • General Hospital
  • One Life to Live
  • The Edge of Night

Outstanding Game Show

  • Password Plus - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for NBC
  • Family Feud - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for ABC (Syn. by Viacom)
  • The Price Is Right - A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production for CBS
  • Wheel of Fortune - A Merv Griffin Production for NBC

Outstanding Game Show Host

  • Bob Barker (The Price Is Right)
  • Bill Cullen (Blockbusters)
  • Richard Dawson (Family Feud)