HLN to Present 40th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS, 6/16

Variety reports that the HLN network will once again air the 40th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS on June 16, 2013.

About the DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS:

The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. Ceremonies are held in June.

Emmys are considered the television equivalent to The Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music) and Tony Awards (for stage).

HLN hosted the 39th ceremony on June 23, 2012. In that ceremony, an additional non-Emmy award was awarded by the program's social media partner, AOL, for Best Viral Video Series.With 912,000 viewers, the broadcast was "the most watched regularly scheduled, non-news telecast" ever on HLN, but by far the least-watched Daytime Emmy ceremony ever.