1988 to 1989

Winners are denoted by boldface type and a bullet (•).

All My Children
As the World Turns
General Hospital
Guiding Light
• Santa Barbara
The Young and the Restless

• David Canary (Adam/Stuart Chandler, All My Children)
James Mitchell (Palmer Cortlandt, All My Children)
Douglass Watson (Mac Cory, Another World)
Larry Bryggman (John Dixon, As the World Turns)
A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara)

Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children)
Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda Walsh Dixon, As the World Turns)
• Marcy Walker (Eden Capwell, Santa Barbara)
Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor Sterling, The Young and the Restless)

David Forsyth (John Hudson, Another World)
Joseph Campanella (Harper Deveraux, Days of our Lives)
• Justin Deas (Keith Timmons, Santa Barbara)
Quinn Redeker (Rex Sterling, The Young and the Restless)

• Debbi Morgan (Angie Hubbard, All My Children)
Jane Elliot (Angelica Curtin, Days of our Lives)
Arleen Sorkin (Calliope Bradford, Days of our Lives)
• Nancy Lee Grahn (Julia Wainwright, Santa Barbara)
Robin Mattson (Gina Capwell, Santa Barbara)

There was a tie in this category

Andy Kavovit (Paul Stenbeck, As the World Turns)
Darell Utley (Benjy Hawk, Days of our Lives)
• Justin Gocke (Brandon Capwell, Santa Barbara)

Anne Heche (Victoria Frame/Marley McKinnon, Another World)
Martha Byrne (Lily Walsh, As the World Turns)
• Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio, General Hospital)
Noelle Beck (Trisha Alden Sowolsky, Loving)

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Santa Barbara: 5 wins; 7 nominations

All My Children: 2 wins; 5 nominations

General Hospital : 1 win; 2 nominations

As the World Turns : 5 nominations

Days of our Lives: 4 nominations

Another World: 3 nominations

The Young and the Restless: 3 nominations

Guiding Light : 1 nomination

Loving: 1 nomination