The first incarnation of the award was the '' ' Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Short Format Daytime ' '' , which was given to the soap opera web series '' Venice : The Series '' at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2011 . The category became '' ' Outstanding New Approaches Original Daytime Program or Series ' '' in 2013 , and evolved into '' ' Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series ' '' in 2014 . It was renamed Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series in 2016 . In 2015 , Alina Adams of '' Entertainment Weekly '' attributed the addition and evolution of the category to the increasing audience for , and presence of , independent soap opera web series
38th Daytime Emmy Awards
38th Daytime Emmy Awards
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series