Besides the regular awards and nominations segments presented, a special tribute was given in honor of Douglass Watson, who had appeared in the daytime drama Another World (1964) for 16 years. Watson had passed away the month before the Awards ceremony. His Another World co-star Victoria Wyndham was the tribute presenter.
The cast list are all the presenters for the awards, some of which were also nominees, like Anne Heche who was up for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress but lost. However, she won this same category two years later just after leaving the roles of twins Vicky and Marley of Another World. Interestingly, fellow presenter Jensen Buchanan who played One Life To Live's Sarah at the time, was later Anne Heche's replacement for AW'S popular sisters when she left the daytime soap opera.