2025 Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations: ‘Y&R’ Leads in Major Categories — See List of Nominees

The nominees for the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards have been revealed, and CBS’s The Young and the Restless leads the pack with 19 noms, followed by ABC’s General Hospital with 16 noms, and NBC’s Days of Our Lives with 13 nominations.

Also nominated was CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful with four nominations, Popstar TV’s The Bay with one nom, and Prime Video’s Neighbours also with one nomination.

Viewers should note that CBS’ newest daytime soap opera, Beyond the Gates, was not eligible for Daytime Emmy this year. It will be eligible for the next competition cycle, having premiered in 2025. The nominations window for the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards is the 2024 calendar year, January 1 to December 31, 2024.

The default nominee target for each category is five nominees and one winner. However, there are some categories (notably, Daytime Drama Program) where the number of nominees is fewer. According to National Awards Committee guidelines, in any category where there are fewer than ten submissions, no more than 50% of submitted entries may be nominated. This is a longstanding rule that the National Awards Committee is enforcing across all competitions to ensure the integrity of NATAS competitions and maintain the reputation of excellence for nominees.

The Daytime Emmys will take place in October on CBS. See the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards nominees below.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

Days of our Lives — Peacock

General Hospital — ABC

The Young and the Restless — CBS (Sony Pictures Television)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series

Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Eric Martsolf as Brady Black, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri, General Hospital — ABC

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series

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Sharon Case as Sharon Newman, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis, General Hospital — ABC

Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Laura Wright as Carly Spencer, General Hospital — ABC

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress

Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Kate Mansi as Kristina Corinthos Davis, General Hospital — ABC

Emily O’Brien as Theresa Donovan, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins Abbott, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor

Tajh Bellow as TJ Ashford, General Hospital — ABC

Blake Berris as Everett Lynch, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Gregory Harrison as Gregory Chase, General Hospital — ABC

Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, General Hospital — ABC

Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series

Olivia d’Abo as Fifi Garrett, The Bay — Popstar! TV (LANY Entertainment | SheMogul Entertainment)

AnnaLynne McCord as Cat Greene, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Ashley Puzemis as Holly Jonas, Days of our Lives — Peacock

Christian Weissmann as Remy Pryce, The Bold and the Beautiful — CBS

Lisa Yamada as Luna Nozawa, The Bold and the Beautiful — CBS

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series

Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Clint Howard as Tom Starr, The Bold and the Beautiful — CBS

Jacqueline Lopez as Blaze, General Hospital — ABC

Alley Mills as Heather Webber, General Hospital — ABC

Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis, The Young and the Restless — CBS

Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince, General Hospital — ABC

Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series

Outstanding Lifestyle Program

Outstanding Instructional/How-To Program

Dime Como Hacerlo — Roku (This Old House Productions)

The Fixers — BYUtv

Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse — Magnolia Network (Blind Nil)

Going Home With Tyler Cameron — Amazon Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios | High Noon Entertainment)

Married to Real Estate – HGTV

Martha Gardens — Roku (Marquee Brands)

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series

The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures

The Jennifer Hudson Show — Warner Brothers Television Distribution (JHUD Productions | Warner Bros. Unscripted Television | Telepictures)

The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Live With Kelly and Mark — Disney Entertainment Distribution

The View — ABC

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host

Drew Barrymore, The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures

Jenna Bush Hager, Hoda Kotb, TODAY With Hoda and Jenna — NBC

Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live With Kelly and Mark — Disney Entertainment Distribution

Jennifer Hudson, The Jennifer Hudson Show — Warner Brothers Television Distribution

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Outstanding Culinary Host

Kardea Brown, Delicious Miss Brown — Food Network

Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Table With Joanna Gaines — Magnolia Network (Blind Nil)

Ina Garten, Be My Guest With Ina Garten — Food Network

Emeril Lagasse, Emeril Cooks — Roku (Marquee Brands)

Michael Symon, Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out — Food Network

Outstanding Travel or Adventure Program

Expedition Unknown — Discovery Channel (Ping Pong Productions)

Field Trip With Curtis Stone Hong Kong — PBS (Sunny Side Up Productions)

The Good Road — PBS (Good All Over)

How I Got Here — BYUtv (FORTÉ Entertainment)

Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out — PBS

Mexico Made With Love — PBS (Symbio Studios)

Outstanding Entertainment News Series

Access Hollywood — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

E! News — E! Entertainment

Entertainment Tonight — CBS Media Ventures

Extra — Warner Brothers Television Distribution (Warner Bros. Unscripted Television | Telepictures)

Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program

America’s Court with Judge Kevin Ross — Entertainment Studios (Allen Media Group)

Divorce Court — FOX

Hot Bench — CBS Media Ventures

Judy Justice — Amazon Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios | Sox Entertainment)

Justice For The People With Judge Milian — Entertainment Studios (Allen Media Group)

We The People With Judge Lauren Lake — Entertainment Studios (Allen Media Group)

Outstanding Science and Nature Program

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Living With Leopards — Netflix (Wild Space | Natural History Film Unit Botswana | Freeborne Media | Netflix)

National Parks: USA — National Geographic (Stronghold Studios, LLC)

The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+

Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix (Silverback Films)

Secrets of the Neanderthals — Netflix (BBC Studios)

Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program

Black Barbie — Netflix (shondalandmedia)

Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame — PBS (Bright Blue Media Group)

Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter — IFC (The Hollywood Reporter)

The Swift Effect — Peacock

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — PBS

Outstanding Daytime Special

Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter An “Entertainment Tonight” Special — CBS

Dinner Party Diaries With José Andrés — Amazon Prime Video (Film 45 | Amazon MGM Studios | José Andrés Media)

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — ABC (Film 45 | EverWonder Studio | Yellow Shoes Studio)

98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — NBC (Silent House Productions)

Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers — PBS (Steven Latham Productions)

Outstanding Short Form Program

Ballin’ Out — Outsports

Billboard Presents — Billboard.com

Catalyst — LinkedIn News

Eat This With Yara — The Chef Preserving Gaza’s Cuisine Amid a Genocide AJ+

Live Like a Champion — Healthline (Lucky Tiger Productions)

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily

Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner, Entertainment Tonight — CBS Media Ventures

Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover & Mario Lopez, Access Hollywood — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Star Jones, Corey Jovan, Divorce Court — FOX

Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose & Judge Judy Sheindlin, Judy Justice — Amazon Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios | Sox Entertainment)

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily

Sir David Attenborough, Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix (Silverback Films)

Brad Bestelink, Living With Leopards — Netflix (Wild Space | Natural History Film Unit Botswana | Freeborne Media | Netflix)

Andi Sweeney Blanco, Courtney Dober, Rob North & Kirin Stone, The Fixers — BYUtv

Anthony Mackie, Shark Beach With Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast — National Geographic (Nutopia)

Martha Stewart, Martha Gardens — Roku (Marquee Brands)

Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

Days of our Lives — Peacock

General Hospital — ABC

The Young and the Restless — CBS

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Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program

Black Barbie — Netflix (shondalandmedia)

Modern Pioneering With Georgia Pellegrini — PBS (Georgia Pellegrini Media Group, Inc.)

National Parks: USA — National Geographic (Stronghold Studios, LLC)

Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix (Silverback Films)

Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers — PBS (Steven Latham Productions)

Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

Days of our Lives — Peacock

General Hospital — ABC

The Young and the Restless — CBS

Outstanding Casting

Days of our Lives — Peacock

General Hospital — ABC

Making Good — BYUtv

Start Up — PBS (Arcadius Productions)

The Young and the Restless — CBS

2025 Daytime Emmy Awards, October 2025, CBS