Nominees For The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Revealed In Three Major Categories (7/10/25) The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Friday, October 17. Watch the ceremony live at 7pm ET/4pm PT on Friday, October 17 streaming at watch.theemmys.tv. Our picks have a * beside them Fan Voted Picks (In Our Weekly Poll) Have a Y beside them (Note: The eligibility window for this year's Daytime Emmy nominees was January 1-December 31, 2024, therefore Beyond the Gates will be eligible next year) Daytime Drama Series Days of Our Lives* General Hospital Y Young and Restless Lead Performance In A Daytime Drama Series: Actress Sharon Case (Sharon Newman, Young and Restless)* Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott, Young and Restless) Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Lawson, Young and Restless) Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, General Hospital) Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers, Young and Restless) Laura Wright (Carly Spencer, General Hospital) Y Lead Performance In A Daytime Drama Series: Actor Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Young and Restless) Y Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, Days of Our Lives)* Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark, Days of Our Lives) Paul Telfer (Xander Kiriakis, Days of Our Lives) Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, General Hospital) Supporting Performance In A Daytime Drama Series: Actress Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton, Days of Our Lives)* Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra, Young and Restless) Y Kate Mansi (Kristina Corinthos-Davis, General Hospital) Emily O’Brien (Theresa Donovan, Days of Our Lives) Susan Walters (Diane Jenkins Abbott, Young and Restless) Supporting Performance In A Daytime Drama Series: Actor Tajh Bellow (TJ Ashford, General Hospital) Blake Berris (Everett Lynch, Days of our Lives) Michael Graziadei (Daniel Romalotti, Young and Restless) Y Gregory Harrison (Gregory Chase, General Hospital)* Jonathan Jackson (Lucky Spencer, General Hospital) Emerging Talent In A Daytime Drama Series Olivia d’Abo (Fifi Garrett, The Bay) AnnaLynne McCord (Cat Greene, Days of Our Lives)* Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas, Days of Our Lives) Y Christian Weissmann (Remy Pryce, Bold and Beautiful) Lisa Yamada (Luna Nozawa, Bold and Beautiful) Guest Performance In A Daytime Drama Series Linden Ashby (Cameron Kirsten, Young and Restless) Clint Howard (Tom Starr, Bold and Beautiful) Jacqueline Lopez (Blaze, General Hospital) Y Alley Mills (Heather Webber, General Hospital) Valarie Pettiford (Amy Lewis, Young and Restless) Avery Kristen Pohl (Esme Prince, General Hospital)* Writing For A Daytime Drama Series Days of Our Lives General Hospital* Young and Restless Y Directing For A Daytime Drama Series Days of Our Lives* General Hospital Young and Restless Lighting Direction Days of Our Lives The Drew Barrymore Show The Kelly Clarkson Show The View Young and Restless* Casting Days of Our Lives General Hospital* Making Good Start Up Young and Restless Costume Design The Drew Barrymore Show General Hospital Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors Sherri Young and Restless* Hair and Makeup Bold and Beautiful The Drew Barrymore Show General Hospital* The Jennifer Hudson Show The Kelly Clarkson Show Secrets of the Neanderthals Sherri Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design The Drew Barrymore Show The Kelly Clarkson Show Live with Kelly and Mark Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors Young and Restless* Live Sound Mixing and Sound Editing The Kelly Clarkson Show The Talk The View Young and Restless* Technical Direction, Camera Work, Video Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade The Drew Barrymore Show Neighbours* The View Young and Restless Daytime Emmy Nominations Announcement Date (7/3/25) The ceremony is slated to take place on a yet-to-be-announced date in October. The nominations, however, will unveiled on Thursday, July 10 at 12 p.m. ET on X @TheEmmys and theemmys.tv/ Daytime Emmy Exec Explains New Acting Category That Could Have Your Favorite Newcomer Taking Home the Gold (2/14/25) (tvinsider.com) The Daytime Emmys both taketh and giveth. While the Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series category was retired in 2023, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences now is implementing a new category that will allow not only younger performers but also actors in their first major daytime roles take home a golden statuette when the awards are handed out in October. TV Insider spoke exclusively with Rachel Schwartz, Head of Daytime and Children & Family Emmy® Awards to get the scoop. How did the new Daytime Emmy category come about – Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series? It sounds exciting. Rachel Schwartz: Absolutely, and I’m glad to hear that you’re excited about this new category because we are also excited about this new category. Last year, we unfortunately had to make the decision to get rid of the younger performer category. There just were not enough entries to consider it a viable category any longer. But it was never really our desire to remove a chance for some of the amazing on-screen talent in daytime to receive an Emmy. So, this is going to be a new category specifically for people who are on their first daytime contract, so there is not necessarily an age parameter with it. Although, I do imagine that some of the people that enter into the category will be on the younger end of the spectrum. How many times can a performer enter this category? There will be a limitation that you can enter the category for the first 2 years that you are on the program, and then at that point you’re no longer going to be considered “emerging,” and you also, if you win the category, then you can no longer enter it as well. What inspired this new category? One of the inspirations for the category was actually a couple of months ago, the passing of Helen Gallagher, who, of course, was a three-time Daytime Emmy-winner for her role as Maeve Ryan on Ryan’s Hope. Before she started there, Helen was already a two-time Tony Award winner and was well-known to New York theater audiences. She then transitioned to becoming a very well-known, well-respected daytime performer. Do contenders have to be contract? Shows have used performers in front burner stories with actors who may not be on contract for economic reasons. You need to have a speaking role and you need to have at least one continuous story arc in order to be eligible for this new category. How recently – or how far back — can a performer have joined a show to be eligible? They can be on the show for up to two years and also enter the category for those two years – unless they win. Then, they will be, of course, still eligible to enter the lead or supporting categories if they remain on their program. Any update on a broadcast partner? Not right now. Our contract with CBS expired last year. Switching the Daytime Emmys to October was mainly driven by our desire to move other Emmy awards – news and documentary – to earlier in the year. Daytime, News & Documentary Emmys Move Dates (1/8/25) The Emmy Awards for daytime, news and documentary programming are moving around the calendar. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is moving the News & Documentary Emmy Awards from September to June, while the Daytime Emmys are moving from June to October. “For nearly half a century, the News & Documentary Emmys have honored the best in broadcast journalism and documentary programming,” said NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp. “Moving the ceremony earlier in the Emmy schedule shines a brighter light on the timely nature of the incredible content being recognized.” This means 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will have an adjusted timeline. Entries open on January 9, regular deadline is January 24, final entry deadline is February 7, the judging window is now March 3 – April 13 and the nominations will be announced the week beginning April 28 before the event in June. The eligibility window remains the same; all content originally broadcast in calendar 2024 is allowed. This comes after the 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmys were celebrated on September 25 and September 26, 2024 with lifetime achievement honors given to the likes of Jane Pauley and Alex Gibney. As a result, the 52nd Daytime and Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be held in October. The 51st awards were held in June 2024 with Netflix’s African Queens: Njinga and Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones scoring three wins each.