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Friday night at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards many of your favorites from daytime drama and talk shows walked away with the golden statuette during the golden anniversary celebration.
Others were not in attendance including: The Bold and the Beautiful’s Thorsten Kaye (Ridge) who took home the gold for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and Kelly Clarkson who won Outstanding Talk Show Host and Talk Show.
The late Sonya Eddy (Epiphany, General Hospital) who won posthumously in the Outstanding Supporting Actress category was honored by her friend and business partner, Tyler Ford in an acceptance speech. However, several of this year’s winners were in attendance and in the winner’s circle walk following their victory. Take a look at a few winning moments below.
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Y&R’s Josh Griffith and the writing team from The Young and the Restless, took home Writing Team in a Drama Series honors.
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Susan Lucci (ex-Erica Kane, All My Children) received her Lifetime Achievement Award from Y&R alum, and Daytime Emmy winner, Shemar Moore.
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General Hospital took home both Directing honors and the biggest win of the night for Outstanding Drama Series for the 16th time.
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General Hospital’s Eden McCoy took home some gold for her win in the Outstanding Younger Performer category.
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General Hospital’s Robert Gossett (Marshall) won for the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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B&B’s Jacqueline MacInnes Wood received her third Daytime Emmy of her career in the Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series category.
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While Kelly Clarkson was unable to attend, her producers and team were present including: EP Alex Duda holding the Emmy.
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Alley Mills received the Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series award for her performance as Heather Webber on GH.
So, who were you most happy to learn received a Daytime Emmy last night? Comment below.
So happy that Alley Mills won. I never watched her in The Wonder Years but I watched her when she played Dr Mike’s sister in Dr Quinn Medicine Woman opposite her real life husband. I wish there was some way they could rehabilitate Heather and put her back on the show full time
I didn’t think GH would win Outstanding Drama for the third year in a row, but I’m glad they did.
I’m sure it wasn’t done on purpose and was just an unfortunate oversight in the moment, but I’m just gonna say this, I thought it was very tacky of Frank Valentini to mention Sonya Eddy and producer Nkeka Garland in his acceptance speech, but not mention Jackie Zeman. I can get not mentioning Tyler Christopher or Billy Miller, because they weren’t current cast members, but to not mention Jackie who was a current cast member, and was a legend on the show for 45 years, was a terrible blunder by Frank.
Congrats to all the winners, but as a GH fan, particularly Sonya Eddy (RIP), Robert Gossett, Eden McCoy, and Ally Mills. I was really disappointed for Jon Lindstrom, who is long overdue and I was pulling for in Supporting Actor. Unless they write a juicy story for Kevin, which is unlikely, this was probably Jon’s last great chance to win, with Ryan meeting his demise.
As an Emmys show, I thought it was fine. They kept things moving and largely kept out the unnecessary filler. The In Memoriam segment was well done. The anniversary tributes for GH and Y&R were nice, although the video package at least for GH looked more like a 2022 highlight video rather than a video celebrating 60 years. And I complain about this every year, but I hate that they don’t use the theme songs from each show when someone wins like they used to, rather than playing generic elevator jazz music.
Hello Dan,
Yes, I thought it was SO tacky that FV did not mention Jakcie Zeman! I was disappointed and felt it was disrespectful… he seemed high or out of it… didn’t he say he felt anxious? The other thing, I thought of… perhaps, he forgot, which missing Jackie Zeman’s is a major cast member to forget.
I don’t know. I hear ya!
I was happy Sonya won for Supporting, but honestly, I never saw her as supporting, there would be months were Epiphany was MIA. I was rooting for Brooke Kerr or and Kelly Thieband – while I support and adore Sonya’s work and award recognition, I felt the award was best deserved by Brooke / Kelly.
I was very happy for Eden McCoy (Jos), Ally Mills (Heather) – (Very pleased for Ally)… and happy for Robert Gossett as Marshal, however, I agree, Jon Lindstrom has been robbed this award for way too long… he had masterful performances this past year as Kevin & Ryan… his scenes with Esme and Heather were brilliant. Maybe GH / (or forgetful FV) can devise a big storyline for Kevin. Kevin is underrated – there is so much opportunity to explore Kevin in more depth. Oh, I would have loved to have seen Genie Francis at the awards.
Side note: As a GH fan, I was very happy (and a bit surprised) to see Rebecca Herbst on the stage… all I could think of was… why oh why is she overlooked for award nomination/recognition. I get it, it depends if the show or actor submits, and some actors can’t be bothered by the Emmy politics, I get that all that, yet Rebecca is gold in every scene she’s in.
I was surprised by the absence of Nicholas Chavez and Finola Hughes. I thought Nicholas would win once again and I thought Finola would win especially with the scenes when Peter dies. I will try to refrain myself from too much commentary for who again and again in that category. While I don’t watch Y&R or B&B, I felt there were more compelling actresses who were more deserving of the award. I’ll leave it there.
As for best actor, I feel like some of those nominated in this category were ho-hum… nothing to write home about. I was pleased GH won for best drama. I felt it was deserving out of the rest nominated in the category.
I too, felt the awards presentation was good. My expectations were low, but it was a good show, not great, but good. The memorials were good, too. Happy to see Anne Heche on there and others… and those we lost too soon (Billy Miller & Tyler Christopher).
Susan Lucci, I’ll say this much… CLASS ACT!!! She looked gorgeous and so well spoken. I didn’t watch AMC but I respect and love Susan… The Streak is OVER!
I am appalled and very disappointed that Jackie Zeman was not mentioned! Laura Wright presented & Eden McCoy won & neither mentioned her. Someone could/should have! That was the biggest blunder of the night. I too miss them playing the show’s theme when the winner is announced. And the GH highlight video was a big disappointment. Otherwise, it was pretty good.
Forgot to say that Stephen Nichols brought me to tears with his recognition of Tyler Christopher. That was one of the most touching moments of the show. And of course I felt for Susan Lucci when she mentioned Helmut!
Sonya Eddy!!!
I don’t understand Kelly Clarkson’s appeal at all and why she and Thorsten Kaye from B&B couldn’t attend the awards. So tacky.
Exactly! I don’t care for either one of these two, but thought with all the hype Kelly’s been getting on her weight loss , she’d want to show it off. She missed another awards show awhile back too, I think.
Both of them live in New York. Thorston Kaye’s wife and kids are in New York and he obviously went to be with them for the holidays. Kelly Clarkson relocated her show there to be closer to her family and was the host of the Rockefeller tree lighting. How strange that they would want to spend the holidays with their family and not prance on the stage in Cali for you complainers…
Josh Griffith looks like his writing: a mess. How he won for writing is a mystery
Exactly, Y&R a mess, CBS needs to wake up and get rid of him! His writing is awful and brings Niki to drink again is old, we’ve seen that before.
Can you imagine what a pain in the butt for Melody to go through this crap again? Can’t be fun and it’s sure getting tiresome already.
Melody loves it when Nikki falls off the wagon, she’s said it quite a bit in interviews over the years. I think she enjoys acting her character this way.
So disappointed that none of the Y&R lead nominated actors/actresses won.
Susan Lucci gave a lovely and memorable speech, as always; and great and so appropriate that Shemar Moore presented the award to her. Loved that he gave a shout out to his “Y&R family” – he never forgets his start.
G,h sucks
I agree Michael …GH is certainly sucking the life right out of the competition!!
I’m so Happy GH won, and for the actors from GH that won, where was Finola Hughes? she was doing press for the show and celebrating with her castmates but I didn’t see her. and I agree that FV seemed out of it and major blunder on his part for not mentioning Jackie Zeman, He could of mention in his speech that it was a difficult year for the show with all their losses and it would of been better then to just single out 2people.
I was wondering what happened to Finola as well. She was noticeable by her absence. If I’m not mistaken, she was listed in advance as one of the presenters. But it didn’t appear she was there. When her category came up, they showed a photo for her. Perhaps she was sick, who knows. Hopefully nothing serious.
Agreed on FV, to me you either mention the name of everybody from the show that passed away this year, or you don’t mention any names at all. I remember when GH won in 1996, there were three deaths from the GH cast in that previous year, John Beradino, Rosalind Cash and Lee Mathis, and Wendy Riche mentioned all three of them in her speech. Frank could have mentioned Sonya, Jackie, Billy, Tyler and Nneka, or just made a general statement that they’ve had a lot loss this year, like you said. The way he did it, mentioning certain names and leaving out others, was not right.
Beyond the Gates
53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced: ‘The Young and the Restless’ Tops With 18, ‘Beyond the Gates’ With 16
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the full list of nominees for the upcoming 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and it was CBS daytime’s The Young and the Restless and broadcast television newest soap opera, Beyond the Gates that racked up the most nominations with 18 and 16, respectively.
The full reveal on Tuesday follows the announcement of several major categories including Lead Actor and Actress on Monday via Extra and Entertainment Tonight and The View today revealing Daytime Drama Series and more.
The 53rd Annual Daytime Emmys ceremony is set to take place on Friday, October 30 at the historic Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California.
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In a statement, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS expressed, “We’re proud to honor the extraordinary talent and creative teams whose work continues to define and elevate daytime television, As the Daytime landscape evolves and new forms of storytelling emerge, we remain committed to recognizing the innovation happening across the industry.”
“Each year, the Daytime Emmy Awards celebrate the creativity, passion, and dedication that drive this vibrant community of storytellers,” said Rachel Schwartz, Head of the Daytime Emmy Awards. “Congratulations to this year’s nominees, whose work continues to entertain, inspire and connect with audiences every day. We look forward to celebrating their remarkable achievements in Hollywood this October.”
The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of genres, including daytime dramas, talk series, entertainment news, culinary, adventure, instructional and legal/courtroom programming.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Gold & Silver Circle Inductees, and ceremony host will be announced at a later date.
Now below, check out the nominees in the daytime drama, talk show, entertainment news series and creative arts categories and congratulations to all!
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Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
Beyond the Gates
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Stacy Haiduk (as Kristen DiMera), Days of Our Lives
Karla Mosley (as Dani Dupree), Beyond the Gates
Michelle Stafford (as Phyllis Summers), The Young and the Restless
Heather Tom (as Katie Logan), The Bold and the Beautiful
Tamara Tunie (as Anita Williams Dupree), Beyond the Gates
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Eric Braeden (as Victor Newman), The Young and the Restless
Steve Burton (as Jason Morgan), General Hospital
Scott Clifton (as Liam Spencer), The Bold and the Beautiful
Thorsten Kaye (as Ridge Forrester), The Bold and the Beautiful
Christian Jules Le Blanc (as Michael Baldwin), The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Linsey Godfrey (as Sarah Horton), Days of Our Lives
Camryn Grimes (as Mariah Copeland), The Young and the Restless
Beth Maitland (as Traci Abbott), The Young and the Restless
Trisha Mann-Grant (as Leslie Thomas), Beyond the Gates
Amanda Setton (as Brook Lynn Quartermaine), General Hospital
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Sean Dominic (as Nate Hastings), The Young and the Restless
Timon Kyle Durrett (as Bill Hamilton), Beyond the Gates
Michael Graziadei (as Daniel Romalotti), The Young and the Restless
Roger Howarth (as Matt Clark), The Young and the Restless
Mike Manning (as Bradley “Smitty” Smith), Beyond the Gates
Lawrence Saint-Victor (as Carter Walton), The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series
Braedyn Bruner (as Emma Scorpio-Drake), General Hospital
Al Calderon (as Javier Hernandez), Days of Our Lives
Alice Halsey (as Rachel Black), Days of Our Lives
Giovanni Mazza (as Gio Palmieri), General Hospital
Ambyr Michelle (as Eva Thomas), Beyond the Gates
Arielle Prepetit (as Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne), Beyond the Gates
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series
Jasmine Burke (as June Hughes), Beyond the Gates
Jeff Kober (as Cyrus Renault), General Hospital
Eva LaRue (as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez), General Hospital
Christopher Sean (as Paul Narita), Days of Our Lives
Ray Wise (as Ian Ward), The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
Beyond the Gates
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Casting for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless”
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series
3rd Hour of TODAY
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Live With Kelly and Mark
TODAY With Jenna & Friends
The View
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall
Jennifer Hudson, The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri Shepherd, Sherri
Outstanding Entertainment News Series
Access Hollywood
Entertainment Tonight
Extra
Outstanding Daytime Personality (Daily)
Mona Kosar Abdi, Derek Hough & Terri Seymour, Extra
Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner, Entertainment Tonight
Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover & Mario Lopez, Access Hollywood
Star Jones & Corey Jovan, Divorce Court
Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
Beyond the Gates: Welcome to the Neighborhood — An Entertainment Tonight Special
Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Working In the Theatre
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime
Beyond the Gates,” Episode 103
Have Guitar Will Travel World
The Kelly Clarkson Show Episode 5033
Let Frankie Cook,” Getting the Band Back Together
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Outstanding Technical Direction and Video for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates,” Episode 104
The Bold and the Beautiful,” Episode 9511
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”
The Jennifer Hudson Show, ” Episode 4041
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”
Outstanding Hairstyling and Makeup for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates,” Episode 103
General Hospital,” Episode 15719
The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Episode 5033
The Young and the Restless,” Episode 13273
So, what do you think of the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy nominations? Who are you happy to see receive a nomination and who do you think was snubbed? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Monday on Entertainment Tonight, the second set of nominations for the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced which included the highly-coveted Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series – Actress and Outstanding Daytime Talk Series.
ET followed suit after Extra announced the nominees, as previously reported, in the Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series – Actor and Outstanding Daytime Talk Host.
Now, five leading ladies of the soaps are vying for the gold for Lead Actress and the category marked the first-ever nominations for CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates when two actresses made the final cut. Only General Hospital is not represented among the actresses this year after Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) took home the trophy last year.
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THE FIVE LEADING LADIES OF THE SOAPS ARE …
The 2026 Lead Actress nominees are: Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera), Days of Our Lives, Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree), Beyond the Gates, Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers), The Young and the Restless, Heather Tom (Katie Logan), The Bold and the Beautiful, and Tamara Tunie (Anita Dupree), Beyond the Gates.
This marks the first Daytime Emmy nominations for Karla Mosley and Tamara Tunie. In addition, this marks the first-time in her career that Stacy Haiduk had received a Lead Actress nod after two Supporting Actress nominations.
Meanwhile, Michelle Stafford had previously won 3 Emmys – 2 for Lead Actress and 1 for Supporting, but this recognition makes it her 11th overall nomination.
Heather Tom currently is tied for the most all-time Daytime Emmy wins with One Life to Live alum and General Hospital guest star, Erika Slezak. The B&B star has 19 nominations throughout her career.
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DAYTIME TALK SERIES
In the Outstanding Daytime Talk Series category, the nominees are: 3rd Hour of Today, The Drew Barrymore Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Live with Kelly and Mark, Today with Jenna and Friends and The View.
“We’re proud to honor the extraordinary talent and creative teams whose work continues to define and elevate daytime television,” NATAS president and CEO Adam Sharp said in a statement on the nominations. “As the Daytime landscape evolves and new forms of storytelling emerge, we remain committed to recognizing the innovation happening across the industry.”
The rest of the nominations will be revealed tomorrow on Tuesday July 14 starting on The View and then the full list of nominees in both the main and creative arts will be released by NATAS. The 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are slated for October 30th in Hollywood, California.
So, what do you think about the women who are vying for the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy? Happy with who got in? Who do you feel got snubbed? What do you think of the nominees for Daytime Talk Series? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Monday afternoon, Extra kicked-off the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy nominations with the reveal of two major categories. First, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Daytime Drama Series — Actor, and second, Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host.
Previous Emmy winners all, the men who will be vying for daytime’s most coveted prize are: Eric Braeden (Victor Newman), The Young and the Restless, Steve Burton (Jason Morgan), General Hospital, Scott Clifton (Liam Spencer), The Bold and the Beautiful, Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester), The Bold and the Beautiful, and Christian Jules Le Blanc (Michael Baldwin), The Young and the Restless.
Let’s take a look at the actors Emmy resumes: Eric Braeden has been nominated nine times for Lead Actor and won once in 1998. Steve Burton is a two-time Daytime Emmy winner, both in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category for GH as Jason Morgan and Y&R as Dylan McAvoy. Today’s nomination makes it his 10th overall, and his third time in the the Lead Actor category.
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Scott Clifton has won three times previously in 2011, 2013 and 2017 and has the distinction of being the only actor to win in Younger Actor, Supporting and Lead. This is his 8th nomination.
Thorsten Kaye is a two-time Lead Actor winner in 2023 and 2024. Christian LeBlanc has also won three times as Lead Actor in 2005, 2007 and 2009 and this is his first nod in over a decade.
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TALK SHOW HOSTS
In the Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host, the nominees are: Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro, The View, Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall, Jennifer Hudson, The Jennifer Hudson Show, and Sherri Shepherd, Sherri.
Both The Kelly Clarkson Show and Sherri have come to their conclusions as Sherri was canceled after 4 seasons and Kelly Clarkson decided to end her talk show after 7 seasons.
The 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are set to be handed out in a ceremony on October 30 in Hollywood with more details forthcoming. The complete list of 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations will be revealed tomorrow on July 14 beginning at 12pm ET/9am PT via The Emmys.TV social channels and website.
So, what do you think of the race for Lead Actor in a Drama Series? Surprised by any of the nominees? Who are you rooting for? What do you think about the the talk show host category? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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