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52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards: ‘General Hospital’ Scores Most Wins and Drama Series; Nancy Lee Grahn and Paul Telfer Take Top Acting Honors, Lisa Yamada Makes History
On Friday, the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards were handed out in a just under a three-hour ceremony, this time with the main awards and creative arts combined in one ceremony, and it was ABC’s General Hospital that came away as the night’s big winner.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the winners from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena California and streaming live on their website watch.theemmys.tv and via The Emmys app, hosted by Mario Lopez.
In the end, General Hospital took home 7 awards including for Drama Series, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Guest Performer, Writing, Directing and Costume Design. GH won the Drama Series award last year as well.

Photo: NATAS
GH’s Jonathan Jackson picked up his sixth all-time Daytime Emmy, in his shortened return as Lucky Spencer. Jackson is just under his mentor and former TV father, Anthony Geary for the most-winning actor in Daytime Emmy history. Geary holds the record at 8. In addition, GH’s Nancy Lee Grahn now has a Lead Actress Emmy to go with her two Supporting Actress Emmy wins.
B&B’s Lisa Yamada became the first winner in the new NATAS category of Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series for her work as Luna Nozawa on the CBS soap. Yamada’s win is also historic in nature becoming the first Asian-American acting winner from a network soap opera in Daytime Emmy history.

Days of our Lives star Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans) presented Deborah Norville with the Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award for the news anchor/host whose career that spanned local news in Atlanta and New York, followed by the Today show, CBS News and Inside Edition, the latter where she has been anchor for 30 years (she has announced this current season is her last, having started a new gig hosting the syndicated game show The Perfect Line).
In the talk show categories, soap alums, Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley, AMC) and Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo, AMC) took home the gold (they were not present), winning in the Outstanding Talk Show category for Live with Kelly and Mark, and Drew Barrymore took the gold for Outstanding Talk Series host for The Drew Barrymore Show.

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Sir David Attenborough became the oldest Daytime Emmy winner ever at 99 for Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily – for Secret Lives of Orangutans; plus the ceremony honored this year’s Gold and Silver Circle Inductees for their dedication and longevity in daytime television, which included: Gold Circle winner, Jane Elliot (Tracy, General Hospital), Silver Circle winners James Reynolds (Abe, DAYS), Kate Linder (Esther, Y&R) and noted casting director, Judy Blye Wilson (All My Children, The Young and the Restless, One Life to Live), and others.

Photo: NATAS
Check out the winners’s list from the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards below:
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
General Hospital (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Daytime Drama Series
Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis
General Hospital (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Daytime Drama Series
Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis
Days of Our Lives (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Daytime Drama Series
Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer
General Hospital (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Daytime Drama Series
Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins Abbott
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Photo: NATAS
Outstanding Emerging Talent In A Daytime Drama Series
Lisa Yamada as Luna Nozawa
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Outstanding Guest Performance In A Daytime Drama Series
Alley Mills as Heather Webber
General Hospital (ABC)
Outstanding Writing Team For A Daytime Drama Series
General Hospital
ABC
Outstanding Directing Team For A Daytime Drama Series
General Hospital
ABC

Photo: NATAS
Outstanding Costume Design/Styling
General Hospital
ABC
Outstanding Casting
Days of Our Lives
Peacock
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series
Live with Kelly and Mark
Disney Entertainment Distribution
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
Drew Barrymore
The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Ventures
Outstanding Culinary Host
Kardea Brown
Delicious Miss Brown
Food Network
Outstanding Courtroom Series
Hot Bench
CBS Media Ventures

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Outstanding Entertainment News Series
Entertainment Tonight
CBS Media Ventures
Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily
Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner
Entertainment Tonight
CBS Media Ventures
Outstanding Lighting Direction
The Kelly Clarkson Show
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
Outstanding Daytime Special
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC [Film 45 | EverWonder Studio | Yellow Shoes Studio]
Outstanding Hairstyling And Makeup
The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Ventures
Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series
Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall
HBO | Max [Max | Fremantle’s Original Productions]
Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series
Delicious Miss Brown
Food Network [FRANK.]
Outstanding Cinematography
National Parks: USA
National Geographic [Stronghold Studios, LLC]
Outstanding Instructional/How-To Program
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse
Magnolia Network [Blind Nil]
Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily
Sir David Attenborough
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Netflix [Silverback Films]
Outstanding Writing Team For A Daytime Non-Fiction Program
Black Barbie
Netflix [shondalandmedia]
Outstanding Lifestyle Program
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
Netflix [Netflix | OPS | The Vogt Foundation]
Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
Black Barbie
Netflix [shondalandmedia]
Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program
Expedition Unknown
Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]
Outstanding Science and Nature Program
The Secret Lives of Animals
Apple TV+
So, what did you think of the night’s big winners at the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
This should have been televised. Viewers watch their shows everyday and we can’t even enjoy watching the Daytime Emmys for one evening. Sports dominate television but we don’t get to celebrate seeing the nominees on their special day!
Congratulations to Nancy-well deserved. By why JJ? He slept walked through his last stint as Lucky. I always loved his acting but suddenly found myself fast forwarding through his scenes. Both the nomination and win seems to be a knee jerk reaction to his legacy. His win was not well deserved.
Agree on Jonathan Jackson, big fan.. but not a Emmy worthy this past year.
Nancy had the best speech of the night!
How were you able to view it?
Harry
You can watch the entire ceremony either online or download the Emmy app on a smart tv
Thank you. I wish they had televised it. I’m sure it would have garnered great ratings.
They would have had to put a lot more $ into the production. It came across as rather amateurish.
Love Alexis Davis. Speech was NOT needed. Politics is entertainment.
The daily clown show by this administration is certainly not entertaining.
Congratulations on all the Winners, especially Paul Telfer from DAYS!.I am a big Jonathan Jackson fan, but with his shortened run on GH, I don’t think he was worthy of a Emmy nod. I hope with having another soap (BTG), next year it will be on Network TV and split it into two nights again. In my opinion, the format last night was awful. Very boring to a long time viewer of the Emmys. Not a lot of Daytime Soap Presenters. Some of the people I had never heard of….I will check on the Secret Life of Animals and Orangutans, as they were BIG winners last night! Will look forward to hearing about other opinions of the night
So happy for Lisa Yamada!
Nancy is yesterday’s mashed potatoes.
Happy for Jane Elliott!
And for Xander on Days so hot!!!
Well, of course Dottie, who is known for constantly attacking Beyond the Gates for obvious reasons, doesn’t like Nancy Lee Grahn. Who’s going to tell Dottie that Jane shares the same political views as Nancy and that they’re close friends?
No one mentioned anyone’s politics or BETG
Harry,
Are you being a fortune teller? The woman is entitled to her opinion even if it doesn’t match with yours.
Michael
Harry rightly alludes to the numerous times that poster has made racial digs at BTG. She doesn’t deserve a free pass.
I don’t read every post on here so I stand corrected. My bad.
A shout out to Lisa Yamada and of course my man Paul Telfer It’s a shame the show wasn’t televised but what network wants to run a GH infomercial! Winning show direction and writing again is undeserved as is the even worse win for ms mills as guest and the poorly written return of Lucky yes let’s win writing and supporting actor as we write a sleep walking return that makes sense
Well deserved wins for Nancy Grahn, Lisa Yamada and Alley Mills. The Y&R shut out represents the state of the show. The Paris storyline was a dud and Cane as the new power player in town is going nowhere. Now, we have the LA story, which I think Griffith is trying to do a version of To Live and Die in LA. Please stop with the gimmicks and give us interesting characters and compelling stories. What is it going to take for CBS to wake up!
Y&R wasn’t shut out. Susan Walters won for supporting actress.
That says it all.
For those who were offended by Nancy Lee Grahn’s acceptance speech, she stood up for democracy and asked the audience (in person and the viewers) to do the same. At this time, there is clearly a need to sound the alarm about the threat the current president poses to democracy as well as to the rule of law, checks and balances in our government, and decency itself. If you don’t see the damage and dictatorial moves this guy is perpetrating, you are not paying attention! I stand with Nancy Lee Grahn. I, too, stand up!
Great post!
Amen!
I’m glad that GH won the most awards, and I’m happy for Drew Barrymore winning Best Talk Show Host.
Lisa’s win is so deserved. I don’t like Luna right now, but Lisa is doing a great job.
Congratulations to Susan and Paul.
I think an actor should only be allowed to be nominated once per character as a guest performer. Alley should submit in Supporting Actress. You aren’t still a guest two years on.
Was very disappointed. Went to the web couldn’t complete.
Looking at webs Jane Elliot deserved her win.
It has been told that her look was in memory of Diane Keaton.
Just saw a Emmy recap on entertainment tonight Disgusting only mentioned gh wins and Kelly and mark ABC sided much they didn’t even mention Nancy Lee gran but mentioned the joke wins of ally mills and Johnathan Jackson and of course there own Emmy win Bad news
Congratulations to Paul Telfer, Susan Walters, Lisa Yamada & DAYS for Casting. Hopefully next year, it won’t be the GH show! BTG will HOPEFULLY shake things up!
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2026 Daytime Emmy Awards: ‘Extra’ Partners with NATAS for Pre-Ceremony Red Carpet Stream; Week of Segments Leading to Ceremony and Post-Coverage

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced on Thursday that the syndicated entertainment news series, Extra will be its partner for exclusive coverage of the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards being held on Friday, October 30 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
The 2026 Daytime Emmys as previously reported can be seen streamed via the The Emmys,YouTube channel, via watch.theemmys.tv, as well as on the official Emmys app, available for phones, tablets, and smart TVs.
Here’s a breakdown of the pre, during and post Daytime Emmys coverage via Extra below!
Beginning Monday, October 26, Extra will feature five nights of dedicated Daytime Emmys segments leading up to the ceremony, giving fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the award show.
In addition, Mona Kosar Abdi, Weekend Host & Senior Correspondent with Extra will host the pre-show red carpet stream on the @TheEmmys Youtube channel.
Extra host and Dancing with the Stars judge, Derek Hough will present during the ceremony, and correspondent Terri Seymour will also host coverage throughout the evening.
Extra’s weekend edition (A WEEK FOLLOWING the ceremony) will features notable red carpet moments, winner reactions, and exclusive footage from the night’s festivities.
The entertainment news program is also nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards going into the ceremony.
So, what do you think of Extra’s scheduled upcoming coverage of the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards starting on Monday? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Presenters Announced

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Thursday, the lineup of presenters for 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards taking place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California.
The ceremony will stream live on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys and watch.TheEmmys.tv.
Scheduled to present from the current soaps are: Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, General Hospital), Delon de Metz (Zende, The Bold and the Beautiful), James Preston (Nick, The Bay), Paul Telfer (Xander, Days of our Lives), Tamara Tunie (Anita, Beyond the Gates) and Susan Walters (Diane, The Young and the Restless).

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In addition soap alums, Crystal Chappell, Lesli Kay, Joe Lando, Eva LaRue, who is also a nominee this year, A Martinez, Juliet Mills, and Alicia Leigh Willis, will also be on hand to present.
The ceremony which celebrates nominated lifestyle programs and dramas will also include presenters: Eva zu Beck (Superskilled with Eva zu Beck), Danielle Chang (Lucky Chow), Sunny Hostin (The View), Derek Hough (Extra), Pati Jinich (Pati’s Mexican Table), Star Jones (Divorce Court), Michael Jr. (Stand Up and Do Something), Judge Greg Mathis (Mathis Court with Judge Mathis), Keke Palmer (Glam Through the Ages), Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight), and Andrew Zimmern (Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen).
The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards will bring together an exciting mix of presenters representing the full spectrum of daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, President & CEO of NATAS. “From familiar faces in daytime drama to the personalities and creative voices behind talk shows and lifestyle programming, this year’s lineup reflects the breadth of talent that makes daytime so special. We look forward to celebrating the people who continue to shape the genre.”
Matthew Hoffman (Love Island USA, Cheap A$$ Beach Houses) will serve as the ceremony’s Voice of God, bringing his signature comedic narration to the evening’s celebrations. As previously announced, Lifetime Achievement honoree Genie Francis (Laura, General Hospital) will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by her husband, Jonathan Frakes.
So, what do you think about the list of presenters for the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards? Let us know who you are looking forward to seeing via the comment section below.
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Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco Welcome Baby Girl, Philomena into the World

Congratulations are in order for three-time Emmy winner, Tom Pelphrey (ex-GL and ATWT) and his fiancée Big Bang Theory star, Kaley Cuoco! The couple welcomed their second baby daughter together on October 12, and revealed they named the little bundle of joy, Philomena Carmine Bobby Pelphrey.
Tom and Kaley shared the news via their Instagram accounts on Wednesday with some adorable baby pics. Cuoco captioned the photo“🎀Philomena Carmine Bobby Pelphrey🎀. 💖10/12/26💖. There are no words to describe this feeling once again. What a blessing.
Cuoco added, “We are so grateful for the crazy wild up and down journey that brought us to our little Philo! Family officially complete 😭Time to bring Matilda’s baby home! 😂💕”

Photo: KCuoco IG
BABY MAKES FOUR
Next, Kaley shared her love for the father of her children, exclaiming, “Tom Pelphrey, life exploded the minute we met, and the gifts keep coming. I love you forever , girl daddy! 💘.”
Philomena now joins big sister, Matilda mwho was born in 2023, as part of the Pelphrey/Cuoco family! Tom and Kaley began dating in 2022 and became engaged in 2024.
Daytime fans first saw the talented actor on Guiding Light as Jonathan Randall, the son of Reva Shayne (Kim Zimmer). Tom won two Daytime Emmys for his memorable performances during his run from 2004-2009.
He later played Mick Dante on As the World Turns from 2009-2010, before heading to work in primetime and motion pictures. Last month, Pelphrey one the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in HBO’s Task.
TOM PELPHREY CELEBRATES EMMY WIN AND NEW DAUGHTER WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER
After winning his Emmy, the expectant dad told E! News, “We’re both so excited. Our daughter’s excited. We’ll see how it goes when it actually gets there.” Tom added, “The things that are new and the things that feel like not a big deal this time. But mom and baby are healthy, so God willing, that keeps up, and we’re thrilled,” added the actor.
Pelphrey took to his own Instagram and said on the birth of his second daughter, “Philomena Carmine Bobby Pelphrey. Another miracle. Welcome to our family youngest queen! Kaley you showed up in every way as a partner and a mom even when you weren’t feeling your best- you’re a CHAMPION. The girls and I would be lost without you. Thank God for the gift of this family and these girls.”
Jumping in to the comment thread to congratulate Tom and Kaley were Beyond the Gates star Ashley Jones (Heather), Dave Annabelle, Martha Plimpton, Alyssa Milano and many more.
Share your congrats and well-wishes to Tom, Kaley, Matilda and their new addition to the family, little Philomena via the comment section below.
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