Days Of Our Lives
DAYS Bryan Dattilo talks about his return and reveals Lucas to bed Sami!
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Bryan Dattilo is on his way back to the airwaves as Lucas Horton next week on Days of our Lives! Circle February 29th to be exact. The timing couldn’t be more perfect as both Will’s and Sami’s life are shattered with the EJ-Sami grief-sex encounter now exposed to her hubby, Rafe and Will kissing a guy for the first time in a drunken stupor!
So as his family implodes, enter Lucas who tries to deal with the fallout! And as he tells TV Guide in a brand new interview out today, look for LUMI to hit the sheets … again!
Bryan on Lucas and Sami’s tortured relationship: “Lucas always seems to show up when Sami is at her most vulnerable. It doesn’t take long for her to start admitting her mistakes. Like, within the first five minutes she says, ‘I slept with EJ again! I had a moment of weakness!’ That annoys the hell out of Lucas. He’d be fine with anybody but EJ. But he and Sami discover they still have feelings for each other. [Laughs] Oh, who am I kidding? It’s all sexual tension with them. It doesn’t take long before they’re jumping into bed!”
So soapers, would you be up for another round of LUMI? Let us know!
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!
Photo: JPI
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.
Photo: NATAS
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.
Photo: ABC
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.
It’s Daytime Emmy nomination week, and as previously reported things kick-off on Monday, July 13 when Entertainment Tonight (7pm ET) will announce the nominees for Lead Actress category and Daytime Talk Series for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards. In addition on Monday, Extra (7pm ET) will reveal the nominees for Lead Actor and Daytime Talk Host.
On Tuesday, The View (11am ET) starts things off with their announcement of Daytime Drama, Entertainment News program and Outstanding Daytime Personality-Daily. That is followed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) full reveal of all the categories beginning at 12noon ET/9am PT on their website and their official social handles on X and Instagram.
Then, Tuesday night at 8pm ET/5pm PT join Michael Fairman as he hosts his 12th annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Special 2026 live on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel where he will chat with some of the just announced nominees as we celebrate the hard work of the men and women in front of the camera who will be going for gold.
WHEN ARE THE DAYTIME EMMYS?
This year, the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out on October 30 in ceremonies in Hollywood, California (Venue yet to be revealed). At that time, as like last year, both the major categories and creative arts will be presented. There is no word yet on a broadcast partner for the annual celebration of daytime programming, or if it will soley be streamed on NATAS’ watch.theemmys.tv and various apps and platforms.
WHO WILL BE APPEARING ON THE DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATIONS SPECIAL 2026?
Throughout Tuesday, keep an eye on Michael Fairman TV’s social media handles on X, Facebook and Instagram, for updates of who will be expected to appear on our live show.
If you have a question or comment for one of the nominees, or on the nominations, we can encourage you to join us in the live chat on Tuesday night.
So, who are you hoping lands a nomination from Beyond the Gates, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Bay, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless? Let us know via the comment section. More Tuesday!
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Not really. She needs to come clean about her feelings with EJ and THEN go from there. This denial she has over EJ is really old and boring.
I wasn’t up for them the first time. Too much brother sister vibe to me – never saw any sexual attraction at all.
Me Too!
Please NO LUMI! They’ve had their chance and fizzled. It’s time for EJAMI to reunite! EJ and Sami have the best chemistry and belong together forever!
For the love of God NO!!!!! I’ve been waiting for almost 6 years to get proper writing for EJami. Besides, EJ busted up Lumi all those years ago for a reason and Lucas should know better than to take back Sami AGAIN. It’s EJami or bust for me.
Sami regrets her encounter with EJ and she compounds that with sleeping with Lucas after telling Rafe she wanted to save their marriage? I just started watching this soap, but Sami’s relationships with everyone–including her mother and son–seem pretty screwed up. What do people like about the character of Sami? Does she have a good side too? Or is she one of those characters people like to dislike?
like you ,Im new to this and sami seems to be a troubled soul that thinks only about herself,she should start being there for will,even though he is better off talking to marlana,I hope that rafe leaves her.I f I was him I couldnt forgive and forget,it would always be on my mind what she did.if she does have a good side I have not seen it yet,started watching when all my children ended,and everything I have seen so far,she shouldnt be a mother ,will has been trying to talk to her and its like she cant see her own son crying on the inside.
Barbara, what are you doing over here commenting about this program? Second, since the lost of AMC and OLTL, I refuse to get stuck on another soap opera. I started to try, BUT I thought, I could be using my time more effectively now that it’s free’d up. I was so happy when the soaps could be viewed on abc.com, because I had long stopped tapping them when I missed them. But, trying to watch 3 shows that have missed during a work week, (3, 4 days of shows) had become all to consumming. Now that they are over, I refuse to commit to another soap, freeing up my time., and not having that burden to watch late night or on the weekends before the work week begins AND a new week of soaps starts.
This is so not necessary! Lucius must be a gluten for punishment!
I take it you mean him going to sami?Im new to dool,and I think that sami should forget about sex and pay attention to her kids ,mostly will,that poor kid has problems and all she wants to to is think about how she is hurting.does sami have any good in her ?started watching dool when I lost all my children and since then I have seen anything about her that I like and she acts like she hates everyone ,except herself .
LUMI fans have waited sence 1993 for Lucas and Saim, and his kids need him,not some other man being a part time step dad. Lucas has always loved his kids and Johhy and Sydeny too.
EJ and Nicole love each other,and they work great together,and now Nicole is going to have a baby with EJ, good for them,keep them together.
and keep LUMILY together. :))
agree. I used to love Safe and EJami, but both couplings bot boring fast, and Carrie and Rafe have sizzling chemistry. Go EJole and Go Lumi!
Add my voice to those who say it is time for EJami to get their long awaited chance. I want to see Sami own her feelings for EJ and do a lot of self reflection on what her denial has done to her, to EJ and to their children. EJ & Sami are a complex and compelling pair & the actors off the charts chemistry & connection set them so far above the rest. This is the story I am interested in seeing, it is the one that has yet to be told. Lumi had their time, they’vr moved on to be friends which is how I think they work best.
OH GOD NO Lumi! Hate it !
We are so far behind in Australia at the moment but i personally LOVED Lucas and found him and Sami together really worked well. Gosh she gets around though doesnt she LOL. Cant wait to see this character return!
your in australia?thats neat,you get days of our lives there?to bad abc/disney didnt put all my children and one life to live on like that .the abc soaps only go to canada ,interesting.well, I learned something new today.sami has been bad ,and she really should start paying attention to her kids .and forget about her love life ,at least for right now.and yes,she does get around.
Barbara, where are you at? LOL
Hi Barbara, yes I’m in Melbourne Australia. I have watched Days since I was a little kid. My mum and grandmother use to have it on when I would come home from school for lunch. I have lloved it for over 40 yrs. 🙂 At the moment I think we are about 18 myths behind you. Every year in our summer time Days gets taken off for several days through the week because of cricket! Needless to say I hate that sport lol We are currently up to victor finding Maggie in the coffin and hope in jail and sammi marrying rad with the threat of Ej taking her kids cos of her shooting him.
I f you are behind alot has happened ,and sami has messed her life up for now,I just started watching days of our lives again ,I stop watching it decades ago because the soap I liked more had been moved to another time so I gave it up ,Im back because Im sure you know our soaps have been canceled,so i cant help you because all the stories you are saying ,I never saw.,I just started in september,wow you are behind there ,can I say down under,thats neat.
seriously ,am I the only one who thinks that sami should pay more attention to her kids and forget her love life for right now,will needs help.or is she to stupid to see that.hello,your kids come first ,she had rafe and she blew it.she should go home and hug her kids .grief sex ,thats stupid.I couldnt think about that when my kid is missing.Id be out searching for my kid ,or in the emergency room because my heart would stop beating .
Please excuse spelling silly auto correct put Raf as rad doh!
I’m so over any interest I might have once had for Lumi. Been there; done that – one too many times for anything new and interesting to come out of it. I’d love to see EJ and Sami finally get together, this time for good. As far as I’m concerned, the show is wasting the best potential pairing they have. What for??? I’m losing interest fast in the show.
Nooo!!!!! Can’t stand LUMI!!!!! Worst pairing ever!!!!!
I used to be and EJami fan before the shooting-Sydnapping incident, then switched over to a fan of EJole and Safe, due to their chemistries. But now, even though I still love EJole, Safe is boring the hell outta me. I think that Lumi would be pretty nice, especially because Sami messed up Safe by having sex with EJ, and Rafe messed up by kissing Carrie. Their relationship is over, and now Carrie and Rafe have found each other. I liked Caustin before, but, like Safe, they got boring. Carrie and Rafe, or Cafe, seems like an endgame pairing, so does EJole, and so does Lumi. So I am definately TEAM LUMI!!!
K sami and ej suck together he dont understand her like LUCAS does LUMI ARE SOULMATES IVE SEEN PASSION BETWEEN LUMI THEY WILL ALWAYS BE INLOVE WITH EACH OTHER IVE BEEN WANTING THEM TOGETHER SINCE 2003 THEY HAVE MAJOR HISTORY.. ENOUGH OF EJ HE SUCKS