Days Of Our Lives
(VOTE) Who Should Win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series at the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards?
The 51st annual Daytime Emmys are upon us and to get you ready for daytime’s biggest night of the year, throughout the week, Michael Fairman TV will be asking you our readers, soap opera fans, and viewers who you think should take home the gold this Friday night in our Emmy polls.
One of the hotly contested categories is the Outstanding Lead Actress category which features several previous Daytime Emmy winners, and a few that have never won the prize.
Nominated are: two-time Daytime Emmy winner, Tamara Braun (Ava, Days of our Lives), Daytime Emmy winner, Finola Hughes (Anna, General Hospital), first-time Lead Actress nominee, Annika Noelle (Hope, The Bold and the Beautiful), Daytime Emmy winner, Cynthia Watros (Nina, General Hospital), making this her third-time as a Lead Actress nominee, Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, The Bold and the Beautiful) and two-time Daytime Emmy winner, Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, The Young and the Restless).
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The powerful women nominated in this category each delivered outstanding reels as deemed by their peers. Now, its time to find out who actually gets to become a 2024 Emmy winner, when the envelopes are ripped open live during the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday night, June 7th on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ beginning at 8 pm ET/delayed on the West Coast and also airing at 8 pm PT).
Cast your vote below in our Lead Actress poll, and then let us know in the comment section who you think deserves to win the coveted Lead Actress Emmy.
And in case you missed it, several of the nominated stars chatted with the Michael Fairman Channel about their reels and their reaction to their nominations, and you can find that below the poll as well.
Watros if I could vote Been watching her since GL days
Annika Nichol Smith as Hope on B& B
I agree!
It’s Annika Noelle..No Smith. Maybe you were thinking of Anna Nicole Smith, who has been dead many years.
LMAO
Wasn’t she great as Annie and she got so hilarious right before she left the show I was so disappointed when she left!
Agreed! Cynthia made me HATE Nina, so she must be doing something right!! I have to admit, I’m a lot more fond of the character now that she’s not Mrs Corinthos.
I agree now shes not with Sonny, I can stand her, and dislike Ava. Lol And, she is fun to watch. You never know what she’s gonna do next. Carly had to gulp yesterday when Drew told her he tagged along with Nina to meet the Congressman. Lol
I think a lot of fans felt like she was taking Sonny away from Carly.
Weird. Cynthia made me love Nina because she can play shades of nuances while Stafford just mugged it up like she always does. Sonny came alive with Nina, and finally was at peace and happy.
The resentment from Carly fans would always cause them to hate “Nina.”
And then the more vicious viewers decided that Stafford was more attractive than Watros (not in my opinion), so they threw that into the mix to attack “Nina.”
I agree; Sonny did seem happier, more relaxed with Nina. Unless Stafford had learned to tame down her performances I can’t see how that would’ve worked with Sonny; she was way too manic. Watros doesn’t play her that way. As for the couple, I loved how loyal Sonny was to Nina, until he decided to go to Michael and Willow’s wedding without her. That to me was the ultimate betrayal; I think she should’ve dumped him instead of once again having to hide her tears and put on a happy face for him.
I agree, Watros, hands down
1 Stafford
2 Watros
3 Braun
4 Noelle
5 Lang Lol
6 Hughes
Noelle or Watros. I enjoy all these actresses work, but since these are the choices Noelles really went through alot this past year, & Watros was really great also.
I would be happy to see Finola or Cynthia win from GH, but I’m rooting for Finola. Her one and only previous win was in 1991, so she’s long overdue after 33 years. And she was brilliant in the storyline where Anna shot Charlotte, which are the scenes I would assume she submitted. Particularly the scene where Anna tore Valentin a new one in the stairwell at the hospital.
Once again, I miss the days when NATAS would release the Emmy reels on YouTube, or at the very least a written synopsis of the scenes that each nominee submitted, so we the fans can judge for ourselves. That’s especially beneficial for people like myself that only watch one soap (GH), and therefore not familiar with the work of the other nominees. I’m not sure why they stopped doing that.
The anacronym is creepy – NATAS??? Yikes!
What’s creepy about that?
Why is that creepy?
I suspect Tank thinks it looks like my most unholy name spelled backwards. You know…. just like all those rumors about backwards messages on rock albums in the 70s & 80s, and how I made Led Zeppelin suffer in a little tool shed and all that.
Of course I have no connection to NATAS. If I did, there wouldn’t be any CBS soaps up for nomination, because they don’t air down here in Hell.
It’s a lot easier than having to type out National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, lol.
How dumb worry about something else please
Finola
Finola or Cynthia. They deserve it!
Cynthia Watros! This was her year to finally win.
Though, I have a feeling that underdog Tamara Braun May very well win!!!!
Wish Ari Zucker was submitted, perhaps next year.
They did that woman WRONG!!!
Congrats to her and Christian on the upcoming nuptials!
KKL could get it as a consolation prize for hanging in there all these years but really she sounds like an imbecile sometimes!
Well, Ridge is giving her, her old job back, so she won’t be hanging around like the Queen Bee or minding everyone’s business.
All of these fine actresses are deserving except KKL.
Or Stafford. She had a terrible year.
Stafford has been awful since she returned to the role of Phyllis. I soooo miss Gina’s version of the character. Gina brought depth and nuance and maturity. Stafford is a spoiled brat, as is her daughter (though I do prefer Alison’s portrayal above Hunter King). These storylines are exhausting to watch and thus I fast forward through any of their whiny dialogue.
Tamara Brawn
Anna on GH should win.outstanding actress
Anna is good but I sure dont like her recent story lines, turning on Sonny, being one of them.
On the other horn, now that she knows Val the Bastard has been running Pikeman and was behind the recent attempt to kill Jason and frame Sonny for it she might be about to deliver some material worthy of next year”s Emmy reel. And she doesn’t even know he messed with Sonny’s meds yet.
Noelle absolutely!!
I agree. I love what Noelle is bringing to the character of Hope. She is no longer the shy quiet little mouse she use to be. She is giving just as good as she gets as far as Steffie is concerned. There have been some good scenes between Steffie and Hope. I hope it continues.
I agree. She has had some really good story lines and I thought, she was superb.
Waltros
Hughes or Noelle
finola hughes all the way !
Ariana zucker
I think Annika Noelle, aka Hope Logan. I think Annika Noelle has been terrific & is overwhelmingly my favorite. She’s the reason why I watch the B&B. She makes me cry & laugh. Which is two of the most important attributes for a Actress. I truly hope she wins this year.
WTH! Michelle Stafford won Lead Actress … ??? Unbelievable! I was positive that this was Cynthia or Fiona’s year. Tamara Braun for me was the underdog, I would have been happier for her than Michelle winning. A lot of the lead and supporting categories were mixed bags, in my opinion.
Wish Maura West was submitted for Supporting Actress.
West has always submitted in lead. Ava, however, in recent years might be considered a strong supporting character (but usually the storylines revolve around her – making her lead).
Nancy & Genie’s wins have all come in supporting (while losing when they submit as lead). Maura’s won 3 times as lead, so submitting as supporting might feel off at this point.
More casting news from Days of Our Lives, and for now, the soap opera seems to be breaking their new additions to Salem via their Instagram account. Now comes word and picture on August 24, that General Hospital and The Young and the Restless alum Brytni Sarpy has joined DAYS!
The Peacock soap opera’s Instagram account, showed a photo of Sarpy standing in front of her dressing room in the hallways of Days of Our Lives’ studios. The caption read, “Someone new is checking into Salem… Welcome Brytni Sarpy to the Days of our Lives family! Stay tuned.”
The casting of Sarpy comes on the heels of the announcement of Sydney Malakeh coming to the show in September, and earlier this year General Hospital favorite, Sofia Mattsson (ex-Sasha Gilmore, GH) joining the show in a mystery role when she began taping back around the end of March of this year. Now Sarpy is the “mystery role” category too!
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SOAP HOPPING
Soap fans first met Sarpy when she played Valerie Spencer, the niece of Luke (Anthony Geary) and Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) on General Hospital back in 2015. She made her final appearance on the series back in 2019 to join the cast of The Young and the Restless in the role of Elena Dawson.
Elena was introduced as a love interest for Devon Winters (Bryton James). She later cheated on him with his cousin Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic). Elena began to be back-burned by 2023 with Sarpy’s last on-screen appearance in Genoa City in November of 2024.
Due to Days of Our Lives nearly year in advance tape schedule, viewers will have to wait till sometime in the early summer of 2027 to see Brytni’s arrival in Salem.
So, happy to see Brytni Sarpy has landed another soap role? Now that she is at DAYS, who you think she might be playing and paired with? Put on your casting director hats and let us know via the comment section.
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Sydney Malakeh Joins the Cast of ‘Days of Our Lives’ in Mystery Role: Who Do You Think She’s Playing?
There’s a new gal coming to Salem, or is she new and a recast? That’s what inquiring minds from Days of Our Lives fans have been trying to figure out since the Peacock soap opera dropped an Instagram video heralding actress‘ Sydney Malakeh‘s arrival in Salem.
The soap did confirm that viewers will first see Malakeh on the September 9 episode. In the video, Malakeh is seen going set to set from her dressing room and in to the halls of Days of Our Lives studios.
What we do know id that Sydney has been acting professionally for 6 years and had appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, Apple TV’s Shrinking and the HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls.
Plenty of Malakeh’s DAYS castmates jumped into the comment thread with positive emojis symbols or written excitement including: Paul Telfer (Xander), Linsey Godfrey (Sarah), Sal Stowers (Lani), Conner Floyd (Chad), Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Christie Clark (Carrie) and more now that fans will finally see her on-air. Since Days of Our Lives tapes 10-11 months in advance, Sydney would have started taping the show sometime back in 2025.
DAYS fans think perhaps because the actress’ name is Sydney that she might be playing the grown-up daughter of Sami and EJ. That character hasn’t bee on the canvas since 2021.
So, who do you think Sydney Malakeh might be playing on Days of Our Lives? Drop your casting director thoughts via the comment section below.
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Peacock Hikes Subscription Rates for Fourth Time in Four Years; ‘Days of Our Lives’ Fans Sound Off
While recently the streaming service Peacock reported turning a profit for its first time since its infancy, now comes word that the company is raising their prices for all customers, and in some cases it stared today on August 18.
The news of the subscription rate increases marks the fourth time the NBCUniversal streaming platform has done so in four years. So, on August 18, Peacock is increasing the prices for new or returning subscribers and customers, while current subscribers will see the rate increase on or after September 17 depending on their billing cycle when they initially signed up.
Here is the new pricing to follow along: Peacock Premium (which includes ads) will be $12.99/month, up two dollars from $10.99; Peacock Premium Plus will be $19.99/month, up three dollars increase from $16.99; and the Peacock Select tier (which includes current and past seasons of NBC and Bravo shows but excludes movies, live sports and Peacock originals) will increase a dollar from $7.99 to $8.99/month.
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SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO PAY MORE ACROSS THE STREAMER LANDSCAPE
It was back in June that the streamer reported that aid subscribers were up to 48 million adding a 2 million net gain during Q2 in of 2026. The subscription price hikes are rampant now in the entertainment streaming industry where over the last two years for example, Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV, Paramount+ have all raised their fees to consumers.
Peacock’s tier-levels feature not only Days of Our Lives, but reality hits such as The Traitors and Love Island USA, Bravo series, and a vault of Saturday Night Live, Law & Order, The Real Housewives franchise, and Below Deck episodes as well. Pecock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers have access to sports and live events, as well.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES SUBSCRIBERS HAD A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR PEACOCK
As Days of Our Lives fans know, the soap opera moved from NBC to the streamer back in September of 2022 after 57 years on broadcast television. When the news hit X on the price increase, DAYS fans had a lot to say about it. Here are just a few of the comments below:
“I can’t believe Peacock and can’t come to a deal with Cordya to air old episodes of #Days. That alone would bring a ton of subscribers,” to If Peacock actually cared about #Days of Our Lives, gave the show the budget it needs for better sets, cameras, background actors and enough time to tell proper stories, I wouldn’t mind paying more. If the money actually showed on screen, the higher price would be worth it,” to “I will continue to pay for a Peacock subscription as long as #Days is on it, but did we know there was another price increase coming?” and more.
So, what do you think of the new price hike increase to watch Days of Our Lives and your other favorite shows and events on Peacock? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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