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The nominees for the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) on July 10, 2025. The official list spans daytime dramas, talk shows, entertainment news, culinary and lifestyle programs, documentaries, science and nature programming, regional television, and craft categories.
This is the nominee list, not the winners list. The ceremony was scheduled for Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The complete category-by-category lineup appears below, based on NATAS’s official nominee release.
2025 Daytime Emmy nomination highlights
The Young and the Restless led all programs with 19 nominations, followed by General Hospital with 16 and Days of our Lives with 13, according to contemporaneous trade coverage from TVLine. The official release also identified several new or newly introduced categories for 2025, including Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series, Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series, and Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre.
The platform or network shown after each nominee follows the official release. A listing such as Peacock, Netflix, PBS, or Roku identifies the outlet credited for the nominated program; it is not a guarantee that every episode remains available there in every country.
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Complete list of 2025 Daytime Emmy nominees
Program and series categories
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
- Days of our Lives — Peacock
- General Hospital — ABC
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Warner Bros. Television Distribution
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- Live with Kelly and Mark — Disney Entertainment Distribution
- The View — ABC
Outstanding Entertainment News Series
- Access Hollywood — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- E! News — E! Entertainment
- Entertainment Tonight — CBS Media Ventures
- Extra — Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten — Food Network
- Delicious Miss Brown — Food Network
- Emeril Cooks — Roku
- Lidia’s Kitchen — PBS
- Selena + Restaurant — Food Network
Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series
- BBQ High — Magnolia Network
- Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall — HBO/Max
- Ingrediente: Mexico — Amazon Prime Video
- TrueSouth — ESPN/ABC/SEC Network
Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program
- America’s Court with Judge Kevin Ross — Entertainment Studios
- Divorce Court — FOX
- Hot Bench — CBS Media Ventures
- Judy Justice — Amazon Prime Video
- Justice for the People with Judge Milian — Entertainment Studios
- We the People with Judge Lauren Lake — Entertainment Studios
Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program
- Expedition Unknown — Discovery Channel
- Field Trip with Curtis Stone: Hong Kong — PBS
- The Good Road — PBS
- How I Got Here — BYUtv
- Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out — PBS
- Mexico Made with Love — PBS
Outstanding Science and Nature Program
- Living with Leopards — Netflix
- National Parks: USA — National Geographic
- The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
- Secrets of the Neanderthals — Netflix
Outstanding Instructional/How-To Program
- Dime Como Hacerlo — Roku
- The Fixers — BYUtv
- Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse — Magnolia Network
- Going Home with Tyler Cameron — Amazon Prime Video
- Married to Real Estate — HGTV
- Martha Gardens — Roku
Outstanding Lifestyle Program
- George to the Rescue — NBC
- Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut — Netflix
- Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward — NBC
- Homegrown — Magnolia Network
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment — Netflix
Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
- Black Barbie — Netflix
- Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame — PBS
- Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter — IFC
- The Swift Effect — Peacock
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — PBS
Outstanding Daytime Special
- Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter: An Entertainment Tonight Special — CBS
- Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés — Amazon Prime Video
- Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — ABC
- 98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — NBC
- Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers — PBS
Outstanding Short Form Program
- Ballin’ Out — Outsports
- Billboard Presents — Billboard.com
- Catalyst — LinkedIn News
- Eat This With Yara: The Chef Preserving Gaza’s Cuisine Amid a Genocide — AJ+
- Live Like A Champion — Healthline
Performance and personality categories
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
- Sharon Case as Sharon Newman — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis — General Hospital, ABC
- Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Laura Wright as Carly Spencer — General Hospital, ABC
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
- Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Eric Martsolf as Brady Black — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri — General Hospital, ABC
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
- Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Kate Mansi as Kristina Corinthos Davis — General Hospital, ABC
- Emily O’Brien as Theresa Donovan — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins Abbott — The Young and the Restless, CBS
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
- Tajh Bellow as TJ Ashford — General Hospital, ABC
- Blake Berris as Everett Lynch — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Gregory Harrison as Gregory Chase — General Hospital, ABC
- Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer — General Hospital, ABC
Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series
- Olivia d’Abo as Fifi Garrett — The Bay, Popstar! TV
- AnnaLynne McCord as Cat Greene — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Ashley Puzemis as Holly Jonas — Days of our Lives, Peacock
- Christian Weissmann as Remy Pryce — The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
- Lisa Yamada as Luna Nozawa — The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series
- Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Clint Howard as Tom Starr — The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
- Jacqueline Lopez as Blaze — General Hospital, ABC
- Alley Mills as Heather Webber — General Hospital, ABC
- Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis — The Young and the Restless, CBS
- Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince — General Hospital, ABC
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
- Drew Barrymore — The Drew Barrymore Show
- Jenna Bush Hager and Hoda Kotb — TODAY with Hoda and Jenna
- Kelly Clarkson — The Kelly Clarkson Show
- Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa — Live with Kelly and Mark
- Jennifer Hudson — The Jennifer Hudson Show
Outstanding Culinary Host
- Kardea Brown — Delicious Miss Brown
- Joanna Gaines — Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines
- Ina Garten — Be My Guest with Ina Garten
- Emeril Lagasse — Emeril Cooks
- Michael Symon — Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out
Outstanding Daytime Personality — Daily
- Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith and Nischelle Turner — Entertainment Tonight
- Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover and Mario Lopez — Access Hollywood
- Star Jones and Corey Jovan — Divorce Court
- Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose and Judge Judy Sheindlin — Judy Justice
Outstanding Daytime Personality — Non-Daily
- Sir David Attenborough — Secret Lives of Orangutans
- Brad Bestelink — Living with Leopards
- Andi Sweeney Blanco, Courtney Dober, Rob North and Kirin Stone — The Fixers
- Anthony Mackie — Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast
- Martha Stewart — Martha Gardens
Writing, directing, and craft categories
Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
- Days of our Lives — Peacock
- General Hospital — ABC
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Black Barbie — Netflix
- Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini — PBS
- National Parks: USA — National Geographic
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
- Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers — PBS
Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
- Days of our Lives — Peacock
- General Hospital — ABC
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Directing Team for a Single Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Living with Leopards — Netflix
- Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild — NBC
- The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
- Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast — National Geographic
Outstanding Directing Team for a Multiple Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program
- Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — ABC
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- The Good Road — PBS
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- The Wizard of Paws — BYUtv
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition
- Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors — Netflix
- National Parks: USA — National Geographic
- The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
- Secrets of the Neanderthals — Netflix
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video
- Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — ABC
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- Neighbours — Amazon Prime Video
- The View — ABC
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Cinematography
- Living with Leopards — Netflix
- Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors — Netflix
- National Parks: USA — National Geographic
- The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
Outstanding Single Camera Editing
- Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut — Netflix
- Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors — Netflix
- The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
- Secrets of the Neanderthals — Netflix
Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
- Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade — ABC
- The Fixers — BYUtv
- How I Got Here — BYUtv
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- Resurrected Rides — Netflix
Outstanding Live Sound Mixing and Sound Editing
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- The Talk — CBS
- The View — ABC
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing
- Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut — Netflix
- Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out — PBS
- Living with Leopards — Netflix
- National Parks: USA — National Geographic
- The Secret Lives of Animals — Apple TV+
- Secret Lives of Orangutans — Netflix
- Secrets of the Neanderthals — Netflix
Outstanding Lighting Direction
- Days of our Lives — Peacock
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- The View — ABC
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design
- Car Masters: Rust to Riches — Netflix
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut — Netflix
- Reconnecting Roots — PBS
- Tex Mex Motors — Netflix
Outstanding Casting
- Days of our Lives — Peacock
- General Hospital — ABC
- Making Good — BYUtv
- Start Up — PBS
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- Live with Kelly and Mark — Disney Entertainment Distribution
- Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors — Netflix
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Costume Design/Styling
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- General Hospital — ABC
- Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors — Netflix
- Sherri — Debmar-Mercury
- The Young and the Restless — CBS
Outstanding Hairstyling and Makeup
- The Bold and the Beautiful — CBS
- The Drew Barrymore Show — CBS Media Ventures
- General Hospital — ABC
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Warner Bros. Television Distribution
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
- Secrets of the Neanderthals — Netflix
- Sherri — Debmar-Mercury
Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre
- Chicagoland’s Best Bites — WMAQ-TV, Chicago/Midwest Chapter
- createid | SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols — Idaho Public Television, Northwest Chapter
- Danzando para Sanar — WWDT-TV, Suncoast Chapter
- Hidden Homicide — WGN-TV, Chicago/Midwest Chapter
- Relish — Twin Cities PBS, Upper Midwest Chapter
What the 2025 list says about daytime television
The 2025 nominees extend well beyond traditional broadcast soap operas and syndicated talk shows. The lineup includes streaming documentaries, food and travel series, courtroom programs, digital short-form work, and regional productions alongside the established drama categories.
Documentary and nonfiction viewers will find several notable concentrations. Netflix appears repeatedly in science, nature, lifestyle, arts, editing, cinematography, sound, title design, and writing categories. Secret Lives of Orangutans, Living with Leopards, and Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors are especially visible across technical and nonfiction fields. PBS and National Geographic also feature prominently in documentary, travel, nature, and craft categories.
The inclusion of Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series and Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre also broadens the awards’ definition of daytime programming. The categories recognize not only studio-based entertainment but also food traditions, local reporting, cultural storytelling, and factual programming made for different platforms and audiences.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Nominees versus winners
A nomination does not mean that a program or performer won. This page preserves the July 10 announcement and should be read as a record of the 2025 nominees. NATAS issued a separate official winners release; consult that document for the results rather than inferring them from this list.
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1Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute2Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problems3Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesFor the announcement itself, the most authoritative source is the 42-page NATAS nominee release dated July 10, 2025. NATAS’s regional Suncoast chapter also reproduced the announcement and its ceremony and category information in a supporting press-release PDF.
Frequently Asked Questions
When were the 2025 Daytime Emmy nominees announced?
NATAS announced the nominees for the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on July 10, 2025.
When and where was the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy ceremony scheduled?
The ceremony was scheduled for Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
Does this list include the 2025 Daytime Emmy winners?
No. It is the nominee list announced in July. NATAS published a separate winners release for the award results.
Which programs received the most 2025 Daytime Emmy nominations?
The Young and the Restless led with 19 nominations, followed by General Hospital with 16 and Days of our Lives with 13, according to contemporaneous trade coverage.
The Bottom Line
The 2025 Daytime Emmy nominees reflect a wide definition of daytime television: three major soap operas sit alongside talk, news, food, travel, nature, documentary, digital, regional, and behind-the-scenes craft contenders. Use the official NATAS nominee release for the definitive category list, and the separate winners release for results.
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