The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations have been revealed.
The young and the restless He leads this year’s nominees with 18 nominations, including Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, followed by Daytime Drama Series nominees Beyond the gates With 16 gestures and General Hospital With 13 gestures. The finalist for daytime drama series is Days of our liveswhich has a total of eight nominations this year.
“We are proud to honor the exceptional talent and creative teams whose work continues to define and elevate daytime television,” said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which presents the Daytime Emmys. “As the daytime landscape evolves and new forms of storytelling emerge, we remain committed to recognizing the innovation happening across the industry.”
Rachel Schwartz, President of the Daytime Emmy Awards, added, “Every year, the Daytime Emmy Awards celebrate the creativity, passion and dedication that drives this vibrant community of storytellers. Congratulations to this year’s nominees, whose work continues to entertain, inspire and connect with audiences every day. We look forward to celebrating their incredible achievements in Hollywood this October.”
In addition, Hollywood Reporter It is among this year’s Daytime Emmy nominees, taking home the award for Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program THR is off script The roundtable series is the third consecutive nomination for the awards season show, which has received a total of six Daytime Emmy Awards nominations since 2017.
The 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards are scheduled to take place on Friday, October 30, at the Hollywood Palladium.
Below is a complete list of 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations.
Outstanding daytime drama series
Beyond the gates
CBS
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
General Hospital
ABC
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Distinguished Daytime Conversation Series
Three o’clock today
nbc
The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Projects
The Kelly Clarkson Show
NBCUniversal Studios
Live with Kelly and Mark
Disney Entertainment Distribution
Today with Jenna and friends
nbc
The view
ABC
A distinguished entertainment news series
Access Hollywood
NBCUniversal Studios
Entertainment tonight
CBS Media Projects
additional
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
An outstanding cooking educational series
Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Gym Kitchen
External channel [Intuitive Content]
Be my guest with Ina Garten
Food Network [Pacific Productions]
Delicious Miss Brown
Food Network [FRANK.]
Magnolia Table: On the Farm
Magnolia Network [Blind Nil]
Mexican Patty Table
TV show [Mexican Table LLC | Early Light Media]
A distinguished culinary cultural series
Abundant America
TV show [Credo Nonfiction]
Best food show ever
Best food review show ever on YouTube
Fork and hammer
American public television [Susie Films]
Lucky Chow
TV show [Lucky Rice]
Taste the city
One TV [Powerhouse Productions]
Outstanding legal/courtroom series
Caught in Providence
Debmar Mercury
Divorce court
fox
Justice for the People with Judge Milian
Entertainment studios
Mathis Court with Judge Mathis
Entertainment studios
An outstanding travel and adventure programme
Expedition unknown
Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]
Long way home
apple [Long Way Productions]
Beautiful lemurs in Madagascar
Pets.TV [Allen Media Group]
Traveling Solo with Tracee Ellis Ross
Rocco [Joy Mill Entertainment | Story Syndicate | Artists First]
Super skills with Eva Zoo Peak
National Geographic
An outstanding educational/guidance programme
Ask this old house
bbs | Rocco [This Old House Productions]
Fixer upper: Colorado Mountain House
Magnolia Network [Blind Nil]
Capture the main city
HGTV [RTR Media Inc.]
Wright’s Last: Building the Definitive Design for the Home of America’s Greatest Architect
Magnolia Network [One Traveler | All 3 Media | A | Miziker Entertainment]
This old house
bbs | Rocco [This Old House Productions]
Outstanding lifestyle program
Different breed
Inkplot Novels [Purina Films]
George to the rescue
nbc
With love, Megan
Netflix [Sony Pictures Television | Archewell Productions]
Motherhood
Hallmark Channel | Hallmark + [Scout Productions | Deep Blue Productions]
Wizard of paws
BYUtv [Nomadica Films | The Dodo | Vox Media Studios]
Distinguished Arts and Popular Culture Program
Beyond the Gates: Welcome to the Neighborhood
Entertainment tonight special
CBS Media Projects
Off script with The Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter [IFC]
Variety and CNN cast on cast
CNN Digital | diverse
Variety Studio: Actors upon Actors
TV show
Work in theatre
AmericanTheatreWing.org
Special offer during the day
Critics’ Choice: The 2nd Annual LBGTQ+ Celebration of Film & Television
Here is the TV
Magical Christmas Parade at Disney Parks
ABC [Disney Yellow Shoes Studios | Film 45 | EverWonder Studio]
Living proof
Holo [The DIVA Foundation | Shivelight LLC | Zables & Associates]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nbc | peacock [Done & Dusted]
Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children with Autism
Holo [NY27 Productions | Shivelight LLC | Zables & Associates]
Outstanding daytime short form program
Catalyst
LinkedIn News
Glam through the ages
KTV Network
Most requested
eater
The Road with Ryan Roslansky
LinkedIn News
Stand up and do something with Michael Jr.
BYUtv [Monument Pictures]
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Stacy Haiduk as Kristen DiMera
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
Carla Moseley as Danny Dupree
Beyond the gates
CBS
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Heather Tom as Katie Logan
The bold and the beautiful
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Tamara Toney as Anita Williams Dupree
Beyond the gates
CBS
Best Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Eric Braeden as Victor Newman
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Steve Burton as Jason Morgan
General Hospital
ABC
Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer
The bold and the beautiful
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester
The bold and the beautiful
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Christian Jules LeBlanc as Michael Baldwin
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
Camryn Grimes as Maria Copeland
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Beth Maitland as Tracy Abbott
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Trisha Mann-Grant as Leslie Thomas
Beyond the gates
CBS
Amanda Seaton as Brooke Lynn Quartermaine
General Hospital
ABC
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Sean Dominic as Nate Hastings
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Timon Kyle Durrett as Bill Hamilton
Beyond the gates
CBS
Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Roger Howarth as Matt Clarke
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Mike Manning as Bradley “Smitty” Smith
Beyond the gates
CBS
Lawrence St. Victor as Carter Walton
The bold and the beautiful
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Outstanding emerging talent in daytime drama series
Braeden Bruner as Emma Scorpio Drake
General Hospital
ABC
Al Calderon as Javier Hernandez
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
Alice Halsey as Rachel Black
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
Giovanni Mazza as Gio Palmieri
General Hospital
ABC
Amber Michelle as Eva Thomas
Beyond the gates
CBS
Ariel Prepetit as Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne
Beyond the gates
Outstanding guest performance on a daytime drama series
Yasmine Burke as John Hughes
Beyond the gates
CBS
Jeff Cooper as Cyrus Renault
General Hospital
ABS Y
Eva LaRue as Natalia Rogers Ramirez
General Hospital
ABC
Christopher Shawn as Paul Narita
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
Ray Wise as Ian Ward
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Distinguished daytime talk series host
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, Sarah Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro
The view
ABC
Kelly Clarkson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
NBCUniversal Studios
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
Disney Entertainment Distribution
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson Show
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
Sherri Shepherd
Cherry
Debmar Mercury
Outstanding culinary host
Cardia Brown
Food Network’s Delicious Miss Brown [FRANK.]
Daniel Chang
Lucky Chow
TV show [Lucky Rice]
Ina Garten
Be my guest with Ina Garten
Food Network [Pacific Productions]
Patty Jenich
Mexican Patty Table
TV show [Mexican Table LLC | Early Light Media]
Andrew Zimmern
Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Gym Kitchen
External channel [Intuitive Content]
Outstanding Day Personality – Daily
Mona Kosar Abdi, Derek Hough and Terry Seymour
additional
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
Cassie DeLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith and Nichelle Turner
Entertainment tonight
CBS Media Projects
Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kate Hoover and Mario Lopez
Access Hollywood
NBCUniversal Studios
Starr Jones and Corey Govan
Divorce court
fox
Distinctive diurnal-non-diurnal character
Eva Zu Beck
Super skills with Eva Zoo Peak
National Geographic
Joy Behar, Alyssa Farrah Griffin, Sarah Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro
Weekend show
ABC News Live
Derek Campana
Wizard of paws
BYUtv [Nomadica Films | The Dodo | Vox Media Studios]
Giada De Laurentiis
Giada in my kitchen
Prime Video [Butternut]
Keke Palmer
Glam through the ages
KTV Network
Joseph Rosendo
Joseph Rosendo directs
TV show [Joseph Rosendo Presents]
Non-diurnal personality: The nominee “Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out” is now credited to PBS and Joseph Rosendo Presents (previous version listed only Joseph Rosendo Presents)
Outstanding writing team for daytime drama series
Beyond the gates
CBS
The bold and the beautiful
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Days of our lives
Peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
General Hospital
ABC
Outstanding writing for a daytime non-fiction series
Ask this old house
Thank you Roger Cook
bbs | Rocco [This Old House Productions]
Expedition unknown
Searching for a missing hero of World War II
Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]
Joseph Rosendo directs
Cuba
TV show [Joseph Rosendo Presents]
Lucky Chow
Made in Taiwan
TV show [Lucky Rice]
This old house
Rebuild Asheville
bbs | Rocco [This Old House Productions]
Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
Days of our lives
peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]
General Hospital
ABC
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding Directing for a Daytime Nonfiction Series
Different breed
The season begins
Inkplot Novels [Purina Films]
Let Frankie cook
Pasta from scratch
taste [Linguine Pictures]
Samantha Brown’s Places of Love
(Crystal Coast, North Carolina).
TV show [Samantha Brown Media]
Super skills with Eva Zoo Peak
How I survived a journey through the desert alone
National Geographic
Wizard of paws
New Buster Kicks
BYUtv [Nomadica Films | The Dodo | Vox Media Studios]
Outstanding directing of a non-fiction series at Al-Nahar Studio
Craft round tables
Editors
indiewire.com
The Drew Barrymore Show
Episode 5127
CBS Media Projects
Entertainment tonight
Episode 45.7
CBS
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5033
NBCUniversal Studios
Today with Jenna and friends
Hoda Brathion
nbc
Distinguished music direction and composition for a daytime program
Beyond the gates
Episode 103
CBS
Have a guitar that will travel the world
Shetland Voice
TV show [Have Guitar Will Travel World, LLC]
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5033
NBCUniversal Studios
Let Frankie cook
Getting the band back together
taste [Linguine Pictures]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nbc | peacock [Done & Dusted]
Outstanding technical direction and video for the daytime program
Beyond the gates
Episode 104
CBS
The bold and the beautiful
Episode 9511
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Magical Christmas Parade at Disney Parks
ABC [Disney Yellow Shoes Studios | Film 45 | EverWonder Studio]
Jennifer Hudson Show
Episode 4041
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nbc | peacock [Done & Dusted]
Outstanding cinematography or cinematography for a daytime program
Magical Christmas Parade at Disney Parks
ABC [Disney Yellow Shoes Studios | Film 45 | EverWonder Studio]
France is made with love
TV show [Symbio Studios]
General Hospital
Episode 15719
ABC
Long way home
Lost in Lapland
apple [Long Way Productions]
Super skills with Eva Zoo Peak
They’re climbing in skirts… I tried to keep up
National Geographic
True south
Ocean Springs, MS
espn | ABC | SEC network [Bluefoot Entertainment]
Outstanding editing for a non-studio daytime program
Different breed
The season begins
Inkplot Novels [Purina Films]
Expedition unknown
Uncover the secrets of the Great Pyramid
Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]
King of Collectibles: The Golden Touch
Ken Ichiwa!
Netflix [Spoke Studios | Omaha Productions | Full Day Productions]
Long way home
Deep in the forest
apple [Long Way Productions]
Wizard of paws
New Buster Kicks
BYUtv [Nomadica Films | Vox Media Studios | The Dodo]
Outstanding editing of the daytime studio program
Craft round tables
Editors
indiewire.com
The Drew Barrymore Show
Episode 5137
CBS Media Projects
additional
Extra in Amy
Warner Bros. Television Group [Telepictures]
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5033
NBCUniversal Studios
Premium audio mixing and audio editing for a pre-recorded daytime program
Barefoot with Michaela Mallozzi
The Wild Atlantic Way north of Ireland
TV show [Sauce & Liver Productions, LLC]
Dream of Europe
London Part 1 with Abbey Road Studios
TV show [Dream of Italy Productions, LLC]
Expedition unknown
Man-eating lions in Kenya
Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]
Forever Young with Dr. Pablo Pritchard
The wheel of life
nbc [Hearst Media Production Group | Agency X]
Long way home
Lost in Lapland
apple [Long Way Productions]
Premium sound mixing and sound editing for a live daytime program
The bold and the beautiful
Episode 9658
CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]
Jennifer Hudson Show
Episode 4039
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5007
NBCUniversal Studios
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nbc | peacock [Done & Dusted]
The young and the restless
Episode 13260
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding lighting direction for the daytime program
Beyond the gates
Episode 104
CBS
General Hospital
Episode 15624
ABC
Jennifer Hudson Show
Episode 4010
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 6169
NBCUniversal Studios
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nbc | peacock [Done & Dusted]
Distinguished artistic direction / set decorations / stunning design for a day program
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5033
NBCUniversal Studios
Live with Kelly and Mark
Episode 250414
Disney Entertainment Distribution
The view
Episode 6280
ABC
The young and the restless
Episode 13145
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
The young and the restless
Episode 13244
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding costume design/design for a daytime program
Jennifer Hudson Show
Episode 4140
Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5033
NBCUniversal Studios
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
nbc | peacock [Done & Dusted]
The young and the restless
Episode 13149
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
The young and the restless
Episode 13273
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Distinctive hair styling and makeup for the daytime program
Beyond the gates
Episode 103
CBS
General Hospital
Episode 15719
ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Episode 5033
S NBCUniversal Studios
The young and the restless
Episode 13273
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding cast of the daytime program
Beyond the gates
CBS
General Hospital
ABC
The young and the restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding headline and graphic design for the daytime program
The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Projects
The Kelly Clarkson Show
NBCUniversal Studios
Tamron Hall
Disney Entertainment Distribution
