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Daytime Emmys 2026 Winners List (UPDATED LIVE)

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Published 10/30/2026 7:01:51 PM

Daytime Emmys 2026 Winners List

The 53rd Daytime Emmys are underway at Hollywood’s historic Palladium theatre.

CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” led all programs with 18 nods this year, followed by new CBS soap opera “Beyond the Gates” — which In its first year of eligibility scored 15 nominations.

Also, this year’s Daytime Emmys came as a bittersweet moment for wrapped talk shows “The Kelly Clarkson Show” and “Sherri.” “Sherri” host Sherri Shepherd won for daytime talk host, while “Kelly Clarkson” won for best daytime talk series. “Kelly Clarkson” won four overall, with additional wins for hairstyling/makeup, art direction / set decoration / scenic design and sound mixing/editing.

Among soaps, “Beyond the Gates” burst out of the gates in its first year with four wins, including for lead actress in a drama (Tamara Tunie, winning her first-ever Emmy), emerging talent in a daytime drama series (for Ambyr Michelle), lighting direction and hairstyling/makeup.

“This is the best ‘welcome back to daytime’ ever,” said Tunie, who first began working in the genre in 1987.

“Young and the Restless” wins included supporting actor in a drama winner Roger Howarth (“The Young and the Restless”), who made Daytime Emmy history for the longest gap between wins (it’s been 32 years since he last won a Daytime Emmy). The show also won for supporting actress in a daytime drama (Beth Maitland).

“General Hospital” also has three so far, including for writing team and for guest performer in a daytime drama (Jeff Kober, who also earned a Primetime Emmy nomination this year for “The Pitt,” a rare double nomination for both awards shows in the same year).

In the first timers club, Star Jones won her first Daytime Emmy after 14 nominations — this time, in the daytime personality — daily category, for “Divorce Court.”

The Daytime Emmys recognizes daytime dramas, talk series, entertainment news, culinary, adventure, instructional and legal/courtroom programming — and for the 53rd edition, that covers an eligibility calendar of Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025. This year’s Daytime Emmys nominations come after serveral rule changes were announced this spring.

“General Hospital” icon Genie Francis is this year’s Lifetime Achievement honoree. Allen Media Group founder, chairman and CEO Byron Allen, host/executive producer Meredith Vieira, performer Patrika Darbo and actor/director/executive producer Francesca James are this year’s Gold Circle inductees, while Fox Television Stations exec VP of programming and development Stephen Brown and announcer/warm-up host Rubin Ervin are Silver Circle inductees.

There’s no host this year, but Matthew Hoffman served as announcer. Formerly held in June, the Daytime Emmys moved to mid-fall last year; the 2026 event took place as a single ceremony on Friday.

The telecast is being streamed this year on YouTube; watch here:

Here are this year’s winners:

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])

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series

  • “3rd Hour of Today” (NBC)
  • “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CBS Media Ventures)
  • WINNER: “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “Live with Kelly and Mark” (Disney Entertainment Distribution)
  • “Today with Jenna & Friends” (NBC)
  • “The View” (ABC)

Outstanding Entertainment News Series

  • “Access Hollywood” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • WINNER: “Entertainment Tonight” (CBS Media Ventures)
  • “Extra” (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])

Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series

  • “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen” (Outdoor Channel [Intuitive Content])
  • “Be My Guest with Ina Garten” (Food Network [Pacific Productions])
  • “Delicious Miss Brown” (Food Network [FRANK.])
  • “Magnolia Table: At The Farm” (Magnolia Network [Blind Nil])
  • “Pati’s Mexican Table” (PBS [Mexican Table LLC | Early Light Media])

Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series

  • “America The Bountiful” (PBS [Credo Nonfiction])
  • “Best Ever Food Review Show” (Best Ever Food Review Show on YouTube)
  • “Fork & Hammer” (American Public Television [Susie Films])
  • WINNER: “Lucky Chow” (PBS [Lucky Rice])
  • “Savor The City” (TV-One [Powerhouse Productions])

Outstanding Legal / Courtroom Series

  • “Caught in Providence” (Debmar-Mercury)
  • “Divorce Court” (Fox)
  • WINNER: “Justice For The People with Judge Milian” (Entertainment Studios)
  • “Mathis Court with Judge Mathis” (Entertainment Studios)

Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program

  • “Expedition Unknown” (Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions])
  • “Long Way Home” (Apple [Long Way Productions])
  • “The Lovely Lemurs of Madagascar” (Pets.TV [Allen Media Group])
  • WINNER: “Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross” (Roku [Joy Mill Entertainment | Story Syndicate | Artists First])
  • “Superskilled with Eva zu Beck” (National Geographic)

Outstanding Instructional / How-To Program

  • “Ask This Old House” (PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions])
  • “Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House” (Magnolia Network [Blind Nil])
  • “Home Town Takeover” (HGTV [RTR Media Inc.])
  • “The Last Wright: Building the Final Home Design of America’s Greatest Architect” (Magnolia Network [One Traveler | All 3 Media | A | Miziker Entertainment])
  • “This Old House” (PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions])

Outstanding Lifestyle Program

  • “A Different Breed” (InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films])
  • “George to the Rescue” (NBC)
  • “With Love, Meghan” (Netflix [Sony Pictures Television | Archewell Productions])
  • “The Motherhood” (Hallmark Channel | Hallmark+ [Scout Productions | Deep Blue Productions])
  • “The Wizard of Paws” (BYUtv [Nomadica Films | The Dodo | Vox Media Studios])

Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program

  • “Beyond the Gates: Welcome to the Neighborhood” (CBS Media Ventures)
  • WINNER: “Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter” (The Hollywood Reporter [IFC])
  • “Variety & CNN Actors on Actors” (CNN Digital | Variety)
  • “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors” (PBS)
  • “Working in the Theatre” (AmericanTheatreWing.org)

Outstanding Daytime Special

  • “Critics Choice 2nd Annual Celebration of LBGTQ+ Cinema & Television” (Here TV)
  • “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” (ABC [Disney Yellow Shoes Studios | Film 45 | EverWonder Studio])
  • “Living Proof” (Hulu [The DIVA Foundation | Shivelight LLC | Zables & Associates])
  • “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])
  • WINNER: “Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children with Autism” (Hulu [NY27 Productions | Shivelight LLC | Zables & Associates])

Outstanding Daytime Short Form Program

  • “Catalyst” (LinkedIn News)
  • WINNER: “Glam Through The Ages” (KeyTV Network)
  • “Most-Ordered” (Eater)
  • “The Path with Ryan Roslansky” (LinkedIn News)
  • “Stand Up and Do Something with Michael Jr.” (BYUtv [Monument Pictures])

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress

  • Stacy Haiduk as Kristen DiMera, “Days of Our Lives” (Peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television])
  • Karla Mosley as Dani 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.])
  • WINNER: Tamara Tunie as Anita Williams Dupree, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Performer 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 Mariah Copeland, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])
  • WINNER: Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])
  • Trisha Mann-Grant as Leslie Thomas, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
  • Amanda Setton as Brook 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])
  • WINNER: Roger Howarth as Matt Clark, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])
  • Mike Manning as Bradley “Smitty” Smith, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
  • Lawrence Saint-Victor as Carter Walton, “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.])

Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series

  • Braedyn 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)
  • WINNER: Ambyr Michelle as Eva Thomas, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
  • Arielle Prepetit as Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series

  • Jasmine Burke as June Hughes, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
  • WINNER: Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault, “General Hospital” (ABC)
  • Eva LaRue as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez, “General Hospital” (ABC)
  • Christopher Sean 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])

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host

  • Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro, “The View” (ABC)
  • Kelly Clarkson, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • Tamron Hall, “Tamron Hall” (Disney Entertainment Distribution)
  • Jennifer Hudson, “The Jennifer Hudson Show” (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])
  • WINNER: Sherri Shepherd, “Sherri” (Debmar-Mercury)

Outstanding Culinary Host

  • Kardea Brown, “Delicious Miss Brown” (Food Network [FRANK.])
  • Danielle Chang, “Lucky Chow” (PBS [Lucky Rice])
  • WINNER: Ina Garten, “Be My Guest with Ina Garten” (Food Network [Pacific Productions])
  • Pati Jinich, “Pati’s Mexican Table” (PBS [Mexican Table LLC | Early Light Media])
  • Andrew Zimmern, “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen” (Outdoor Channel [Intuitive Content])

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily

  • Mona Kosar Abdi, Derek Hough & Terri Seymour, “Extra” (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])
  • Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner, “Entertainment Tonight” (CBS Media Ventures)
  • Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover & Mario Lopez, “Access Hollywood” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • WINNER: Star Jones & Corey Jovan, “Divorce Court” (Fox)

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily

  • Eva zu Beck, “Superskilled with Eva zu Beck” (National Geographic)
  • Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro, “The Weekend View” (ABC News Live)
  • Derrick Campana, “The Wizard of Paws” (BYUtv [Nomadica Films | The Dodo | Vox Media Studios])
  • WINNER: Giada De Laurentiis, “Giada in My Kitchen” (Prime Video [Butternut])
  • Keke Palmer, “Glam Through The Ages” (KeyTV Network)
  • Joseph Rosendo, “Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out” (PBS [Joseph Rosendo Presents])

Outstanding Writing Team for a 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])
  • WINNER: “General Hospital” (ABC)

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series

  • “Ask This Old House”: Thank You Roger Cook (PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions])
  • WINNER (tie): “Expedition Unknown”: Searching for World War II’s Lost Hero (Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions])
  • “Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out”: Cuba (PBS [Joseph Rosendo Presents])
  • “Lucky Chow”: Made in Taiwan (PBS [Lucky Rice])
  • WINNER (tie): “This Old House”: Asheville Rebuilds (PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions])

Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

  • WINNER: “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 Non-Studio Non-Fiction Series

  • WINNER: “A Different Breed”: The Season Begins (InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films])
  • “Let Frankie Cook”: Pasta From Scratch (Tastemade [Linguine Pictures])
  • “Samantha Brown’s Places To Love”: Crystal Coast of North Carolina (PBS [Samantha Brown Media])
  • “Superskilled with Eva zu Beck”: How I Survived a Trek Through the Desert Alone (National Geographic)
  • “The Wizard of Paws”: Buster’s New Kicks (BYUtv [Nomadica Films | The Dodo | Vox Media Studios])

Outstanding Directing for a Daytime Studio Non-Fiction Series

  • “Craft Roundtables”: Editors (IndieWire.com)
  • “The Drew Barrymore Show”: Episode 5127 (CBS Media Ventures)
  • “Entertainment Tonight”: Episode 45.7 (CBS)
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “Today with Jenna & Friends”: Hoda-Bration (NBC)

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime Program

  • “Beyond the Gates”: Episode 103 (CBS)
  • “Have Guitar Will Travel World”: The Shetland Sound (PBS [Have Guitar Will Travel World, LLC])
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “Let Frankie Cook”: Getting the Band Back Together (Tastemade [Linguine Pictures])
  • WINNER: “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])

Outstanding Technical Direction and Video for a Daytime Program

  • “Beyond the Gates”: Episode 104 (CBS)
  • “The Bold and the Beautiful”: Episode 9511 (CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.])
  • “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” (ABC [Disney Yellow Shoes Studios | Film 45 | EverWonder Studio])
  • “The Jennifer Hudson Show”: Episode 4041 (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])
  • WINNER: “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])

Outstanding Cinematography or Camerawork for a Daytime Program

  • “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” (ABC [Disney Yellow Shoes Studios | Film 45 | EverWonder Studio])
  • “France Made with Love” (PBS [Symbio Studios])
  • “General Hospital”: Episode 15719 (ABC)
  • WINNER: “Long Way Home”: Lost in Lapland (Apple [Long Way Productions])
  • “Superskilled with Eva zu Beck”: They Climb in Skirts… I Tried to Keep Up (National Geographic)
  • “TrueSouth”: Ocean Springs, MS (ESPN | ABC | SEC Network [Bluefoot Entertainment])

Outstanding Editing for a Daytime Non-Studio Program

  • WINNER: “A Different Breed”: The Season Begins (InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films])
  • “Expedition Unknown”: Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed (Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions])
  • “King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch”: Ken-ichiwa! (Netflix [Spoke Studios | Omaha Productions | Full Day Productions])
  • “Long Way Home”: Deep in the Forest (Apple [Long Way Productions])
  • “The Wizard of Paws”: Buster’s New Kicks (BYUtv [Nomadica Films | Vox Media Studios | The Dodo])

Outstanding Editing for a Daytime Studio Program

  • WINNER: “Craft Roundtables”: Editors (IndieWire.com)
  • “The Drew Barrymore Show”: Episode 5137 (CBS Media Ventures)
  • “Extra”: Extra at the Emmys (Warner Bros. Television Group [Telepictures])
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Prerecorded Daytime Program

  • “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi”: Wild Atlantic Way North, Ireland (PBS [Sauce & Liver Productions, LLC])
  • “Dream of Europe”: London Part 1 with Abbey Road Studios (PBS [Dream of Italy Productions, LLC])
  • “Expedition Unknown”: The Man-Eating Lions of Kenya (Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions])
  • “Forever Young with Dr. Pablo Prichard”: Wheel Of Age (NBC [Hearst Media Production Group | Agency X])
  • WINNER: “Long Way Home”: Lost in Lapland (Apple [Long Way Productions])

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live Daytime Program

  • “The Bold and the Beautiful”: Episode 9658 (CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.])
  • “The Jennifer Hudson Show”: Episode 4039 (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])
  • WINNER: “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5007 (NBCUniversal Syndication 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 a Daytime Program

  • WINNER: “Beyond the Gates”: Episode 104 (CBS)
  • “General Hospital”: Episode 15624 (ABC)
  • “The Jennifer Hudson Show”: Episode 4010 (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 6169 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])

Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design for a Daytime Program

  • WINNER: “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication 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 / Styling for a Daytime Program

  • “The Jennifer Hudson Show”: Episode 4140 (Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures])
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])
  • “The Young and the Restless”: Episode 13149 (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])
  • WINNER: “The Young and the Restless”: Episode 13273 (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Hairstyling and Makeup for a Daytime Program

  • WINNER (tie): “Beyond the Gates”: Episode 103 (CBS)
  • “General Hospital”: Episode 15719 (ABC)
  • WINNER (tie): “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “The Young and the Restless”: Episode 13273 (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Casting for a Daytime Program

  • “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
  • WINNER: “General Hospital” (ABC)
  • “The Young and the Restless” (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design for a Daytime Program

  • WINNER: “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CBS Media Ventures)
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
  • “Tamron Hall” (Disney Entertainment Distribution)

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