2026 Daytime Emmy Awards: ‘General Hospital’ Wins Best Daytime Drama

The Young and the Restless led this year’s nominees with 18 nominations, including for best daytime drama series, followed by fellow daytime drama series nominees Beyond the Gates with 16 nods and General Hospital with 13 nods. The final daytime drama series nominee is Days of our Lives, which has a total of eight nominations this year.

Other notable winners include Sherri Shepherd, who won best daytime host for emceeing her since-canceled Sherri talk show; Tracee Ellis Ross, who won best travel and adventure program for her Solo Traveling show; and Keke Palmer, who won for her work executive producing Glam Through the Ages.

General Hospital‘s Genie Francis received the lifetime achievement award. And NATAS additionally inducted a number of individuals into its Gold and Silver Circle Society, recognizing industry leaders who’ve demonstrated enduring contributions to television through their 50 or 25 years in industry. The 2026 Gold Circle inductees are Allen Media Group CEO Byron Allen, performer Patrika Darbo, actor-director-producer Francesca James and host-producer Meredith Vieira. The Silver Circle inductees are Fox TV Stations executive vp, programming and development Stephen Brown and announcer warm-up host Rubin Ervin.

The Hollywood Reporter won its first Daytime Emmy, taking home the award for best arts and popular culture program for THR’s Off Script roundtable series.

Fellow PMC brand IndieWire additionally won best editing for a daytime studio program for its craft roundtables, with Trevor Wallace accepting for the brand.

The 53rd Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony took place on Friday, Oct. 30 at the Hollywood Palladium.

A complete list of the 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards winners follows.

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

Beyond the Gates
CBS

Days of our Lives
Peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television]

General Hospital (WINNER)
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

The Kelly Clarkson Show (WINNER)
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

Entertainment Tonight (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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]

Lucky Chow (WINNER)
PBS [Lucky Rice]

Savor The City
TV-One [Powerhouse Productions]

Outstanding Legal / Courtroom Series

Caught in Providence
Debmar-Mercury

Divorce Court
FOX

Justice For The People with Judge Milian (WINNER)
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]

Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films]

George to the Rescue
NBC

With Love, Meghan
Netflix [Sony Pictures Television | The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) | 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
An Entertainment Tonight Special
CBS Media Ventures

Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter (WINNER)
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]

Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children with Autism (WINNER)
Hulu [NY27 Productions | Shivelight LLC | Zables & Associates]

Outstanding Daytime Short Form Program

Catalyst
LinkedIn News

Glam Through The Ages (WINNER)
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.]

Tamara Tunie as Anita Williams Dupree (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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]

Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott (WINNER)
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]

Roger Howarth as Matt Clark (WINNER)
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

Ambyr Michelle as Eva Thomas (WINNER)
Beyond the Gates
CBS

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
CBS

Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault (WINNER)
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]

Sherri Shepherd (WINNER)
Sherri
Debmar-Mercury

Outstanding Culinary Host

Kardea Brown
Delicious Miss Brown Food Network [FRANK.]

Danielle Chang
Lucky Chow
PBS [Lucky Rice]

Ina Garten (WINNER)
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

Star Jones & Corey Jovan (WINNER)
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]

Giada De Laurentiis (WINNER)
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]

General Hospital (WINNER)
ABC

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series

Ask This Old House
Thank You Roger Cook
PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions]

Expedition Unknown (WINNER – TIE)
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]

This Old House (WINNER – TIE)
Asheville Rebuilds
PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions]

Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

Days of our Lives (WINNER)
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

A Different Breed (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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]

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (WINNER)
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]

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (WINNER)
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

Long Way Home (WINNER)
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

A Different Breed (WINNER)
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

Craft Roundtables (WINNER)
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]

Long Way Home (WINNER)
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]

The Kelly Clarkson Show (WINNER)
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

Beyond the Gates (WINNER)
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

The Kelly Clarkson Show (WINNER)
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]

The Young and the Restless (WINNER)
Episode 13273
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]

Outstanding Hairstyling and Makeup for a Daytime Program

Beyond the Gates (WINNER – TIE)
Episode 103
CBS

General Hospital
Episode 15719
ABC

The Kelly Clarkson Show (WINNER – TIE)
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

General Hospital (WINNER)
ABC

The Young and the Restless
CBS [Sony Pictures Television]

Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design for a Daytime Program