The soap opera ‘General Hospital’ was the big winner at the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards taking home seven wins. The 2025 edition of the awards, organised by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), recognised the best in American daytime television programming for the year 2024.
Actor and television anchor Mario Lopez hosted the ceremony, held on Friday night at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, California. The annual event has been moved this year to October from the usual May or June period.
The most nominations across the main categories had gone to ‘The Young and the Restless’. The long-running and popular show was up for a trophy in 19 categories.
Notably, Sir David Attenborough set a record to become the oldest-ever winner of a Daytime Emmy. At 99, Attenborough won as the host of ‘Secret Lives of Orangutans’, beating a record Dick Van Dyke set by winning at the age of 98 in 2024.
The wins of ‘General Hospital’ included Best Daytime Drama Series, Best Drama Actress (Nancy Lee Grahn), Best Supporting Drama Actor (Jonathan Jackson) and Daytime Drama Writing.
‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ and ‘The Secret Lives of Animals’ won three awards each, while ‘Black Barbie’ and ‘Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade’ won in two categories each.
Paul Telfer won Best Actor for the first time, for his role of Xander Kiriakis on ‘Days of our Lives’, and Nancy Lee Grahn won Best Actress in a Daytime Drama Series as Alexis Davis on ‘General Hospital’.
Lisa Yamada was the winner in the Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series category, one of three new categories introduced at the 2025 Daytime Emmys.
Below is the full list of winners and nominees at the 2025 Daytime Emmys.
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Days of our Lives
General Hospital – WINNER
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SERIES
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Live With Kelly and Mark – WINNER
The View
OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
Access Hollywood
E! News
Entertainment Tonight – WINNER
Extra
OUTSTANDING CULINARY INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Delicious Miss Brown – WINNER
Emeril Cooks
Lidia’s Kitchen
Selena + Restaurant
OUTSTANDING CULINARY CULTURAL SERIES
BBQ High
Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall – WINNER
Ingrediente: Mexico
TrueSouth
OUTSTANDING LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
America’s Court with Judge Kevin Ross
Divorce Court
Hot Bench – WINNER
Judy Justice
Justice for the People With Judge Milian
We The People with Judge Lauren Lake
OUTSTANDING TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE PROGRAM
Expedition Unknown – WINNER
Field Trip with Curtis Stone Hong Kong
The Good Road
How I Got Here
Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
Mexico Made With Love
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE AND NATURE PROGRAM
Living with Leopards
National Parks: USA
The Secret Lives of Animals – WINNER
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Secrets of the Neanderthals
OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTIONAL/HOW-TO PROGRAM
Dime Como Hacerlo
The Fixers
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse – WINNER
Going Home with Tyler Cameron
Married to Real Estate
Martha Gardens
OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
George to the Rescue
Hack Your Health
Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward
Homegrown
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment – WINNER
OUTSTANDING ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE PROGRAM
Black Barbie – WINNER
Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame
Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter
The Swift Effect
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME SPECIAL
Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter
Dinner Party Diaries with Jos Andrs
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – WINNER
98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM PROGRAM
Ballin’ Out – WINNER
Billboard Presents
Catalyst
Eat This With Yara
Live Like A Champion
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Sharon Case as Sharon Newman (The Young and the Restless)
Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott (The Young and the Restless)
Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson (The Young and the Restless)
Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis (General Hospital) – WINNER
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers (The Young and the Restless)
Laura Wright as Carly Spencer (General Hospital)
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)
Eric Martsolf as Brady Black (Days of our Lives)
Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark (Days of our Lives)
Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis (Days of our Lives) – WINNER
Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri (General Hospital)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton (Days of our Lives)
Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra (The Young and the Restless)
Kate Mansi as Kristina Corinthos Davis (General Hospital)
Emily O’Brien as Theresa Donovan (Days of our Lives)
Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins Abbott (The Young and the Restless) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Tajh Bellow as TJ Ashford (General Hospital)
Blake Berris as Everett Lynch (Days of our Lives)
Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti (The Young and the Restless)
Gregory Harrison as Gregory Chase (General Hospital)
Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer (General Hospital) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING EMERGING TALENT IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Olivia d’Abo as Fifi Garrett (The Bay)
AnnaLynne McCord as Cat Greene (Days of our Lives)
Ashley Puzemis as Holly Jonas (Days of our Lives)
Christian Weissmann as Remy Pryce (The Bold and the Beautiful)
Lisa Yamada as Luna Nozawa (The Bold and the Beautiful) – WINNER
OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten (The Young and the Restless)
Clint Howard as Tom Starr (The Bold and the Beautiful)
Jacqueline Lopez as Blaze (General Hospital)
Alley Mills as Heather Webber (General Hospital) – WINNER
Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis (The Young and the Restless)
Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince (General Hospital)
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST
Drew Barrymore (The Drew Barrymore Show) – WINNER
Jenna Bush Hager, Hoda Kotb (TODAY with Hoda and Jenna)
Kelly Clarkson (The Kelly Clarkson Show)
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa (Live With Kelly and Mark)
Jennifer Hudson (The Jennifer Hudson Show)
OUTSTANDING CULINARY HOST
Kardea Brown (Delicious Miss Brown) – WINNER
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 & Nischelle Turner (Entertainment Tonight) – WINNER
Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover & Mario Lopez (Access Hollywood)
Star Jones, Corey Jovan (Divorce Court)
Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose & Judge Judy Sheindlin (Judy Justice)
OUTSTANDING DAYTIME PERSONALITY – NON-DAILY
Sir David Attenborough (Secret Lives of Orangutans ) – WINNER
Brad Bestelink (Living with Leopards)
Andi Sweeney Blanco, Courtney Dober, Rob North & Kirin Stone (The Fixers)
Anthony Mackie (Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast)
Martha Stewart (Martha Gardens)
OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Days of our Lives
General Hospital – WINNER
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
Black Barbie – WINNER
Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini
National Parks: USA
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Days of our Lives
General Hospital – WINNER
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM FOR A SINGLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
Living with Leopards
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
The Secret Lives of Animals
Secret Lives of Orangutans – WINNER
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
The Drew Barrymore Show – WINNER
The Good Road
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Wizard of Paws
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
National Parks: USA
The Secret Lives of Animals
Secret Lives of Orangutans – WINNER
Secrets of the Neanderthals
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – WINNER
The Drew Barrymore Show
Neighbours
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
Living with Leopards
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
National Parks: USA – WINNER
The Secret Lives of Animals
Secret Lives of Orangutans
OUTSTANDING SINGLE CAMERA EDITING
Hack Your Health
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
The Secret Lives of Animals – WINNER
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Secrets of the Neanderthals
OUTSTANDING MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
The Fixers
How I Got Here
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Resurrected Rides – WINNER
OUTSTANDING LIVE SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
The Kelly Clarkson Show – WINNER
The Talk
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
Hack Your Health
Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
Living with Leopards
National Parks: USA
The Secret Lives of Animals – WINNER
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Secrets of the Neanderthals
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION
Days of our Lives
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show – WINNER
The View
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Car Masters: Rust to Riches
The Drew Barrymore Show
Hack Your Health – WINNER
Reconnecting Roots
Tex Mex Motors
OUTSTANDING CASTING
Days of our Lives – WINNER
General Hospital
Making Good
Start Up
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Live With Kelly and Mark
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors – WINNER
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
The Drew Barrymore Show
General Hospital – WINNER
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Sherri
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Drew Barrymore Show – WINNER
General Hospital
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Sherri
OUTSTANDING REGIONAL CONTENT IN A DAYTIME GENRE
Chicagoland’s Best Bites
createid | SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols – WINNER
Danzando para Sanar
Hidden Homicide
Relish
– Ends
