2025 Daytime EMMY Nominations: Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, & Judge Kevin Ross Score Major Nods

Much like the Primetime EMMY Awards, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the annual Daytime EMMY Awards recently.

Leading the fray with a whopping 19 nominations is ‘The Young and the Restless‘ with fellow classic soaps ‘General Hospital‘ (16) and ‘Days of Our Lives’ (13) following.

And though fans of new soap opera ‘Beyond the Gates‘ were disappointed to see the show omitted from this year’s list of nods, the freshman CBS series won’t be eligible until 2026.

Look inside to see what other daytime favorites – including shows by Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Judge Kevin Ross – captured nominations this year.

Best Drama Series
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless

Best Talk Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Live With Kelly and Mark
The View

Best Entertainment News Series
Access Hollywood
E! News
Entertainment Tonight
Extra

Best Culinary Instructional Series
Be My Guest With Ina Garten
Delicious Miss Brown
Emeril Cooks
Lidia’s Kitchen
Selena + Restaurant

Best Culinary Cultural Series
BBQ High
Chasing Flavor With Carla Hall
Ingrediente: Mexico
TrueSouth

Best Legal/Courtroom Program
America’s Court With Judge Kevin Ross
Divorce Court
Hot Bench
Judy Justice
Justice for the People With Judge Milian
We the People With Judge Lauren Lake

Best Travel and Adventure Program
Expedition Unknown
Field Trip With Curtis Stone: Hong Kong
The Good Road
How I Got Here
Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out
Mexico Made With Love

Best Science and Nature Program
Living With Leopards
National Parks: USA
The Secret Lives of Animals
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Secrets of the Neanderthals

Best Instructional and How-To Program
Dime Como Hacerlo
The Fixers
Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse
Going Home With Tyler Cameron
Married to Real Estate
Martha Gardens

Best Lifestyle Program
George to the Rescue
Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut
Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward
Homegrown
You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment

Best Arts and Popular Culture Program
Black Barbie
Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame
Off Script With “The Hollywood Reporter”
The Swift Effect
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Best Daytime Special
Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter: An “Entertainment Tonight” Special
Dinner Party Diaries With José Andrés
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
98th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers

Best Short Form Program
Ballin’ Out
Billboard Presents
Catalyst
Eat This With Yara: The Chef Preserving Gaza’s Cuisine Amid a Genocide
Live Like A Champion

Best Drama 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
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, The Young and the Restless
Laura Wright as Carly Spencer, General Hospital

Best Drama 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
Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri, General Hospital

Best Drama Supporting 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

Best Drama Supporting 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

Best Emerging Talent
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

Best Drama Guest Performer
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
Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis, The Young and the Restless
Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince, General Hospital

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best Personality (Non-Daily)
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

The 52nd annual Daytime EMMYs will take place in Pasadena, California on October 17. See the full list of nominations here.