Daytime Emmys Winners 2025

UPDATED with complete winners list: The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmys, otherwise known as the daytime soaps’ biggest night, just wrapped Friday in Pasadena, CA. ABC’s General Hospital was just named Best Drama Series to cap the ceremony emceed by Mario Lopez at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

It was the second win in a row for General Hospital, which won a leading seven trophies tonight, topping a category that included the leading nominee-getter this year The Young and the Restless, and Peacock’s Days of Our Lives. (CBS’ Beyond the Gates, just bowed in February and missed the Emmy eligibility window. The show, which has been renewed for a second season and got several shout-outs tonight, will be eligible next year.)

In the lead soap acting categories tonight, Nancy Lee Grahn won her third Emmy for playing Alexis Davis on General Hospital, while Paul Telfer won for playing Xander Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives. Meanwhile, The Young and the Restless‘ Susan Walters and General Hospital‘s Jonathan Jackson won their respective supporting acting categories, while Lisa Yamada of The Bold and the Beautiful won the inaugural Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series award.

Other key winners tonight include Live with Kelly & Mark topping the Daytime Talk Series category over last year’s winner The Kelly Clarkson Show along with The Drew Barrymore Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show and The View. Barrymore did take the trophy tonight for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host; her team stayed in New York where the syndicated show is produced.

Syndicated fare won six trophies tonight, including for Disney Entertainment Distribution’s Live with Kelly & Mark and CBS Media Ventures’ Hot Bench. Netflix led all platforms in wins tonight with nine, followed by ABC with eight and CBS and Peacock with two apiece.

Among multiple winners, Apple TV’s The Secret Lives of Animals won three Emmys including for Outstanding Science and Nature Program; Netflix’s Black Barbie, which won for Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program and for writing; and Entertainment Tonight which won the categories of Entertainment News Series and Daytime Personality – Daily. In the food categories, Food Network’s Delicious Miss Brown won for Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series and the show’s Kardea Brown for Outstanding Culinary Host.

After GH, The Secret Lives of Animals, Netflix’s Secret Lives of Orangutans and Drew Barrymore had three wins apiece.

Days of Our Lives star Deidre Hall presented Deborah Norville with the Daytime Emmys’ Lifetime Achievement Award for a news anchor/host career that spanned local news in Atlanta and New York, followed by the Today show, CBS News and Inside Edition, the latter where she has been anchor for 30 years (she has announced this current season is her last, having started a new gig hosting the syndicated game show The Perfect Line).

Here’s the full list of winners tonight.

Outstanding Drama Series

General Hospital (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Daytime Drama Series

Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis
General Hospital (ABC)

Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series

Delicious Miss Brown
Food Network [FRANK.]

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Daytime Drama Series

Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis
Days of Our Lives (Peacock)

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series

Live with Kelly and Mark
Disney Entertainment Distribution

Outstanding Culinary Host

Kardea Brown
Delicious Miss Brown
Food Network

Outstanding Directing Team For A Multiple Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program

The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Ventures

Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program

Hot Bench
CBS Media Ventures

Outstanding Emerging Talent In A Daytime Drama Series

Lisa Yamada as Luna Nozawa
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

Outstanding Lighting Direction

The Kelly Clarkson Show
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Outstanding Directing Team For A Daytime Drama Series

General Hospital
ABC

Outstanding Entertainment News Series

Entertainment Tonight
CBS Media Ventures

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily

Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner
Entertainment Tonight
CBS Media Ventures

Outstanding Daytime Special

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC [Film 45 | EverWonder Studio | Yellow Shoes Studio]

Outstanding Hairstyling And Makeup

The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Ventures

Outstanding Regional Content In A Daytime Genre

createid | SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols
Idaho Public Television [Northwest Chapter]

Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series

Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall
HBO | Max [Max | Fremantle’s Original Productions]

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host

Drew Barrymore
The Drew Barrymore Show
CBS Media Ventures

Outstanding Cinematography

National Parks: USA
National Geographic [Stronghold Studios, LLC]

Outstanding Instructional/How-To Program

Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse
Magnolia Network [Blind Nil]

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily

Sir David Attenborough
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Netflix [Silverback Films]

Outstanding Costume Design/Styling

General Hospital
ABC

Outstanding Writing Team For A Daytime Non-Fiction Program

Black Barbie
Netflix [shondalandmedia]

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Daytime Drama Series

Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer
General Hospital (ABC)

Outstanding Lifestyle Program

You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
Netflix [Netflix | OPS | The Vogt Foundation]

Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program

Black Barbie
Netflix [shondalandmedia]

Outstanding Casting

Days of Our Lives
Peacock

Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Netflix

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Daytime Drama Series

Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins Abbott
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program

Expedition Unknown
Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]

Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing

Resurrected Rides
Netflix [Bright Bay Creative]

Outstanding Directing Team For A Single Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program

Secret Lives of Orangutans
Netflix [Silverback Films]

Outstanding Science and Nature Program

The Secret Lives of Animals
Apple TV+

Outstanding Music Direction And Composition

Secret Lives of Orangutans
Netflix [Silverback Films]

Outstanding Live Sound Mixing And Sound Editing

The Kelly Clarkson Show
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios

Outstanding Single Camera Editing

The Secret Lives of Animals
Apple TV+

Outstanding Short Form Program

Ballin’ Out
Outsports

Outstanding Main Title And Graphic Design

Hack Your Health
The Secrets of Your Gut
Netflix [Tremolo Productions]

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC [Film 45 | EverWonder Studio | Yellow Shoes Studio]

Outstanding Writing Team For A Daytime Drama Series

General Hospital
ABC

Outstanding Sound Mixing And Sound Editing

The Secret Lives of Animals
Apple TV+

Outstanding Guest Performance In A Daytime Drama Series

Alley Mills as Heather Webber
General Hospital (ABC)