The 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards celebrated the best in daytime television, bringing together soap opera stars and daytime hosts to honor their outstanding work.
The 52nd annual awards ceremony was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California on October 17, and was hosted by Mario Lopez for the fourth time.
General Hospital led the pack with several wins, while Drew Barrymore took home her first Emmy. Here are some notable winners:
Outstanding daytime drama series
Days of our lives
General Hospital – Winner
The young and the restless
Distinguished Daytime Conversation Series
The Drew Barrymore Show
Jennifer Hudson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Live with Kelly and Mark – Winner
The view
Distinguished daytime talk series host
Drew Barrymore, The Drew Barrymore Show – Winner
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
A distinguished entertainment news series
Access Hollywood
and! news
Entertainment Tonight – Winner
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Outstanding cooking series
Be my guest with Ina Garten
Delicious Mrs. Brown – Winner
Emeril Cox
Lydia’s kitchen
Selena + Restaurant
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Sharon Case as Sharon Newman, The Young and the Restless
Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott in 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 Christina 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
Taj Bello as TJ Ashford, General Hospital
Blake Pierce 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 guest performance on 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 Blaise, General Hospital
Allie Mills as Heather Webber, General Hospital – Winner
Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis, The Young and the Restless
Avery Kristen Buhl as Esme Prince, General Hospital
Outstanding personality during the day – daily
Cassie DeLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith and Nichelle Turner, Entertainment Tonight – WINNER
Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kate Hoover and Mario Lopez, Access Hollywood
Starr Jones and Corey Govan, Divorce Court
Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rascoe, Sarah Rose, Judge Judy Sheindlin, and Judy Justice
Outstanding writing team for daytime drama series
Days of our lives
General Hospital – Winner
The young and the restless
Outstanding directing team for daytime drama series
Days of our lives
General Hospital – Winner
The young and the restless
The 2025 Daytime Emmys were presented in Los Angeles on Friday, October 17 and streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and on the Emmys app.