The 49th Annual Daytime Emmys returned to an in-person live event Friday night, and the news of the day — the upside down of Roe v. Wade and the assault on women’s rights by a rogue Supreme Court — threatened to overshadow the event. But the two-hour telecast, hosted for the first time by “Entertainment Tonight” hosts Kevin Frazier and Nichelle Turner, blasted off nonstop from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
Overall this year, CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” received the most Daytime Emmy nominations, with 18 nominations, followed by ABC’s “General Hospital” with 17. Show distributors, followed by two associated broadcasters at the top: ABC and CBS, both with a score of 31. (Netflix came next, with 27.)
Among this year’s other major highlights: The daytime drama category — which has shrunk since broadcast networks scaled back their serial production — has expanded to five nominees for the first time since 2014, thanks to the addition of the “Days of Our Lives” spin-off “Beyond Salem.” .
The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards for Creative Arts and Lifestyle took place on June 18 at the Pasadena Convention Center with five awards scooped Kelly Clarkson while Penguin Town garnered three. Other than participation (with 10), Netflix was the single network big winner, with nine total, spread among “Penguin Town,” “Cat People,” “Headspace: Guide to Meditation,” and “You vs. Wild: Out Cold.” CBS and PBS tied after that, with three each.
It should also be noted that during the Emmys Creative Arts Competition, the final season of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program. In its first season, Judge Judy Sheinlin’s new series “Judy Justice” won for IMDbTV (now Amazon Freevee) for its legal/courtroom show. (She also represented the first-ever Daytime Emmy for IMDbTV/Freevee.).
Check out the winners from last week’s gala here.
Receiving a lifetime achievement during telecast: soap opera icon John Aniston (“Days of Our Lives”). Here are this year’s Daytime Emmys winners in 15 major categories, as aired Friday night:
Pending Daytime Drama Series
Beyond Salem (Peacock)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
General Hospital (ABC)
Youth and Anxiety (CBS)
(Last year’s winner: “General Hospital”)
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Marcy Miller as Abigail DeMira
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Michelle Morgan as Amanda Sinclair
Youth and Anxiety (CBS)
Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves
General Hospital (ABC)
Laura Wright as Carly Corinthus
General Hospital (ABC)
Ariane Zucker as Nicole Walker
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
(Last year’s winner: Jacqueline McInnes Wood as Stevie Forster, “The Bold and the Beautiful”)
Outstanding Leading Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott
Youth and Anxiety (CBS)
Eric Martsulf as Brady Black
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
John McCook as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
James Reynolds as Abby Carver
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Jason Thompson as Billy Abbott
Youth and Anxiety (CBS)
(Last year’s winner: Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthians, “General Hospital”)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series: Actress
Kimberlyn Brown as Sheila Carter
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis
General Hospital (ABC)
Stacy Haydock as Kristen Demera
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Melissa Ordway as Abby Newman
Youth and Turbulence (CBS)
Winner: Kelly Thiebaud as Dr. Brett Westbourne
General Hospital (ABC)
(Last year winner: Marla Adams as Dina Mergeron, “The Young and the Restless”)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series: Actor
Britton James as Devon Hamilton
Youth and Turbulence (CBS)
Jeff Cooper as Cyrus Reno
General Hospital (ABC)
Aaron D. Spears as Justin Barber
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
James Patrick Stewart as Valentin Cassadine
General Hospital (ABC)
Jordi Velassuso as Ray Rosales
Youth and Turbulence (CBS)
(Last year’s winner: Max Gale as Mike Corbin, “General Hospital”)
Outperforming the younger performance in the drama series
Lindsey Arnold as Ali Horton
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
Nicholas Chavez as Spencer Casadin
General Hospital (ABC)
Alivia Allen Lind as Faith Newman
Youth and Anxiety (CBS)
William Lipton as Cameron Webber
General Hospital (ABC)
Sidney Michaela as Trina Robinson
General Hospital (ABC)
(Last year’s winner: Victoria Kunival as Ciara Brady, “Days of Our Lives”)
Outstanding game show
family feud (conjugated)
Risk! (Synchronized)
Let’s Make a Deal (CBS)
Price is right (CBS)
wheel of fortune (synchronous)
(last year’s winner: “Jeopardy”)
Host a great game
Wayne Brady
Let’s Make a Deal (CBS)
Steve Harvey
family feud (conjugated)
Leah Remini
People Puzzler
pat sack
Wheel of Fortune (ABC)
pat sack
wheel of fortune (synchronous)
(Last year’s winner: Alex Trebek, “Jeopardy!”)
Distinguished media talk show
GMA3: What you need to know (ABC)
Peace of mind with Taraji (Facebook Watch)
Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)
Red Table Talk: Estefan (Facebook Watch)
Tamron Hall (synchronous)
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+)
(Last year’s winner: “Red Table Talk”)
Hosted a distinguished media talk show
Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan, Lily Estefan
Red Table Talk: Estefan (Facebook Watch)
Whoopi Goldberg, Joey Behar, Sunny Houston, Sarah Haines, Anna Navarro, Megan McCain
The View (ABC)
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall (synchronous)
Taraji P. Henson, Tracie Jade
Peace of mind with Taraji (Facebook Watch)
Robin Roberts
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+)
(Last year’s winner: Larry King, “Larry King Now”)
Excellent entertainment talk show
The Drew Barrymore Show (SYNDICATED)
Hot Ones
The Kelly Clarkson Show (SYNDICATED)
Living with Kelly and Ryan (SYNDICATED)
The Today Show with Hoda and Jenna (NBC)
(Last year’s winner: “The Kelly Clarkson Show”)
Featured Entertainment Shows Hosted
Drew Barrymore
The Drew Barrymore Show (SYNDICATED)
Kelly Clarkson
The Kelly Clarkson Show (SYNDICATED)
Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager
The Today Show with Hoda and Jenna (NBC)
Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest
Living with Kelly and Ryan (SYNDICATED)
(Last year’s winner: Kelly Clarkson, “The Kelly Clarkson Show”)
Featured Entertainment News Series
Arrival in Hollywood (SYNDICATED)
Entertainment Tonight (SYNDICATED)
extra (synchronous)
internal release (simultaneous)
(Last year’s winner: “Entertainment Tonight”)
Outstanding Writing Team for a Drama Series
Beyond Salem (Peacock)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
General Hospital (ABC)
Youth and Turbulence (CBS)
(Last year’s winner: “The Young and the Restless”)
Outstanding directing team for the drama series
Beyond Salem (Peacock)
Days of Our Lives (NBC)
General Hospital (ABC)
Youth and Turbulence (CBS)
(Last year’s winners: “General Hospital”)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 show was hypothetical and filmed at the homes of the host, presenters, and winners. Last year, a pre-registered and downsized event was held in Burbank.
Meanwhile, this delegate represents the first year under the agreement between the two major television academies that several categories have been rearranged to focus on genre, rather than day periods, as a way of dividing eligibility between Primetime (operated by the Los Angeles Television Academy) and Daytime Emmys ( It is handled by New York-based NATAS). It’s also the first year that the Kids and Family programming categories have been removed from both shows and moved to a new Children and Family Emmy Award competition and party, the first new Emmy show since 1979. (This event will take place in December).
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