The Big Event and How We’ll Watch How To Watch The 2025 Daytime Emmys – Full Winners List and Live Reactions”
Daytime’s biggest night is almost upon us. The 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out this Friday! There is some tough competition in multiple categories, so the night will be a nail-biter. It is the daytime actors’ night to shine and be recognized for all of the hard work they put in, day in and day out. It’s also a night for the actors to celebrate the genre with their peers.
Key Takeaways
- The addition of the Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series category marks a fresh effort to highlight newer performers who are reshaping the genre.
- Beloved soap legend Jane Elliott will be inducted into the Gold Circle, while Kate Linder, James Reynolds, and Judy Blye Wilson join the Silver Circle. These honors recognize decades of impact in daytime storytelling.
- For the first time, the Daytime Emmys will stream exclusively on watch.theemmys.tv, ensuring soap fans worldwide can tune in live. The shift from broadcast to digital reflects the changing way audiences consume daytime drama — without losing the glamor and emotion fans expect from the genre’s biggest night.
The Details
The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will take place on Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The telecast will stream live at 7 pm ET on watch.theemmys.tv (no cable provider needed).
It’s An Honor Just To Be Nominated
It is Emmy week, and the stars are preparing for the big night! Who do you think will take home the gold? You can scour the list of nominees to see if your favorite is nominated.
Taking The Gold & The Silver
The 2025 Gold & Silver Circle inductees have also been revealed. General Hospital’s Jane Elliott (Tracy Quartermaine) is the sole Gold Circle inductee this year. Among the Silver Circle honorees are The Young and the Restless’ Kate Linder (Esther), Days of Our Lives’ James Reynolds (Abe) and Casting Director Judy Blye Wilson.
Daytime Emmys Presenter Lineup
A whole slew of your daytime favorites will be presenting this year.
History Lesson
The Daytime Emmy Awards were established in 1974 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) to give daytime television its own spotlight, separate from the Primetime Emmys. Early Emmy ceremonies had already recognized daytime work—in fact, daytime categories appeared in primetime Emmy shows in the early 1970s—but by 1974, NATAS spun off a dedicated awards show for soaps, talk, game shows, children’s programs, and other daytime formats.
In recent years, streaming and shifts in viewing habits forced further evolution. NATAS restructured its Emmy calendar, realigning Daytime and News & Documentary awards, and moving the Daytime ceremony from its traditional late-spring slot into October beginning in 2025.
The Daytime Emmys remain a cornerstone of daytime TV’s identity—honoring seasoned legends, emerging talent, and the broad creative and technical teams behind the scenes who make daytime television possible.
Will you be watching the awards? Do you have any predictions on who will walk away with the top prize?
Soap Hub updates live from the Daytime Emmys 2025 with every winner as it happens — see who took home the gold from your favorite soaps.
The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are underway, celebrating television’s biggest daytime achievements across soaps, talk shows, and digital drama. This year, the ceremony streams live — here’s how to watch. Stay tuned as Soap Hub updates this list live with every winner as they’re announced from Los Angeles. Rachel Dillin and Tina Charles from the Soap Hub staff are at the Daytime Emmy Awards! Check out the full list of nominees.
Key Takeaways
- Live updates from the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards. Rachel Dillin and Tina Charles from the Soap Hub editorial team are reporting LIVE from the Red Carpet!
- General Hospital, The Young and the Restless, Days of our Lives, and The Bold and the Beautiful among top contenders.
- Full list of soap winners updating throughout the night.
Outstanding Drama Series
Days of our Lives, Peacock
General Hospital, ABC
The Young and the Restless, CBS [Sony Pictures Television]
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Sharon Case as Sharon Newman, Y&R, CBS
Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott, Y&R, CBS
Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson, Y&R, CBS
Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis, GH, ABC
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, Y&R, CBS
Laura Wright as Carly Spencer, GH, ABC
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, Y&R, CBS
Eric Martsolf as Brady Black, DAYS, Peacock
Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark, DAYS, Peacock
Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis, DAYS, Peacock
Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri, GH, ABC
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton, DAYS, Peacock
Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra, Y&R, CBS
Kate Mansi as Kristina Corinthos Davis, GH, ABC
Emily O’Brien as Theresa Donovan, DAYS, Peacock
Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins Abbott, Y&R, CBS
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Tajh Bellow as TJ Ashford, GH, ABC
Blake Berris as Everett Lynch, DAYS, Peacock
Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti, Y&R, CBS
Gregory Harrison as Gregory Chase, GH, ABC
Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, GH, ABC
Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series
Olivia d’Abo as Fifi Garrett, The Bay, Popstar! TV [LANY Entertainment | SheMogul Entertainment]
AnnaLynne McCord as Cat Greene, DAYS, Peacock
Ashley Puzemis as Holly Jonasm DAYS, Peacock
Christian Weissmann as Remy Pryce, B&B, CBS
Lisa Yamada as Luna Nozawa, B&B, CBS
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series
Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten, Y&R, CBS
Clint Howard as Tom Starr, B&B, CBS
Jacqueline Lopez as Blaze, GH, ABC
Alley Mills as Heather Webber, GH, ABC
Valarie Pettiford as Amy Lewis, Y&R, CBS
Avery Kristen Pohl as Esme Prince, GH, ABC
