This year’s Daytime Emmys have been handed out, and a familiar name sits on top of the daytime drama heap.
ABC’s “General Hospital” won the Emmy for best daytime drama series for the sixth straight year at Friday’s ceremony, which was broadcast live on YouTube. CBS newcomer “Beyond the Gates” also took home awards for lead actress (Tamara Tunie) and emerging talent (Ambyr Michelle). “Gates” earned 16 nominations overall in its first year of eligibility after debuting on CBS in February 2025. (It’s already been renewed for two more seasons, through 2028.)
In the daytime talk categories, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” won for best talk show after signing off in August, with Sherri Shepherd winning for best host for the farewell season of “Sherri.” “Be My Guest With Ina Garten” and “Justice for the People With Judge Milian” also took home Emmys in the culinary and courtroom categories. “General Hospital” veteran Genie Francis was honored as well with this year’s Lifetime Achievement award.
Read on to see a list of winners from select categories at the 2026 Daytime Emmys, and tell us who you would’ve voted for in a comment below!
DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
“Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
“Days of Our Lives” (Peacock)
“General Hospital” (ABC) — WINNER
“The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DAYTIME DRAMA
Stacy Haiduk (as Kristen DiMera), “Days of Our Lives”
Karla Mosley (as Dani Dupree), “Beyond the Gates”
Michelle Stafford (as Phyllis Summers), “The Young and the Restless”
Heather Tom (as Katie Logan), “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Tamara Tunie (as Anita Williams Dupree), “Beyond the Gates” — WINNER
LEAD ACTOR IN A DAYTIME DRAMA
Eric Braeden (as Victor Newman), “The Young and the Restless”
Steve Burton (as Jason Morgan), “General Hospital”
Scott Clifton (as Liam Spencer), “The Bold and the Beautiful” — WINNER
Thorsten Kaye (as Ridge Forrester), “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Christian Jules Le Blanc (as Michael Baldwin), “The Young and the Restless”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DAYTIME DRAMA
Linsey Godfrey (as Sarah Horton), “Days of Our Lives”
Camryn Grimes (as Mariah Copeland), “The Young and the Restless”
Beth Maitland (as Traci Abbott), “The Young and the Restless” — WINNER
Trisha Mann-Grant (as Leslie Thomas), “Beyond the Gates”
Amanda Setton (as Brook Lynn Quartermaine), “General Hospital”
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DAYTIME DRAMA
Sean Dominic (as Nate Hastings), “The Young and the Restless”
Timon Kyle Durrett (as Bill Hamilton), “Beyond the Gates”
Michael Graziadei (as Daniel Romalotti), “The Young and the Restless”
Roger Howarth (as Matt Clark), “The Young and the Restless” — WINNER
Mike Manning (as Bradley “Smitty” Smith), “Beyond the Gates”
Lawrence Saint-Victor (as Carter Walton), “The Bold and the Beautiful”
GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA
Jasmine Burke (as June Hughes), “Beyond the Gates”
Jeff Kober (as Cyrus Renault), “General Hospital” — WINNER
Eva LaRue (as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez), “General Hospital”
Christopher Sean (as Paul Narita), “Days of Our Lives”
Ray Wise (as Ian Ward), “The Young and the Restless”
EMERGING TALENT IN A DAYTIME DRAMA
Braedyn Bruner (as Emma Scorpio-Drake), “General Hospital”
Al Calderon (as Javier Hernandez), “Days of Our Lives”
Alice Halsey (as Rachel Black), “Days of Our Lives”
Giovanni Mazza (as Gio Palmieri), “General Hospital”
Ambyr Michelle (as Eva Thomas), “Beyond the Gates” — WINNER
Arielle Prepetit (as Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne), “Beyond the Gates”
WRITING FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA
“Beyond the Gates” (CBS)
“The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
“Days of Our Lives” (Peacock)
“General Hospital” (ABC) — WINNER
DIRECTING FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA
“Days of Our Lives” (Peacock) — WINNER
“General Hospital” (ABC)
“The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
DAYTIME TALK SERIES
“3rd Hour of TODAY” (NBC)
“The Drew Barrymore Show” (CBS Media Ventures)
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios) — WINNER
“Live With Kelly and Mark” (Disney Entertainment Distribution)
“TODAY With Jenna & Friends” (NBC)
“The View” (ABC)
DAYTIME TALK SHOW HOST
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro, “The View”
Kelly Clarkson, “The Kelly Clarkson Show”
Tamron Hall, “Tamron Hall”
Jennifer Hudson, “The Jennifer Hudson Show”
Sherri Shepherd, “Sherri” — WINNER
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
“Access Hollywood” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
“Entertainment Tonight” (CBS Media Ventures) — WINNER
“Extra” (Warner Bros. Television)
CULINARY INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES
“Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen” (Outdoor Channel)
“Be My Guest With Ina Garten” (Food Network) — WINNER
“Delicious Miss Brown” (Food Network)
“Magnolia Table: At the Farm” (Magnolia Network)
“Pati’s Mexican Table” (PBS)
CULINARY HOST
Kardea Brown, “Delicious Miss Brown”
Danielle Chang, “Lucky Chow”
Ina Garten, “Be My Guest With Ina Garten” — WINNER
Pati Jinich, “Pati’s Mexican Table”
Andrew Zimmern, “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen”
LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
“Caught in Providence” (Debmar-Mercury)
“Divorce Court” (Fox)
“Justice for the People With Judge Milian” (Entertainment Studios) — WINNER
“Mathis Court With Judge Mathis” (Entertainment Studios)
