Nominations are rolling out Thursday and Friday for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will air live in June on CBS and Paramount+.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is revealing nominations in five key categories today: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, Outstanding Daytime Talk Series, Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Host and Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series for both actress and actor.
The remaining nominations will be unveiled Friday morning at 9 a.m. PT.
Among the changes to this years daytime categories, per NATAS: the Outstanding Younger Performer in a Daytime Drama and Outstanding Promotional Announcement races are gone; the Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series and Outstanding Writing for Daytime Non-Fiction Special have been merged into Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program; and the Daytime Program Host category has been split into two categories, Daytime Personality Daily and Daytime Personality Non-Daily.
One of the more surprising nominations this year went to Eric Braeden, who earned his first nomination in 20 years for playing Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless. Part of the reason for his absence from the Emmy race in past years is that he routinely declined to submit himself for consideration. Braeden won his first and only Emmy for the soap in 1998.
Check out TheShockNews of nominees below as they are announced, and keep refreshing for updates.
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
The Bay (Popstar! TV)
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Days of Our Lives (Peacock)
General Hospital (ABC)
Neighbors (Amazon Freevee)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Outstanding Daytime Talk Show Host
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro, The View (ABC)
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live with Kelly and Mark (ABC)
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, The Talk (CBS)
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Tamara Braun, Days of Our Lives (Peacock)
Finola Hughes, General Hospital (ABC)
Katherine Kelly Lang, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Annika Noelle, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Michelle Stafford, The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Cynthia Watros, General Hospital (ABC)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Eric Braeden, Young & The Restless (CBS)
Scott Clifton, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Thorsten Kaye, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
John McCook, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Eric Martsolf, Days of Our Lives (CBS)