Days of Our Lives was one in all three daytime dramas to earn a nomination immediately within the prime class, however followers nonetheless had a bone to choose with NATAS over who wasn’t included in one of many performing classes.
For a number of of the cleaning soap classes, the Peacock sudser submitted its 15,000th episode that addressed the passing of Doug Williams, the long-lasting character performed since 1970 by the late Invoice Hayes. The longtime cleaning soap star died at 98 in January of 2024.
What made the milestone episode so memorable — at the very least to followers and the manufacturing — was that it included emotional scenes with Hayes’ real-life spouse Susan Seaforth-Hayes, who has performed Doug’s spouse Julie for many years.
However the actress who turns 82 on July 11 wasn’t nominated this yr for lead actress, prompting objections from followers on social media. Hayes took to Instagram to put up a response of her personal.
“For everybody who was upset by the Emmy nominations, I’m amazed and moved that so many cared that deeply about Susan Hayes and Julie, her different self.” She went on to say that “I’ve not been snubbed by all of the judges of NATAS over time” and “maybe the judges felt I wasn’t performing when for the digicam, I received the information, kissed the physique goodbye, and gave the eulogy. Irrespective of, my fact was based mostly on a love that was actual for an viewers that cherished him, too.”
The final time Hayes was nominated for taking part in Julie was in 2020. In 2018, she and her husband obtained a Lifetime Achievement Award for his or her work on DOOL.
DOOL was one in all three soaps that obtained a nomination July 10 for Excellent Daytime Drama. The cleaning soap’s Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) and Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) obtained lead actor nominations, whereas Lindsay Godfrey (Sarah Horton), Emily O’Brien (Theresa Donovan) and Blake Berris (Everett Lynch) receiving nods in supporting.
The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmys are set for October 17 in Pasadena.
