Daytime Emmy Nominations 2026 (Updating Live)

Days after the Primetime Emmy noms had been unveiled, we’re getting the primary handful of nominations for the 2026 Daytime Emmys. Forward of the total checklist that hits on Tuesday, the Nationwide Academy of Tv Arts & Sciences has named the hopefuls in a 4 key classes.

See under for the celebrities and reveals up for Daytime Discuss Collection, Daytime Discuss Collection Host and Lead Actor and Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama.

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The nominees in these 4 classes had been unveiled throughout Monday’s episodes of the syndicated Additional and Leisure Tonight, with noms in three extra classes — together with the marquee Excellent Daytime Drama — to be introduced throughout Tuesday’s episode of ABC’s The View.

Among the many hopefuls for Daytime Discuss Collection Host are Kelly Clarkson and Sherri Shepherd, whose eponymous reveals aren’t returning within the fall.

Final yr, ABC’s Normal Hospital repeated its Drama Collection triumph on the 2025 Daytime Emmys.

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“We’re proud to honor the extraordinary expertise and inventive groups whose work continues to outline and elevate daytime tv,” NATAS president and CEO Adam Sharp mentioned in a press release. “Because the Daytime panorama evolves and new types of storytelling emerge, we stay dedicated to recognizing the innovation taking place throughout the trade.”

Winners will probably be feted through the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony October 30 in Hollywood. A bunch for the present has but to be named.

Listed below are the 2026 Daytime Emmy nominees revealed so far, and maintain checking again after we add extra Tuesday.