Eileen Davidson, Laura Wright, Melissa Claire Egan, Michelle Stafford, Nancy Lee Grahn and Sharon Case were all nominated for Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series at the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards.

On Daytime Confidential podcast episode 1182, Luke Kerr, Jillian Bowe, Joshua Baldwin and Melodie Aikels react to the 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Melodie spills tea about Daytime Emmy red carpet and winners walk interviews The team shares their first impressions of the show,

The Daytime Emmy Awards red carpet was rolled out today as stars of daytime television gathered at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, to celebrate their achievements.

It was announced on August 18 that two-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Deborah Norville will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Honor. She is the longest-serving female anchor in American television after spending 30 years as the host of Inside Edition, which she left earlier this year.

The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.

The 52nd annual Daytime Emmy Awards will take place Friday, October 17, 2025 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.

Rikaart, 48, earned his second nomination for Days of Our Lives this year, a follow-up to his 2019 nod. He joined the soap in 2018 as Leo Stark, after a close to two-decade run on The Young and the Restless as Kevin Fisher.