Your Ultimate Guide to Streaming the Daytime Emmy Awards Live Online
The 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards are set to be held on Friday, October 17, 2025, at 4 p.m. PT. The ceremony will take place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. This prestigious event will present a total of 41 Emmy awards, recognizing excellence in various categories including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, and culinary as well as legal/courtroom programs.
Host and New Categories
Mario Lopez will take on the role of host for this year’s awards. Notably, the ceremony will feature several new categories, such as:
- Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series
- Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series
- Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre
Lifetime Achievement Award
Deborah Norville, who recently announced her exit from Inside Edition after three decades, is expected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the ceremony. This honor highlights her significant contributions to daytime television.
How to Stream the Daytime Emmy Awards Live
This year, the Daytime Emmys will not be broadcast on traditional television networks. Instead, viewers can enjoy the ceremony streaming live on the official National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website, watch.theemmys.tv. Additionally, the awards can be accessed via The Emmys app, available for both iOS and Android devices, as well as on various smart TVs, including Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, and Roku.
Notable Nominations
This year’s leading nominees include:
- The Young and the Restless – 19 nominations
- General Hospital – 16 nominations
- Days of Our Lives – 13 nominations
- Drew Barrymore – 9 nominations
- Kelly Clarkson – 8 nominations
The Young and the Restless leads the pack, followed by General Hospital, which won last year’s Outstanding Drama Series.
Upcoming Soap Opera
CBS introduced a new soap, Beyond the Gates, in February 2025. However, it was launched just after the eligibility window for this year’s nominees, which spans January 1 to December 31, 2024. Beyond the Gates will be eligible for consideration in next year’s awards season.
Presenters for the Ceremony
This year’s presentations will be made by a wide array of television personalities, including:
- Brad Bestelink (Living With Leopards)
- Kardea Brown (Delicious Miss Brown)
- Alexa Havins Bruening (General Hospital)
- Scott Clifton (The Bold and the Beautiful)
- Olivia d’Abo (The Bay)
- Dan Feuerriegel (Days of Our Lives)
- Rory Gibson (General Hospital)
- Carla Hall (Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall)
- Deidre Hall (Days of Our Lives)
- Cherie Jimenez (Days of Our Lives)
- Judge Lauren Lake (We the People with Judge Lauren Lake)
- Egypt Sherrod & Mike Jackson (Married to Real Estate)
- Ross Mathews (The Drew Barrymore Show)
- Michael Mealor (The Young and the Restless)
- Karla Mosley (Beyond the Gates)
- Joseph Rosendo (Steppin’ Out)
- Michelle Stafford (The Young and the Restless)
- Lisa Yamada (The Bold and the Beautiful)
The 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards promises to be an event filled with excitement, recognition, and memorable moments in daytime television.
