How To Watch The 2026 Daytime Emmy Awards
The 53rd Daytime Emmy Awards take place on Friday, 30 October, at the Hollywood Palladium. For the second year running, viewers can watch only through the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ YouTube page, marking a shift from the CBS broadcasts that ran from 2020 to 2024.
The livestream’s red carpet begins at 4pm Pacific time (7pm Eastern), followed by the ceremony at 5pm Pacific (8pm Eastern). CBS’s *The Young and the Restless* leads the nominations with 18, ahead of *Beyond the Gates* with 15 and ABC’s *General Hospital* with 13; *The Kelly Clarkson Show* has 10 nominations in its final year. *General Hospital* actor Genie Francis is due to receive NATAS’s Lifetime Achievement award, alongside this year’s Gold Circle and Silver Circle recipients.
In short
- The Daytime Emmys stream exclusively on NATAS’s YouTube page.
- The ceremony starts at 8pm Eastern on 30 October.
- *The Young and the Restless* leads with 18 nominations.
Explained simply
The Daytime Emmy Awards recognise work made for daytime television, including dramas, talk shows and other programmes. They are organised by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, known as NATAS, which also presents special awards for lifetime achievement and long service.
The nominations show which programmes and performers are being considered for awards, rather than who has won. This year’s nominees include long-running soap operas such as The Young and the Restless and General Hospital, as well as talk shows such as The Kelly Clarkson Show. The awards matter to the television industry as a way to recognise work in daytime programming.
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