Overview
- The 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards took place Oct. 17 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and The Emmys app.
- Mario Lopez hosted the show, and veteran journalist Deborah Norville received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
- NATAS presented a single combined program for Creative Arts and Daytime, introducing new honors including Culinary Cultural Series, Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series and Regional Content in a Daytime Genre.
- It was the second consecutive year without a broadcast network partner, with distribution handled directly by the Academy’s streaming platforms.
- The Young and the Restless led nominations with 19, followed by General Hospital with 16 and Days of Our Lives with 13, while CBS’s Beyond the Gates was ineligible under the 2024 calendar-year window.