‘Days of Our Lives’ leads the nominations for the 46th Daytime Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 46th Daytime Emmy Awards are in and Days of Our Lives leads the pack with 27, followed by General Hospital with 25 and The Young and the Restless with 20. All three were nominated for Outstanding Drama Series alongside The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.
CBS, as it usually does, led the nominations, this year with 61. NBC received 38, followed by ABC with 35 and PBS with 31. Syndicated programs accounted for 55 nods and Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, tied with 49 each.
Outstanding Game Show nominees include Family Feud, Jeopardy!, Let’s Make a Deal, The Price Is Right and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. while the Outstanding Host of a Game Show nods went to Wayne Brady (Let’s Make a Deal), Chris Harrison (Who Wants to be a Millionaire?), John Michael Higgins (America Says), Pat Sajak (Wheel of Fortune), Alex Trebek (Jeopardy!).
The Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced in two parts; a creative arts ceremony on May 3rd, chef Jacques Pepin and Judge Judy Sheindlin will receive lifetime-achievement honors, and the main ceremony on May 5th. Both events will take place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
A full list of this year’s nominees can be found here.
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