The Daytime Emmy nominations are out, and they are unusual.
Dick van Dyke, age 98, was nominated for his guest spot on “Days of Our Lives.” It’s his first ever Daytime Emmy nomination. He will win, easily.
Aussie movie star Guy Pearce got a nomination for that country’s soap, “Neighbours.” Why? I have no idea.
There are six nominees for Best Actress in a soap, and only five for Best Actor. William Devane once said men on soap operas were like furniture for the women to push around, or something like that.
Most of the acting nominations are arbitrary, or have to do with bulk voting from a cast. They make little sense, although it’s time for Finola Hughes to win something for “General Hospital.”
I don’t understand how Jennifer Hudson’s talk show as nominated, but not Hudson herself. The awful and now cancelled “The Talk” hosts were nominated, but not their show.
Robert Downey, Jr was nominated for his car show.
The Daytime Emmys are on CBS June 7th. Is it a coincidence that the CBS shows got so many nominations? Probably not.
51st Daytime Emmy Awards
DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
Neighbours
Amazon Freevee
The Young and the Restless
CBS
2 – DAYTIME TALK SERIES
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Tamron Hall
Syndicated
Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
Disney+
The View
ABC
3 – ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES
Access Hollywood
Syndicated
Entertainment Tonight
Syndicated
Extra
Syndicated
4 – CULINARY SERIES
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Food Network
Family Dinner
Magnolia Network
Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays
Food Network
Valerie’s Home Cooking
Food Network
What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel
Max
5 – LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM
Hot Bench
Syndicated
Judy Justice
Amazon Freevee
Justice For The People with Judge Milian
Syndicated
The People’s Court
Syndicated
We The People with Judge Lauren Lake
Syndicated
6 – TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND NATURE PROGRAM
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
National Geographic
Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper
National Geographic
Guy’s All-American Road Trip
Food Network
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Street Somm
Tastemade
7 – INSTRUCTIONAL/HOW-TO PROGRAM
Fixer to Fabulous
HGTV
Fixer Upper: The Hotel
Magnolia Network
Hack My Home
Netflix
Martha Gardens
Roku
Windy City Rehab
HGTV
8 – LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
Downey’s Dream Cars
Max
George to the Rescue
NBC
Growing Floret
Magnolia Network
Homegrown
Magnolia Network
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
9 – ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE PROGRAM
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Vimeo
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch
Netflix
Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter
SundanceTV
Oprah and “The Color Purple” Journey
Max
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
PBS
Working in the Theatre
AmericanTheatreWing.org
10 – EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Harlem Globetrotters Play It Forward
NBC
Ireland Made with Love
PBS
Leveling Lincoln
PBS
What Really Happened: America’s Wild
National Geographic
11 – DAYTIME SPECIAL
Culture Quest: Ukraine
PBS
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC
97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC
Recipe for Change: Celebrating Black Men
SpringHill
Unexpected
Hulu
12 – SHORT FORM PROGRAM
Catalyst
LinkedIn News
The Dads
Netflix
Hollywood Atelier: Rob Pickens
The Hollywood Reporter
How Una Pizza Napoletana Became the No.1 Ranked Pizza in the World
Eater
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix
13 – LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali
Days of our Lives
Peacock
Finola Hughes as Anna Devane
General Hospital
ABC
Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Annika Noelle as Hope Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves
General Hospital
ABC
14 – LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Eric Braeden as Victor Newman
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Eric Martsolf as Brady Black
Days of our Lives
Peacock
John McCook as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
15 – SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS
Jennifer Gareis as Donna Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton
Days of our Lives
Peacock
Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Allison Lanier as Summer Newman Abbott
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Emily O’Brien as Gwen Rizczech
Days of our Lives
Peacock
16 – SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR
Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford
General Hospital
ABC
Bryton James as Devon Winters
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis
Days of our Lives
Peacock
A Martinez as Nardo Ramos
The Bay
Popstar! TV
Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon
The Bay
Popstar! TV
17 – GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten
The Young and the Restless
CBS
Ashley Jones as Dr. Bridget Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Alley Mills as Heather Webber
General Hospital
ABC
Guy Pearce as Mike Young
Neighbours
Amazon Freevee
Dick Van Dyke as Mystery Man/Timothy Robicheaux
Days of our Lives
Peacock
18 – DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro
The View
ABC
Kelly Clarkson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa
Live with Kelly and Mark
Syndicated
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood
The Talk
CBS
Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
Syndicated
19 – CULINARY HOST
Lidia Bastianich
25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
PBS
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie’s Home Cooking
Food Network
Eduardo Garcia
Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia
Magnolia Network
Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Cooks
Roku
Sophia Roe
Counter Space
Tastemade
Buddy Valastro
Legends of the Fork
A&E
20 – DAYTIME PERSONALITY – DAILY
Frank Caprio
Caught in Providence
Facebook Watch
Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner
Matt Cohen, Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo,
Will Marfuggi, Rachel Smith,
Entertainment Tonight
Syndicated
Deborah Norville
Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero, Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret
Les Trent
Inside Edition
Syndicated
Robert Hernandez, Star Jones
Divorce Court
FOX
Judge Judy Sheindlin
Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose
Judy Justice
Amazon Freevee
21 – DAYTIME PERSONALITY – NON-DAILY
Samantha Brown
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
PBS
Derrick Campana
The Wizard of Paws
BYUtv
Christian Cooper
Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper
National Geographic
Zoë François, Andrew Zimmern
Holiday Party with Andrew & Zoë
Magnolia Network
Jet Tila
Ready Jet Cook
Food Network
22 – WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS
23 – WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Reconnecting Roots
PBS
Super Animals
Syndicated
Team Rubicon
Roku
24 – DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES
The Bay
Popstar! TV
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS
25 – DIRECTING TEAM FOR A SINGLE CAMERA
DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Vimeo
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Searching for Soul Food
Hulu
TrueSouth
ESPN I ABC I SEC Network
26 – DIRECTING TEAM FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION
PROGRAM
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC
The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
Disney+
The View
ABC
27 – OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
AND COMPOSITION
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC
Mysteries of the Faith
Netflix
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix
28 – ORIGINAL SONG
“Shine”
General Hospital
ABC
“Unexpected Truth”
Unexpected
Hulu
“We’re Home”
Reconnecting Roots
PBS
29 – LIGHTING DIRECTION
General Hospital
ABC
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
The View
ABC
30 – TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
Days of our Lives
Peacock
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
31 – CINEMATOGRAPHY
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
National Geographic
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Living For The Dead
Hulu
Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament
CBN
32 – SINGLE CAMERA EDITING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Drive with Swizz Beatz
Hulu
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Oprah and The Color Purple Journey
Max
Searching for Soul Food
Hulu
33 – MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING
Family Ingredients
PBS
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
Team Rubicon
Roku
TrueSouth
ESPN|ABC|SEC|Network
The Wizard of Paws
BYUtv
34 – OUTSTANDING LIVE SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
The Talk
CBS
Tamron Hall
Syndicated
35 – SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Downey’s Dream Cars
Max
Drive with Swizz Beatz
Hulu
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix
36 – MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Car Masters: Rust to Riches
Netflix
Searching for Soul Food
Hulu
Super Animals
Syndicated
Tex Mex Motors
Netflix
37 – CASTING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
Days of our Lives
Peacock
General Hospital
ABC
Start Up
PBS
The Young and the Restless
CBS
38 – ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated
General Hospital
ABC
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated
The View
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS
39 – COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated
Sherri
Syndicated
40 – HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP
African Queens: Njinga
Netflix
The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated
Sherri
Syndicated
The View
ABC
The Young and the Restless
CBS
