47th Daytime Emmy Awards


The 47th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, honored the best in U.S. daytime television programming in 2019. The NATAS originally planned to hold it for over three nights for the first time on June 12–14, 2020, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. However, all public events related to it were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the awards were delayed to June 26, with virtual ceremonies via remote video production and no public events related to it. The ceremonies aired on CBS, marking the first time that the Daytime Emmys were broadcast on U.S. TV since 2015, and the first time on a broadcast network since 2011.
The nominations, originally scheduled to be announced on April 27, 2020, were also delayed to May 21.

Ceremony information

The 47th Daytime Emmy Awards were originally scheduled for the first time to be presented over three nights, instead of the traditional main ceremony and the separate Creative Arts ceremony, to honor its ever expanding set of award categories. On March 19, 2020, the NATAS postponed the ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NATAS then announced on April 28 that the awards would be presented at a date to be determined later with virtual ceremonies via remote video production. On May 20, the virtual ceremony was scheduled for June 26 to air on CBS, with the nominations announced the next day on its daytime talk show The Talk.
However, only the leading award categories were presented on the CBS telecast. Some of the additional award categories were announced simultaneously on Twitter, while others are planned to be announced separately later in July 2020. On June 18, it was announced that the special would be hosted by the panel of The Talk.

Award changes

As part of several initiatives regarding gender identity, the NATAS decided to replace both the younger actor and younger actress drama categories with a single gender-neutral Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series.

Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on May 21, 2020. Winners in each category are listed first, in boldface.
CategoryNominees
Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series
  • The Bay: The Series
  • * After Forever
  • * Dark/Web
  • * EastSiders
  • * Studio City
    • Outstanding Game Show
  • Jeopardy!
  • * Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
  • * Double Dare
  • * Family Feud
  • * The Price Is Right
    • Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program
  • The People's Court
  • * Hot Bench
  • * Judge Judy
  • * Judge Mathis
  • * Lauren Lake's Paternity Court
    • Outstanding Morning Program
  • Today
  • *CBS Sunday Morning
  • *CBS This Morning
  • *Good Morning America
  • *Sunday Today with Willie Geist
    • Outstanding Talk Show/Informative
  • The View
  • * The 3rd Hour of Today
  • * Rachael Ray
  • * Red Table Talk
  • * Today with Hoda & Jenna
    • Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • * GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke
  • * The Kelly Clarkson Show
  • * Live with Kelly and Ryan
  • * The Talk
    • Outstanding Entertainment News Program
  • Entertainment Tonight
  • * Access Hollywood
  • * E! News
  • * Extra
  • * Inside Edition
    • Outstanding Culinary Program
  • Giada Entertains
  • * Barefoot Contessa
  • * Milkstreet
  • * 30 Minute Meals
  • * Valerie's Home Cooking
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
  • Heather Tom as Katie Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful
  • * Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, General Hospital
  • * Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful
  • * Maura West as Ava Jerome, General Hospital
  • * Arianne Zucker as Nicole Walker, Days of Our Lives
    • Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
  • Jason Thompson as Billy Abbott, The Young and the Restless
  • * Steve Burton as Jason Morgan, General Hospital
  • * Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful
  • * Jon Lindstrom as Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain, General Hospital
  • * Thaao Penghlis as Tony DiMera, Days of Our Lives
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  • Tamara Braun as Dr Kim Nero, General Hospital
  • * Rebecca Budig as Hayden Barnes, General Hospital
  • * Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Williams, Days of Our Lives
  • * Christel Khalil as Lily Winters, The Young and the Restless
  • * Annika Noelle as Hope Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful
    • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
  • Bryton James as Devon Hamilton, The Young and the Restless
  • * Mark Grossman as Adam Newman, The Young and the Restless
  • * Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis, Days of Our Lives
  • * Chandler Massey as Will Horton, Days of Our Lives
  • * James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine, General Hospital
  • * Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis, Days of Our Lives
    • Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series
  • Olivia Rose Keegan as Claire Brady, Days of Our Lives
  • * Sasha Calle as Lola Rosales, The Young and the Restless
  • * Katelyn MacMullen as Willow Tait, General Hospital
  • * Eden McCoy as Josslyn Jacks, General Hospital
  • * Thia Megia as Haley Chen, Days of Our Lives
    • Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series
  • Eva LaRue as Celeste Rosales, The Young and the Restless
  • * Elissa Kapneck as Sasha, The Young and the Restless
  • * Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey, General Hospital
  • * Jeffrey Vincent Parise as Simon Black, The Young and the Restless
  • * Chrishell Stause as Jordan Ridgeway, Days of Our Lives
    • Outstanding Principal Performance in a Daytime Program
  • Ryan Dillon as Elmo, Lefty the Salesman, Don Music, Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
  • * Liana Liberato as McKenna Brady, Light as a Feather
  • * Damian Toofeek Raven as Chadwick Williams, The Chadwick Journals, Season 3: Oren
  • * Jordan Rodrigues as Trey Emory, Light as a Feather
  • * Brianne Tju as Alex Portnoy, Light as a Feather
    • Outstanding Game Show Host
  • Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!
  • * Wayne Brady, Let's Make a Deal
  • * Steve Harvey, Family Feud
  • * Alfonso Ribeiro, Catch 21
  • * Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune
    • Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host
  • Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall
  • * Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, Abby Huntsman, and Ana Navarro, The View
  • * Larry King, Larry King Now
  • * Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager, Today with Hoda & Jenna
  • * Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow Smith, and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, Red Table Talk
    • Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
  • Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show
  • * Michael Strahan, Sara Haines, and Keke Palmer, GMA3: Strahan, Sara and Keke
  • * Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Live with Kelly and Ryan
  • * Maury Povich, Maury
  • * Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Marie Osmond, The Talk
    • Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team
  • The Bold and the Beautiful
  • * General Hospital
  • * Days of Our Lives
  • * The Young and the Restless
    • Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
  • General Hospital
  • * The Bold and the Beautiful
  • * Days of Our Lives
  • * The Young and the Restless