Countdown to the 2025 Daytime Emmys — Where, When & What You Can’t Miss!
Daytime’s biggest night is almost upon us. The 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards will be handed out this Friday! There is some tough competition in multiple categories, so the night will be a nail-biter.
It is the daytime actors’ night to shine and be recognized for all of the hard work they put in, day in and day out. It’s also a night for the actors to celebrate the genre with their peers.
Key Takeaways
- The addition of the Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series category marks a fresh effort to highlight newer performers who are reshaping the genre.
- Beloved soap legend Jane Elliott will be inducted into the Gold Circle, while Kate Linder, James Reynolds, and Judy Blye Wilson join the Silver Circle.
- These honors recognize decades of impact in daytime storytelling.
- For the first time, the Daytime Emmys will stream exclusively on watch.theemmys.tv, ensuring soap fans worldwide can tune in live. The shift from broadcast to digital reflects the changing way audiences consume daytime drama — without losing the glamor and emotion fans expect from the genre’s biggest night.
The Details
The 52nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will take place on Friday, October 17, 2025, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The telecast will stream live at 7 pm ET on watch.theemmys.tv (no cable provider needed).
It’s An Honor Just To Be Nominated
It is Emmy week, and the stars are preparing for the big night! Who do you think will take home the gold? You can scour the list of nominees to see if your favorite is nominated.
Taking The Gold & The Silver
The 2025 Gold & Silver Circle inductees have also been revealed. General Hospital’s Jane Elliott (Tracy Quartermaine) is the sole Gold Circle inductee this year. Among the Silver Circle honorees are The Young and the Restless’ Kate Linder (Esther), Days of Our Lives’ James Reynolds (Abe) and Casting Director Judy Blye Wilson.
Daytime Emmys Presenter Lineup
A whole slew of your daytime favorites will be presenting this year.
History Lesson
The Daytime Emmy Awards were established in 1974 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) to give daytime television its own spotlight, separate from the Primetime Emmys.
Early Emmy ceremonies had already recognized daytime work—in fact, daytime categories appeared in primetime Emmy shows in the early 1970s—but by 1974, NATAS spun off a dedicated awards show for soaps, talk, game shows, children’s programs, and other daytime formats.
In recent years, streaming and shifts in viewing habits forced further evolution. NATAS restructured its Emmy calendar, realigning Daytime and News & Documentary awards, and moving the Daytime ceremony from its traditional late-spring slot into October beginning in 2025.
The Daytime Emmys remain a cornerstone of daytime TV’s identity—honoring seasoned legends, emerging talent, and the broad creative and technical teams behind the scenes who make daytime television possible.
Will you be watching the awards? Do you have any predictions on who will walk away with the top prize?
