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 on watch.theemmys.tv (no cable provider needed).

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.