The 52nd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), honored the best in US daytime television programming in 2024. On September 4, it was announced that the 52nd Daytime Emmys and Creative Arts Emmys would be held at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. As of September 17, 2025, the Daytime Emmys would be streamed only. The award ceremony took place on October 17, 2025, in Pasadena.
Ceremony information NATAS president Adam Sharp announced January 8, 2025, that the Daytime Emmys and the Daytime Creative Arts Emmys would move to October and trade places with the 46th News and Documentary Emmy Awards to highlight the "timely nature" of news and documentary programming. Sharp said of the forty-two categories, "We’re excited to recognize the exceptional individuals and teams who make daytime television great every year and in some cases, every day. As the Daytime landscape continues to expand, we’re excited to introduce new categories to recognize the boundary-pushing work being done." The nominations were announced on July 10, 2025, alongside the nominees for the main ceremony categories and that instead of two separate dates for both ceremonies that there would be one ceremony for both. The same day NATAS announced the enforcement of the rules where any category that has fewer than ten (10) submissions, no more than 50% of submitted entries may be nominated, hence why The Bold and the Beautiful, The Bay, and Neighbours were not nominated. NATAS would honor programming and creative arts & lifestyle from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Beyond the Gates started broadcasting on CBS and streaming on Paramount + in February 2025 as to why no one or department was nominated from the show. While the ceremony was broadcast on CBS from 2020 to 2024 and streaming on Paramount +, Paramount Global had not signed a new broadcasting agreement with NATAS. Viewers would be able to watch the telecast from their mobile devices, Smart TVs, and many other connected devices such as Apple TV, Roku, Android TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and iPad. Later in the day on July 10, it was announced that Paramount Global had signed an agreement with NATAS. CBS would broadcast and Paramount + would stream the entire ceremony. On September 4, it was announced the 52nd Daytime Emmys and Creative Arts Emmys would be held at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. On September 17, it was announced the Daytime Emmys would only be streaming, and the host will be Mario Lopez.
Category changes A new category, Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series, honors performers who are in their first two years on their first daytime drama series. Unlike the retired Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series and its gender-specific predecessors, there would be no maximum age limit. However, once a performer had won once, they would be disqualified from winning it a second time. Outstanding Culinary Program was divided into two specific categories: Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series honoring those shows more instructive in food preparation and cooking, and Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series honoring those shows focused more on the cultural aspects of food. Outstanding Travel, Adventure and Nature Program was divided into two specific categories: Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program honoring those shows focused more on travel, and Outstanding Nature and Science Program honoring those shows focused more on the science of the natural world. Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre was created for outstanding regional work that will be awarded with a Crystal Pillar. Outstanding Original Song was eliminated.
Winners and Nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Programming + Hot Bench (Syndicated) America's Court with Judge Ross (Syndicated) Divorce Court (Fox) Judy Justice (Amazon Prime Video) Justice for the People with Judge Milian (Syndicated) We The People with Judge Lauren Lake (Syndicated) Expedition Unknown (Discovery Channel) Field Trip with Curtis Stone Hong Kong (PBS) The Good Road (PBS) How I Got Here (BYUtv) Joseph Rosendo's Steppin' Out (PBS) Mexico Made With Love (PBS) Chasing Flavor with Carla Hall (HBO / Max) BBQ High (Magnolia Network) Ingrediente: Mexico (Amazon Prime Video) TrueSouth (ESPN / ABC / SEC Network) Delicious Miss Brown (Food Network) Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network) Emeril Cooks (Roku) Lidia's Kitchen (PBS) Selena + Restaurant (Food Network) The Secret Lives of Animals (Apple TV+) Living with Leopards (Netflix) National Parks: USA (National Geographic) Secret Lives of Orangutans (Netflix) Secrets of the Neanderthals (Netflix) You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (Netflix) George to the Rescue (NBC) Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut (Netflix) Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Forward (NBC) Homegrown (Magnolia Network) Black Barbie: A Documentary (Netflix) Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (PBS) Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter (IFC) The Swift Effect (Peacock) Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (PBS) Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (ABC) Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter: An “Entertainment Tonight” Special (CBS) Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés (Amazon Prime Video) 98th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC) Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers (PBS) Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse (Magnolia Network) Dime Como Hacerlo (The Roku Channel) The Fixers (BYUtv) Going Home with Tyler Cameron (Amazon Prime Video) Married to Real Estate (HGTV) Martha Gardens (The Roku Channel) Ballin' Out (Outsports) Billboard Presents (Billboard) Catalyst (LinkedIn News) Eat This With Yara: The Chef Preserving Gaza’s Cuisine Amid a Genocide (AJ+) Live Like A Champion (Healthline) Createid SARA: A Life in Dreams and Symbols (Idaho Public Television) Chicagoland's Best Bites (WMAQ-TV) Danzando para Sanar (WWDT-TV) Hidden Homicide (WGN-TV) Relish (Twin Cities PBS)
Hosting & Daytime Personality + Kardea Brown – Delicious Miss Brown (Food Network) Joanna Gaines – Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines (Magnolia Network) Ina Garten – Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network) Emeril Lagasse – Emeril Cooks (The Roku Channel) Michael Symon – Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out (Food Network) Sir David Attenborough – Secret Lives of Orangutans (Netflix) Brad Bestelink – Living with Leopards (Netflix) Andi Sweeney Blanco, Courtney Dober, Rob North, Kirin Stone – The Fixers (BYUtv) Anthony Mackie – Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast (National Geographic) Martha Stewart – Martha Gardens (The Roku Channel)
Crafts + General Hospital – Jillian Dedote, Tina Keller, Robert Markham, Allison Reames Smith, Gary Tomlin, Frank Valentini, Denise Van Cleave, Teresa Cicala, Peter Fillmore, Paul S. Glass, Nate Hapke, Marika Kushel, Dave MacLeod, Christine Magarian Ucar, Kelli Kuschman, Elizabeth McCann, Kyle Bell, and Craig McManus (ABC) Days of our Lives – Sonia Blangiardo, Noel Maxam, Scott McKinsey, Kevin Church, Michael Fiamingo, Joseph Lumer, Sara Peterson McCormick, Holly Metts, Adriana Alvarado, Alexis Straiten, Jennifer Werwage, Jessie Harrison, Lucy Yalenian (Peacock) The Young and the Restless – Michael Eilbaum, Sally McDonald, Nancy Ortenberg, Owen Renfroe, Steven Williford, Derek Berlatsky, Andrew Hachem, Robbin Phillips, Jennifer Bisgrove, Alexandra Jensen, Andrew Wells, Martin Fritz Brekeller, Kristin Doherty (CBS) General Hospital – Elizabeth Korte, Patrick Mulcahey, Dan O'Connor, Chris Van Etten, Emily Culliton, Suzanne Flynn, Cathy LePard, Anne Schoettle, Charlotte Gibson, Kate Hall, Stacey Pulwer, and Scott Sickles (ABC) Days of our Lives – Ron Carlivati, Jeanne Marie Ford, Jamey Giddens, Katherine Schock, Ryan Quan, Sonja Alarr, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, David Kreizman, Fran Myers, Henry Newman, Dave Ryan (Peacock) The Young and the Restless – Josh Griffith, Amanda L. Beall, Jeff Beldner, Marla Kanelos, Susan Banks, James Harmon Brown, Janice Ferri Esser, Marin Gazzaniga, Lindsay Harrison, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips, Dave Ryan (CBS) Black Barbie: A Documentary – Lagueria Davis (Netflix) Modern Pioneering with Georgia Pellegrini – Georgia Pellegrini and Judd Walker (PBS) National Parks: USA – Avela Grenier, Kyle McCabe, and Jeff Reed (National Geographic) Secret Lives of Orangutans – Huw Cordey (Netflix) Shelter Me: The Cancer Pioneers – Samantha Jones, Steven Latham, and Conrad Stanley (PBS) Secret Lives of Orangutans – Huw Cordey (Netflix) Living with Leopards – Alex Parkinson (Netflix) Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild – Phil Fairclough, Eric Mazer, and John Murphy (NBC) The Secret Lives of Animals – Simon Baxter, Matthew Clements, David Heath, Mags Lightbody, and Victoria Webb (Apple TV+) Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast – Matt Kay (National Geographic) The Drew Barrymore Show – Scot Titelbaum, Sara Tannor, Veda Carey, and Liz Keane (Syndicated) Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – Sam Wrench (ABC) The Good Road – Andrew Duensing (PBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show – Joe Terry, Diana Horn, Brendan Higgins, Cyndi Owgang, and David Salas (Syndicated) The Wizard of Paws – Hannah Altschwager (BYUtv) Secret Lives of Orangutans – David Mitcham and Michael Whight (Netflix) Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors (Netflix) National Parks: USA – Colin Clark (National Geographic) The Secret Lives of Animals – Kyle Rodriguez (Apple TV+) Secrets of the Neanderthals – Anže Rozman, Enzo Hwang, Kara Talve, Russell Emanuel, and Greg Rappaport (Netflix) Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade – Dylan Sanford, Rick Siegel, Brett Turnbull, James Coker, Joe Daleki, Derek Wojtkun, Scott Acosta, John Atkinson, Ryan Balton, Manny Bonilla, William Christensen, Michael Cruickshank, Rob Curschman, Luis Lopez Devictoria, Chris Ferguson, Sean Flannery, Rick Fontanez, Jonny Harkins, Travis Hays, Shawn Hiatt, Sebastian Lumme, Andrew Moore, Matthew Roe, and Fed Wetherbee (ABC) The Drew Barrymore Show – Dave Saretsky, Augie Yuson, Al Cialino, Nick Fayo, Jesse Green, Eddie Lenzo, Chris Push, Dylan Whitman, and Mark Whitman (Syndicated) Neighbours – Heath Kerr (Amazon Prime Video) The View – Eric Gruszecki, John Kokinis, Andrew Capuano, David Dainoff, Michael Danisi, Nick Davis, Donato De Pasquale, Nick Fayo, Rob Feder, Carlos Flynn, Anthony Ioannou, Hardy Kluender, Douglas Schneider, Zachary Solomon, and Jim Tomlinson (ABC) The Young and the Restless – Michael Hoorn, Andrew Clark, Kathryn Hammond, Josh Llorico, William Looper, Roberto Bosio, and Taylor Campanian (CBS) National Parks: USA – Jason Ching, Jake Hewitt, Thomas Miller, Brandon Navratil, Jeff Reed, and Rick Smith (National Geographic) Living with Leopards – Kyle De Nobrega, Steven Dover, Noah Falklind, Greg Hartman, Gaokgonwe Seetsele Nthomiwa, Henry Smith, Rich Uren, Tristen Woodward, Brad Bestelink, and Paul Williams (Netflix) Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors – Jian Liwei, Zheng Yi, Graham Boonzaaier, Tian Feng, and Rachel Liew (Netflix) The Secret Lives of Animals – Scott Abraham, Graham MacFarlane, Sam Oakes, and Mark Payne-Gill (Apple TV+) Secret Lives of Orangutans – Zaid Abdulah, Matt Aeberhard, Yuzuru Masuda, Tom Rowland, Tania Esteban, and George Woodcock (Netflix) The Secret Lives of Animals – Caroline Hamilton and Khara Stibbons (Apple TV+) Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut – Lee Rosch and Oscar Vazquez (Netflix) Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors – Simon Barker, Brett Irwin, Ash Jenkins, Nick Price, and Xavier Russell (Netflix) Secret Lives of Orangutans – Charles Dyer and Khara Stibbons (Netflix) Secrets of the Neanderthals – Graeme Dawson (Netflix) Resurrected Rides – Patrick Berry, Stuart Brodlieb, Jesse Soff, Bryn Vytlacil, Andy Carney, Brad Haley, and Robb Roetman (Netflix)