53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominees Announced Across Drama, Talk and Culinary Categories

The nominees for the 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on 9 October 2026, spanning drama, talk, entertainment news and culinary programming. Four soap operas are competing for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series: Beyond the Gates on CBS, Days of Our Lives on Peacock, General Hospital on ABC, and The Young and the Restless on CBS. The Outstanding Daytime Talk Series category features six contenders — the 3rd Hour of TODAY on NBC, The Drew Barrymore Show on CBS, The Kelly Clarkson Show on NBCUniversal, Live with Kelly and Mark on Disney, TODAY with Jenna and Friends, and The View. In the entertainment news category, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight and Extra are all nominated. Culinary programming is recognised in two separate categories: the Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series nominees include Be My Guest with Ina Garten, Andrew Zimmern's Wild Game Kitchen, Delicious Miss Brown, Magnolia Table: At The Farm and Pati's Mexican Table. The Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series contenders are America The Bountiful, Best Ever Food Review Show, Fork and Hammer, Lucky Chow, and Savor The City.