General Hospital won Outstanding Daytime Drama Series at the 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards as CBS’ Beyond the Gates won four awards in its first season, including lead actress for Tamara Tunie. Tunie, Tracee Ellis Ross and Star Jones each won their first Emmys, and Keke Palmer picked up her third. The ceremony streamed live on the NATAS YouTube channel.
Beyond the top series prize, General Hospital won guest performance for Jeff Kober, writing team and casting, for four wins in all. Genie Francis, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award, will mark 50 years since her daytime debut on the series next February, per NATAS.
Tunie won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress for playing Anita Williams Dupree on Beyond the Gates, which she did after making her daytime debut in 1987. NATAS said she became the second Black winner in the category. Ambyr Michelle won Outstanding Emerging Talent, and the show also won lighting direction for Episode 104 and, for Episode 103, hairstyling and makeup. Beyond the Gates shared the hairstyling and makeup category with The Kelly Clarkson Show, per the winners list.
Scott Clifton won lead actor for playing Liam Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful. Beth Maitland won supporting actress for playing Traci Abbott on The Young and the Restless, and NATAS said her 41-year gap between wins is the longest for an actress. Her castmate Roger Howarth won supporting actor, and at 32 years his gap is the longest for an actor in daytime acting categories.
Ross won her first Emmy as host and executive producer of Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross, which won Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program for Roku. Jones won her first Emmy with bailiff Corey Jovan for Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily on Divorce Court.
Palmer won her third career Emmy as co-creator and executive producer of Glam Through the Ages, which took Outstanding Daytime Short Form Program.
The Kelly Clarkson Show won Outstanding Daytime Talk Series, and Sherri Shepherd won Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host for Sherri. Ina Garten won Outstanding Culinary Host, and her show Be My Guest with Ina Garten won Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series. Giada De Laurentiis won Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily for Giada in My Kitchen.
Francis received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by her husband, Jonathan Frakes.
NATAS also inducted Byron Allen, Patrika Darbo, Francesca James and Meredith Vieira into the Gold Circle. Stephen Brown and Rubin Ervin joined the Silver Circle.
Full list of winners below:
Series and programs
- Outstanding Daytime Drama Series: General Hospital (ABC)
- Outstanding Daytime Talk Series: The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
- Outstanding Entertainment News Series: Entertainment Tonight (CBS Media Ventures)
- Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series: Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network)
- Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series: Lucky Chow (PBS)
- Outstanding Legal / Courtroom Series: Justice For The People with Judge Milian (Entertainment Studios)
- Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program: Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross (Roku)
- Outstanding Instructional / How-To Program: Home Town Takeover (HGTV)
- Outstanding Lifestyle Program: A Different Breed (InkBlot Narratives)
- Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program: Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Outstanding Daytime Special: Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children with Autism (Hulu)
- Outstanding Daytime Short Form Program: Glam Through the Ages (KeyTV Network)
- Outstanding Regional Content in a Daytime Genre: Requiem for Colour: A Journey through Lament and Joy(MultyCam, Midsouth Chapter)
Performers and hosts
- Lead actress, daytime drama: Tamara Tunie, Beyond the Gates (CBS)
- Lead actor, daytime drama: Scott Clifton, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
- Supporting actress, daytime drama: Beth Maitland, The Young and the Restless (CBS)
- Supporting actor, daytime drama: Roger Howarth, The Young and the Restless (CBS)
- Emerging talent, daytime drama: Ambyr Michelle, Beyond the Gates (CBS)
- Guest performance, daytime drama: Jeff Kober, General Hospital (ABC)
- Daytime talk series host: Sherri Shepherd, Sherri (Debmar-Mercury)
- Culinary host: Ina Garten, Be My Guest with Ina Garten (Food Network)
- Daytime personality, daily: Star Jones and Corey Jovan, Divorce Court (FOX)
- Daytime personality, non-daily: Giada De Laurentiis, Giada in My Kitchen (Prime Video)
Writing and directing
- Writing team, daytime drama: General Hospital (ABC)
- Writing, daytime non-fiction series: Expedition Unknown, “Searching for World War II’s Lost Hero” (Discovery Channel), and This Old House, “Asheville Rebuilds” (PBS and Roku)
- Directing team, daytime drama: Days of our Lives (Peacock)
- Directing, non-studio non-fiction series: A Different Breed, “The Season Begins”
- Directing, studio non-fiction series: The Kelly Clarkson Show, Episode 5033
Crafts
- Music direction and composition: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC and Peacock)
- Technical direction and video: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC and Peacock)
- Cinematography or camerawork: Long Way Home, “Lost in Lapland” (Apple)
- Editing, non-studio: A Different Breed, “The Season Begins”
- Editing, studio: IndieWire’s Craft Roundtables, “Editors”
- Sound mixing and editing, prerecorded: Long Way Home, “Lost in Lapland” (Apple)
- Sound mixing and editing, live: The Kelly Clarkson Show, Episode 5007
- Lighting direction: Beyond the Gates, Episode 104
- Art direction, set decoration and scenic design: The Kelly Clarkson Show, Episode 5033
- Costume design and styling: The Young and the Restless, Episode 13273
- Hairstyling and makeup: Beyond the Gates, Episode 103, and The Kelly Clarkson Show, Episode 5033
- Casting: General Hospital (ABC)
- Main title and graphic design: The Drew Barrymore Show (CBS Media Ventures)
Featured image photo credit: NATAS
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