Night one of the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards are taking place live on Friday, June 7, starting 8 p.m. ET at the Westin Bonaventure hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.
Major awards passed on Friday include daytime drama series, daytime talk series, entertainment news series, daytime talk series host and the major daytime acting categories. This is the second year in a two-year telecast deal that NATAS had set with CBS, which has broadcast the Daytime Emmys 18 times, more than any other network. The rest of the awards will be handed out on Saturday, June 8, at Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards.
That ceremony will be streamed on The Emmys apps and at watch.TheEmmys.tv.
“Entertainment Tonight” anchors Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner are back to once again host the Daytime Emmys . Frazier and Turner previously hosted the Daytime Emmys in 2022 and 2023. The duo is also nominated this year in the outstanding daytime personality – daily category, while “Entertainment Tonight” is nominated in outstanding entertainment news series.
Among this year’s highlights, the Amazon Freevee show “Neighbours” has been nominated for the first time at the Daytime Emmys (now that it has U.S. auspices), alongside CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless,” as well as Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives,” ABC’s “General Hospital” and Popstar! TV’s “The Bay.
” Also, legendary star Dick Van Dyke, at age 98, is now the oldest actor .