The52nd Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), took place on October 17, 2025, at thePasadena Civic Auditorium inPasadena, California. During the gala, the NATAS presented Daytime Emmys in 14 categories^[a] honoring daytime television in 2024. The ceremony was broadcast via the Emmys app and online at watch.theemmys.tv, afterCBS televised the event from 2020 to 2024. American actor and television hostMario Lopez hosted the event for the fourth time, his first as sole host.

In related events, the Academy held its52nd Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards ceremony on the same evening.General Hospital won a leading seven awards, includingOutstanding Drama Series, their fifth consecutive win in the category.

The nominees for the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on July 10, 2025.^[1]

Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[2]

• Deborah Norville^[3]

In January 2025, NATAS president Adam Sharp revealed that the 52nd Daytime Emmy Awards would change its scheduling from its traditional May/June date to October, switching places with the46th News and Documentary Emmy Awards to highlight the "timely nature" of news and documentary programming.^[4]

This year, the NATAS strictly enforced a longstanding rule that "in any category where there are fewer than ten (10) submissions, no more than 50% of submitted entries may be nominated". This meant that only three daytime dramas qualified to earn nominations:Days of Our Lives,General Hospital, andThe Young and the Restless. The newest daytime drama,Beyond the Gates, was also ineligible due to its February 24, 2025, premiere date, which followed the December 31, 2024, window deadline.^[5]

• 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 retiredOutstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series and its gender-specific predecessors, there would be no maximum age limit. However, one who wins it once would be disqualified from winning it a second time.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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.^[7]

The annual "In Memoriam" segment, was presented by host Lopez. The following individuals were honored during the tribute:^[8][9]

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