Daytime Emmy Award nominees revealed

By Lisa Respers France CNN The National Academy of Television Arts Sciences NATAS has informed the nominees for the nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Several new categories were added including outstanding culinary cultural series outstanding emerging talent in a daytime drama series and outstanding regional content in a daytime genre We re excited to recognize the exceptional individuals and teams who make daytime television great every year and in particular cases every day Adam Sharp president and chief executive officer of NATAS disclosed in a declaration As the daytime landscape continues to expand we re excited to introduce new categories to recognize the boundary-pushing work being done and we re enthusiastic to convene with and celebrate the whole Daytime neighborhood in one ceremony The ceremony is set to take place on October in Pasadena California The nominees in several top categories can be unveiled below Visit the Daytime Emmys site for the full list Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Days of our Lives General Hospital The Young and the Restless Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series Actress Sharon Event as Sharon Newman The Young and the Restless Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott The Young and the Restless Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson The Young and the Restless Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis General Hospital Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers The Young and the Restless Laura Wright as Carly Spencer General Hospital Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series Actor Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott The Young and the Restless Eric Martsolf as Brady Black Days of our Lives Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark Days of our Lives Paul Telfer as Xander Kiriakis Days of our Lives Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri General Hospital Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series Be My Guest with Ina Garten Delicious Miss Brown Emeril Cooks Lidia s Kitchen Selena Restaurant Outstanding Daytime Talk Series The Drew Barrymore Show The Jennifer Hudson Show The Kelly Clarkson Show Live with Kelly and Mark The View Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host Drew Barrymore The Drew Barrymore Show Jenna Bush Hager Hoda Kotb THE PRESENT DAY with Hoda and Jenna Kelly Clarkson The Kelly Clarkson Show Mark Consuelos Kelly Ripa Live with Kelly and Mark Jennifer Hudson The Jennifer Hudson Show The-CNN-Wire Cable News Infrastructure Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved