It’s Daytime Emmys weekend, celebrating the best in daytime and streaming programming and spanning achievements in dramas, game shows, talk shows, animated programs, and more. The awards were presented in two parts. The lion’s share of hardware was handed out at the Creative Arts Awards on Friday night, May 3, with the rest of the categories to follow on Sunday night, May 5, during a live streaming webcast. Scroll down for the complete list of Creative Arts winners as they’re announced.
Hosted by David Osmond (“Wonderama”), the Creative Arts ceremony honored performers, writers, directors and various below-the-line craftspeople, among other daytime TV professionals. The presenters who handed out trophies were Laila Ali (“Home Made Simple”), Lamon Archey (“Days of Our Lives”), Bob Bergen (“Wabbit”), Sasha Calle (“The Young and the Restless”), Anne Marie Cummings (“Conversations in L.A.”), Tiffany Derry (“Top Chef Junior”), Najee De-Tiege (“The Bay”), Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (“American Ninja Warrior Junior”), Courtney Hope (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), Adrienne Houghton and Israel Houghton (“The Real”), Matt Iseman (“American Ninja Warrior Junior”), Vanessa Baden Kelly (“Giants”), Hunter King (“The Young and the Restless”), Vanessa Lachey (“Top Chef Junior”), Wil Lash (“Anacostia”), Liana Liberato (“Light as a Feather”), Shanti Lowry (“Bronx SIU”), Katelyn MacMullen (“General Hospital”), Brandon McMillan (“Lucky Dog”), Michael Mealor (“The Young and the Restless”), Annika Noelle (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), Soledad O’Brien (“Mysteries and Scandals”), Lou Diamond Phillips (“Conversations in L.A.”), Danny Seo (“Naturally, Danny Seo”), Kevin Spirtas (“After Forever”), Peter Stein (producer/director), Sal Stowers (“Days of Our Lives”), Josh Swickard (“General Hospital”) and Liz Vassey (“Riley Parra”).
“Days of Our Lives” was the most nominated show overall with 27 total bids. Most of those categories will be decided on Sunday night where the NBC soap has 15 acting noms, plus bids for writing, directing and Best Drama Series. “General Hospital” followed with 25 nominations, then “The Young and the Restless” with 20 and “The Bold and the Beautiful” with 12. “Giants” was the top digital drama (11 nominations). “Sesame Street” ruled children’s programs (9 nominations). And “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “The Talk” were the most cited talk shows (8 nominations each). So who took home the most prizes? And do these winners give us any hints about who might be out front for top honors on Sunday night? Check out the full list below.
DIGITAL DRAMA
BEST DIGITAL ACTRESS
Jade Harlow, “The Bay”
X — Vanessa Baden Kelly, “Giants”
Liana Liberato, “Light as a Feather”
Shanti Lowry, “Bronx SIU”
Liz Vassey, “Riley Parra”
BEST DIGITAL ACTOR
Mitchell Anderson, “After Forever”
Kristos Andrews, “The Bay”
X — Kevin Spirtas, “After Forever”
Brian White, “Bronx SIU”
Wayne Wilcox, “Only Children”
BEST DIGITAL SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Crystal Lee Brown, “Giants”
X — Erin Cherry, “After Forever”
Cady Huffman, “After Forever”
Carolyn Ratteray, “Riley Parra”
Brianne Tju, “Light as a Feather”
BEST DIGITAL SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ameer Baraka, “Bronx SIU”
Brandon Beemer, “The Bay”
Wil Lash, “Anacostia”
Sean Samuels, “Giants”
X — Terrence Terrell, “Giants”
BEST DIGITAL GUEST PERFORMER
X — Sean Patrick Flannery, “The Bay”
Anite Gillette, “After Forever”
Lou Diamong Phillips, “Conversations in LA”
J. August Richards, “Giants”
Kelsey Scott, “Giants”
BEST DIGITAL WRITING
X — “After Forever”
“The Bay”
“Conversations in LA”
“Giants”
“Light as a Feather”
BEST DIGITAL DIRECTING
X — “After Forever”
“The Bay”
“Conversations in LA”
“Giants”
“Light as a Feather”
TALK SHOW
BEST TALK/ENTERTAINMENT NEWS/MORNING DIRECTING
X — “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“A Little Help with Carol Burnett”
“The Real”
“The Talk”
“The View”
BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Ashley McBryde, “CBS This Morning”
Lindsey Stirling, “Live with Kelly and Ryan”
Ben Rector, “Pickler and Ben”
Adrienne Houghton and Israel Houghton, “The Real”
X — The Cast of The Band’s Visit, “Today”
GAME SHOW
BEST GAME SHOW DIRECTING
X — “Family Feud”
“Jeopardy!”
“Let’s Make a Deal”
“The Price is Right”
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”
CHILDREN’S
BEST PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S SERIES
“The Big Fun Crafty Show”
“Dino Dana”
“Miss Persona”
X — “Sesame Street”
“Snug’s House”
BEST CHILDREN’S SERIES
“American Ninja Warrior Junior”
“Chicken Soup for The Soul’s Hidden Heroes”
X — “Odd Squad”
“Top Chef Junior”
“The Who Was? Show”
BEST SHORT FORMAT CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
“Canticos”
“Nick Jr Block Party: Quest for the Golden Cube”
X — “Nick Jr Color Song: RED”
“Sesame Street: Elmo’s Food Rap Battle”
“Sesame Street: A Rainbow Kind of Day”
BEST EDUCATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL SERIES
“Mind Field”
“SciGirls”
X — “Weird But True”
“The Wildlife Docs”
“Xploration Awesome Planet”
BEST PERFORMER IN A CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Bill Cobbs, “Dino Dana”
Bret Green, “The Inspectors”
X — Michela Luci, “Dino Dana”
Edward Norton, “Ask the StoryBots”
Kimberly Persona, “Miss Persona”
Hanna VandenBygaart, “ReBott: The Guardian Code”
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM WRITING
“Dino Dana”
X — “Odd Squad”
“Odd Squad: World Turned Odd”
“Sesame Street”
“The Who Was? Show”
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM DIRECTING
“Dino Dana”
“Free Rein”
“Mech-X4”
“Odd Squad”
X — “Odd Squad: World Turned Odd”
ANIMATION
BEST PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S ANIMATED SERIES
“Ask the StoryBots”
X — “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”
“Elena of Avalor”
“Esme and Roy”
“Muppet Babies”
“Tumble Leaf”
BEST CHILDREN’S ANIMATED SERIES
“Disney Mickey Mouse”
“Hilda”
“Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
X — “The Loud House”
“Welcome to the Wayne”
BEST SPECIAL CLASS ANIMATED PROGRAM
“Crow: The Legend”
“DuckTales: The Shadow War!”
“PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups”
“Tumble Leaf Halloween Special”
X — “Watership Down”
BEST PERFORMER IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
X — Jay Baruchel, “Dragons: Race to the Edge”
Bob Bergen, “Wabbit: A Looney Toons Production”
Chris Diamantopoulos, “Disney Mickey Mouse”
Mark Hamill, “Kulipari: Dream Walker”
Marieve Herington, “Big City Greens”
Ruth Negga, “Angela’s Christmas”
BEST PERFORMER IN A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM
Eric Bauza, “Muppet Babies”
Steve Buscemi, “Elena of Avalor”
Devan Cohen, “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”
X — Ben Diskin, “Muppet Babies”
Olivia Manning, “Butterbean’s Cafe”
BEST PRESCHOOL ANIMATION WRITING
X — “Ask the StoryBots”
“Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”
“Disney Doc McStuffins Christmas Special”
“Fancy Nancy”
“Peg + Cat”
BEST ANIMATION WRITING
“Angela’s Christmas”
“Hilda”
X — “The Loud House”
“Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters”
“Wild Kratts”
BEST ANIMATION DIRECTING
“The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”
X — “Crow: The Legend”
“Hilda”
“Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters”
“Watership Down”
BEST PRESCHOOL ANIMATION DIRECTING
X — “Ask the StoryBots”
“Fancy Nancy”
“Nella the Princess Knight”
“Peg + Cat”
“Tumble Leaf”
BEST CASTING FOR ANIMATION
“DuckTales”
X — “Elena of Avalor”
“Esme and Roy”
“Muppet Babies”
“Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure”
“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power”
BEST MAIN TIITLE/GRAPHIC DESIGN (ANIMATION)
“The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”
X — “Hilda”
“Little Big Awesome”
“Tales of Arcadia: 3Below”
“Watership Down”
BEST SOUND EDITING (ANIMATION)
“Big Hero 6: The Series”
X — “Lego DC Super Heroes – The Flash!”
“Tales of Arcadia: 3Below”
“Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters”
“Watership Down”
BEST SOUND EDITING (PRESCHOOL ANIMATION)
“Beat Bugs”
“Elena of Avalor”
“Let’s Go Luna!”
“The Stinky and Dirty Show”
X — “Vampirina”
BEST SOUND MIXING (ANIMATION)
“Angela’s Christmas”
“Crow: The Legend”
X — “Tales of Arcadia: 3Below”
“Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters”
“Watership Down”
BEST SOUND MIXING (PRESCHOOL ANIMATION)
X — “Beat Bugs”
“PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups”
“Rusty Rivets”
“The Stinky and Dirty Show”
“Vampirina”
BEST INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION
X — Kal Athannassov, Character Designer, “Crow: The Legend”
X — Alan Bodner, Production Designer, “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures”
X — Cody Gramstad, Production Designer, “Crow: The Legend”
X — Yizhou Li, Character Animator, “Tumble Leaf”
X — Brian Woods, Background Designer, “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures”
X — Kevin Wotton, Storyboard Artist, “Spirit Riding Free”
CULINARY/LIFESTYLE/TRAVEL
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
X — “Ask This Old House”
“George to the Rescue”
“Home Made Simple with Laila Ali”
“Naturally, Danny Seo”
“This Old House”
BEST TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE PROGRAM
“Born to Explore with Richard Wiese”
“F2 Finding Football”
“Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild”
“Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin”
“Rock the Park”
X — “Samantha Brown’s Places To Love”
BEST LIFESTYLE/CHILDREN’S/SPECIAL CLASS HOST
Monique Coleman, “Gimme Mo”
Mo Rocca, “The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation”
Jeff Corwin, “Ocean Treks”
X — Samantha Brown, “Places to Love”
Rob Strasberg and Treger Strasberg, “Welcome Home”
BEST LIFESTYLE/CULINARY/TRAVEL DIRECTING (SINGLE CAMERA)
X — “1st Look”
“Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope”
“The Pioneer Woman”
“Samantha Brown’s Places to Love”
“Weird But True”
BEST LIFESTYLE/CULINARY/TRAVEL DIRECTING (MULTI-CAMERA)
“America’s Test Kitchen”
“Cook’s Country”
“Home and Family”
“The Kitchen”
X — “Milk Street”
SPECIAL CLASS
BEST SPECIAL CLASS SERIES
“Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter”
“Lucky Dog with Brandon McMillan”
“Mysteries and Scandals”
“To Life: How Israeli Volunteers Are Changing the World”
X — “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors”
“Working in the Theatre”
BEST SPECIAL CLASS SPECIAL
“Light In The Water”
“A Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate Celebrates 50 Years”
“92nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”
X — “Quiet Heroes”
“Super Soul Sunday: Oprah’s Book Club: Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row”
BEST SPECIAL CLASS SHORT FORMAT PROGRAM
“Blank Wall Overhaul”
“Food Interrupted”
“Momsplaining”
X — “Treatment Box ‘Opioids'”
“Watchtower”
BEST SPECIAL CLASS WRITING
X — “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation”
“The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!”
“To Life: How Israeli Volunteers Are Changing the World”
“The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord and Tish”
BEST SPECIAL CLASS DIRECTING
“The Gymkhana Files”
“Team United – Behind the Scenes: Superheroes”
X — “Time For Ilhan”
“Watchtower”
“Working in the Theatre”
CRAFTS (DRAMA)
BEST CASTING
X — “Days of Our Lives”
“General Hospital”
“The Young and the Restless”
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Days of Our Lives”
“General Hospital”
X — “The Young and the Restless”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Bold and the Beautiful”
“Days of Our Lives”
“General Hospital”
X — “The Young and the Restless”
BEST HAIRSTYLING
“The Bold and the Beautiful”
“Days of Our Lives”
X — “The Young and the Restless”
BEST LIGHTING DIRECTION
“Days of Our Lives”
“General Hospital”
X — “The Young and the Restless”
BEST SOUND MIXING (LIVE AND DIRECT-TO-TAPE)
“The Bold and the Beautiful”
“General Hospital”
X — “The Young and the Restless”
BEST MAKEUP
“The Bold and the Beautiful”
X — “Days of Our Lives”
“General Hospital”
“The Young and the Restless”
BEST MULTI-CAMERA EDITING
“Days of Our Lives”
X — “General Hospital”
“The Young and the Restless”
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION
X — “Days of Our Lives”
“General Hospital”
“The Young and the Restless”
BEST TECHNICAL TEAM
X — “The Bold and the Beautiful”
“General Hospital”
“The Young and the Restless”
CRAFTS
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Dino Dana”
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“Odd Squad”
“Prince of Peoria”
X — “The Talk”
“Tomorrow’s World Today”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Gymkhana Files”
“Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild”
“Mech-X4”
“The New Legends of Monkey”
X — “Tumble Leaf”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
X — “The New Legends of Monkey”
“Odd Squad”
“Sesame Street”
“The Talk”
“The Who Was? Show”
BEST EDITING (SINGLE CAMERA)
X — “Eat. Race. Win.”
“1st Look”
“Giada on the Beach”
“The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation”
“The Who Was? Show”
BEST EDITING (MULTI CAMERA)
“Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”
“Let’s Make a Deal”
“The Price Is Right”
X — “Sesame Street”
“Top Chef Junior”
BEST HAIRSTYLING
“Free Rein”
“Live with Kelly and Ryan”
“The Real”
X — “The Talk”
“The View”
BEST LIGHTING DIRECTION
“Dino Dana”
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
X — “The Inspectors”
“Rachael Ray”
“The Talk”
BEST MAKEUP
“Aliens Ate My Homework”
“The Price Is Right”
X — “The Talk”
“The View”
“Walk the Prank”
BEST MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN (LIVE ACTION)
“Daily Mail TV”
“Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”
“Prince of Peoria”
X — “Six Dreams”
“The Who Was? Show”
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION
“Disney Mickey Mouse”
“Elena of Avalor”
“The Loud House”
X — “The Tom and Jerry Show”
“Watership Down”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
X — “You’re the One” from “The Bold and the Beautiful”
“Goodbye” from “Days of Our Lives”
“Beat of Your Heart” from “Giants”
“More Love” from “Giants”
“We Believe” from “92nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”
How Could a Lie Feel So True” from “The Young and the Restless”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG (CHILDREN’S/ANIMATION)
“For One and All” from “Disney Sofia the First”
“Fallin’ Like a Rock” from “Elena of Avalor”
X — “Making a World with My Friend” from “Peg + Cat”
“he Thrill of Invention” from “Peg + Cat”
“You’re All Number One Tonight!” from “Peg + Cat”
BEST SOUND EDITING (LIVE ACTION)
“Dino Dana”
“The New Legends of Monkey”
“Sesame Street”
“Six Dreams”
X — “The Who Was? Show”
BEST SOUND MIXING
“The Gymkhana Files”
“The New Legends of Monkey”
“ReBoot: The Guardian Code”
X — “Sesame Street”
“Six Dreams”
BEST SOUND MIXING (LIVE AND DIRECT TO TAPE)
X — “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“Family Feud”
“Let’s Make a Deal”
“The Price Is Right”
“Steve”
BEST TECHNICAL TEAM
“American Ninja Warrior Junior”
“CBS This Morning”
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
“Jeopardy!”
X — “The Price Is Right”
“Sesame Street”
INTERACTIVE
BEST INTERACTIVE MEDIA FOR A DAYTIME PROGRAM
“Ask the StoryBots”
X — “Crow: The Legend”
“Esme and Roy”
“92nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”
“Space Explorers”
PROMOTIONAL
BEST PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT (TOPICAL)
“American Ninja Warrior Junior”
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show – 60th Birthday”
“Lifetime’s 24th Annual Stop Breast Cancer For Life Campaign”
X — “The Star Wars Show”
“The View – Joy’s 20 Year Anniversary”
BEST PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT (BRAND IMAGE CAMPAIGN)
X — “Black History Month Campaign” (Nickelodeon)
“DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free – Seasons 5 and 7”
“Nickelodeon – Pride Month”
“Women’s History Month Campaign” (Nickelodeon)
“The Young and the Restless – 45th Anniversary”
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