Daytime Emmy Nominations 2022: Beyoncé earns first nod, ‘The Young and the Restless’ tops ‘General Hospital’

Beyoncé is among the first-time nominees at this year Daytime Emmys, as the National Academy of Arts & Sciences announced the ceremony’s 2022 nominations on Thursday.

The singer is nominated in the original song category for her theme song to Facebook Watch’s “Talks with Mama Tina.”

Overall this year, CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” received the most Daytime Emmy nominations, with 18, followed closely by ABC’s “General Hospital,” with 17.

Among outlets, syndicated fare earned the top tally, with 48 nods for various program distributors, followed by two broadcasters tied on top: ABC and CBS, both with 31. (Netflix was next, with 27.)

Among this year’s other key highlights: The Daytime Drama category — which has been shrinking since the broadcast networks reduced their serial output — has expanded back to five nominees for the first time since 2014.

That’s thanks to Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem,” which will go up against stalwarts “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS), “Days of Our Lives” (NBC), “General Hospital” (ABC) and “The Young and the Restless” (CBS). That marks the first time a series and its spinoff will go head-to-head in the daytime drama category.

In terms of representation, NATAS reports that this is the first time since 2012 that there are African American nominees in both the lead performance: actor and lead performance: actress categories, and the org also notes that all of the nominees in the best informative talk show category feature people of color as hosts.

This reps the first year under the agreement between the two major TV academies in which several categories have been realigned to focus on genre, rather than dayparts, as a way to divide eligibility between the Primetime (administered by the L.A.-based TV Academy) and Daytime Emmys (handled by the NY-based NATAS).

It’s also the first year that children’s and family programming categories have been removed from both shows and relocated to a new Children’s & Family Emmy Award competition and ceremony, the first new Emmy show since 1979. (That event will take place in December.)

As part of the new alignment, Pat Sajak is in the unique position of competing against himself in the game show host category — for both the daytime and primetime editions of his show. He’s up for the syndicated “Wheel of Fortune,” as well as ABC’s nighttime version, “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.”

“This Old House,” which earned two more nominations this year, has now hit the 100-nomination threshold. The show was previously announced for one of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards. The show, which first premiered in 1979, is in its 43rd season. Also receiving a lifetime achievement this year is soap opera icon John Aniston (“Days of Our Lives”).

New networks receiving their first Daytime Emmy nominations include MasterClass, Discovery+ and IMDb TV (now renamed Amazon Freevee).

The 49th Annual Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards takes place June 18 at the Pasadena Convention Center; the 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards follows on June 24 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

The event airs at 9 p.m. ET on CBS; it will be available on Paramount+ for subscribers whose premium accounts include local CBS channels. Otherwise, all Paramount+ users will be able to watch the show on demand starting the next day.

Here are this year’s Daytime Emmys nominations:

OUTSTANDING DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES

Beyond Salem (Peacock)

The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

Days of Our Lives (NBC)

General Hospital (ABC)

The Young and the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS

Marci Miller as Abigail DiMera
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Mishael Morgan as Amanda Sinclair
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves
General Hospital (ABC)

Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos
General Hospital (ABC)

Arianne Zucker as Nicole Walker
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR

Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Eric Martsolf as Brady Black
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

John McCook as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

James Reynolds as Abe Carver
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Jason Thompson as Billy Abbott
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS

Kimberlin Brown as Sheila Carter
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis
General Hospital (ABC)

Stacy Haiduk as Kristen DiMera
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Melissa Ordway as Abby Newman
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Kelly Thiebaud as Dr. Britt Westbourne
General Hospital (ABC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR

Bryton James as Devon Hamilton
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault
General Hospital (ABC)

Aaron D. Spears as Justin Barber
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

James Patrick Stuart as Valentin Cassadine
General Hospital (ABC)

Jordi Vilasuso as Rey Rosales
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES

Lindsay Arnold as Allie Horton
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Nicholas Chavez as Spencer Cassadine
General Hospital (ABC)

Alyvia Alyn Lind as Faith Newman
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

William Lipton as Cameron Webber
General Hospital (ABC)

Sydney Mikayla as Trina Robinson
General Hospital (ABC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DRAMA SERIES

Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford
General Hospital (ABC)

Ted King as Jack Finnegan
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

Michael Lowry as Dr. Clay Snyder
Days of Our Lives (NBC)

Naomi Matsuda as Dr. Li Finnegan
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)

Ptosha Storey as Naya Benedict
The Young and the Restless (CBS)

OUTSTANDING CULINARY SERIES

Barefoot Contessa: Modern Comfort Food (Food Network)

Counter Space (Vice TV)

Guy’s Ranch Kitchen (Food Network)

Mary McCartney Serves It Up (Discovery+)

Valerie’s Home Cooking (Food Network)

OUTSTANDING CULINARY HOST

Lidia Bastianich
Lidia’s Kitchen (PBS)

Frankie Celenza
Struggle Meals (Tastemade)

Daym Drops
Fresh, Fried & Crispy (Netflix)

Ina Garten
Barefoot Contessa: Modern Comfort Food (Food Network)

Christopher Kimball
Milk Street (PBS)

OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW

Family Feud (SYNDICATED)

Jeopardy! (SYNDICATED)

Let’s Make a Deal (CBS)

The Price Is Right (CBS)

Wheel of Fortune (SYNDICATED)

OUTSTANDING GAME SHOW HOST

Wayne Brady
Let’s Make a Deal (CBS)

Steve Harvey
Family Feud (SYNDICATED)

Leah Remini
People Puzzler (Game Show Network)

Pat Sajak
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC)

Pat Sajak
Wheel of Fortune (SYNDICATED)

OUTSTANDING LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM

Caught in Providence (Facebook Watch)

Judge Mathis (SYNDICATED)

Judy Justice (IMDbTV)

The People’s Court (SYNDICATED)

OUTSTANDING LIFESTYLE PROGRAM

For The Love of Kitchens (Magnolia Network)

Growing Floret (Magnolia Network)

Legacy List with Matt Paxton (PBS)

Small Business Revolution (Hulu)

Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo (Netflix)

Super Soul Sunday (OWN)

OUTSTANDING TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND NATURE PROGRAM

Dogs (Netflix)

Guy! Hawaiian Style (Discovery+)

Penguin Town (Netflix)

Samantha Brown’s Places To Love (PBS)

Uncharted Adventure (The Weather Channel)

OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTIONAL AND HOW-TO PROGRAM

Dream Home Makeover (Netflix)

Home Work (Magnolia Network)

Issa Rae Teaches Creating Outside The Lines (MasterClass)

Ringo Starr Teaches Drumming & Creative Collaboration MasterClass

This Old House (PBS) | Roku

OUTSTANDING ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE PROGRAM

Articulate with Jim Cotter (PBS)

First Film (Netflix)

If These Walls Could Rock (AXS TV)

Lifetime and The Hollywood Reporter Present Women in Entertainment: The Next Generation (Lifetime)

Music’s Greatest Mysteries (AXS TV)

One Symphony, Two Orchestras (PBS)

Power On: The Story of Xbox (YouTube.com)

OUTSTANDING INFORMATIVE TALK SHOW

GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)

Peace of Mind with Taraji (Facebook Watch)

Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch)

Red Table Talk: The Estefans (Facebook Watch)

Tamron Hall (SYNDICATED)

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+)

OUTSTANDING INFORMATIVE TALK SHOW HOST

Gloria Estefan, Emily Estefan, Lili Estefan
Red Table Talk: The Estefans (Facebook Watch)