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Meghan’s “With Love” Earns Daytime Emmy Nomination

7/15/2026

Summary

Meghan Emmy Nomination

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for “With Love, Meghan” in lifestyle program category.
The series aired 2025 seasons and includes cooking, entertaining and gardening segments with Chrissy Teigen, Mindy Kaling and Prince Harry.
“With Love, Meghan” competes against “A Different Breed,” “George to the Rescue,” “The Motherhood,” “The Wizard of Paws.”
The 53rd Emmy Awards will be presented on Oct. 30 at Palladium, with CBS leading nominations with 48 nods.

Summary

Black Performers Rise

Eight acting nominations go to Black performers, a fourfold increase over 2025.
Beyond the Gates receives 15 nominations in its first eligible year, second only to The Young and the Restless’s 18.
Karla Mosley and Tamara Tunie become the first Black women nominated together for Lead Actress.
Jeff Kober’s dual Guest Performer nominations could make him the first to win both Daytime and Primetime Emmys in the same year.

Summary

Daytime Emmys Revamp

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will accept episode-based submissions and allocate five to ten nomination slots per category scaled to submissions.
Guest-actors are limited to 19% of a drama’s 2025 episodes, with science-nature category removed and shows moved to Primetime, News & Documentary or Children’s & Family.
The 53rd Daytime Emmy ceremony will be held Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Hollywood Palladium, streamed online, with tickets on sale Sept 9.

Summary

Young Restless Leads

The Young and the Restless leads the 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations with 18 nods.
Beyond the Gates follows with 16 nominations, an increase from earlier reports.
Days of Our Lives receives eight nominations as its 50th-anniversary retrospective streams on Peacock.
The Kelly Clarkson Show earns 11 nominations, including two for Kelly Clarkson’s hosting.
Joy Behar and each of her four co-hosts secure two nominations ahead of the show’s 30th season.

History

Historical Context

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences launched the first standalone Daytime Emmy ceremony on May 28 1974, hosted by Barbara Walters and Peter Marshall at Rockefeller Center in New York. Since that modest start, the awards have expanded to cover a wide range of categories, allowing streaming series and shows like The Young and the Restless to compete today.

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Meghan Emmy Nomination

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for “With Love, Meghan” in lifestyle program category.
The series aired 2025 seasons and includes cooking, entertaining and gardening segments with Chrissy Teigen, Mindy Kaling and Prince Harry.
“With Love, Meghan” competes against “A Different Breed,” “George to the Rescue,” “The Motherhood,” “The Wizard of Paws.”
The 53rd Emmy Awards will be presented on Oct. 30 at Palladium, with CBS leading nominations with 48 nods.

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