45th Daytime Emmy Awards

The 45th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, "recognizes outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the 2017 calendar year". The ceremony took place on April 29, 2018, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
The drama pre-nominees were announced on January 25, 2018, and the standard nominations were announced on March 21, 2018, during an episode of The Talk. ABC's General Hospital has the most nominations with 26. The 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, for extended Daytime Emmy categories, were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on April 27, 2018.
Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood returned to host the ceremony, which was broadcast as a live webcast via various live streaming and social networking services, forgoing a traditional television broadcast for the third year in a row.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Category	Nominees
Outstanding Drama Series	Days of Our Lives * The Bold and the Beautiful * The Young and the Restless * General Hospital
Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series	The Bay: The Series * EastSiders * Ladies of the Lake * Tainted Dreams * Venice: The Series * Zac & Mia
Outstanding Game Show	The Price Is Right *Family Feud *Jeopardy! *Let's Make a Deal *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Outstanding Morning Program	Good Morning America *CBS Sunday Morning *CBS This Morning *Today
Outstanding Talk Show/Informative	The Dr. Oz Show *The Chew *Larry King Now *Megyn Kelly Today *Steve
Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment	The Talk *Ellen *Live with Kelly and Ryan *The Real *The View
Outstanding Entertainment News Program	Entertainment Tonight *Access Hollywood *Daily Mail TV *E! News *Extra
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott, The Young and the Restless *Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis, General Hospital**** Marci Miller as Abigail Deveraux DiMera, Days of Our Lives Maura West as Ava Jerome, General Hospital *Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos, General Hospital
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	James Reynolds as Abe Carver, Days of Our Lives Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless* Michael Easton as Dr. Hamilton Finn, General Hospital* John McCook as Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful* Billy Miller as Jason Morgan/Drew Cain, General Hospital*
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Camryn Grimes as Mariah Copeland, The Young and the RestlessMarla Adams as Dina Mergeron Abbott, The Young and the Restless Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie Olson Williams, Days of Our Lives Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell, The Young and the Restless Mishael Morgan as Hilary Curtis, The Young and the Restless *Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester Spencer, The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Greg Vaughan as Eric Brady, Days of Our Lives Wally Kurth as Ned Quartermaine, General Hospital* Chandler Massey as Will Horton, Days of Our Lives* Anthony Montgomery as Dr. Andre Maddox, General Hospital* Greg Rikaart as Kevin Fisher, The Young and the Restless*
Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series	Chloe Lanier as Nelle Benson, General Hospital *Reign Edwards as Nicole Avant Forrester-Dominguez, The Bold and the Beautiful**** Hayley Erin as Kiki Jerome, General Hospital Cait Fairbanks as Tessa Porter, The Young and the Restless *Olivia Rose Keegan as Claire Brady, Days of Our Lives
Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	Rome Flynn as Zende Forrester-Dominguez, The Bold and the Beautiful Lucas Adams as Tripp Dalton, Days of Our Lives* Tristan Lake Leabu as Reed Hellstrom, The Young and the Restless* Casey Moss as JJ Deveraux, Days of Our Lives* Hudson West as Jake Spencer, General Hospital*
Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series	Vernee Watson as Stella Henry on General Hospital * Ryan Ashton as Zach Sinnett on The Young and the Restless**** * Robb Derringer as Scooter Nelson on Days of Our Lives * John Enos as Roger on Days of Our Lives * Morgan Fairchild as Anjelica Deveraux on Days of Our Lives
Outstanding Game Show Host	Wayne Brady, Let's Make a Deal Chris Harrison, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire* Steve Harvey, Family Feud* Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune* Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!*
Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host	Steve Harvey, Steve *Kit Hoover and Natalie Morales, Access Hollywood Live**** Dr. Mehmet Oz, The Dr. Oz Show Larry King, Larry King Now *Kellie Pickler and Ben Aaron, Pickler and Ben
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host	Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Tamera Mowry-Housley, The Real Harry Connick Jr., Harry* Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Live With Kelly and Ryan* Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, Paula Faris and Jedediah Bila, The View* Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood, The Talk*
Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team	Days of Our Lives * The Bold and the Beautiful * General Hospital * The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team	Days of Our Lives * The Bold and the Beautiful * General Hospital * The Young and the Restless

Lifetime Achievement Awards

The NATAS announced the following winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award on February 1, 2018:Bill and Susan Seaforth Hayes, long-running actors on Days of Our Lives

* The Hayes were honored during the main ceremony on April 29Sid and Marty Krofft, who were influential in children's television and variety show programs
* The Kroffts were honored during the Creative Arts ceremony on April 27.

Presenters and performances

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical acts.

Presenters (in order of appearance)

Name	Role
Christian Lanz	Announcer for the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
Debbie Matenopoulos Mark Steines	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Gloria Allred	Presenter of the award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program
Gaby Natale	Presenter of the special tribute of 35th Anniversary of Wheel of Fortune
	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series
Sharon Case Kristoff St. John	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Talk Show/Informative
Sal Stowers Greg Vaughan	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team
Chris Van Etten Brandon McMillan	Presenter of the award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
Finola Hughes Michelle Stafford	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Culinary Show Host
Jamie Farr Loretta Swit	Presenters of the special tribute of the 55th Anniversary of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mario Lopez Gia Francessca Lopez	Presenters of the awards for Outstanding Entertainment Program in Spanish Outstanding Morning Program in Spanish, and Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program
Peter Marshall Tom Bergeron	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Game Show Host and Outstanding Game Show
Laura Wright	Presenter of the special tribute of the 55th Anniversary of General Hospital
Suzanne Rogers	Presenter of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Molly Burnett James Bland	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series
AJ Gibson Vivica A. Fox	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Morning Program
Kellie Pickler Ben Aaron	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Deidre Hall	Presenter of the Lifetime Achievement Award
David Osmond Marie Osmond	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
Jesse Palmer Valerie Bertinelli	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host
Bradley Bell Lauralee Bell	Presenters of the special tribute of the 45th Anniversary of The Young and the Restless
Kevin Frazier Nancy O'Dell	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Culinary Program
Chuck Dages	Special presentation highlighting the benefits of daytime television and diversity
Mario Lopez	Introducer of Joely Fisher and In Memoriam tribute
Katherine Kelly Lang Rena Sofer Heather Tom	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sara Gilbert Eve Julie Chen Sheryl Underwood	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program
Kristos Andrews Anne Marie Cummings	Highlighters of the Creative Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards
Chris Harrison	Presenter of the award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
Elizabeth Hubbard Martha Byrne	Presenters of the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jane Pauley	Presenter of the award for Outstanding Drama Series

In Memoriam

Joely Fisher performed "Astonishing" from Little Women as the following people were honored: