Disney Entertainment Earns 34 Daytime Emmy® Award Nominations

This morning, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced nominations for the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards. Disney Entertainment received 34 nominations, with ABC’s General Hospital leading all nominees with 19. The Daytime Emmy Awards telecast will be presented Friday, June 16, while the Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards will be presented Saturday, June 17.

Nominees spanning ABC, ABC News, Hulu, and National Geographic are as follows:

Daytime Drama Series

General Hospital (ABC)

Daytime Talk Series

Live With Kelly and Ryan (WABC/ABC Owned Television Stations)

Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor

Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital (ABC)

Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress

Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, General Hospital (ABC)

Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress

Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson, General Hospital (ABC)

Brook Kerr as Dr. Portia Robinson, General Hospital (ABC)

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

Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor

Nicholas Chavez as Spencer Cassadine, General Hospital (ABC)

Chad Duell as Michael Corinthos, General Hospital (ABC)

Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford, General Hospital (ABC)

Jon Lindstrom as Dr. Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain, General Hospital (ABC)

Younger Performer in a Daytime Drama Series

Eden Mccoy as Josslyn Jacks, General Hospital (ABC)

Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series

Alley Mills as Heather Webber, General Hospital (ABC)

Daytime Talk Series Host

Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, Live with Kelly and Ryan (WABC/ABC Owned Television Stations)

Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall (ABC News)

Legal/Courtroom Program

Judge Steve Harvey (ABC)

Educational and Informational Program

Vikings: The Rise and Fall (National Geographic)

Daytime Special

Behind The Table: A View Reunion (Hulu)

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day (ABC)

Promotional Announcement

Tamron Hall: “Women Reclaiming Their Power: Michelle Branch & Angela Simmons” (ABC News)

Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

General Hospital (ABC)

Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

General Hospital (ABC)

Directing Team for a Multiple Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program

The View (ABC News)

Original Song

“Darling Darling,” General Hospital (ABC)

Lighting Direction

General Hospital (ABC)

The View (ABC News)

Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day (ABC)

The View (ABC News)

Multiple Camera Editing

Behind the Table: A View Reunion (Hulu)

Casting

General Hospital (ABC)

Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design

General Hospital (ABC)

The View (ABC News)

Costume Design/Styling

General Hospital (ABC)

Hairstyling and Makeup

Tamron Hall (ABC News)