Daytime fans got a sneak peek at nominations for the 51st annual Daytime Emmys, with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announcing the nods for outstanding daytime drama, lead actor and lead actress as well as outstanding daytime talk-show host(s) across three syndicated magazines — Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood and Extra. E! News was slated to announce the nominations for outstanding talk show on Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. PT. The rest of the nominations will be released Friday at noon ET.
Extra started with the nominations for outstanding lead performance by an actor in a daytime drama series with nods going to Eric Braeden of CBS’s The Young and the Restless, and to Scott Clifton, Thorsten Kaye and John McCook of CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful. Eric Martsolf of Peacock’s Days of Our Lives also scored a nomination.
