General Hospital came into this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards as the front-runner and it lived up to the hype. The long-running soap opera won top prizes at this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards, including the coveted award for the outstanding drama series.
General Hospital came into this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards as the top nominee, with fourteen nods in the main field. It was one of the main contenders for the outstanding drama series, and it defeated The Bay, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, and The Young and the Restless to come out victorious in this category.
ABC’s long-running soap opera also won awards in several acting categories, including outstanding performance by a supporting actor and actress (Robert Gossett and Sonya Eddy), outstanding young performer (Eden McCoy), and outstanding guest performer in a drama series (Alley Mills).
It was also a big night for Kelly Clarkson, who walked away with two awards: outstanding daytime talk series and outstanding daytime talk series host for her work on The Kelly Clarkson Show. The People’s Court was named outstanding legal/courtroom program, while Entertainment Tonight won the award for outstanding entertainment news series.
The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards took place on December 15 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2023 DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS:
Daytime Drama Series
General Hospital (ABC)
Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)
Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
The late Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson, General Hospital (ABC)
Supporting Performance In a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford, General Hospital (ABC)
Daytime Talk Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated)
Entertainment News Series
Entertainment Tonight (Syndicated)
Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Younger Performer in a Daytime Drama Series
Eden McCoy as Josslyn Jacks, General Hospital (ABC)
Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
General Hospital (ABC)
Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series
Alley Mills as Heather Webber, General Hospital (ABC)
Daytime Talk Series Host
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated)
