Eileen Davidson, Laura Wright, Melissa Claire Egan, Michelle Stafford, Nancy Lee Grahn and Sharon Case were all nominated for Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series at the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Other leaders of the night were 'The Secret Lives of Animals' and 'The Drew Barrymore Show' with three awards each, plus ABC's 'Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade' and Netflix's 'Black Barbie' with two.

The British documentarian and naturalist beat the record set by Dick Van Dyke, who won a Daytime Emmy last year at 98.

Rikaart, 48, earned his second nomination for Days of Our Lives this year, a follow-up to his 2019 nod. He joined the soap in 2018 as Leo Stark, after a close to two-decade run on The Young and the Restless as Kevin Fisher.

As we prepare for tonight’s big event, this past weekend some of daytime’s superstars came together for an annual lunch to celebrate those in the running for a Daytime Emmy Award for Leading Actress and Supporting Actress.