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The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Presenters Announced

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Michael Maloney

1 year ago

It remains to be seen who’ll get the gold at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday, December 15 on CBS. However, now we know who’ll be handing out the statuettes as the presenters have been announced.

50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

Presenters include from The Young and the Restless: Lauralee Bell (Christine), Peter Bergman (Jack) — who is nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series: Actor, Michael Damian (Danny), and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki). From The Bold and the Beautiful: Don Diamont (Bill), John McCook (Eric), and Heather Tom (Katie).

Actors from General Hospital presenting are Finola Hughes (Anna), who is nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series: Actress, Donnell Turner (Curtis), and Laura Wright (Carly). The Bay, which is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, will be represented by A Martinez (Nardo Ramos) and Kym Whitley (Big Candi). The Talk hosts Akbar Gbajabiamila and Amanda Kloots are also set to present.

Maury Povich, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and his wife Connie Chung will present the Gold & Silver Circle honorees and the In Memoriam tribute, respectively. The tribute honoring those we’ve lost over the past year and a half will be performed by Grammy® Award-winning, Emmy-nominated superstar Jennifer Nettles. She will sing the song “Life is Sweet,” which debuted on the series American Anthems and is nominated for a Daytime Emmy for original song.

As previously reported, Shemar Moore (ex-Malcolm, Y&R) will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to recipient Susan Lucci (ex-Erica, All My Children). (Read more about that here.)

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will air on Friday, December 15, from 9 to 11 p.m. ET.

Additionally, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers will have access to stream live via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on demand. Paramount+ Essential subscribers will not have the option to stream live but will have access to on-demand the day after the special airs.