Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, the National Academy announced Tuesday.
Nomination and competition
The show was tapped in the outstanding lifestyle program category for the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which are scheduled for Oct. 30 at the Hollywood Palladium. Competing programs in the same category include “A Different Breed,” “George to the Rescue,” “The Motherhood” and “The Wizard of Paws.”
About the series
Produced for Netflix, With Love, Meghan ran for two seasons in 2025 and included a holiday special. The lifestyle series mixed cooking, entertaining and gardening segments, and featured appearances by celebrities such as Chrissy Teigen and Mindy Kaling, as well as a cameo by her husband, Prince Harry. The program marked a return to screen-based projects for the former actress, who starred on the legal drama Suits from 2011 until 2018, when she married into the British royal family.
Wider Daytime Emmy landscape
The Academy’s announcement also underscored a strong showing for network and daytime stalwarts. CBS led the field with 48 nominations. Among dramatic and talk categories, nominees included household names and long-running series:
- Daytime drama series contenders: “Beyond the Gates,” “Days of Our Lives,” “General Hospital,” and “The Young and the Restless.”
- Lead actress nominees from daytime dramas: Stacy Haiduk, Karla Mosley, Michelle Stafford, Heather Tom and Tamara Tunie.
- Lead actor nominees included: Eric Braden, Steve Burton, Scott Clifton, Thorsten Kaye and Christian Jules Le Blanc.
- Daytime talk series nominees included: “3rd Hour of Today,” “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” “Live with Kelly and Mark,” “TODAY with Jenna & Friends,” and “The View.”
| Category | Notable nominees |
|---|---|
| Outstanding lifestyle program | With Love, Meghan; A Different Breed; George to the Rescue; The Motherhood; The Wizard of Paws |
| Daytime drama series | Beyond the Gates; Days of Our Lives; General Hospital; The Young and the Restless |
Context and stakes
The nomination places the duchess among a diverse set of daytime creators and performers whose work ranges from soap operas to structured lifestyle programming. For Meghan, a nomination represents recognition within a U.S. awards institution for a project that blends celebrity guests and home-focused segments rather than traditional scripted drama. For Netflix and other streaming platforms, such nominations continue to signal that awards bodies are considering a broadening array of formats beyond broadcast television.
The Daytime Emmys have long been a barometer for programming that reaches daytime and streaming audiences alike. This year’s slate reflects both enduring daytime franchises and new offerings from streaming services, illustrating shifting contours of what counts as "daytime" entertainment in the streaming era.
Winners will be revealed at the Hollywood Palladium ceremony on Oct. 30.
