Sir David Attenborough didn't appear to collect his award for daytime personality, non-daily which he won as host of Netflix 's Secret Lives of Orangutans.
By ASHLEIGH MCCAULL
Published: 13:53 EDT, 18 October 2025 | Updated: 13:57 EDT, 18 October 2025
Broadcaster and natural historian, David Attenborough, has broken the record for oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy Award.
Sir David Attenborough didn't appear to collect his award for daytime personality, which he won as host of Netflix's Secret Lives of Orangutans.
The non-daily show picked up multiple awards at the 52nd annual Daytime Emmy's in Pasadena, California, on Friday.
The accolades include outstanding music direction and composition and outstanding directing team for a single camera daytime non-fiction programme.
Sir David Attenborough's career spreads out to more than 7 decades, where his voice is recognisable with natural history shows across the world.
The 99-year-old surpassed Dick Van Dyke's record of 98 when the actor previously won as guest performer in the daytime drama series Days of Our Lives last year.
Van Dyke is the oldest actor to win a Daytime Emmy.
His Days of Our Lives co-star, Paul Telfer, and General Hospital actress Nancy Lee Grahn collected lead acting honours.
Sir David Attenborough didn't appear to collect his award for daytime personality, non-daily which he won as host of Netflix 's Secret Lives of Orangutans
Sir David will turn his attention closer to home for the first project, Wild London , which sees the natural historian exploring the wildlife of the city
45-year-old Scottish actor Telfer, who has played Xander Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives since 2015, said his mother would have appreciated the win.
"My mom always loved soaps and she loved villains," he said.
"She's been gone for over 20 years, and so to win this on a soap opera playing the villain is really amazing. Thanks, Mom."
General Hospital was also named best drama series among six major category wins.
It gained an accolade for Alley Mills as a guest performer in a daytime drama and its writing team.
It's the second win for 74-year-old Mills, who plays Heather Webber.
Other winners include Drew Barrymore, who picked up her first-ever Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host for The Drew Barrymore Show, based in New York.
The Drew Barrymore show wrangled nine nominations, including Outstanding Costume Design/Styling and Outstanding Technical Direction.
Drew Barrymore, 50, scored her first-ever Emmy win over Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson during the 2025 Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday; seen in March in NYC
'I am endlessly grateful and so deeply proud of every single person who pours their heart into @thedrewbarrymoreshow. This has never been my show - it's always been our show,' she wrote; seen on set of talk show in 2024 in NYC
The 50-year-old actress and talk show host took to Instagram to speak about how grateful she is for winning an Emmy.
'Thank you to every single amazing person that makes @thedrewbarrymoreshow possible.'
'I love each and every one of you so much.'
'This is not my show. This is our show'
'I hope we get to do this together forever.'