The Daytime Emmy Awards were held yesterday in Los Angeles. The ceremony was broadcast on the CW Network which likely means you didn’t know it was on and therefore missed it.
Don’t fret. It’s my job to make sure my Tivo is accurately programmed so I can fast forward through all of Vanessa Williams’ heinous musical numbers and get right down to the winners.
You’ll find a full list of winners below, but if you’re looking for a quick re-cap-here ya go.
I was raised properly. And by properly, I mean my parents knew enough to sit me in front of the TV and allow the Children’s Television Workshop and ‘As the World Turns’ to do its magic.
Which made me happy that last night, the rest of the world caught on and honored children’s show ‘Sesame Street’ with the Lifetime Achievement Award. I cried at the retrospective as all the “Mr. Hooper isn’t coming back, Big Bird,” memories flooded me once again. The monsters were all there-and they looked divine.
As for other notable awards, The View hos took home ‘Best Talk Show Host’, the tranny herself, Tyra Banks won for ‘Talk Show: Informative’. The academy must have the title ‘most informative’ confused with ‘most conceited.’
What stood out to me was the obvious snub of my boos at ‘As the World Turns.’ C’mon voters!! Carly was an alcoholic, her teenage son married his step-sister, Luke and Noah aren’t just the first gay couple on daytime TV-they also got-it-on, Bob tried to kill Kim, Paul kidnapped his own daughter, and Adam returned from the grave but managed to alter his appearance enough that his own step-father doesn’t recognize him. Geez! What more could you want!!
Instead, the bastard step-child of ‘Young and the Restless’ aka ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ took home the Emmy for Best Drama series only to have the credits roll before anyone from the show could speak. Apparently, the director is a ‘World’ fan as well. Don’t cross us.
Full list of Daytime Emmy Award winners thanks to Ace Showbiz:
Drama series: “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Lead actress in a drama series: Susan Haskell, “One Life to Live”
Lead actor in a drama series: Christian LeBlanc, “The Young and the Restless”
Supporting actress in a drama series: Tamara Braun, “Days of Our Lives”
Supporting actor in a drama series (tie): Vincent Irizarry – “All My Children” and Jeff Branson – “Guiding Light”
Younger actress in a drama series: Julie Berman, “General Hospital”
Younger actor in a drama series: Darin Brooks, “Days of Our Lives”
Game-audience participation show: “Cash Cab”
Game show host: Meredith Vieira, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”
Talk show-entertainment: “Rachael Ray”
Talk show-informative: “The Tyra Banks Show”
Talk show host: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, “The View”
Morning program: “Good Morning America”
Directing in a drama series: “One Life to Live”
Writing in a drama series: “General Hospital”
Performer in a children’s series: Kevin Clash, Elmo in “Sesame Street”
Lifetime achievement: “Sesame Street”
Photo Via: Ace Showbiz
