The show started with a song from one of my favorite Sesame
Street characters Oscar the Grouch singing and bantering with Anderson Cooper
was cute and straight to the point, but isn’t there more to Daytime than Luke
and Laura?
The first award was presented by the four nominees for
Outstanding Younger in a Drama Series announcing the winner for Outstanding
Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Anthony
Geary who plays Luke on General Hospital
was the victor, and is now the most honored acting winner at the Daytime Emmy
Awards with 7 trophies with 30 years of nominations, his first being 1982 when
Luke married Laura. This started the
award show train for General Hospital
on Saturday night.
I liked the concept between the way they present this award,
but showing no scenes was in poor taste.
Yet Geary was a consument professional, and stated it was “a great way
to start an evening” and proving that Daytime Dramas are still relevant, and
that cancelling GH for “a boob job bonanza” would be a mistake.
Why Daytime? A
producer talking about Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune proves how important this
genre is. Then the women of The Talk
poking fun at the confusion between of their show while presenting Outstanding
Game Show was terrific. The eventual
winner was Todd Newton from Family Game
Night. I have never seen the show,
but his genuine speech made me happy for former E! fame. The ladies then presented Outstanding Game/Audience
Participation Show went to Jeopardy.
The show then went on to show people who weren’t just
actors, but the costume designer from All My Children, and this theme
throughout the night was great, and truly honored the brilliance of what
Daytime means. In a bit of a surprising
twist Days of Our Lives won for Outstanding Writing in a drama series, the show
has not won the prize since 1976.
Quickly followed Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama series where
Jonathan Jackson won for the second year in a row.
Days of Our Lives was nipping at General Hospital’s heals
when Chandler Massey won the award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama
Series. Barbara Wlaters then presented
Bill Geddie with the Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor he deserves with his
producing. I like that they took the
time to honor him even with the show feeling rushed. Dr. Drew took the stage soon after to
announce the Outstanding Morning Show Award, which went to The Today Show.
In the same style as Outstanding Lead Actor, the four
Younger Actress nominees presented the Outstanding Lead Actress Award to
Heather Tom; she is the first person in Daytime to win in every single acting
category.. This made two big record
breaking moments in the lead categories.
Like the actual award show I am going to speed up the
commentary and go right to the point.
The show should have skipped a few of the awards, and honored two of of
the Daytime Dramas that left the air All My Children, and One Life to Live
better. Susan Lucci’s tribute was sweet,
but was not enough. Inviting Cameron
Matheson along with Lucci is a slap to the history of All My Children, although
I was glad they asked Erika Slezak to help honor leading the tribute. These three just talking about recently
cancelled shows was just not enough. I
am mad that the Emmys did these shows wrong like this.
The night ended with General Hospital helping sweep the
evening with a win in the best Drama Series category. The show was better than most recent years, but the quick pacing, and lack of attention to this past year's cancelled shows makes it worse. See the full list of winners below.
Complete List of Winners (Major Categories)
Outstanding Drama Series
General Hospital
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer on General Hospital
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Heather Tom as Katie Spencer in The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis on General Hospital
Outstanding Young Actor in a Drama Series
Chandler Massey as Will Horton on Days of Our Lives
Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series
Cristal Khalil as Lily Winters on The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
General Hospital
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Days of our Lives
Outstanding Talk Shoe (Entertainment)
Live with Regis and Kelly
Outstanding Talk Show (Informative)
The Dr. Oz Show
Outstanding Talk Show Host
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa-Live with Regis and Kelly
Outstanding Game Show
Jeopardy
Outstanding Game Show Host
Todd Newton-Family Game Night
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