General Hospital

This morning on The View, the hosts announced the nominees for the 35th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards.  Stars from All My Children, Days of our Lives, One Life To Live, Guiding Light, and As the World Turns were on hand to present the nominations.  Noticeably missing from the morning's festivities were cast members from General Hospital, who were overlooked in several of the acting categories.  The View scored a nomination for Outstanding Talk Show Hosts, among others.  The Daytime Emmy Awards will air June 20th on ABC at 8pm ET from Hollywood's Kodak Theater.  At the ceremony, Regis Philbin will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

General Hospital's Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer) was the only actor from the show to be nominated for an Emmy this year.  In the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, he will go up against David Canary (Adam and Stuart Chandler) of All My Children, Thaao Penghlis (Tony and Andre DiMera) of Days of Our Lives, and Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) and Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) of The Young and The Restless.

The following women were nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Maura West (Carly Tenney) of As The World Turns, Crystal Chappell (Olivia Spencer) and Nicole Forester (Cassie Layne Winslow) of Guiding Light, and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers) and Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) of The Young And The Restless.

In all things not related to soaps, in the category of Oustanding Talk Show, the ladies of The View will go up against Ellen DeGeneres and Rachael Ray.  Cash Cab, Jeopardy, and The Price Is Right will battle for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show. 

CBS scored the most nominations, with 56.  ABC raked in 39, while NBC brought in 14.  The Young and The Restless received 17 nominations, the most of any soap, while General Hospital received the least, with 6.

LIST OF MAJOR DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATIONS:

DRAMA SERIES
General Hospital
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless

LEAD ACTRESS
Maura West, As the World Turns
Crystal Chappell, Guiding Light
Nicole Forester, Guiding Light
Michelle Stafford, The Young and the Restless
Jeanne Cooper, The Young and the Restless

LEAD ACTOR
David Canary, All My Children
Thaao Penghlis, Days of our Lives
Anthony Geary, General Hospital
Peter Bergman, The Young and the Restless
Christian Le Blanc, The Young and the Restless

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kelley Menighan Hensley, As the World Turns
Heather Tom, The Bold and the Beautiful
Judi Evans, Days of our Lives
Gina Tognoni, Guiding Light
Tracey Bregman, The Young and the Restless

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Trent Dawson, As the World Turns
Daniel Cosgrove, Guiding Light
Brian Kerwin, One Life to Live
Kristoff St. John, The Young and the Restless
Greg Rikaart, The Young and the Restless

YOUNGER ACTRESS
Jennifer Landon, As the World Turns
Rachel Melvin, Days of our Lives
Vail Bloom, The Young and the Restless
Emily O'Brien, The Young and the Restless
Tammin Sursok, The Young and the Restless

YOUNG ACTOR
Van Hansis, As the World Turns
Jesse Lee Soffer, As the World Turns
Darin Brooks, Days of our Lives
Tom Pelphrey, Guiding Light
Bryce McClure, The Young and the Restless

GAME SHOW
Cash Cab
Jeopardy!
The Price Is Right

TALK SHOW/ENTERTAINMENT
The Ellen Degeneres Show
Rachael Ray
The View

TALK SHOW/INFORMATIVE
A Place of Our Own
Dr. Phil
The Tyra Banks Show

GAME SHOW HOST
Ben Bailey, Cash Cab
Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!
Pat Sajak, Wheel of Fortune

TALK SHOW HOST
Ellen Degeneres, The Ellen Degeneres Show
Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Live with Regis and Kelly
Barbara Walters, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, The View

WRITING TEAM
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
Guiding Light
One Life To Live
The Young and the Restless

DIRECTING TEAM
All My Children
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
One Life to Live



- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer
Source: EmmyOnline.org
(Image courtesy of ABC)