Daytime Emmy Awards Honor Talk Shows, Soap Operas

The Daytime Emmy Awards, hosted by Robin Meade (Morning Express), A.J. Hammer (Showbiz Tonight) and Sam Champion (Good Morning America), aired last night on HLN and honored the best of daytime television – from talk shows to soap operas and game shows.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which had a leading 11 nominations, won for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show. Meanwhile, Dr. Oz won for Outstanding Informative Talk Show, beating out The Doctors, and Katie Couric’s show. Outstanding Talk Show Host went to Ricki Lake, whose program is now in syndication.

For the soap opera categories, the awards were spread out between those remaining on the air. Days of Our Lives took top honors, winning for Outstanding Daytime Drama. Doug Davidson (The Young and the Restless) took home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Outstanding Younger Actor awards went to Kristen Alderson (General Hospital) and Chandler Massey (Days of Our Lives). The Bold and the Beautiful, whose writing team won an award, also saw Heather Tom win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

Cash Cab’s Ben Bailey won for Outstanding Game Show Host, ousting reigning winner Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. However, the award for Outstanding Game Show went to The Price is Right.

There was a tie for the award for Outstanding Culinary Program between two Food Network shows – Best Thing I Ever Made and Trisha’s Southern Kitchen. Lidia Bastianich came out on top in the Outstanding Culinary Host category for Lidia’s Italy, which airs on PBS.

George Lucas’ Star Wars: The Clone Wars won for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program.

See below for a full list of winners:

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