The cool thing about the Daytime Emmy Awards is the location of where they were filmed... Vegas baby. So for those that care, here is a tidbit on what happened and who won. Wayne Brady hosted, Oprah Winfrey was honored with the inaugural Crystal Pillar Award for her contribution to daytime TV, Cirque du Soleil performed their “Viva Elvis” show and poor Susan Lucci was sent off with just a salute.
The list of winners are as follows:
Best Supporting Actor - Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer on “General Hospital”
Best Supporting Actress - Heather Tom as Katie Logan Spencer on “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Outstanding Game Show - “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy”
Outstanding Informative Talk Show - “The Dr. Oz Show”
Outstanding Dramatic Writing Team - “Young and the Restless”
Outstanding Game Show Host - Ben Bailey of “Cash Cab”
Outstanding Talk Show Host to Dr. Mehmet Oz of “The Dr. Oz Show” and Kelly Ripa and Regis Philbin for “Regis and Kelly”
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show - “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Outstanding Directing Team for a Drama Series - “Bold and the Beautiful” and the “Young and the Restless”
Outstanding Younger Actress - Brittney Allen as Melissa Chandler on “All My Children”
Outstanding Younger Actor - Scott Clifton as William Spencer III/Liam Cooper on “The Bold and the Beautiful”
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series - Michael Park as Jack Schneider on “As the World Turns”
Outstanding Lead Actress - Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos Jaxx on “General Hospital”
Outstanding Daytime Drama Series - “The Bold and the Beautiful”
A salute to Susan Lucci who played Erica Cane on “All My Children”
Lifetime Achievement Awards - Pat Sajak and Alex Trabek
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