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[music - "downtown"]
♪ When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, ♪
♪ you can always go downtown
♪ When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry ♪
♪ seem to help, I know
♪ Downtown
♪ Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city ♪
♪ Linger on the sidewalk where
♪ the neon lights are pretty
♪ How can you lose
- Amanda, hey, Jerry O'Connell, everybody.
- Jerry O'Connell!
[applause]
- The girls from The Talk were nominated, whatever.
What are you doing?
- I'm singing the opening number for the Daytime Emmys.
- Yeah, I can see that.
You keep saying "downtown" over and over again.
We're here at the Downtown Bonaventure.
Can I give you a note?
- You're not really supposed to give actors notes,
Jerry, it's not really what you're-- it's not--
♪ The lights are much brighter there ♪
♪ You can forget all your troubles, forget all your ♪
♪ cares and go daytime
♪ Things will be great when you're daytime ♪
♪ You'll find your place special, daytime ♪
♪ Everything's waiting for you ♪
♪ Daytime
♪ Don't hang around and let your problems surround ♪
♪ you, watch a soap opera
♪ On daytime
♪ "General Hospital," "The Bold and the Beautiful" ♪
♪ And "Days of our Lives"
♪ On daytime
♪ Just sit right back and watch a cooking ♪
♪ show like "Family Dinner"
♪ You'll be nice and chopping until you're ♪
♪ such a winner, happy again
♪ The lights are much brighter there ♪
♪ You can forget all your troubles, forget all your ♪
♪ cares and go daytime
♪ Where all the lights are bright ♪
♪ Daytime, waiting for you tonight ♪
♪ Daytime, you're going to be all right now ♪
♪ Daytime
♪ And you may need somebody to help ♪
♪ you with all the gossip
♪ Mario, Kate, Billy, Nischelle, Calvin, they've ♪
♪ all got it to guide you along ♪
♪ So maybe we'll see you folks ♪
♪ We can watch all of our talk shows, game ♪
♪ shows, travel, and soaps
♪ On daytime
♪ These are the Emmys on daytime ♪
♪ All of the stars are from Daytime ♪
♪ But this show is happening at night ♪
♪ Nighttime
[applause]
- Live from downtown Los Angeles, it's the 51st
Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
It's a night of daytime stars featuring the biggest and best
of the dramas, talk shows, entertainment
shows, culinary shows, and personalities America loves.
And now please welcome your hosts, Nischelle
Turner and Kevin Frazier.
[applause]
- Oh you look beautiful.
- Hey.
- Yes!
[cheering]
- Hello.
Look at everybody here.
- Welcome to the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
- Yes, indeed.
How great was that performance by our friends, Amanda
Kloots and Jerry O'Connell?
Yes, indeed. [applause]
Yes, indeed.
Hi, guys.
- Amanda, Jerry, take a bow, please.
Please, take a bow.
Take a bow.
- Amanda, leave a couple inches of them legs on the way out.
Goodness gracious.
- By the way, you're looking like a golden goddess tonight.
I just want to tell you that. - Thank you.
Thank you.
I just want to say, too, let's hear it
for the dancers that was with them, Alan
Bersten and Kayla Radomski.
- Yeah, yep.
- Yes, we are so honored to be back here tonight as your hosts
once again this year.
We are coming to you live from the historic
Westin Bonaventure Hotel, one of the most iconic
buildings in downtown LA.
- Yeah, this hotel has actually been
featured on so many daytime shows, like General Hospital.
What's up, y'all?
- Oh, yes, which is nominated for seven awards tonight.
- Yeah.
- So many exciting things are happening.
Everybody here, ooh, y'all did this tonight.
Y'all look glamorous.
- You know what I got to say?
I think the daytime folks really
know how to do it at night. I'm talking about dress up.
- Oh boy. - They know how to dress up.
- Yes, indeed. But you know what?
We wouldn't expect anything less from television royalty.
And you know what, Kevin Frazier?
- Talk to me.
- We've got royalty in the building tonight.
- I knew Harry and Meghan were coming.
I knew you were-- - OK.
They're royalty, but even better,
we've got American television royalty
in the building tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Dick Van Dyke is here.
[applause]
Yes, indeed.
Yes, I love people getting on their feet for Dick Van Dyke.
- Come on.
[applause]
- Man.
He makes me want to sing.
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" right now.
Almost walk out.
But he's just one of the great nominees in a year filled
with surprises, laughs, tears, and moments
that will stay with us forever.
- Indeed, there are so many stars that are here tonight.
And I'm not just talking about Star Jones.
- I see you, Star Jones.
- Yes, we do see you, Star Jones.
How you doing?
And you know who we've got here tonight as well?
Zooey Deschanel.
Hey, Zooey, how are you?
And also, I mean, Ms. Jennifer Hudson is in the room.
- Sang!
[applause]
- Yes indeed.
And Kevin, we cannot forget our very first presenter tonight.
- No, we love her whether she's chatting up stars or bringing
down the house in Kellyoke.
- Yes, indeed.
Please welcome the one, the only, Kelly Clarkson.
- Come on.
[applause]
- Hello.
I am so happy to be here tonight with so many
amazingly talented artists.
And I'm honored to have been asked to present
the first award of the evening for Outstanding Supporting
Performance in a Daytime Drama Series, Actor.
Here are the nominees.
[applause]
- Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford General Hospital, ABC.
Bryton James as Devon Winters, The Young
and the Restless, CBS.
Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis, Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
A Martinez as Nardo Ramos, The Bay, Popstar!
TV, Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon, The Bay, Popstar!
TV.
- And the Emmy goes to--
OK, that was tougher than I thought.
Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford, General Hospital, ABC.
- This is Robert Gossett's third consecutive nomination
for his role as Marshall Ashford on General Hospital.
- It's good to take responsibility
for your mistakes, but then, daughter, you got to move on.
Focusing on what ifs, the no-- and the what might have beens,
that's no way to live your life.
We got to move forward.
- I just really don't know if it's--
it's too late for us.
- Curtis is going to need you.
[applause]
- Amazing.
Amazing.
I love you all.
I mean, this is so humbling.
I thank you all.
Dana, Dana Walden of Disney, ABC, of course, the viewers who
tune in faithfully every day.
But Frank Valentini.
[applause]
Thank Valentini.
I love you, man.
The cast, the complete cast and crew of General Hospital
and my Ashford family, Brooke and Renee and Taj and Darnell.
I couldn't do it without them.
Lord, I'm really--
I'm shocked.
But certainly, Carmen and Michelle and Danielle and Haley
and Caleb and Luke, I love you all.
And thank you once again.
For the Academy to do this, for our peers to award this to me,
and it's so humbling, and I'm so grateful and honored.
And I appreciate you all.
God's best.
[applause]
- From The Bold and the Beautiful,
please welcome Emmy nominee Lawrence
Saint-Victor and Emmy winner Jacqueline MacInnes Wood.
[applause]
- What words come to mind when you think of the nominees
in this next category?
- Gifted, strong.
- Good. - Energetic.
- Good. Good.
Keep going.
- Compassionate, beautiful.
- So these women are gifted, strong,
energetic, and beautiful.
These are powerhouse women.
- Here are the nominees for Outstanding
Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series, Actress.
- Jennifer Gareis as Donna Logan, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton, Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra, The Young
and the Restless, CBS.
Allison Lanier as Summer Newman-Abbott, The Young
and the Restless, CBS.
Emily O'Brien as Gwen Rizczech, Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
- OK.
- And the Emmy goes to Courtney Hope!
- This is Courtney Hope's second nomination
and first Emmy win for the role of Sally Spectra.
- I promised her that I wasn't going
to let her down or leave her to fight for herself the way
that my parents did to me.
And that is exactly what she had to do.
Oh my god, somebody has to stop it from hurting so much.
- Do you-- did you hear what the doctor--
- No.
I want her, Adam, but you let her die.
[crying]
- Wow.
Oh, my gosh.
Well, this is a shift.
I'm so hot.
Oh my gosh, so many people I want to thank.
I did not get here alone.
I-- God, NATAS, Sony, everyone at Sony,
CBS, my entire Young and the Restless family.
Josh Griffith, thank you so much for trusting me
with this story.
My powerhouse partners, Josh and Mark, my family,
my parents, my best friends, my younger brother,
Jamie, my ride or die.
I love you.
And I really want to dedicate this to anyone who has lost
a child in whatever capacity.
To my older brother Danny, I love you so much.
Thank you for reminding me to be the fighter
that you always told me that I was.
And to every child who has passed on
from this human experience, I pray that you continue
to bring peace and healing to the families, your loved
ones who will always keep a light
on in their heart for you.
Thank you so, so much.
I'm inspired by you all.
[applause]
- Coming up next on the Daytime Emmy Awards,
Wizard of Paws' Derrick Campana,
and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom--
Protecting the Wilds' Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant.
Then later, Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott
present the award for guest performance
in a Daytime Drama Series.
This is CBS.
[pop music]
- We're back with the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
From Wizard of Paws, Emmy nominee
Derrick Campana, and from Mutual
of Omaha's Wild Kingdom--
Protecting the Wild, Emmy nominee Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant.
- We're here to present a writing award.
- To be clear, these are real writers,
not AI ChatGPT copy generators.
[applause]
- And you can tell our copy was not written by AI,
otherwise, it never would have taken a shot at AI.
- Excellent point.
To be a successful member of a writing
team for a daytime drama, it takes
incredible skill, creativity, talent, perseverance, and--
- Huge chaos in their personal lives to draw from?
- Derrick, I was going to say great typing skills,
but yeah, you might be right.
- Here are the nominees for Outstanding Writing Team
for a Daytime Drama Series.
- The Bay, Popstar!
TV.
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS.
Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
General Hospital, ABC.
The Young and the Restless, CBS.
- And the Emmy goes to General Hospital, ABC.
[applause]
- Accepting the Emmy, head writer, Dan O'Connor.
[applause]
- Thank you to NATAS.
This is GH's writing win in 15 years.
[applause]
So this honor is a testament to the, you know,
the hard work and creativity of our team.
And we have to thank Frank and all the producers and directors
and cast and crew and artists who
made the impossible possible 260 times a year.
To Dana, Craig, Simran, Dom, and all
our supporters at the network, but most of all to the fans.
Because 2 million of you tuned in every day,
we were able to tell stories about everybody
in Port Charles, and we are so lucky to be
a part of your lives.
Thank you.
[applause]
- From Backed by the Bros, Jonathan Scott,
and from What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel,
Emmy nominee Zooey Deschanel.
- Looks like this microphone was set to my height, Jonathan.
- Yes, yes.
- This next award category is for Guest Performance
in a Daytime Drama Series.
- And these nominees have such fascinating backgrounds.
One is an Australian who's won a SAG award for his film work.
- Another is the mom from a classic beloved TV
series, The Wonder Years.
[applause]
- The others are longtime stars of daytime dramas.
- And the other is Dick Van Dyke.
If he wins, I just hope this can finally
help jumpstart his career.
- Yeah, that would be great.
Together, they are the nominees for Outstanding Guest
Performance in a Daytime Drama Series.
- Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten, The Young
and the Restless, CBS.
Ashley Jones as Dr. Bridget Forrester, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
Alley Mills as Heather Webber, General Hospital, ABC.
Guy Pearce as Mike Young, Neighbors, Amazon Freevee.
Dick Van Dyke as Mystery Man Timothy Robicheaux,
Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
- All right, and the Emmy goes to--
woo-hoo.
Oh, Dick Van Dyke as Mystery Man Timothy Robicheaux,
Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
- Dick Van Dyke makes history with this win
tonight as the oldest Daytime Emmy winner.
[applause]
- --my father.
And his name was Timothy Robicheaux.
Does it mean anything to you?
- Robicheaux, Timothy.
Huh.
That does sound familiar.
Maybe we were friends?
Tell me more.
Tell me all about him.
- My--
[applause]
Where's my wife?
Thank you.
I don't believe this.
I feel like a spy from nighttime television.
This-- I brought this lady up because she--
my trouble and strife and the love of my life,
because she was also on the show.
She played the cop who arrested me, or who brought me in.
She looks better than she did in that cop outfit.
I'm the oldest nominee in history.
[applause]
I can't believe it.
I've been playing old men all my life.
If I had known I was going to live this long,
I would have taken better care of myself.
I had such a great time.
I didn't realize that you guys, because you work together
so long, are a real family.
And they just took me in and treated me so nicely.
I had a wonderful time.
But in one scene where I'm being really serious,
I broke myself up and I started to giggle at myself
and ruined the shot.
I'm not used to frowning.
Anyway.
You know who put me into this?
Drake, who goes to my gym.
And he said, why don't you come on the show and have some fun?
And I said, great.
And it snowballed into this.
I'm 98 years old.
Can you believe it?
[applause]
Thank you so much.
This really tops off a lifetime of 80 years in the business.
I love you.
God bless.
[applause]
[pop music]
- Just ahead on the Daytime Emmy Awards,
we present the inductees into the Gold and Silver Circle.
And then The Bay's Kristos Andrews
and Kiara Liz take the stage.
And later, Star Jones presents the Emmy
for Daytime Talk Series.
It's all coming up, so you won't want to miss it.
This is CBS.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
are sponsored by Swiffer.
Stop cleaning, start Swiffering.
- Please welcome the chair of the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Terry O'Reilly.
[applause]
- What a night.
Good evening.
It is my great honor to welcome you all
to tonight's celebration of the best
in daytime television at this, the 51st
Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Always a remarkable evening and always a surprise or two.
So thanks for joining us.
Thanks to Nischelle Turner and Kevin
Frazier for serving as our host for the third consecutive year.
So would you please join me in thanking
them with a round of applause?
[applause]
And I want to give a shout out to a dear friend,
Lifetime Achievement honoree Pat Sajak, who's--
[applause]
Pat celebrated his final episode of Wheel of Fortune
today.
We thank him for 41 years of great television moments.
[applause]
So a little bit of history.
It was 94 years ago this year in Chicago
that the first broadcast serialized drama was presented.
And little did they know then the impact
of the soaps as a pioneering form of storytelling,
tackling social issues and reflecting changes
in our society, opening the industry doors
to women in roles not just as actors,
but as writers, as producers, as directors,
and as executives.
And cultivating-- absolutely--
[applause]
And importantly, cultivating communities
of engaged fans and followers.
So we are thrilled to showcase the best of our industry,
both before and behind the camera.
We shine the Emmy spotlight tonight on 66 nominees,
celebrating their remarkable achievements
in daytime television over the past year.
And we're honored to join with you
in celebrating the contributions of Melody Thomas
Scott, Edward J. Scott--
[applause]
--and of my friend Lidia Bastianich with our Lifetime
Achievement Awards.
So on behalf of the Academy, on behalf of our more than 18,000
members across the nation, we congratulate all of those being
honored this evening, those who are
nominated and the select few who walk
home tonight with an Emmy.
Now, please welcome back one of our co-hosts
for this evening as she introduces you
to some industry luminaries.
Here's Nischelle Turner.
[applause]
- Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Now tonight, in addition to paying tribute to this year's
nominees, we also shine the spotlight
on our newest Hall of Fame members,
as we recognize those who are inducted into our Gold
and Silver Circle.
The Gold Circle recognizes those
with 50 years of service and achievements in television.
The Silver honors those with 25 years.
But regardless of how many years
they have worked in our industry,
each of these honorees has left a giant footprint
with their impact, and made a real difference
in those lives of those they have worked with,
on viewers across the nation, and in the television industry.
Each is so deserving of this moment,
and I am so proud to bring you the second class
of daytime inductees into the Emmy Gold and Silver Circle.
[poignant music]
- Kathleen Finch is a super CEO who oversees networks that
produce over 3,000 hours of lifestyle and entertainment
programming each year.
From travel to cooking to home renovations,
this exceptional network exec delivers what viewers
love about daytime television.
From Santa Barbara to Genoa City,
set props master Linda Grand has worked behind the scenes
of some of the most popular dramas and game shows
on daytime TV.
Expertly coordinating The Bold and Beautiful's prop team,
Linda's leadership and dedication are second to none.
Before a scene could be shot at The Young and the Restless,
Patricia Denney had to first put her mark of approval
on the looks of some of the most famous faces on TV.
Patty's hard work and reputation
led her to work exclusively with Y&R's hair and makeup
department, which she eventually
led for more than two decades.
Dubbed an actor's casting director for nearly 9,000
episodes, Mark Teschner has been matching talent with
perfect roles at General Hospital
and Port Charles and Night Shift-- remember those?
Mark shares his particular genius
for discovering new talent with GH producers and fans
season after season.
Co-executive producer at Days of Our Lives Janet
Spellman-Drucker is the type of leader who is not afraid to put
her head down and do the job.
Since 1985, she climbed the ranks from PA to EP,
where the cast and crew in fictional Salem
have become like family.
The talents of Rolonda Watts are as diverse as they
are exceptional.
She's a former reporter and talk show host,
a scene-stealing actor, a comedian, an announcer,
and the familiar voice behind some beloved
cartoon characters.
Despite all these roles and duties,
Rolonda is never too busy to reach
back and help the next generation of daytime talent.
This year's Gold Circle inductees are
led by leading man A Martinez.
For 56 years, from Santa Barbara to The Bay to Avatar--
The Last Airbender, A gives noteworthy and moving
performances that resonate with his cast mates, producers,
and audiences alike.
And he does the job with warmth, kindness and integrity.
Suzanne Rogers has been matriarch
Maggie Horton for generations of Days fans since the '70s.
Suzanne found her way into the homes of daytime fans in 1973
and earned the very first Supporting
Actress Emmy Award offered by the Academy in 1978.
As beautiful on the inside as she is on screen,
the Gold Circle is brighter because of Suzanne.
Many of daytime's successful actors,
writers, and directors are in the business
today because of the talents and investments
of Jerome Dobson.
And you can't mention Jerry without his beloved wife
and writing partner, Bridget.
From General Hospital to Guiding Light to Santa Barbara,
the dynamic Dobson team was responsible for so many
of the riveting storylines and characters
we love in our daytime dramas.
[applause]
- Keep watching as we have more big awards
and stars coming your way.
We'll find out who brings home the Emmy for Directing
Team for a Daytime Drama.
Star Jones presents the award for daytime talk series.
And Melody Thomas Scott and Edward Scott
receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
It's all here on the Daytime Emmy Awards.
This is CBS.
- The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will continue.
This is CBS.
- We're back with the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Please welcome two stars from the Emmy-winning
The Bay, Emmy winner Kristos Andrews
and his co-star, Kiara Liz.
[applause]
- Well, it is an honor to join all you talented folks tonight.
Oftentimes, the magic between two scene partners like Kiara
and myself is thanks to the weight of the reins
falling into the hands of the directors.
- Thank you, Kristos.
And likewise, my dear.
- Thank you.
So although we are both on one of the epic nominated shows
in this category, we must adhere
to the award show presenter code of honor
and not show favoritism.
- There is an award show presenter code of honor?
Since when?
- I don't know.
I read it online.
- Oh, OK.
Well, we know everything you read online is 100% accurate.
- Yeah, 100%.
- Yes.
- And while you all contemplate that last statement--
- Here are the nominees for Outstanding Directing
Team for a Daytime Drama.
The Bay, Popstar!
TV.
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS.
Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
General Hospital, ABC.
The Young and the Restless, CBS.
- Dun-dun-dun-dun.
- All right.
And the Emmy goes to General Hospital.
[applause]
- General Hospital, ABC.
- Accepting the Emmy, director Robert Markham.
[applause]
- Thank you, guys.
We want to send our thoughts and prayers to Johnny
Wactor's family and friends.
[applause]
We were blessed to have known him and we all miss him.
The directing team would like to thank ABC Disney
for the continued support, to our writers,
for the beautiful stories, to our talented casts for bringing
those stories to life.
To our hardworking crew-- we are
amazed daily by your dedication, talent, and skill.
And especially to our producers and Frank Valentini--
[applause]
--for all his leading, inspiring, and pushing
us to our best every day.
We would not be here without you.
And especially to our fans who have loved Port
Charles for 60-plus years.
And lastly, for me, just want to thank
my beautiful wife, Shannon.
I love you.
[applause]
- She's a nominee this year for Daytime Personality, Daily.
Please welcome Star Jones.
[pop music]
- They bring us news, perspective, commentary on pop
culture, occasional gossip, needed lifestyle tips, and
often some great performances.
And they do it with flair and energy
and a work ethic second to none.
Because to be up on everything in this information-saturated
world and to deliver it in an entertaining way
to their audience is not an easy job.
My former boss and mentor, Barbara Walters,
used to call it infotainment.
And she was spot on, as usual, which brings
us to the only harder task--
deciding which of these deserves to take home the Emmy.
Here are the nominees for Outstanding Daytime
Talk Series.
[laidback music]
- The Jennifer Hudson Show, syndicated.
The Kelly Clarkson Show, syndicated.
Tamron Hall, syndicated.
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts, Disney Plus.
The View, ABC.
- And the Emmy goes to The Kelly Clarkson Show,
syndicated.
[applause]
- Accepting the Emmy, host and executive
producer, Kelly Clarkson.
This is the fourth consecutive win for The Kelly Clarkson
Show in this category.
[pop music]
- First of all, just a special shout out to General Hospital.
Y'all are a good time.
I'm just saying, like, I've been sitting there.
And I'm like, who is the crew that
is definitely having a good time, like way
better than all of us?
Y'all are a fun crowd.
I just had to give props to that
because life is about having a good time,
and y'all know how to do that.
That is amazing.
Another crew that knows how to do it well,
thank you so much to my team.
My team is incredible.
The talk show is so fun to do.
We started in LA.
We had an amazing team work with us there.
Now we're in New York.
We have an amazing team there.
We still have people remote that are here tonight that we
don't get to always see.
But just thank you to the affiliates.
Thank NBC for believing in our show, and also,
for taking the time.
I feel it's important to say that not
everybody really thinks about what's
going on behind the scenes.
And the fact that NBC, a huge company,
took time and listened when I said, hey,
my life is not going super great.
I don't know if I can live here anymore.
I don't know if I can do this.
And they really wrapped their arms around us.
And they helped us move.
Tracy, thank you so much for helping, Betsy, everybody.
They helped us move.
And the move has been so great for not just me and my family,
but our whole show.
So it takes a lot of time and money and effort to do that.
It is not unnoticed.
I just want to say thank you for thinking of mental health
as well as a product.
So-- but-- and thank you to my whole crew.
Glam squad, band, everybody.
I'm forgetting people.
And I'm so sorry if I forgot you.
But I didn't mean to be a jerk.
But once again, y'all, General Hospital, have a good night.
Yes.
[applause]
- Keep watching, as just ahead, Eric Braeden and Lauralee Bell
present the Lifetime Achievement Award
to Melody Thomas Scott and Edward J. Scott.
Then later, Lidia Bastianich presents the Emmy for Culinary
Series, and we find out who brings home the award
for Entertainment News Series.
This is CBS.
- The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will continue.
This is CBS.
- From The Young and the Restless,
Emmy winners Lauralee Bell and Eric Braeden.
[applause]
- We are very happy to be here tonight
to celebrate two people who have
greatly impacted our lives, and everyone at Y&R and B&B.
- My parents' goal when they started The Young
and the Restless was to keep the storylines relatable,
genuine, and about love and family.
Not long after Ed began at Y&R, he understood the assignment.
He created the successful heartbeat
between the cast and crew.
Little did he know that eventually, it
would be his heart that would skip a beat.
- Melody grabbed the audience's attention from day one
as Nikki Reed.
I am very grateful to have had Melody
as a scene partner and leading lady
for over four damn decades now.
[applause]
Ed, or Eddie, as I call him, is not only an excellent producer,
but my friend.
He's responsible for the start of many actors' careers
in daytime, many of whom are in this room tonight.
- Let's take a look at the legacy of Ed
Scott and Melody Thomas Scott.
[applause]
- Daddy would never hurt me.
Any mistakes that I may have made,
the universe doesn't hold them against me.
- Look, if this job makes you feel so good,
then why are you afraid to talk about it?
- This time, I went out there, and I just told myself, there's
nothing to be afraid of.
And then pretty soon, I noticed that they were
really into what I was doing.
They liked it.
They liked me.
- It has been an unmitigated joy to work with her.
We have done this for 44 years.
And I still look forward to working with her.
- I want you to kiss me.
And if you don't kiss me, I'm not going to keep
anything that you've given me.
- In terms of Melody on the show,
she was a super couple with Victor and Nikki.
And then off camera, Ed and Mel were pretty much
a super couple in real life.
Growing up in Chicago, after every episode of The Young
and the Restless, my dad would get on the phone
and say things like, that episode was fabulous, or a lot
of different comments.
And I would always think, who is on the other side
of the phone?
And it was Ed.
- I'd like to thank Ed Scott, who gives me
the freedom to do what I do.
- Thank you, Ed Scott.
- Thank you for your guidance, Ed Scott,
for your pace and vitality.
- To our executive producer who pushes us
to be our very best every day.
Thank you, Edward Scott. - Edward Scott.
- Ed Scott.
- Edward Scott.
- I just want to congratulate our directors.
I think we have the greatest show.
Doesn't just belong to me.
It belongs to all the fine actors that we have,
the directors, and the writers.
And congratulations, guys.
I love you.
- Ed is nothing if not passionate.
I always really value when he comes out and will give a note,
his thoughts on a scene.
He's very collaborative.
- Edward has been my mentor in so many ways.
I was 14 years old, and it was my first day at work.
And he comes up to me after I've done one of my scenes.
And he's like, be prepared.
Know your lines.
And watch these people because they know what they're doing.
He was absolutely right.
He's tough and he expects the best from you.
- He had a friendship with us.
So he would almost pull us aside and say very few things
like, this guy hurt you.
And right away, you would just know because his eyes were
almost welling up, which would transfer to us saying,
I got it.
We learned a lot from him.
- He's always changing dialogue.
- Melody's background, obviously, she started this
when she was three years old.
But just the fact that she's been able to carve out a career
that she has is a true testament to her talent.
- And you are Nikki Reed.
- The one and only.
- She's an icon, but at the same time, she's kind.
She's just always there with you,
and just making the scenes better.
- These are questions we'll never have answers to.
- A lot will be said about Melody's tremendous talent.
Two things that probably won't get
mentioned, she is a genuinely funny person.
- What?
Jack Abbott.
Oh god.
- I can't hear you.
- And her devotion to her family--
to Ed, to her kids, to her grandchildren--
is an inspiration to anyone lucky enough
to get to know her.
- Mom, you're a trailblazing hero to me
and countless other women.
Dad, thank you for teaching me that hard work
and determination takes you incredibly far in life.
- Mom and Dad, I'm so proud to sit
here with you tonight and celebrate
this amazing accomplishment.
- My heart is overwhelmed with joy and thrilled for you both.
- The two of y'all, two of the GOATs of daytime.
Thank you for all you did for me.
- Thank you, Ed Scott, for making my dreams come true.
- We are so honored to work with you
at The Bold and the Beautiful.
- Congratulations, brother.
- Nobody deserves this more than you.
- Been a long time, hasn't it, Ed?
- Congratulations, Ed and Mel, on this well-deserved honor.
- You two are an integral part of this medium.
- Congratulations to both of you.
I love you.
- I'm so proud of you.
- You sure deserve it.
- You are the ultimate power couple.
- Congratulations on your Lifetime Achievement Award.
- I feel so lucky to have spent so much of my life with you.
- You both have brought so much to my life
and given me so many opportunities,
and I love you both very much.
- I love you so much.
- I love you guys.
[applause]
- It is an honor to present this year's well-deserved
Lifetime Achievement Award to Edward J.
Scott and Melody Thomas Scott.
[cheering]
- Wow.
Unbelievable.
I can't believe I'm standing up here in front of all
you terrific, talented people.
I'm just really lucky.
And I'm proud to be here standing
alongside this fabulous Melody Thomas Scott, my wife and life
partner for nearly 40 years.
Together, we're celebrating along
with our three beautiful daughters, Jennifer, Alex,
Elizabeth, their spouses, and our five
amazing, amazing grandkids.
My thanks to NATAS for this Lifetime Achievement Award.
I promise to do my very best to continue to amaze you,
to build community, which is what we are, all of us in here,
and most importantly, to acknowledge
and support each other's work.
And we do work, don't we?
My congratulations to all the 2024 Emmy nominees tonight.
We get to celebrate and build community together.
I want to thank Bill and Lee Phillip Bell,
the creators of Young and the Restless
and Bold and Beautiful.
And Bold and Beautiful's executive producer and head
writer, Brad Bell, who entrusts me
with his creative vision every day
and is the greatest boss I ever worked for.
Thank you.
My thanks to Bill and Lee's oldest son, Bill Bell,
and to Lauralee Bell, who proudly carry
on the Bell family legacy.
I salute Eric Braden, who I had the pleasure of working
with for over 25 years at Y&R. I also thank
John McCook, the very first person at Y&R
to welcome me to TV City stage 41 almost 50 years ago.
You look pretty cute still, John,
with whom I still have the privilege
of working with today.
My thanks to all the talented actors, writers, producers,
directors, and staff at Bold and Beautiful
for their strong support.
Thank goddess-- godness and goodness.
They always have my back.
I also want to salute the always-underappreciated folks
in lighting, set design, wardrobe, props,
grips, hair, and makeup--
[applause]
--for giving B&B the special look known the world over.
My thanks to Darryl Hickman, who recently passed,
and Wes Kenny, both of whom taught me the business.
I also want to give a shout out to everyone
at Days of Our Lives, who I had the honor
of working with back in 2007.
Man, that was one of my favorite years.
I thank CBS Television and our loyal fans worldwide
who have made B&B the most watched
daytime drama in the world.
OK, Melsy.
You're up.
- Thanks, doll.
First, I want to thank NATAS for honoring Edward and me
with this remarkable award.
I can't tell you how encouraging a thing like
this is.
Closer to home, I want to thank Edward and our beautiful family
who are here tonight.
We are so blessed.
A lot of people have been talking about family
tonight on this stage.
And growing up, this Hollywood kid was family challenged.
When I was cast on Y&R 45 years ago,
I walked on to stage 41 at TV City
and knew I was finally home with the family
that had been waiting for me all along.
I--
[applause]
I am eternally grateful to Bill and Lee Phillip Bell
for their fateful decision to hire me.
Our fabulous writing, directing, and producing teams
continue Bill and Lee's creative vision,
supported by the best actors in daytime anytime.
Our amazing technical artists, our hardworking stage crew,
and our stellar office staff.
And I want to especially thank my leading man, Eric Braeden.
[applause]
I adore you, honey.
And my on-screen children, Joshua Morrow
and Amelia Heinle.
I love you, kids.
And a special thank you to all of my Y&R company members
who came to share this night with us.
Your love and support mean the world to me, now and always.
Oh, and the many glam squads over the years.
The work that it takes to get this 68-year-old camera-ready
is not to be believed.
And a special thanks to Diane Davis,
my agent who convinced me to take this job.
She's now 96.
She's at home watching this right now.
And my very first publicist, Bob Olive,
Karen Faye, Charles Bush, and LeLana Novakovich for
contributing to my success.
Also, to the Bell family, of course, CBS,
and Sony Pictures Television for continuing
to be my champions.
And to our loyal fans, your support and encouragement
touches me every day.
There would be no Y&R without you.
Daytime television is hard work.
We know this.
And I salute all of you here tonight for your contributions
to our industry.
Edward and I are eager to do our part
to carry on the proud tradition of the great American
soap opera.
[applause]
And now it's time to celebrate.
[pop music]
- Coming up, Lidia's Kitchen star
Lidia Bastianich presents the Emmy for Culinary Series.
Then later, the award for entertainment news series.
Will the winner be Access Hollywood, Entertainment
Tonight, or Extra?
We'll find out when we return on the Daytime Emmys.
This is CBS.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are sponsored
by the makers of Zyrtec.
Zyrtec, Z's the day.
- Pasta, pasta, pasta.
- Lidia became queen mom of authentic Italian cooking.
- Big flavors.
The aromas, the taste of those foods
brought me back to that special place.
- What Lidia did, you know, this amazing life and career.
- My restaurants were an extension of my home.
- All as an immigrant woman holding her own in an industry
dominated by men.
-
- [speaking italian]
- Please welcome back our hosts, Kevin Frazier
and Nischelle Turner, joined by Emmy winner and a nominee
again this year for culinary host, Lidia Bastianich.
- I just got to say, it is an honor
to have this Italian feast with a woman who
not only a Emmy winner, but also
an icon of Italian cooking.
- Yes, but who is also receiving the Lifetime
Achievement Award at tomorrow night's Creative Arts
and Lifestyle ceremony.
You can watch it streaming on the Emmys apps
and also watch.theemmys.tv.
- Also-- thank you.
Also, this is a big weekend for you two--
- It is.
- --who are both nominees in our new Outstanding Daytime
Personality, Daily category.
- Oh boy.
- Yeah.
- It's coming up in just a few minutes.
Are you nervous? - Yes.
- We're a little nervous, but-- - Yes.
- Actually, can I be honest?
We're starstruck being here with you because I'm a foodie.
She's a foodie.
She cooks, I eat.
Italian is my absolute favorite food.
And so we are both excited because we're real foodies.
I know everything about Italian food.
Everything. - So he says.
- Everything.
- We'll see that.
Well, then, as I always say, [italian], no?
- I love Stanley Tucci.
He's a hell of an actor.
- Tucci?
Where did you get Tucci?
It means, everyone to the table and eat.
Tutti, tutti.
- Oh, yeah, yeah. Of course.
Of course.
Well, now, how about what-- what else you got?
- Let's see.
What do we got here, Lidia?
- Well, you have pasta, manicotti.
You're in the mood for some manicotti?
- A little mani-pedi?
- Oh no, no, no, no, no, no.
No mani-pedi.
I had a mani-pedi beforehand.
- There you go again.
Manicotti.
- Manicotti.
Got it.
- Yes, this delicious pasta wrapped--
ricotta is in this delicious pasta.
And it's called manicotti.
- Clearly, I don't know enough about Italian food.
Would you be honest?
Let's be honest.
- Yes, absolutely.
- You said you love Italian food, right?
- No, I love it. I love to eat it.
I don't know anything about it.
- We actually do love Italian food.
But my weakness, if I'm being honest, is desserts.
- Oh, OK. That's easy.
Look.
Sfogliatella.
Beautiful sfogliatella we have.
- Oh, gesundheit.
- You're taking me on a limb here.
- Yeah.
- So I think-- - Let's just get to the award.
Let's get to the award. Let's get to the award.
- I think we should just present the award.
- Absolutely.
Let's just present the award.
- You know what?
I think that I should be the one to present the award.
- You should do it.
- Yeah, I think so, too.
That's the best idea.
- But just to be safe, maybe I should--
- We'll just let you do everything.
We'll let you do everything. - Just do it all.
- Absolutely.
So here are the nominees for Outstanding Culinary Series.
[laidback music]
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten, Food Network.
Family Dinner, Magnolia Network.
Selena + Chef-- Home for the Holidays, Food Network.
Valerie's Home Cooking, Food Network.
What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel, Max.
- Here we go.
You ready? - I'm ready.
- All right.
- I'm ready.
- And the Emmy goes to--
- This is exciting.
- Oh.
- Oh boy.
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten, my dear friend.
- Wow. - Food Network.
- Congratulations.
- Yes.
- Accepting the Emmy, producer Jenna Reynolds.
- It's so good.
- It's good.
Right?
- It's like layers of flavor, but it's all kind of melded
together. - Yeah.
- Mm, mm.
Stanley, this is heaven.
Are you happy? - Happy?
- I'm so happy.
Thank you.
- I'm in heaven.
I'm with you, I cooked for and with you--
- Brilliantly.
- Are you kidding?
I'm never-- I'm like, I don't even know.
I told you.
I'm a little flummoxed.
I--
[applause]
- Wow.
Wow.
Totally-- like, totally unexpected.
But thank you so much for this amazing achievement.
First and foremost, we have to thank
our amazing host, Ina Garten.
I mean, I think we can all agree that she's
a true national treasure.
It's an honor.
Thank-- yes.
Yeah.
It's a true honor to work with her all the time.
And she's incredible.
Rachel Purnell, Carl Green, and Olivia
Grove at Pacific Productions, they lead our team.
They've worked with Ina for the past 22 years.
And on behalf of Pacific, we really, genuinely
want to thank Food Network, Warner
Brothers Discovery, Kathleen Finch,
Lynn Sadowski, Betsy Ayala.
Thank you so much for the amazing support for this show.
Also, our incredible team, like our crew.
This is such a group effort.
Our amazing culinary team, our production team,
our camera crew, everybody.
And then obviously, with our show, our phenomenal guests.
They really make this show special.
So yeah.
I mean, thank you, and thank you for everything.
This is incredible.
What an honor.
And yeah, as Ina would say, how fabulous is this, right?
Thank you. Thank you.
[pop music]
- From The Young and the Restless,
please welcome Emmy winners Amelia
Heinle and Christel Khalil.
[applause]
- Oh yeah.
- Yeah.
- I just saw my dad backstage.
Ooh, you know, my TV dad, Eric Braeden.
- Eric Braeden.
- Whoo.
- Well, at least you know who your TV dad was.
Lily was a bit confused for a while.
- Well, that had to make Father's Day a real challenge.
- Well, not when your TV dads are Kristoff
St. John and Shemar Moore.
- And now into this next category, in a time
when so many Americans are confused about fake news,
there are still three news sources that we can trust.
And the nominees for Outstanding Entertainment
News Series--
[laidback music]
- Access Hollywood, syndicated.
Entertainment Tonight, syndicated.
Extra, syndicated.
[applause]
- And the Emmy goes to Entertainment Tonight.
[applause]
- Accepting the Emmy, co-executive
producer Whitney Wallace.
[pop music]
[applause]
- Whoo.
Oh my gosh.
Thank you all so much.
Thank you, NATAS, for this.
We are all so very grateful.
Thank you to our executive producer,
Erin Johnson, who's not here with us tonight.
She's actually on location with the show.
We love you so much.
Thank you to everyone standing on this stage,
everyone at home who worked tirelessly on this show day
in and day out.
We truly could not do this without you.
And thank you to all of our amazing correspondents
and our hosts, Kevin and Nischelle.
Thank you.
[applause]
- Coming up, our tribute to the legends we lost this year.
Then later, the awards for Daytime Personality, Daily,
and Daytime Talk Series Host.
This is CBS.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards are sponsored
by Progressive Insurance.
Round out your protection with life, phone,
and pet health insurance.
- Please welcome back our co-host, Kevin Frazier.
- Although this is a night of celebration,
it's also a time to join together and remember those
we lost over the past year.
They were our friends, our co-workers, our mentors.
And although their journeys have ended, who they are,
and what they meant to us, and what they gave the world will
live forever in our memories, whether they were
with us for decades or taken from us
in an unspeakable tragedy.
Whether they were giants of the past
or the newer talents of today, all of them are gone too soon.
[poignant music]
- Let us create dramas that make our audience
not only laugh and cry, but think, and feel, and know
that we care about what they've been going
through in their own lives.
- The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will continue.
This is CBS.
- From the Daytime Drama-nominated
series Neighbours, here are Annie Jones and Stefan Dennis.
[applause]
- Now, before we begin, we just want
to clear up some misconceptions about Australia.
- Yeah, well, first off, neither Annie nor I
have funny accents.
So there.
And secondly, we don't sit around
all day putting shrimp on the barbie and drinking beer.
- No.
Sometimes we drink wine.
- Yeah. - Champagne.
- Yeah.
- Cocktails.
- Yeah, or a nice malt whisky.
Actually, this is making me a little bit thirsty.
A beer would be good right now.
And thirdly, not everyone looks like Margot
Robbie or Chris Hemsworth.
- Yeah, God knows we try, don't we?
I mean, I spent hours in the gym this morning.
Look. No Chris.
Hello, Chris.
Are you there?
No.
So are you ready for the award?
- Sure.
Now that we've done our bit to educate our American friends.
- Let's go.
The nominees for the Most Outstanding Daytime
Personality, Daily are--
[laidback music]
- Frank Caprio, Caught in Providence, Facebook Watch.
Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen,
Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Will
Marfuggi, Rachel Smith, Entertainment Tonight,
syndicated.
Deborah Norville, Mary Calvi, Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero,
Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret, Les Trent, Inside Edition,
syndicated.
Star Jones, Robert Hernandez, Divorce Court, Fox.
Judge Judy Sheindlin, Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose,
Judy Justice, Amazon Freevee.
- And the Emmy goes to Entertainment
Tonight, syndicated.
[applause]
- Accepting the Emmy is our host, Nischelle Turner.
- To cut the grass a year is $350,000.
Just to cut the grass.
- It's fair to say you spent tens of millions of dollars
in this place.
- That's easy.
Man, do you know, you're the first national person
that's come and talked to me?
- So first of all, I want to just pay tribute
to the folks in this category.
There are great folks.
And this is an honor.
We are kind of speechless right now--
- I'm about to cry.
- --and blown away.
- Yeah.
- It means a lot to win this award, and especially us two
working together, Danny, and the rest of our team
who work their behinds off each and every single day.
- Yeah, we just want to say, thank you to everybody
who tunes in every night.
We know there's so much going on in the world.
And we appreciate you giving us 22 minutes every night just
to relax, escape.
And hopefully, we put a smile on your face
at the end of the day. We're honored.
And it's a privilege for all of us
to do this every single night.
It's the best team in television,
in entertainment television.
We love you guys.
We love you.
Thank you so, so much.
- And I just want to say real quick,
I want to send a message to our longtime producer,
Charlotte Hambrick.
She is going through a tough time right now,
but we love you.
We're thinking of you.
And we're thinking of Sky. Thanks.
- Thank you.
[pop music]
- Please welcome two Emmy winners.
From Days of Our Lives, here are Eric
Martsolf and Jackée Harry.
[applause]
- Whoo.
- That was good.
How are you doing?
- I'm OK now.
- All right.
You know, the list of past winners
for the award for daytime talk series host is amazing.
- Barbara Walters, Oprah, Phil Donahue, and Katie Couric,
to name just a few.
- And now, it is time to see whose name is in that envelope.
Here are the nominees for Outstanding Daytime Talk
Series Host.
[laidback music]
- Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah
Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin,
Ana Navarro, The View, ABC.
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show, syndicated.
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live with Kelly and Mark,
syndicated.
Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots,
Natalie Morales, Jerry O'Connell, Sheryl Underwood,
The Talk, CBS.
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall, syndicated.
- Oh Lord, these are all my girlfriends.
What I'm going to do?
OK.
And the Emmy goes to, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de, de.
- Ooh.
- Oh my.
Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa, Live with Kelly and Mark.
[applause]
- Kelly and Mark could not be with us here tonight.
The Academy accepts this award on their behalf.
Congrats to them.
[pop music]
- Just ahead, two of the most anticipated awards
of the night, Performances by Lead Actor
and Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series.
Will your favorite win?
Find out when we return to the 51st
Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
This is CBS.
- The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will continue.
This is CBS.
- Please welcome from Access Hollywood, Scott Evans,
and from Extra, Melvin Robert.
- Hey.
[applause]
- Y'all look good.
Jeez.
Melvin, you look great, brother.
The chest is out. Love it.
- You too.
You're looking good too, Scott.
Yeah.
- We're representing for the cool kids.
- That's right. That's what we do.
- Now, we're also representing, though, for the changing
faces of entertainment news.
- Yes, we are.
But also, we need Kevin to be able to do this.
Where-- Kev, where are you at? - Right here.
Right here. - Kev, where you at, man?
- Man--
- Dude, this wasn't what was discussed.
- Kevin, we talked about we were not going
to wear shirts for this--
- Where you at?
You got a full-on shirt on, man.
And a bow tie, too.
- You literally said, change it up.
- Yes.
- So I changed it up.
This is not the Magic Mike Emmys.
- Criti-- that's Magic, I'm Mike.
We're ready for the show.
[applause]
- Hey, I will tell you--
- Hey.
Hey.
- I'll tell you something right now.
My man Cameron Mathison, who loves a shirtless selfie,
he's got his shirt on tonight and he's here.
So if he's wearing his shirt, then I'm wearing my shirt.
- Where's Cameron?
- Where's Cameron at?
- No, Cameron is shirtless right now.
- Cameron got the memo.
Cameron got the--
- Yes.
- Oh, I know what happened.
I know what happened.
Cam forgot to shave, see.
Cam forgot to shave.
- Did you forget to shave?
- That's one of the problems.
Come on, Cameron.
Thanks for letting me down, now.
- Come on, now. - Come on.
- Come on, man.
- Fellas. Fellas.
What is going on out here?
Larry, Moe, and Curly. - Wow.
- Well, no.
You two can't be Curly.
- Thank you.
Never Curly.
- Break up this little bromance.
Break it up. - Whatever.
- While y'all are out here having a fashion moment,
seeing who wore it best, I'll take the--
- Well, who did wear it best?
- Cameron.
- Can you present the--
[laughter]
- All right.
Here are the nominees for Outstanding Lead Performance in
a Daytime Drama Series, Actor.
[laidback music]
- Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young
and the Restless, CBS.
Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
Eric Martsolf as Brady Black, Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
John McCook as Eric Forrester, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
- Ooh.
All right, Old Edition.
Are y'all ready to do this?
- Oh wow.
- You got jokes now, everybody.
- And the Emmy goes to--
ooh, exciting.
- Uh-oh.
- Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester,
The Bold and the Beautiful.
- This makes it two in a row for Thorsten Kaye, who
last year took home his very first Emmy for his role
as Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.
- But I don't want to use my dad as some human experiment.
I don't want him to suffer.
What did you say?
You said you'd been with him 24/7 for months?
I've been with my dad forever.
You know what I want?
I want him to leave this earth with some dignity.
Don't you?
[applause]
- I got to be very honest.
I don't like award shows.
I didn't like award shows until tonight.
Now they make perfect sense.
The other thing that doesn't make sense
is that anyone could do this alone.
We can't.
You need a great boss who sees you, who hears you.
You need a cast that tolerates you.
Thank you.
Don.
You need a whole village of people
that have agreed that they're not going to let you drown,
not tonight.
I have all of that.
So thank you.
And I've got Marlo and McKenna, I've got--
being your dad is the greatest honor of my life.
[applause]
Susan, thank you for these beautiful kids, and everything
that you've sacrificed.
It did not go unnoticed.
Thank you.
Honey, I love you.
See you, guys.
Thanks.
[applause]
- From General Hospital, please welcome Emmy winners
Steve Burton and Laura Wright.
[applause]
[pop music]
[cheering]
- Laura, as a past winner in this category,
what do you remember about that special night?
- Well, that my kids were with me.
And Susan Lucci handed me my Emmy.
- Awesome.
- I also want to take a minute to say
that Steve, I am so thrilled that you
are back on General Hospital.
[applause]
I mean, Carly and Laura are both super happy to have
you back.
- Yeah, I mean, it's great to be back.
So thank you.
And I'm sure I'll be cleaning up a lot of Carly's messes.
Thank you.
- Absolutely, which is why I'm glad you're here
tonight, because I need you to back me up
when I open this envelope.
- OK.
And now, here are the nominees for
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime
Drama Series, Actress.
[laidback music]
- Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali, Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, General Hospital, ABC.
Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
Annika Noelle as Hope Logan, The Bold
and the Beautiful, CBS.
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, The Young
and the Restless, CBS.
Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves, General Hospital, ABC.
[applause]
- Trust me?
- No.
But I have full faith you can do this.
Go ahead.
- All right.
And the Emmy goes to Michelle Stafford.
[applause]
- Michelle Stafford wins her third Emmy tonight
for her performance as Phyllis Summers
on The Young and the Restless.
[applause]
- I am going to expose your latest con.
Aren't you terrified of me?
And you should be terrified of me.
So you tried to take away everything that was mine
and everything that I loved.
Jack, my job, my relationship with my daughter,
the respect that my son had for me.
And you tried to leave me with nothing.
[applause]
- Oh my god.
Oh my god.
Thank you.
I know I have very little time.
Finola, you are the best actress in this room,
and you are the greatest friend.
First, I want to say, I want to share
this with all of you, the crew and the cast
at Young and the Restless.
Every single one of you should have one of these.
I love you guys so much.
You cannot know how much you mean to me.
You can never know.
There's nobody in the world I would rather have shared
a pandemic with than you.
Thank you, Josh.
I don't know where you are.
But I love you so much.
I love you so much.
Thank you for listening to me cry in your office.
Thank you Sony and CBS.
Oh my god.
I am-- all the women that I was nominated with,
you're superlative.
And oh-- my kids, I love you, Natalia and Jameson.
I love you so much.
And just on a personal note, this one is for you, Joe.
I am honored to be an actor.
It is the greatest gig in the sky.
It is a privilege.
I am honored to entertain people.
I'm honored to be here amongst you all tonight.
Truly.
[applause]
- When we return, we find out who
takes home the Emmy for Outstanding Daytime
Drama Series.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be right back.
This is CBS.
- Welcome back to the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Here to present our final award of the evening
is actress, writer, comedian, and star
of Ghosts, Danielle Pinnock.
[applause]
- Can I just say, this is the best
award show I've ever been to?
Ever?
And I know y'all are feeling a little hungry.
And so my husband, he got snacks in my clutch.
He looks like Prince Harry's second cousin, OK?
We got Slim Jims and Saltines.
Go find him.
All right?
So my full government name is Danielle Ashley Pinnock.
And you would think--
- Whoo.
- You would think my Jamaican mama named me after a Bob
Marley song or a grandparent.
However, my first and middle names
are from iconic daytime drama series.
Honey, Caribbeans love a soap, OK?
My middle name, Ashley, comes from the character
Ashley Abbott from The Young and the Restless.
Yes.
I guess my mom thought that if she watched enough soap operas
during her pregnancy, I'd grow up
to have a successful television career.
So well, baby, she was right.
Thank you, Mom, for manifesting this dream for me.
I'm going to give these six nominees the love they deserve.
Now, prime time shows, they're kind
of like Hollywood marriages.
Right?
Some last a few weeks, some a few years, and the greats,
they can last a decade.
But on daytime, these shows, they
are in it for the long haul.
OK?
Now, I'm 36.
If I were a daytime drama, I'd be the second youngest nominee.
General Hospital is 61.
Days of our Lives is 59.
The Young and the Restless is 51.
And even, even The Bold and the Beautiful and Neighbours
are older than me.
OK, well, maybe The Bay is a youngster.
But baby, y'all got staying power.
OK?
When you have stories and characters that entertain,
raise issues we all deal with, and are on the cutting edge
in so many ways, with great acting, writing, and directing,
these shows don't just last.
They leave a legacy.
These six nominees set a standard of excellence to which
every series should aspire.
Here are the nominees for Outstanding Daytime
Drama Series.
[laidback music]
- The Bay, Popstar!
TV.
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS.
Days of Our Lives, Peacock.
General Hospital, ABC.
Neighbours, Amazon Freevee.
The Young and the Restless, CBS.
[applause]
- And the Emmy goes to [laughs] General Hospital.
[applause]
- Accepting the Emmy, executive producer Frank Valentini.
This is the second time that General Hospital
has won the Emmy for Daytime Drama
Series four times in a row.
[pop music]
[applause]
- On behalf of the over 300 people who work on General
Hospital, I'd like to thank our partners
at ABC, Hulu, and Disney for their tremendous support.
Thank you, Dana Walden, Craig Gurwitch, Simran Sethi,
and especially Nathan Varney.
Nathan, you give your heart and your soul to this show,
and we appreciate it.
Thank you, Dom Nuzzi, Heidi Teitel, Kerry Kennedy,
Lisa Gagliardi, and Joy Axelrod for your expertise
and guidance.
Our stellar cast and crew deliver
consistently outstanding work each
and every day that energizes us and fills us with pride.
Elizabeth Corti and the missing-in-action Christopher
van Etten and our entire team of writers
possess the talent, heart, and imagination
of a thousand Shakespeares.
There will never be a cooler, classier,
and more creative team of producers
than MK Weir, Michelle Henry, Jennifer Brogdon,
Sherri Wall, and Jeff Sirks.
I love you and I'm so happy to have you in my life.
We share this with all of our fans.
Thank you so much for watching these past 61 years.
Finally, I would like to thank my team at Clearhead
Productions, Essence Nekoko, Lizard, and John Mazaki, DJ
Page, and my beloved Charlie.
There'll never be enough time or ways
to express my love for you, but I will never stop trying.
Thank you so much.
[cheering]
- Congratulations, General Hospital.
Hey, that wraps up the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
We've had such a good time. - Yes.
Please make sure to watch tomorrow
night's Daytime Creative Arts and Lifestyle Emmy Awards,
streamed on the Emmys app and at watch.theemmys.tv.
- Oh, there's a party over here.
Nischelle and I are truly honored
to have been given the opportunity
to host again this year.
And we hope you all had as much fun as we did.
- As the cast of General Hospital is having.
So congratulations--
- There's a party.
- --to all of tonight's nominees and recipients.
From both of us to all of you at home,
thank you for watching.
Be safe.
And have an incredible night.
- Take care, y'all. Thanks for watching.
- Thank you, everybody.
[inspiring music]
- In all categories, the Daytime Emmy Awards
are judged by members of the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences, Inc., or other experienced
television professionals.
Voting is conducted securely online
by panels of industry peers.
The results of all the secret voting
are known only to the independent accounting
firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP, until the broadcast.
Full competition rules and guidelines
are available at theemmys.tv.
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