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The Daytime Emmy nominations announced

April 30, 2008

Filed under: Daytime, Talk Show, Emmys, Reality-Free

EmmyThe Daytime Emmy nominations were announced this morning on The View. My initial reaction is this: there are so many repeat nominees! This list is filled with actors who have won multiple times. Are the Daytime Emmys in a rut? I’m afraid so. This list seems very stale to me, not that many of these performers aren’t worthy, but a lot of other worthy actors were completely overlooked. Again. Emmy could use an overhaul, but we’ll discuss that another time.

Here are the main nominees — and some comments — and you can check out the complete list and a photo gallery of the Daytime Emmy nominees at AOL TV. On Friday, June 20, ABC will broadcast the awards in primetime (8-11 p.m. EST) from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

Outstanding Daytime Drama
General Hospital
Guiding Light
One Life to Live
The Young & the Restless

Here we’ve the usual suspects. Last year, Y&R and GL shared the prize. My choice would be OLTL this time around — they had a great year and have been on the uprise. However, Y&R has a lot of actor nominations and that could mean another Emmy for the Bell show. I’d be flabbergasted if either GH or GL win. Both shows have received critical blasts this past year.


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