Yes, the Daytime Emmys is in June this year, but the nominations were revealed mid-March. Let the discussion begin...
Before I go through each category, it's amazing the number of nominations each show got. All My Children only has FIVE! ONE of them is an acting nom. I guess the show sucked this past year. General Hospital One Life To Live each got ten, which isn't too bad. They each got a few acting noms. But GH is NOT up for best drama series while OLTL is. Wow!! As The World Turns and Guiding Light are the shows/soaps with the most nominations. ATWT: 16; GL: 17 (#1). Amazing! It's so great to see CBS's lowest-rated soaps come out on top with nominations. They have noms in almost every acting category. And GL is up for best drama series; it could be their year, which would be wonderful since they're celebrating 70 years on air.
Now for each major category, including my picks -
Younger Actor: Passions actually has a nomination! You don't see that very often, and the show has been cancelled. So, bravo to James Stevenson (Jared). Y&R's Bryton McClure (Devon) is nominated; good for him. As The World Turns has two guys - Van Hansis (Luke) and Jesse Soffer (Will). They are great; both of them had a good year. BUT GL's Tom Pelphrey (Jonathan) is on the list again after winning last year. He has the best chance, and I'm rooting for him.
Younger Actress: I LOVE everyone in this category! I'll be happy with whoever wins! AMC's only acting nom is Leven Rambin (Lily), who is superb portraying an autistic girl. ATWT's top teens are nominated - Jennifer Landon (Gwen) and Alexandra Chando (Maddie). Both are so talented and had a great year, but I LOVE Alexandra! Jennifer has a great chance, though, since she won last year. GH's Julie Berman (Lulu) is new but brilliant; she's got a nomination after her first year on the show. And last but not least, GL's Stephanie Gatschet (Tammy) has her first nomination, and she deserves it. How great would it be if she and Tom Pelphrey won?! But like I said, I'm for all five. They all have a chance in my book.
Supporting Actor: I'm not crazy about this category at all! But I am surprised that OLTL's Dan Gauthier (Kevin) is nominated. I just didn't expect it. Filing out the rest: ATWT's Trent Dawson (Henry), GH's Rick Hearst (Ric), and Y&R's Greg Rikaart (Kevin) & Kristoff St. John (Neil). Rick Hearst had a good year, but I'm rooting for Trent Dawson. His character is so lovable, and it'd be cool to see him win.
Supporting Actress: This category is tough as well. I've got four that I'd love to see win. Last year's winner is nominated again - GL's Gina Tognoni (Dinah). Love her! Two lovely ladies from GH are nominated - Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth) and Genie Francis (Laura). Now, I am surprised that Genie could get a nom since she was only back for a month. But I'm pleased it's happened, although it would be much better if she up for Lead Actress. She truly deserves a win. I'm rooting for those three women, but I also like OLTL's Renee Elise Goldsberry (Evangeline). The other two ladies nominated are OLTL's Heather Tom (Kelly), surprisingly, and B&B's Lesli Kay (Felicia).
Lead Actor: This is the category that has the most significance to me this year. Lots of talented and Emmy-deserving guys are up for the award. From Y&R nominations go to Peter Bergman (Jack) and Christian LeBlanc (Michael). They are brilliant. From ATWT Michael Park (Jack) is nominated; it'd be nice if he'd win one of these years. And as always Tony Geary (Luke) from GH is on the list. He will win; it's a given fact. I swear he always wins, but I really don't want him to this year. However, if he submitted his scenes with Genie Francis, then he deserves another win. He and Genie are superb together. After all those guys, comes MY guy: Mr. Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus) from GL. I love him so much; he's my favorite actor. He had a fantastic year, and I'm not just saying that as a fan. His character went through an addiction and detoxification - wonderful material for Ricky. He gave some of his best acting to that story. I'm rooting for him all the way; I'll be angry if he doesn't win.
Lead Actress: CBS has swamped the whole category with ladies from three of their shows. ATWT's Maura West (Carly) is nominated again; maybe she'll finally win. Y&R's Jeanne Cooper (Katherine) and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) are included too. Congrats to Jeanne; there aren't too many matriarchs receiving nominations. GL's Kim Zimmer (Reva) is nominated again after winning last year. Every year she says she'll pull out of Emmy contention, but she hasn't yet. She has a good chance of winning becuase her character battled breast cancer last year. And last but not least, the woman I'm rooting for - GL's Crystal Chappell (Olivia). She has won an award for Supporting Actress, but this is her first shot at winning one for Lead Actress. I hope she wins because I like her very much.
Directing: ATWT, GH, GL, and OLTL fill out this category. None of these are really surprising, at least not to me. I'm rooting for GL of course; it's my main show. But I wouldn't complain if OLTL won.
Writing: We've got B&B, GH, GL, and Y&R. Bravo to all four, but of course I'm rooting for GL. Writing is more important than Directing, in my opinion, and it'd be great to see GL win this Emmy.
Drama Series: Shocking this year! GH is finally NOT nominated! I can't remember the last time this has happened! Without GH all four shows have a good chance of winning. B&B, GL, OLTL, and Y&R are the ones nominated. Since GH has dominated this category for years, I'd love to see any of them win. But it'd would be the best thing in the whole world if GL finally won. It's been nominated for the past few years, but THIS year is its 70th anniversary. To win Best Drama Series would be one hell of a way to celebrate. Good luck, GL!
And there you have it. I look forward to providing commentary next year. Until then... Congrats to everyone nominated this year! And good luck to those I'm rooting for!
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