There are four network daytime dramas left. In a year, or two, or five, it’s conceivable there could be fewer; it’s unlikely there’ll be more. The Daytime Emmy Awards depend heavily on the daytime dramas, both for the glamour of the actors on the red carpet and for the fervent loyalty of their fans. Without soaps, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences might still give out awards, but it would have a hard time attracting an audience.
Former CBS and Leo Burnett Worldwide exec Bob Mauro has been named president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the New York-based group that administers Emmy awards that fall outside the primetime scope of the West Coast-based Television Academy. Top of Mauro’s list is likely to be landing a new TV deal for the annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, which wound up airing only as a webcast this past June.
The women who hosted the Emmy pre-show Sunday appeared largely ignorant about the actors and series that were being honored, instead unleashing attempts at bawdy humor that made sport of topics including rape and an actor’s race. Their efforts made the usual red-carpet banter look scholarly by contrast.
CBS, which received eight creative arts Daytime Emmys for technical achievements at a ceremony last week, emerged as the network leader with a total of 14 awards after Sunday’s ceremony. PBS received a combined 13 awards, with six for HUB Network; five for TOLN.com; four for ABC and three for NBC.
As a reflection of dwindling interest in soaps and other pre-primetime fare, this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards will be shown only online — not on television. The 41st annual ceremony will be live streamed on DaytimeEmmys.com, beginning at 5 p.m. ET on June 22.
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The Daytime Emmy Awards have settled on a date and a location — now all they need is a TV deal. The 41st ceremony will be held June 22 at the Beverly Hilton. The date had been in flux as the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences shops for a new TV deal for the ceremony.
The kudosfest, still negotiating a home for this year’s telecast, has switched networks almost annually for four decades and has been beset by a 20-year ratings slide. Case in point: In 1993, the broadcast garnered 22 million viewers. Last year, viewers of the HLN telecast numbered 913,000.
NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” took the gold for drama series at the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday. The win marked the first time since 1975 that the sudser has won the top prize at the Daytime Emmy fete — and only its second drama series nod in its nearly 50-year run on NBC.
NBC’s Today show won as best morning show and the syndicated Jeopardy was named best game show at the annual ceremony Saturday. Live with Regis and Kelly was saluted as best entertainment talk show.
The awards, which aired on CBS for the past two years, will move from broadcast to cable for the first time on June 23.
The 38th annual Daytime Emmys ceremony that aired live Sunday on CBS from the Las Vegas Hilton was a bittersweet affair. Joining ABC’s All My Children and One Life to Live on their way out were talk show host Regis Philbin, Today personality Meredith Vieira and daytime queen Oprah Winfrey, who wasn’t present for a tribute to her recently concluded 25 years on the air.
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