Tyra Banks, Rachael Ray and Sesame Street Took Home Emmy Awards!

Tyra Banks and Kevin Clash (Yahoo!)

The celebration event of television industry, the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards was held at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles Sunday night. It was crowded by a lot of famous names, and added happiness to many proud winners.

The Bold and the Beautiful -finally- won outstanding drama series, the first winning of the CBS soap opera in 22 years on the air. It’s a great honor for the cast and crew, but unfortunately the live telecast on the CW went off the air just as they were assembling on the stage to accept its trophy.

This year’s Emmy also marked an end for Guiding Light, which was cancelled after a 72-year run. The show will no longer on air, but it left with no empty handed, as actor Jeff Branson won the trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, which a tie with All My Children’s Vincent Irizarry.

Others who took home the Emmys are Rachael Ray and The Tyra Banks Show, both won the talk show categories at the Daytime Emmy Awards for the second consecutive year. Amazing achievement also reached by the women of The View who successfully took home an Emmy, and therefore ended Ellen DeGeneres’ four-year reign as best talk show host.

Drama series lead acting honors went to Christian LeBlanc of The Young and the Restless, and Susan Haskell of ABC’s One Life to Live. ABC was chosen as the top network, with 17 awards, followed by public broadcaster PBS with 16. ABC had led the field with 50 nominations.

The night that was hosted by Ugly Betty star, Vanessa Williams, then awarded the loveable characters of PBS’ Sesame Street with a Lifetime Achievement Award for educating and entertaining children for 40 years. The Sesame Street’s biggest stars, like Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster, hit the stage for a rendition of their famed theme song. It was such a heartwarming and entertaining performance from those cute furry muppets.

List of Winners of Daytime Emmy Awards:

• Drama series: “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
• Lead actress in a drama series: Susan Haskell, “One Life to Live.”
• Lead actor in a drama series: Christian LeBlanc, “The Young and the Restless.”
• Supporting actress in a drama series: Tamara Braun, “Days of Our Lives.”
• Supporting actor in a drama series (tie): Vincent Irizarry, “All My Children,” and Jeff Branson, “Guiding Light.”
• Younger actress in a drama series: Julie Berman, “General Hospital.”
• Younger actor in a drama series: Darin Brooks, “Days of Our Lives.”
• Game-audience participation show: “Cash Cab.”
• Game show host: Meredith Vieira, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
• Talk show-entertainment: “Rachael Ray.”
• Talk show-informative: “The Tyra Banks Show.”
• Talk show host: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, “The View.”
• Morning program: “Good Morning America.”
• Directing in a drama series: “One Life to Live.”
• Writing in a drama series: “General Hospital.”
• Performer in a children’s series: Kevin Clash, Elmo in “Sesame Street.”
• Lifetime achievement: “Sesame Street.”

Congrats to all winners!

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