Sonya Eddy Wins Posthumous Daytime Emmy Award
Click to viewLast night was the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Originally scheduled much earlier in the year, the awards were delayed by the writing strike (potentially also the actor's strike, but Daytime Actors are under a different guideline and were still working during the actor's strike).
General Hospital, the longest airing US soap on the air currently in production, walked away with the majority of the Daytime Drama Awards. GH performances awarded an Emmy Award were Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford (also known as "Hat Daddy"), winning for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Eden McCoy as Josslyn Jacks, winning for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series, Alley Mills as Heather Webber, winning for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series (an award that, to my knowledge, was traditionally awarded at the Creative Arts ceremony, not the televised one, which I found curious) and the late, great Sonya Eddy, winning the first award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series as the unforgettable Epiphany Johnson.
CBS sudser The Bold and the Beautiful won the Lead acting categories. Thorsten Kaye won for lead actor as Ridge Forrester, while Jacqueline MacInnes Wood won for lead actress as Steffy Forrester.
General Hospital remained a dominant force in the technical awards, winning Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Drama. Executive Producer Frank Valentini accepted the Drama award on behalf of the cast and crew, giving his best Eeyore impersonation, because that man sounded completely lethargic to the point that it was alarming. Maybe he was trying to get some extra funding from Disney by channeling his inner donkey.
The Young and the Restless won for outstanding writing, a win that was more than a little bittersweet given that head writer and executive producer Josh Griffith famously fired the sizeable majority of the writing team earlier this year, although the telecast honored 2022's offerings, when a full writing staff was still employed.
Queen of Daytime emeritus, Susan Lucci, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for playing Erica Kane on All My Children. Her award was presented by Shemar Moore, who was the presenter who announced Susan's only competitive win in 1999.
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