Alex Trebek, "General Hospital" among the big winners – Variety

Blue Code: "General Hospital" was the big winner of the Daytime Emmy Awards, with five awards, followed by "The Young and the Restless" with three, and the "Valerie's Home Cooking" culinary series with two. The syndicated series led the night with seven wins in total, followed by ABC and CBS with five each.

"CBS Sunday Morning" won the Best Morning Program award, beating "Good Morning America" ​​(which had already won two in a row), while "Ellen DeGeneres" once again took the category of face-to-face television entertainment. to the winner of the year, "The Talk. "

Perhaps the most emotional victory of the evening, though: the "Jeopardy" host, Alex Trebek, who recently revealed his battle with pancreatic cancer, won the title of play host outstanding television.

"The Young and the Restless" was rewarded for his outstanding dramatic work, but "General Hospital" was cleaned up in the categories of actors, including the main actor, the two categories of support and the young main actress. "Young and the Restless" was also rewarded for its writing and management teams. The rival "Days of Our Lives", who dominated last year's Daytime Emmys, won only one Sunday.

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In addition to Trebek, Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest have also won awards as talk show hosts, while Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, exceptional hosts of the informative talk show, have been honored for 'Today Show with Kathie Lee &'. Hoda. " who left this show.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), separate from the West Coast Television Academy that administers Primetime Emmys, is behind the Daytime Awards. The show is no longer televised (only online), but was held Sunday at the Pasadena Municipal Auditorium in Pasadena. Mario Lopez ("Extra") and Sheryl Underwood ("The Talk") were back as hosts.

The Daytime Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievements in all areas of daytime television. They are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 14:00 to 18:00. during the calendar year 2018.

This year's awards were presented one year after the controversy surrounding NATAS's Daytime Emmys administration – as well as the threat of boycotting the TV's four main soap operas. NATAS finally overturned Patrika Darbo's 2018 win in the guest star drama category in broad daylight with a bid snafu, but left another win with a similar mistake. "We found plenty of evidence that NATAS had inconsistently applied the rules of its 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards," wrote Virgina-based law firm Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth. after the show.

Last month, NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp told Variety that he thought the organization had put in place new regulations to remedy the situation. "We started to look at all our practices, to determine where the situations were, without any real intent, we were creating an injustice," he said. But others said they felt that some of the new procedures, including the decision not to make public video submissions, were more for the sake of saving face rather than achieving fairness. .

"I think there's smoke, there's fire," Darbo told Variety. "There are still things going on that should not happen there. There are still a lot of inequalities going on there. "

NATAS plans to publish another study on how this year's Daytime Emmys has adapted to these concerns and areas where further improvements will be needed in the coming months.

Earlier Friday, during the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, CBS won 12 awards, including "The Young and the Restless," winning five wins, while Variety has also attracted an exceptional series of the Emmy special class for its "Actors on Actors" series. In addition, Chef Jacques Pepin and Judge Judy Sheindlin were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. (One of the biggest surprises on Sunday night, Amy Poehler has come forward to hand her award to Sheindlin.)

Below you will find a list of Sunday night winners in the main categories. For more details, visit the NATAS website.

Exceptional drama series
"Young people and the restless" (CBS)
(last year: "Days of Our Lives")

Talk show / exceptional entertainment
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show Show" (Syndicated)
(last year: "The Talk")

Exceptional talk show / informative
"Rachael Ray" (Syndicated)
(last year: "The Dr. Oz Show")

Exceptional morning program
CBS Sunday Morning (CBS)
(Last year: "Good Morning America")

Outstanding Entertainment News Program
"Daily Mail TV" (Syndicated)
(last year: "Entertainment Tonight")

Exceptional culinary program
"Valerie's Home Cooking"
(last year: "The life of a chef")

Exceptional game show
"Family Feud" (Syndicated)
(Last year: "The price is correct")

Outstanding legal program / court room
"Lauren Lake Paternity Court" (Syndicated)
(last year: "Judge Mathis")

Outstanding lead actress in a drama
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, in the role of Steffy Forrester, "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
(Last year: Eileen Davidson, "The young and the restless")

Outstanding lead actor in a drama
Maurice Benard, in the role of Sonny Corinthos, "General Hospital" (ABC)
(Last year: James Reynolds, "Days of Our Lives")

Outstanding Support Actress in a Dramatic Series
Vernee Watson, like Stella Henry, "General Hospital" (ABC)
(Last year: Camryn Grimes, "The young and the restless")

Outstanding Support Actor in a Dramatic Series
Max Gail, in the role of Mike Corbin, "General Hospital" (ABC)
(Last year: Greg Vaughan, "Days of our Lives")

Best actress in a drama series
Hayley Erin, as Kiki Jerome, "General Hospital" (ABC)
(last year: Chloé Lanier, "General Hospital")

Best actor in a drama series
Kyler Pettis, as Theo Carver, "Days of Our Lives" (NBC)
(Last year: Rome Flynn, "The reckless and the beautiful")

Outstanding guest in a dramatic series
Patricia Bethune, as nurse Mary Pat, "General Hospital" (ABC)

Entertainment Entertainment Talk Shows
Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest, "LIVE with Kelly and Ryan" (Syndicated)
(Last year: Adrienne Houghton, Love Loni, Jeannie Mai, Tamera Mowry-Housley, "The Real")

Outstanding host of informative talk show
Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda Kotb, "Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda" (NBC)
(last year: Steve Harvey, "Steve")

Outstanding game show host
Alex Trebek, "Jeopardy!" (Syndicated)
(Last year: Wayne Brady, "Let's make a deal")

Exceptional culinary host
Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie's Home Cooking
(last year: Lidia Bastianich, "Lidia's Kitchen")

Exceptional morning program in Spanish
"Despierta America" ​​(Univision)
(last year: "Despierta America")

Exceptional entertainment program in Spanish
"Six dreams" (Amazon Prime video)
(last year: "Destinos")

Outstanding day talent in a Spanish language program
Alejandra Oraa, host, "Destinos" (CNN in Spanish)

Series of exceptional digital drama
"After always" (Amazon Prime video)

Outstanding writing team for a dramatic series
"Young people and the restless" (CBS)

Outstanding Achievement Team for a Dramatic Series
"Young people and the restless" (CBS)