Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced

The Daytime Emmy Awards nominations were announced this morning in New York City. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, August 30th and broadcast on the CW. Ugly Betty Actress, Vanessa Williams will be the host. The full list of nominations will be announced later this evening at a party hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Daytime Drama Categories are listed below:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
Days of our Lives
The Bold and the Beautiful

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater, AMC)
Peter Reckell (Bo Brady, DAYS)
Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, GH)
Daniel Cosgrove (Bill Lewis, GL)
Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Debbi Morgan (Angie Hubbard, AMC)
Maura West (Carly Tenney, ATWT)
Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester, B&B)
Susan Haskell (Marty Saybrooke, OLTL)
Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Vincent Irizarry (David Hayward, AMC)
Jacob Young (JR Chandler, AMC)
Van Hansis (Luke Snyder, ATWT)
Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli, GH)
Jeff Branson (Shayne Lewis, GL)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Lavery, AMC)
Alicia Minshew (Kendall Hart, AMC)
Julie Pinson (Janet Ciccone, ATWT)
Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali, DAYS)
Bree Williamson (Jessica Buchanan, OLTL)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR
Cornelis Smith, Jr. (Frankie Hubbard, AMC)
Darin Brooks (Max Brady, DAYS)
Blake Berris (Nick Fallon, DAYS)
EJ Bonilla (Rafe Rivera, GL)
Bryton McClure (Devon Hamilton, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS
Merdeith Hagner (Liberty Ciccone, ATWT)
Rachel Melvin (Chelsea Benson, DAYS)
Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones, GH)
Julie Berman (Lulu Spencer, GH)
Emily O'Brien (Jana Hawkes, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES WRITING TEAM
All My Children
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
One Life to Live

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES DIRECTING TEAM
All My Children
Days of our Lives
One Life to Live

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
Days of our Lives
The Bold and the Beautiful

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
As the World Turns
Days of our Lives
General Hospital

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
As the World Turns
The Bold and the Beautiful
One Life to Live

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIRSTYLING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
Passions

NOMINATIONS AT A GLANCE

All My Children: 12 nominations: 7 acting, 2 technical, plus Directing, Writing and Series
Days of our Lives: 9 nominations: 5 acting, 2 technicalm plus Directing and Series
General Hospital: 7 nominations: 4 acting, 2 technical, plus Writing
As The World Turns: 5 nominations: 4 acting, 1 technical
One Life to Live: 5 nominations: 2 acting, 1 technical, plus Directing and Writing
The Young and the Restless: 5 nominations: 4 acting, 1 technical
The Bold and the Beautiful: 5 nominations: 1 acting, 2 technical, plus Writing and Series
Guiding Light: 3 nominations: 3 acting
Passions: 1 nomination: 1 technical

ABC: 23 nominations
CBS: 17 nominations
NBC: 9 nominations

All My Children Promo: Murder Mystery

A Look Ahead: All My Children

Jacob Young as JR Chandler
Zach learns of Dr. Chappell's suicide and suspects that Adam and David are involved.

Erica blasts Adam for allowing the defective heart valve to be tested on Ian.

JR falls off the wagon.

Annie comes close to stabbing Aidan.

Marissa figures out her connect to Babe and Krystal.

Tad becomes convinced that Adam murdered Dixie.

Kendall is suspicious of Erica.

Annie gets an ally.

Krystal learns what David's been up to.

Liza defends herself to Colby.

photo: abc

All My Children Weekly Promo

Soap Cruise With Your Favorite Daytime Stars

Celebrity Attendees From the 2007 cruise
Soap Cruise, a Caribbean cruise featuring meet and greets, autograph sessions, trivia, cocktail parties and more.

Thursday, January 22 2009 through Monday, January 26 2009.

Aboard Celebrity Cruises Century ship departing from Miami, FL, bound for Key West and Cozumel, Mexico.

For more information, visit: www.soapcruise.com or call (248) 855-7918.

Hosted by Cameron Mathison (All My Children)

Also sheduled to appear:

Austin Peck (Brad Snyder;ex-Austin Reed of Days of Our Lives) As The World Turns

Greg Vaughan )Lucky Spencer) General Hospital

Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio Vega) One Life to Live

Please note that Alicia Minshew (Kendall Slater will no longer be attending this cruise)

Don Diamont(Brad Carlton)The Young and The Restless

Winsor Harmon (Thorne Forrester) The Bold and The Beautiful

Lesli Kay (Felicia Forrester) The Bold & The Beautiful

Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake Martin; ex- Gus Aitoro, The Guiding Light) All My Children

Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) The Young and The Restless

Jacob Young (J.R. Chandler) All My Children

Bradford Anderson (Damian Spinelli) General Hosptial

Jay Johnson (Philip Kiriakis)Days of Our Lives

Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) Days of Our Lives

Murray Bartlett Cyrus Foley) Guiding Light

Brandon Beemer (Owen Knight) The Bold & The Beautiful
(ex-Shawn Brady of Days of Our Lives)

The soap stars provided on the list have all agreed to participate in the Soap Cruise.
However, a celebrity's involvement is subject to change due to professional obligations out of our control.