Night of their lives for cast and crew of ‘Days of Our Lives’
THE soap opera Days of Our Lives was the top winner of the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
It took home the trophy for Outstanding Drama Series as well as Outstanding Lead Actor (James Reynolds), Supporting Actor (Greg Vaughan), Directing and Writing.
The winners were presented on Sunday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.
The Talk won for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment, beating out Ellen DeGeneres, while the women of The Real won for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Hosts, reports deadline.com.
Other winners included Dr Oz, for Outstanding Talk Show/Informative for a second year in a row, as well as Steve Harvey, Wayne Brady, The Price is Right, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight.
During the ceremony, actress Deidre Hall honoured Days of Our Lives veterans and soap icons Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mario Lopez, who co-hosted the ceremony with Sheryl Underwood, said it was “not a show about politics”.
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Even so, there was the occasional mention of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements and even attorney Gloria Allred mentioned actor Bill Cosby’s guilty verdict when she came out on stage to present Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Programme to Judge Mathis.
Besides that, the ceremony was lighter on the social and political front, as it stuck to celebrating daytime television.
Actress-singer Joely Fisher sang an “in memoriam” tribute to the talent that people lost in the past year, including singer-actress Della Reese, host Monty Hall, actress-singer Rose Marie and actor Jim Nabors.
The ceremony also recognised anniversaries of iconic shows, including the 50th anniversary of
Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood as well as the 55th anniversary of General Hospital and the 45th anniversary of M*A*S*H.