'General Hospital' Sweeps Daytime Emmys with Six Wins
Susan Lucci honored with lifetime achievement award, 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' wins best daytime talk series.
Overview
- ABC's 'General Hospital' dominated the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winning six awards including best daytime drama series.
- Actors Thorsten Kaye and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood of 'The Bold and the Beautiful' won lead acting honors.
- Posthumous awards were given to Sonya Eddy for her role in 'General Hospital' and the show also paid tribute to Tyler Christopher, who died in October.
- Susan Lucci received a lifetime achievement award for her 40-year role as Erica Kane on 'All My Children'.
- 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' won its second consecutive Daytime Emmy for best daytime talk series, and Clarkson won for best daytime talk series host.