NEW YORK – Regis Philbin and ABC’s exiting soap operas have multiple opportunities to go out as winners at the Daytime Emmy Awards.
“All My Children” earned 13 Emmy nods and “One Life to Live” had 12, in nominations announced Wednesday for the June 19 awards show. ABC has canceled the durable soap operas, each on the air for more than 40 years, and their final episodes will be in the coming months.
Philbin has said that later this year he is leaving the talk show built around him, first with co-host Kathie Lee Gifford and now with Kelly Ripa. His show has never won a Daytime Emmy for best talk show. Philbin was nominated for best talk-show host, an award he shared once a decade ago with Rosie O’Donnell. He also won a Daytime Emmy for best game show host when “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” was at its apex.
“General Hospital” led the way with 21 Daytime Emmy nominations, followed by “The Young and the Restless” with 20 and “Sesame Street” with 16. The awards will be distributed at the Las Vegas Hilton, televised by CBS.
“All My Children” was nominated for best daytime drama, along with “General Hospital,” “The Young
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