On your mark, get set, vote!
While the 36th annual Daytime Emmy Awards are still without a home at press time, the controversial voting process has officially begun.
There are a few changes this year. The biggest? Unlike last year when each show could submit up to three pre-nominees, this year only two pre-nominees are allowed. An in-studio paper ballot chose pre-nominees and no reels were involved in this stage.
NATAS rep, Brent Stanton tells TVGuide.ca that Passions was eligible for Emmy consideration, but no one chose to submit themselves. He says, “The only entry we received was from hairstylist, Bobby Grayson — and I’m glad because they were a good team. I was hoping that their music folk might have entered for song or music direction, too — another great team, but they didn’t end up submitting.”
The big story this year will be whether or not Guiding Light actors will be able to secure final nominations with their new production model.
Nominations will be announced sometime in late April. Later this week, NATAS is expected to reveal their broadcast host, and a date for the Daytime Emmy Awards.
For full Emmy analysis and feedback, click here to listen to a special Daytimeconfidential.com podcast featuring myself, Jamey Giddens, Luke Kerr, Tina Guilford and Mike Jubinville.
The following pre-nominees will submit one episode from the 2008 calendar, along with a 200-word description of storyline and character:
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
ALL MY CHILDREN
Debbi Morgan (Angie)
Bobbie Eakes (Krystal)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Alicia Minshew (Kendall)
AS THE WORLD TURNS
Maura West (Carly)
Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Martha Byrne (ex-Lily), Ellen Dolan (Margo)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Susan Flannery (Stephanie)
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke)
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Renee Jones (Lexie)
Lauren Koslow (Kate)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Deidre Hall (ex-Marlena), Alison Sweeney (Sami)
GENERAL HOSPITAL
Laura Wright (Carly)
Sarah Brown (Claudia)
GUIDING LIGHT
Kim Zimmer (Reva)
Gina Tognoni (Dinah)
ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Kassie DePaiva (Blair)
Susan Haskell (Marty)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Robin Strasser (Dorian) and Erika Slezak (Viki)
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Jeanne Cooper (Katherine)
Judith Chapman (Gloria)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
AMC
Darnell Williams (Jesse)
Thorsten Kaye (Zach)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: David Canary (Adam/Stuart)
ATWT
Michael Park (Jack)
Grayson McCouch (Dusty)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Jon Hensley (Holden)
B&B
John McCook (Eric)
Ronn Moss (Ridge)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Jack Wagner (Nick)
DAYS
Peter Reckell (Bo)
Thaao Penghlis (Tony)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: James Scott (EJ)
GH
Maurice Benard (Sonny)
Anthony Geary (Luke)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Steve Burton (Jason)
GL
Robert Newman (Josh)
Daniel Cosgrove (Bill)
OLTL
Michael Easton (John)
Robert S. Woods (Bo)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Trevor St. John (Todd)
Y&R
Peter Bergman (Jack)
Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Eric Braeden (Victor)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMC
Melissa Claire Egan (Annie)
Alicia Minshew (Kendall)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Eden Riegel (Bianca), Tamara Braun (Reese)
ATWT
Kelley Menighan Hensley (Emily)
Julie Pinson (Janet)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Terri Colombino (Katie), Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara)
B&B
Alley Mills (Pam)
Heather Tom (Katie)
DAYS
Arianne Zucker (Nicole)
Tamara Braun (Ava)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Suzanne Rogers (Maggie)
GH
Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth)
Carolyn Hennesy (Diane)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Kimberly McCullough (Robin)
GL
Crystal Chappell (Olivia)
Marcy Rylan (Lizzie)
OLTL
Bree Williamson (Jess/Tess)
Kathy Brier (Marcie)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Pamela Peyton-Wright (Addie), Catherine Hickland (Lindsay)
Y&R
Adrienne Frantz (Amber)
Amelia Heinle (Victoria)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
AMC
Vincent Irizarry (David)
Jacob Young (JR)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus), Michael E. Knight (Tad)
ATWT
Van Hansis (Luke)
Trent Dawson (Henry)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Scott Holmes (Tom), Austin Peck (Brad)
B&B
Willam deVry (Storm)
Kyle Lowder (Rick)
DAYS
Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip)
Stephen Nichols (Steve)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Joe Mascolo (Stefano), John Aniston (Victor)
GH
Bruce Weitz (Anthony)
Bradford Anderson (Spinelli)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Jason Thompson (Patrick)
GL
Lawrence Saint-Victor (Remy)
Jeff Branson (Shayne)
SHAMEFUL OMISSIONS: Bradley Cole (Jeffrey), Ron Raines (Alan)
OLTL
John-Paul Lavoisier (Rex)
Tuc Watkins (David)
Y&R
Michael Graziadei (Daniel)
Ted Shackelford (Jeff)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS
AMC
Brianne Moncrief (Colby)
Shannon Kane (Natalia)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Yaya DaCosta (ex-Cassandra)
ATWT
Marnie Schulenburg (Alison)
Meredith Hagner (Liberty)
B&B
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy)
DAYS
Molly Burnett (Melanie)
Rachel Melvin (Chelsea)
GH
Kirsten Storms (Maxie)
Julie Marie Berman (Lulu)
GL
Caitlin Van Zandt (Ashlee)
Bonnie Dennison (Daisy)
OLTL
Kristen Alderson (Starr)
Farah Fath (Gigi)
SHAMEFUL OMISSION: Melissa Fumero (ex-Adriana)
Y&R
Christel Khalil (Lily)
Emily O'Brien (Jana)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR
AMC
Daniel Kennedy (Pete)
Cornelius Smith Jr. (Frankie)
ATWT
Billy Magnussen (Casey)
Mick Hazen (Parker)
DAYS
Darin Brooks (Max)
Blake Berris (Nick)
GL
EJ Bonilla (Rafe)
OLTL
Brandon Buddy (Cole)
Eddie Alderson (Matthew)
Y&R
Bryton McClure (Devon)
Kevin Schmidt (Noah)
EMMY FORECAST
Who will and should be nominated on the final ballot
Outstanding Lead Actress:
WHO SHOULD: Judith Chapman, Jeanne Cooper, Kassie DePaiva, Susan Haskell, Debbi Morgan, Kim Zimmer
WHO WILL: Sarah Brown, Susan Flannery, Morgan, Gina Tognoni, Maura West, Zimmer
Outstanding Lead Actor:
WHO SHOULD: Thorsten Kaye, Christian LeBlanc, Robert Newman, Robert Woods, Darnell Williams
WHO WILL: Peter Bergman, LeBlanc, Tony Geary, Michael Park, Williams, Robert Woods
Outstanding Supporting Actress:
WHO SHOULD: Tamara Braun, Kathy Brier, Adrienne Frantz, Julie Pinson, Marcy Rylan, Arianne Zucker
WHO WILL: Braun, Brier, Crystal Chappell, Frantz, Rylan, Heather Tom
Outstanding Supporting Actor:
WHO SHOULD: Bradford Anderson, Michael Graziadei, John-Paul Lavoisier, Ted Shackelford, Tuc Watkins
WHO WILL: Trent Dawson, Graziadei, Van Hansis, Vincent Irizarry, Shackelford
Outstanding Younger Actress:
WHO SHOULD: Kristen Alderson, Julie Marie Berman, Farah Fath, Emily O’Brien, Kirsten Storms
WHO WILL: Alderson, Shannon Cane, Meredith Hagner, O’Brien, Storms, Caitlin Van Zandt
Outstanding Younger Actor:
WHO SHOULD: Eddie Alderson, Brandon Buddy, Daniel Kennedy, Billy Magnussen, Cornelius Smith Jr.
WHO WILL: Darin Brooks, Kennedy, Magnussen, Bryton McClure, Kevin Schmidt, Smith
PREDICTING THE WINNERS
Who needs Emmy reels? TvGuide.ca blindly guesses who may walk away with the gold
Outstanding Lead Actress
Debbi Morgan
Outstanding Lead Actor
Christian LeBlanc
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Kathy Brier
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Michael Graziadei
Outstanding Younger Actress
Kirsten Storms
Outstanding Younger Actor
Cornelius Smith Jr.
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Nelson Branco is a Toronto freelance entertainment journalist, who regularly contributes to Hello! Canada, The National Post, The Los Angeles Times' theenvelope.com, TV Guide USA, tvguide.com, Inside Entertainment, OUT, and fab magazine, along with spearheading the soap coverage for TVGuide.ca's popular daytime TV hub. After graduating from Ryerson University in 1997, he moved from Toronto to New York in 1998 to take on the roles as senior news editor at Soap Opera Update. Branco first freelanced for Soap Opera Weekly as an intern in 1994, and after leaving Soap Update to help create and launch Bauer Publishing's In Touch Weekly in 2003, Branco continued to freelance occasionally for its sister publication, Soaps In Depth. Most recently, he helped create and launch Canada's first celebrity magazine, Weekly Scoop in 2005 as its news and entertainment director. Branco is also a contributor to a new TV show titled Planet Soap to air in Canada and America.
