2017 Daytime Emmy Awards Round Up

By
Keisha Chantal
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In case you missed it, the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards streamed live on Facebook Sunday, April 30th 2017. The event took place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and was hosted by Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood. Here are some highlights:

The top prize for Outstanding Drama series went to General Hospital. If you’re interested in how the judging process is done here are the basic rules as outlined by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS):

  1. Daytime programming must be broadcast between the hours of 2:00AM and 6:00PM.
  1. Eligible programs must have originally aired between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016.
  1. Judges must be qualified as a peer in their craft and active members in either NATAS or ATAS (Television Academy).

So, despite consistently ranking three out of four in weekly total viewership ratings, General Hospital for pretty much best soap. They also won in 2016. As a matter of fact General Hospital holds the record for the most awards in the Outstanding Drama Series category, followed by The Young and the Restless with nine wins and The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives tying with three wins. Here a rundown of the rest of the winners:-

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series:

This is Tognoni’s third overall win, with two previous wins for Outstanding Supporting Actress during her tenure on Guiding Light.

Nancy Lee Grahn, General Hospital
Gina Tognoni, The Young and the Restless (Winner)
Heather Tom, The Bold and the Beautiful
Jess Walton, The Young and the Restless
Laura Wright, General Hospital

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:

This is Clifton’s third win overall. He made history today for being the first actor to win the Emmy in three categories: Outstanding Younger, Outstanding Supporting and Outstanding Lead Actor

Peter Bergman, The Young and the Restless
Scott Clifton, The Bold and the Beautiful (Winner)
Billy Flynn, Days of Our Lives
Vincent Irizarry, Days of Our Lives
Kristoff St. John, The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:

Kate Mansi enjoying her 2017 Daytime Emmy Award

Stacy Haiduk, The Young and the Restless
Anna Maria Horsford, The Bold and the Beautiful
Finola Hughes, General Hospital
Kate Mansi, Days of Our Lives (Winner)
Kelly Sullivan, The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:

Steve Burton holding his 2017 Daytime Emmy Award

John Aniston, Days of Our Lives
Steve Burton, The Young and the Restless (Winner)
Chad Duell, General Hospital
Jeffrey Vincent Parise, General Hospital
James Reynolds, Days of Our Lives

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series:

Briyan Craig during his acceptance speech at the 2017 Daytime Emmy Awar)

Bryan Craig, General Hospital (Winner)
Pierson Fodé, The Bold and the Beautiful
James Lastovic, Days of Our Lives
Tequan Richmond, General Hospital
Anthony Turpel, The Bold and the Beautiful

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series:

Lexi Ainsworth holds her 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series

Lexi Ainsworth, General Hospital (Winner)
Reign Edwards, The Bold and the Beautiful
Hunter King, The Young and the Restless
Chloe Lanier, General Hospital
Alyvia Alyn Lind, The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team:

(L-R) Christopher Dunn, Jeff Beldner, and Michael Montgomery accept the award for Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team on behalf of former head writer/executive producer Charles Pratt, Jr., Co-Head Writer Tracey Thomson, Script Editor Brent Boyd and writers Amanda L. Beall, Michael Conforti, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Rebecca Taylor McCarty and Natalie Minardi Slater.

The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless (Winner)

Congratulations to all the 2017 Daytime Emmy winners!

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