“The Young and the Restless” took home the best drama victory in the first virtual Daytime Emmys along with three acting trophies on Friday night, and some winners spoke about racial injustice.
Ellen DeGeneres accepted the trophy for best entertainment talk show for her self-titled show.
“I intend to use the next two years of my program as a platform for change, to amplify the voices of blacks and people of color and to educate my audience,” he said from home. “More than ever, I feel like this is a responsibility to effect change.”
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David Letterman appears with presenter Ellen DeGeneres during a recording of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in Los Angeles.
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CBS’s “The Young and the Restless,” whose co-creator Lee Philip Bell died in February at age 91, won four other trophies in technical categories.
Jason Thompson, who plays Billy Abbott in “The Young and the Restless,” earned his first Daytime Emmy as a lead actor in a drama series. He becomes the third actor to have played the role to win. David Tom did so in 2000, and Billy Miller won in 2010, 2013, and 2014. Thompson had been nominated five previous times for his term at “General Hospital” but did not win.
Bryton James of “Y&R” earned secondary actor honors, while Eva LaRue won as a guest performer on the show.
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The cast and crew of “The Young and the Restless” pose in the press room with Outstanding Dramatic Series Award at the 41st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2014.
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“The world is fighting racial injustice and it is our responsibility as a human race to educate ourselves and take action, because until we can all recognize and empathize with the problem there will always be a problem,” James said from his couch.
Alex Trebek won the award for best game presenter for the second year in a row and “Danger!” Claimed honor games.
At 79, Trebek continues to preside over the popular quiz contest while battling pancreatic cancer. In March, she announced that she had survived a year of treatment. Since then, the recording of the show has been suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, which affected talk shows and daytime dramas.
“I’m going to be honest with you, this is a shock, very surprising to me,” said Trebek. “Speaking as someone who has now been nominated 32 times and won seven times, I think I can say with some degree of authority that winning is better.”
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Heather Tom from “The Bold and the Beautiful” garnered the lead actress for her role as Katie Logan. Tamara Braun of “General Hospital” won as a supporting actress.
Alex Trebek poses with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in the press room during the 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on May 5, 2019 in California.
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Singer Kelly Clarkson won the award for Best Entertainment Show Host for the first season of her self-titled show.
“Watch out @johnlegend, I’m going for that EGOT status,” Clarkson tweeted, referring to his fellow singer’s wins at the Emmys, Grammys, Oscar and Tony Awards.
The “General Hospital” team earned directing honors, while the best writing went to the “The Bold and the Beautiful” team.
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Other winners included ABC’s “The View” for news shows and NBC’s “Today” for morning shows.
Olivia Rose Keegan of “Days of Our Lives” won for the youngest actor or actress in a drama series.
The women of “The Talk” – Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba and Marie Osmond – chaired the two-hour broadcast on CBS. The 47th Annual Awards were back on a broadcast network for the first time since 2011 after being relegated to cable or broadcast in recent years.
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Nominees, presenters and hosts checked in remotely instead of meeting at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, where the show would be held on June 12.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
