Daytime Emmy Winners

Daytime Emmys Celebrate "GH," Tyra, Ellen, Others (Los Angeles, CA) -- Its a perfect ten for the cast and crew of ABCs "General Hospital." The daytime drama was presented with its tenth Daytime Emmy Award in the category for Outstanding Drama at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Friday night in Hollywood. The long running series picked up three awards overall during the ABC telecast. Other winners included former supermodel Tyra Banks who received her first Daytime Emmy for her syndicated talk show "The Tyra Banks Show" in the new category for Outstanding Talk Show/Informative. In accepting her award, Tyra thanked Oprah Winfrey for being an inspiration. Winfrey herself has been absent from Daytime Emmy contention for several years, having removed herself from competition after several wins. Ellen DeGeneres picked up her fourth Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. However, the "Rachael Ray" show was awarded the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment. Nine year old Bindi Irwin, the daughter of late "Crocodile Hunter" personality Steve Irwin won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Childrens Series, making her the youngest Daytime Emmy winner. And for the first time in the history of the awards, the Daytime Emmys honored the syndicated courtroom program genre, presenting the first award in the category to "Cristinas Court." Regis Philbin was also honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of work on television. Co-hosted by Cameron Mathison of ABCs "All My Children" and Sherri Shepherd from "The View," the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were presented at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. ABC aired the ceremony live. Here is a list of winners for the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards: OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES GENERAL HOSPITAL (ABC) OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES GENERAL HOSPITAL (ABC) ANTHONY GEARY, AS LUKE SPENCER OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) JEANNE COOPER, AS KATHERINE CHANCELLOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) KRISTOFF ST. JOHN, AS NEIL WINTERS OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES GUIDING LIGHT (CBS) GINA TOGNONI, AS DINAH MARLER OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW HOST THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW (SYNDICATED) ELLEN DEGENERES OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW/INFORMATIVE THE TYRA BANKS SHOW (SYNDICATED) OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW/ENTERTAINMENT RACHAEL RAY (SYNDICATED) OUTSTANDING LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM CRISTINAS COURT (SYNDICATED) LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD REGIS PHILBIN (Copyright 2008 by Newsroom Solutions) RNS-06-23-08 0508CDT