“Days” won five awards on Sunday night, including outstanding daytime drama, while CBS led all networks.
NBC’s sole daytime soap opera, “Days of Our Lives,” led all series at this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards. The sudser, now in its 53rd year, won five Emmys at the 2018 event, including outstanding drama series. The show paced far ahead of competitors “General Hospital” and “The Young and the Restless,” both of which received two wins on Sunday night.
“Days” also won for outstanding writing and outstanding directing, as well as lead actor (James Reynolds).
CBS led all networks overall, with six wins (seven if you include “Entertainment Tonight,” which is produced by CBS TV Distribution but is actually syndicated). The Eye’s wins included outstanding game show (“The Price Is Right”) and outstanding talk show — entertainment (“The Talk”).
Among hosts, “Let’s Make a Deal’s” Wayne Brady won for outstanding game show host, while Steve Harvey won as outstanding informative talk show host for his syndicated “Steve.” In outstanding entertainment talk show host, “The Real” team of Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, and Tamera Mowry-Housley won.
In the competitive daytime news race, ABC’s “Good Morning America” was victorious.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), which is separate from the west coast Television Academy that administers the Primetime Emmys, is behind the Daytime awards. The show is no longer televised, but was held on Sunday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Southern California. Mario Lopez (“Extra”) and Sheryl Underwood (“The…
