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| DeGeneres rules at Daytime Emmys | DeGeneres rules at Daytime Emmys |
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| Presenter Ellen DeGeneres kept up her award-winning run by collecting her third consecutive Daytime Emmy for best talk show host. | Presenter Ellen DeGeneres kept up her award-winning run by collecting her third consecutive Daytime Emmy for best talk show host. |
| The best soap award was split for the first time in Emmy history - as Guiding Light and the Young and the Restless shared the trophy. | The best soap award was split for the first time in Emmy history - as Guiding Light and the Young and the Restless shared the trophy. |
| Bob Barker was given the award for best gameshow host, having just retired from the show after 35 years. | Bob Barker was given the award for best gameshow host, having just retired from the show after 35 years. |
| The awards were handed out at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. | The awards were handed out at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. |
| Caroll Spinney plays Oscar and Big Bird on Sesame Street | Caroll Spinney plays Oscar and Big Bird on Sesame Street |
| As DeGeneres collected her prize, she praised outspoken presenter Rosie O'Donnell, who recently left The View chat show after a turbulent time in which she fell out with fellow presenters. | As DeGeneres collected her prize, she praised outspoken presenter Rosie O'Donnell, who recently left The View chat show after a turbulent time in which she fell out with fellow presenters. |
| "I liked what she did. This was the year she should have won. I wanted to acknowledge Rosie because she has done a lot," said DeGeneres. | "I liked what she did. This was the year she should have won. I wanted to acknowledge Rosie because she has done a lot," said DeGeneres. |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show also won the best talk show category for the fourth time. | |
| The best dramatic actress award went to Maura West of As the World Turns, while the actor prize was given to Christian Jules LeBlanc of The Young and the Restless. | The best dramatic actress award went to Maura West of As the World Turns, while the actor prize was given to Christian Jules LeBlanc of The Young and the Restless. |
| Emmy judges could not decide on an outright winner for the best performer in a children's series, instead splitting it between Sesame Street's Caroll Spinney and Kevin Clash, who play Oscar the Grouch and Elmo. | Emmy judges could not decide on an outright winner for the best performer in a children's series, instead splitting it between Sesame Street's Caroll Spinney and Kevin Clash, who play Oscar the Grouch and Elmo. |