LOS ANGELES ā āThe Young and the Restlessā won best drama at the first virtual Daytime Emmys along with three acting trophies on Friday night, with some winners speaking out about racial injustice.
Ellen DeGeneres accepted the trophy for best entertainment talk show for her self-titled program.
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āI intend to use the next two years of my show as a platform for change, to amplify voices of Black people and people of color and to educate my audience," she said from home. "More than ever, I feel like this is a responsibility to effect change.ā
CBSā āThe Young and the Restless,ā whose co-creator Lee Philip Bell died in February at age 91, earned four other trophies in technical categories.
Jason Thompson, who plays Billy Abbott on āThe Young and the Restless,ā won his first Daytime Emmy for lead actor in a drama series. He becomes the third actor who has played the part 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 stint on āGeneral Hospital,ā but didnāt win.
Bryton James of āY&Rā earned supporting actor honors, while Eva LaRue won for guest performer on the show.
āThe world is fighting against racial injustice and itās our responsibility as the human race to educate ourselves and take action, because until we all can acknowledge and empathize with the problem there will always be a problem,ā James said from his sofa.
Alex Trebek won best game show host for the second straight year and āJeopardy!ā claimed game show honors.
At 79, Trebek continues to preside over the popular quiz show while battling pancreatic cancer. In March, he announced he had survived one year of treatment. Taping of the show has since been suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected talk shows and daytime dramas.
āIāll be honest with you, this one is a shock, very surprising to me,ā Trebek said. āSpeaking as one who has now been nominated 32 times and won seven times, I think I can say with some degree of authority that winning is nicer.ā
Heather Tom of āThe Bold and the Beautifulā earned lead dramatic actress honors for her longtime role of Katie Logan. Tamara Braun of āGeneral Hospitalā won as supporting actress.
Singer Kelly Clarkson won best entertainment talk show host for the first season of her eponymous show.
āWatch out @johnlegend I'm comin' for that EGOT status,ā Clarkson tweeted, referring to her fellow singer's victories at the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and Tony awards.
The team from āGeneral Hospitalā won directing honors, while best writing went to the team from āThe Bold and the Beautiful.ā
Other winners included ABC's āThe Viewā for informative talk show and NBC's āTodayā for morning show.
Olivia Rose Keegan of āDays of Our Livesā won for younger actor or actress in a drama series.
The women of āThe Talkā ā Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba and Marie Osmond ā presided over the two-hour telecast on CBS. The 47th annual awards were back on a broadcast network for the first time since 2011 after being relegated to cable or streaming in recent years.
Nominees, presenters and hosts checked in remotely instead of gathering at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, where the show was to be held June 12.